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    B.Smith's Restaurant, North America

  320 West 46th Street - New York, NY            
B. Smith's on Restaurant Row serves a Global-Eclectic menu featuring B.'s interpretations of cuisines from around the globe. The bar is almost always bustling for happy hour with a hip multi-ethnic clientele including the theater crowd, business and entertainment executives, tourists, and viewers familiar with B. from her TV show and publications. This list also includes everyone from heads of state and captains of industry to artists, celebrities and the guy and gal next door. Sunday Brunch, served until 3pm, features a selection of gourmet omelets and Pan Scrambled Eggs, Sweet Potato Pancakes, French Toasted Butter Crackle Brioche and a Petrossian Smoked Salmon Platter.
    Casa da Suiça, South America
  Rua Cândido Mendes, 157 - Glória - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
A Casa da Suíça oferece não somente especialidades da culinária suíça, incluindo os famosos Fondues, como as boas opções da comida Internacional, com forte influência da gastronomia dos seus vizinhos: Itália, França, Alemanha e Áustria. Uma dessas opções é sem dúvida alguma a grande estrela da casa: os Flambados – que podem ser pratos principais e/ou sobremesas. A tradicional fondue é preparada de onze formas diferentes. Três delas são queijo emmenthal e gruyère Pratos preparados à mesa, com total maestria, pelo próprio Chef Volkmar ou um de seus dois fieis escudeiros, Aluízio e Arnaldo.
    Water Club, The, North America
  East River - Between 28th and 32nd Street - New York, NY            
The Water Club serves wonderful classic American cuisine in a beautiful waterside setting against sweeping river views. The restaurant is open for dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Tuesday through Saturday and an exceptional brunch on Sunday. A seasonal rooftop bar, The Crow’s Nest, sits atop the main dining room and features a moderately priced menu and refreshing drinks from mid-May through late September. The Water Club also has three private party rooms, a lounge with a wood burning fireplace, and piano music nightly in the dining room. The restaurant has complimentary valet parking in the private lot and the first floor is handicapped accessible.
    Arpeggio Food & Wine, North America
  Lincoln Center Plaza - New York, NY           
A casual, stylish, full-service a la carte restaurant highlighting innovative Mediterannean cuisine and seasonal ingredients as well as local and global wine selections along with specialty cocktails and mocktails. Guests can dine at the bar, in the lounge, in the center room, or join us at Arpeggio Outdoors choosing from appetizers, main courses, artisanal cheeses and cured meats.
    Onieals Soho, North America
  174 Grand Street - New York, NY           
Onieal's is well known for "Sex and the City." When Miranda's once and future boy-toy Steve partners up with Carrie’s ex Aidan to open the bar ‘SCOUT’, it is Onieal’s Grand Street in downtown NYC that serves as the backdrop for the casually hip New York bar.
The bar itself is directly opposite the old Police Headquarters and its former occupants, as a brothel, speakeasy and gambling parlor would seem diametrically opposed to the purpose of the Police Department. But see, that’s the corruption part. So endemic was this corruption (we’re talking the heyday of Tammany) that when the Police Headquarters was built in 1909, a tunnel was dug connecting the buildings.
    Blue Fin, North America
  W Times Square Hotel - New York, NY            
The rave reviews keep coming for our Broadway debut in the W Times Square! Awarded two stars from the NY Times, NY Post, Daily News and Crain's, Blue Fin is a must-see (and eat) smash hit.
Featuring the talent of Executive Chef Eric Woods in a Yabu Pushelberg-designed setting in the W Times Square, Blue Fin oohs and aahs its audience with a prominent Raw Bar featuring shrimp, lobster, clams and oysters. The sushi menu serenades with the Chilean Sea Bass Roll with Sweet Miso Glaze and the Sesame Crusted Shrimp Roll with Orange Curry Sauce sharing the spotlight.
    The River Cafe, North America
  1 Water Street - (under the Brooklyn Bridge) - Brooklyn, NY            
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What began as the singular vision of Mr. O’Keeffe for an elegant waterfront restaurant took many years of lengthy negotiation with The City of New York before permission was granted to start construction. At the time, the notion of building a restaurant amid what was such an isolated and neglected part of New York seemed like a great risk. Since opening in May of 1977, however, The River Café has been the recipient of numerous awards including selection as one of the five best restaurants in New York by the French culinary guide “Gault Millau”. The restaurant will forever hold the distinction of being at the forefront of what has become the re-birth of the Brooklyn waterfront.
    Craft, North America
  43 E. 19th Street - (Park Ave. South-Broad-Way) - New York, NY            
Tom Colicchio's Craft received the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant nationwide in 2002, and has since spawned a host of imitators for its unique marriage of the finest ingredients, haute cuisine and family-style service.
Against the award-winning architectural design of Bentel and Bentel, and under the glow of filament bulbs, diners share from dishes that celebrate 'single' ingredients, expertly and simply prepared. "Simple doesn't mean simplistic," Tom says in his book, Think Like a Chef, and the food at Craft - under the execution of Chef Damon Wise - serves as proof. Favorites include Pan Roasted Day boat Scallops, Roasted Foie Gras, Braised Short Ribs of Beef, the famous Hen-of-the-Woods Mushrooms, and what many diners describe as the finest Porterhouse Steak in New York City.
    Agraz Cuisine de La Plage, South America
  Av. Vieira Souto nº 460 - Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
”Conheça o restaurante Agraz Cuisine de la Plage, com um ambiente sofisticado e moderno apresenta o cardápio elaborado pelo chef Erik Jacquin, oferece pratos da cozinha francesa contemporânea com um toque da culinária brasileira.”
    Margutta, South America
  Av. Henrique Dumont, 62 - Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Em Roma, Margutta é o nome de uma rua freqüentada por artistas e boêmios. No Rio, é o lugar onde pode-se encontrar a culinária artística do chef Paolo Neroni, um italiano da região de Marche, ponto pesqueiro do Mar Adriático. No cardápio, pratos irresistivelmente aromatizados, feitos com peixes, mexilhões, vôngoles, pargos, lagostas e cavaquinhas, com o toque sofisticado de azeite de trufas brancas. Ostras francesas, cordeiros australianos, vitelas canadenses, salmões defumados da Noruega, e frescos do Chile, além de bottarga da Sardenha.... Ocupando área de 1.000 m2, o Ristorante MARGUTTA CITTÀ abriu suas portas no segundo andar do edifício da FIRJAN. Uma grande janela de vidro proporciona aos clientes da Casa uma vista privilegiada da arquitetura do Centro, deixando a luz do dia invadir o salão, decorados com parede cor de abóbora e telas coloridas. Toalhas claras e lírios , completam a decoração. O cardápio obedece os mesmos critérios do restaurante de Ipanema.
    Lure Fishbar, North America
  142 Mercer Street - New York, NY           
American style sliced, marinated and perfectly prepared seafood and other cooked classics. Well crafted 250 bottle wine list.
    Tao Restaurant, North America
  42 East 58th Street - New York, NY           
A favorite destination for celebrities and athletes, this Pan Asian restaurant specializes in authentic Hong Kong Chinese, Japanese and Thai cuisines. Tao has 3 levels of dining including the prized "Skybox" which offers views of this former movie theater unparalleled in New York. In addition to its 300 seats, Tao includes a sushi bar, lounge and 2 bars at which to enjoy the food and the show.
    Via Sete, South America
  Rua Garcia D'Ávila, 125 - Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
O Via Sete foi concebido para ser um oásis no centro urbano. O sabor da comida, o ambiente aconchegante e a valorização dos sentidos. Achamos que comer bem é mais que uma necessidade, é uma Via de Prazer. Antenado com as tendências da arte contemporânea, o Via Sete apresenta a cada 2 meses, no interior do restaurante de Ipanema, um painel artístico diferente, e na última quinta do mês realiza o 5º Lounge, com DJs e músicos convidados.
    Primehouse New York, North America
  381 Park Avenue South @ 27th Street - New York, NY             
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There’s steak and then there’s the prime stuff that comes out of Himalayan rock salt tiled aging room. Ever had a 65-day dry aged bone-in ribeye steak in New York? For Business lunches or second dates, or business lunches that turn into second dates, the sleek and elegant New York steak restaurant has the meat you crave.
    Espaço Brasa Leblon, South America
  Av. Afrânio de Melo Franco, 131 - Leblon - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Situado estrategicamente em ponto nobre da zona sul do Rio de Janeiro, o Espaço Brasa Leblon, filial do antigo Barra Brasa, um novo espaço onde se come uma excelente picanha e outras tantas carnes nobres servidas em sistema de rodízio. A Casa também serve pratos executivos e o buffet conta com mais de 30 tipos de saladas, culinária árabe, judaica, japonesa e diversos frutos do mar, tais como: ostra, salmão, caviar, polvo e bacalhau. O Espaço Brasa oferece serviços aos seus cliente tais como: transporte gratuito entre bairros da zona sul, Espaço Infantil com brinquedos e jogos diversos. A adega com 1.800 garrafas pode ser vista do salão por um piso de vidro.
    Eleven Madison Park, North America
  11 Madison Ave. - New York, NY            
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Eleven Madison Park expresses the spirit of grand New York dining with a contemporary accent. Designed by architects Bentel & Bentel, with soaring 30-foot ceilings and windows overlooking beautiful Madison Square Park, the restaurant embodies an urbane sophistication that is at once relaxed and bustling. And the cuisine smartly follows suit. Executive chef Kerry Heffernan masterfully prepares French-inspired seasonal American food. Among his updated classics are Sweet Pea Flan, Tuna Cru, Prime-Aged Roast Beef for Two, Maine Lobster Pot au Feu, Terrine of Beef Shank and Foie Gras, Artic Char with Pea Shoots and Vinaigrette, and Seared Loin and Almond Crusted Shank of Lamb with Basquaise Peppers. Pastry chef Nicole Kaplan provides a sumptuous end to the meal with irresistible desserts such as her signature chocolate soufflé, chocolate dome, and an exquisite selection of cookies and confections. The award-winning, eclectic wine list offers 36 wines by the glass, available at your table or in the cozy wine bar set beneath a gold-leaded Art Deco ceiling. The bar also boasts a world-class selection of Calvados and an extensive array of cocktails. Opened in October 1998, the restaurant promptly earned a James Beard nomination as Best New Restaurant in America, and won a coveted spot in Esquire magazine's Best New Restaurants. More recently, Eleven Madison Park won the 2004 James Beard Award for Outstanding Service in America.
    Manoel e Juaquim, South America
  Rua Felipe Camarão, 130 - Vila Isabel - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Profissão Humildade - Este trabalho é uma homenagem a todos os Manoéis e Joaquins que habitam as esquinas dos nossos bairros. Um tributo a estes incansáveis operários do lazer, que sempre ouvirão nossas piadas, até de madrugada, quase sempre de português. Pendurando e perdoando nossas contas, de quando em vez... Honestamente, quem não as fez? Brindemos, pois, com todo o respeito, a esta brava gente... Alguns tão humildes que, na cerimônia do fechar, nunca nos permitiram deixar o recinto sem antes nos lavar os pés. Tim-Tim Abilio Fernandes
    Avra Estiatorio, North America
  141 East 48th Street - New York, NY           
Open since February 2000, Avra's reputation is spreading like Brushfire. Innovative Greek architect Yianni Skordas has turned the spacious Avra's interior into a cozy space evocative of an Ionnian home. Everything about Avra is homey. From the flowers to the Jerusalem limestone floors, stonewash walls of the interior remind one of the traditional white walls and blue roofs often seen in postcards of Greece and its famous islands. The large wooden, framed, French doors were open to an outdoor patio creating a most pleasant country spring breeze.
    Porcão Ilha, South America
  Estrada do Galeão s/nº - Ilha do Governador - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
“Em 1975 o Grupo Porcão iniciou o que viria a se tornar um marco no mercado de churrascarias. Nosso serviço revolucionário promoveu tal melhoria , que os restaurantes Porcão se diferenciaram das outras churrascarias brasileiras. Além do crescimento de nossa marca, que a cada dia fica mais reconhecida e forte, o objetivo do Grupo Porcão é o de sempre manter o seu serviço único. O jeito Porcão de servir.”
    Utsav Festive India, North America
  1185 Avenue of the Americas - New York, NY           
Indian Restaurant.
    Jardineira Grill, South America
  Av. dos Bandeirantes, 1001 - Vila Olímpia - São Paulo, SP           
Uma das mais tradicionais casas de carne da cidade de São Paulo.
    Churrascaria OK, South America
  Pça Bento de Camargo Barros, 172 - São Paulo, SP           
Há mais de 30 anos servindo as melhores carnes com tradição e qualidade.
    Atlantic Grill, North America
  1341 Third Avenue - New York, NY            
"Ride the tide to Atlantic Grill, our Upper East Side neighborhood favorite! Voted one of the 50 most popular restaurants in New York in the 2008 Zagat (with a top raw bar), Atlantic Grill is the place to go for your seafood and sushi fix.
Our bright, 200-seat space complete with bistro chairs, framed photos, baby blue walls and skylight might make you feel like you sailed into Cape Cod. You may not have left New York's harbor, but one thing is sure: our seafood is just as fresh."
    Alcaparra, South America
  Praia do Flamengo, 150 - Flamengo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Há mais de onze anos, empresários, turistas, artistas, senhoras da sociedade, executivos, freqüentam os salões do Alcaparra. O eclético público espelha a variedade de sua cozinha internacional, que agrada aos mais exigentes paladares.
Massas feitas artesanalmente, frutos do mar, aves, carnes e caças fazem parte do delicioso cardápio da casa.
O restaurante ainda possui um aconchegante American Bar, perfeito para sua happy hour.
    21 Club, North America
  21 West 52nd Street - New York, NY             
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    Brasserie 8 1/2, North America
  9 W. 57th Street - (5th-6th Aves.) - New York, NY           
Nestled in Skidmore, Owings' celebrated "Bell-bottom" building on 9 W.57th Street, in Midtown Manhattan, Brasserie 8½ offers notable "nouvelle" French cuisine in a super-plush atmosphere. Accessed by a spectacular sweeping staircase, the restaurant is accented by original works by Henri Matisse and a one-of-a-kind glass sculpture by Fernand Leger.
    Sushi Mar, South America
  Rua dos Oitis, 6 - lojas D e E - Gávea - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
    Jardineto, South America
  R. Luciano Gallet, 75 - Vargem Grande - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Requinte, descontração e a culinária consagrada de Guilda Fernandes.
    La Sagrada Familia Restaurante, South America
  Rua Domingues de Sá, 325 - Jardim Icaraí - Niterói, RJ           
    Milano Doc, South America
  Rua Gomes Carneiro, 132 - Ipanema - Rio de Janeiro, RJ           
Entre Ipanema e Copacabana, o Milano Doc é um dos mais completos restaurantes italianos da cidade, pois além da tradicional gastronomia da Itália, o restaurante oferece pratos da culinária mediterrânea, risotos, pizzas, brusquetas e facaccies, como a autêntica mortadela italiana de Bolonha; o espaguete Ângelo Neroni, com camarões e pimentões verdes e vermelhos ao alho e óleo ou o Risoto com funghi porcini italiano ao molho de queijo parmesão.Delivery.