A single California restaurant is named to the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list

Saison, the San Francisco restaurant known for chef Joshua Skenes’ nightly changing tasting menus, claimed the No. 27 spot on the annual World’s 50 Best Restaurants list at a gathering in New York last night. It is the only California restaurant to be featured on the list this year.

Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, was named the No. 1 restaurant in the world. It is the first restaurant in Italy to claim the title.

The list, which debuted in 2002, actually includes 100 restaurants, with the top 50 given special attention and praise. It draws from the opinions of more than 900 international gourmands from the Diners Club World’s 50 Best Restaurants Academy. The academy’s participating chefs, restaurateurs and food critics vote for their “bests” based on dining experiences around the world.

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June 15, 11:00 a.m.: An earlier version of this post said the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list was compiled by Restaurant magazine; the list is now its own entity.

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Noma, René Redzepi’s restaurant in Copenhagen, (he’s had pop-ups in London, Tokyo and Sydney) that claimed the World’s Best title for four years, was named No. 5 after having been in the top three since 2009.

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There are six U.S. restaurants on the list this year: Saison in San Francisco (No. 27); Eleven Madison Park in New York (No. 3); Alinea in Chicago (No. 15); Le Bernardin in New York (No. 24); Estela in New York (No. 44); and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York (No. 48).

The French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., a past top 50 winner, was dropped to number 85.

Here’s the full list of top 50 winners:

1. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
3. Eleven Madison Park, New York
4. Central, Lima, Peru
5. Noma, Copenhagen
6. Mirazur, Menton, France
7. Mugaritz, San Sebastián, Spain
8. Narisawa, Tokyo
9. Steirereck, Vienna
10. Asador Etxebarri, Vizcaya, Spain
11. D.O.M., Sao Paulo, Brazil
12. Quintonil, Mexico City
13. Maido, Lima, Peru
14. The Ledbury, London
15. Alinea, Chicago
16. Azurmendi, Vizcaya, Spain
17. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
18. White Rabbit, Moscow
19. Arpege, Paris
20. Amber, Hong Kong
21. Arzak, San Sebastián, Spain
22. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa
23. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
24. Le Bernardin, New York
25. Pujol, Mexico City
26. The Clove Club, London
27. Saison, San Francisco
28. Geranium, Copenhagen
29. Tickets, Barcelona, Spain
30. Astrid y Gastón, Lima, Peru
31. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo
32. Restaurant Andre, Singapore
33. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
34. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin
35. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
36. Borago, Santiago, Chile
37. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
38. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands
39. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
40. Ralae, Copenhagen
41. Fäviken, Järpen, Sweden
42. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai
43. Biko, Mexico City
44. Estela, New York
45. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London
46. Combal Zero, Rivoli, Italy
47. Schloss Schauenstein, Fürstenau, Switzerland
48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, New York
49. Quique Dacosta, Denia, Spain
50. Septime, Paris

Restaurants named No. 51 to 100 are available on the World’s 50 best website.

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