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New York restaurants claimed a coveted four spots on San Pellegrino's World's 50 Best Restaurants list, announced last night. (Released last week, NYC also scored an impressive five slots in the list's back fifty.) Joining top-fivers like Copenhagen's Noma, Lima's Central and this year's first-place pick, Osteria Francescana of Modena, Italy, is New York's own Eleven Madison Park, bumping up two slots from fifth last year, making for the best showing from a U.S. restaurant since California's the French Laundry nabbed third place back in 2005.
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Other NYC dining rooms to crack the top fifty include seafood powerhouse Le Bernardin and, in a massive 46-spot jump from last year, Ignacio Mattos's acclaimed Estela. Upstate New York also got a shout-out in the form of Pocantico Hills townhouse Blue Hills at Stone Barns, which comes in at number 48. Check out the World's 50 Best below.
1. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy
2. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
3. Eleven Madison Park, New York, USA
4. Central, Lima, Peru
5. Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
6. Mirazur, Menton, France
7. Mugaritz, Errenteria, Spain
8. Narisawa, Tokyo, Japan
9. Steirereck, Vienna, Austria
10. Asador Etxebarri, Atxondo, Spain
11. D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil
12. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico
13. Maido, Lima, Peru
14. The Ledbury, London, U.K.
15. Alinea, Chicago, USA
16. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain
17. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy
18. White Rabbit, Moscow, Russia
19. L'Arpége, Paris, France
20. Amber, Hong Kong, China
21. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain
22. The Test Kitchen, Cape Town, South Africa
23. Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand
24. Le Bernardin, New York, USA
25. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico
26. The Clove Club, London, U.K.
27. Saison, San Francisco, USA
28. Geranium, Copenhagen, Denmark
29. Tickets, Barcelona, Spain
30. Astrid y Gaston, Lima, Peru
31. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo, Japan
32. Restaurant Andre, Singapore
33. Attica, Melbourne, Australia
34. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin, Germany
35. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
36. Borago, Santiago, Chile
37. Nahm, Bangkok, Thailand
38. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands
39. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy
40. Relae, Copenhagen, Denmark
41. Fäviken, Järpen, Sweden
42. Ultraviolet, Shanghai, China
43. Biko, Mexico City, Mexico
44. Estela, New York, USA
45. Dinner, London, U.K.
46. Combal Zero, Rivoli, Italy
47. Schloss Schauenstein, Furstenau, Switzerland
48. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, USA
49. Quique Dacosta, Dénia, Spain
50. Septime, Paris, France