New York
PerSe
The Gilt Bar @ The Palace Hotel
Sofrito
Bar Seine @ The Hotel Plaza Athenee
The King Cole Bar @ The St. Regis

The Oak Room @ The Plaza
Quality Meats
The mechanical bull at Johnny Utah's
Sidecar at PJ Clarkes
Atlantic Grill
Tenjune

Filet mignon and onion strings @ The Capital Grille
Pastis
Le Cirque
The Waverly Inn
Bar Americain
Ben Benson's
The Last Samurai at Buddha Bar
Gotham Bar and Grill
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
The Post House
BLT Market inside The Ritz-Carlton, Central Park
Bistro Moderne
Satan's Whiskers at the Brand Library Bar
BLT Steak
The foie gras at Dylan Prime
The rooftop bar/ pool at the Hotel Gansevoort
Potato skins at BLT Burger
The chicken wings at Spice Market
Lunch in the Grill Room at The Four Seasons restaurant
Bouley
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The Burger Shack in the Parker Meridian Hotel
Lunch at Harry Cipriani

Paris
The Four Seasons George V
Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee
Bar Hemingway at the Ritz (go for the Vesper martini)
Fashion Ice at Le Bar at the Plaza Athenee
Jules Verne in the Eiffel Tower (be sure to increase your credit limit before)
Bugsy's
The Ritz Paris
Bar Vendome at The Ritz Paris
The Ritz Bar
The Hotel de Crilon
Fouquettes Barre

Robert et Louis


London
The Four Seasons
Alain Ducasse @ The Dorchester Hotel

Berlin
The Ritz-Carlton, Berlin

Italy
Hotel Principe di Savoia (Milan)
Four Seasons Hotel Firenze (Florence)
Hotel Cipriani (Venice)
Vino Vino (Venice)

The Hassler (Rome)
Cavalieri (Rome)

Harry's Bar (Rome)


Moscow
The Ritz-Carlton, Moscow
The GQ Lounge

Los Angeles
The Beverly Wilshire (Reg. Bev. Wil.)
Wolfgang Puck's new restaurant Cut
The Cheesecake Factory on the street behind Rodeo Drive
The Beverly Hills Hotel
The Polo Lounge
The Ivy
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel
Leaving Los Angeles

Miami
The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne
Joe's Stone Crab
The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach
Bizcaya at the Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove

Palm Beach
The Breakers Hotel
Worth Avenue
Pina Coladas at the pool at The Four Seasons, Palm Beach
The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach
Angle at The Ritz-Carlton (go for the Chilean Seabass)

Boca Raton:
The Boca Raton Resort & Club
Cielo at Top of the Tower
Bar Luna
Lucca
Marks in the Park
Big City Tavern
Flannigan's Guppies

San Francisco
The French Laundry
The Penthouse Suite at the Fairmont San Francisco
The Tonga Room
Top of the Mark bar
The Big Four @ The Huntington Hotel
The foie gras sampling at Aqua
The Dining Room at The Ritz-Carlton
Union Square
Those funky, Whoville-type martini glasses at The Four Seasons
Angela Jackson's restaurant recommendations (she hasn't failed me yet!)
Teatro Zinzanni

Hawaii
The Grand Wailea
The Lodge at Koele
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua

Switzerland
The Beau Rivage Hotel
Jasper in the Palace Luzern

Ireland
Ashford Castle
The Kilarney Park Hotel
The Four Seasons Dublin

Chile
The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago

Boston
Having a hamburger and martini at The Bar in the legendary Taj Boston
Carlos Villalobos' legendary Ritz Fizz, stirred “12 times -- not 11, not 13”
The Four Seasons Boston
Aujourd'hui
The "Norm" burger at Bull & Finch
Newbury Comics
The dessert menu at Mantra
Bricco
Bistro Robert
The Fireplace
Icarus
Meritage in the Boston Harbor Hotel
Blue at the Sports Club LA
The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common

Chicago
The Peninsula Hotel

Dallas
The Four Seasons Las Calinas at Dallas
The golf ball massage at said hotel
Staying in the Payne Stewart suite at said hotel

Washington DC
The Inn at Little Washington
A suite at The Willard Inter-Continental Hotel
Westside Bistro @ The Ritz-Carlton, Washington DC
The "Flirtini" @ The Four Seasons Washington DC
Rooms overlooking the White House at the Hay Adams
The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown
Clyde's on M Street in Georgetown
Hook
Fahrenheit inside The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown
The Capital Grille on Pennsylvania Avenue
Political Americana, the world's best toy store
Degrees
DC Coast and Arcania, two of DC's best restaurants
1789
Greasy pub food @ The Tombs
Hudson's
Equinox

New Orleans
The Maison Orleans/ Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
Melange (go when Jeremy Davenport is performing)
August (by Chef John Besh)
Arnaud's (best Sunday brunch)
Galatoire

Vail, Colorado
The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch

Philadelphia
The Rittenhouse hotel
Lacroix at The Rittenhouse
The Four Seasons Philadelphia
Stolli Dollis at The Capital Grille in downtown Philly
Tangerine
The new Constitution Center
City Tavern
Moshulu

The Florida Gulf Coast
The Beach Bistro (Holmes Beach) -- the best foie gras you'll ever taste ...
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