OpenTable Diner Reviews Reveal Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As the height of harvest season draws near, OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN), a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, is pleased to announce the 2012 Diners' Choice Award winners for the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants in the United States.  These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 15,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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The list of winners, which includes Beast in Portland, Cochon in New Orleans, and Gwynnett St. in Brooklyn, spans 17 states and Washington, D.C.  With regard to metropolitan areas, the San Francisco Bay Area has the greatest number of winners with 17, followed by Chicago with 13 winners. Oregon's Portland and Seattle each boast 11 winning restaurants, and Los Angeles and Philadelphia have 10 apiece. Six standouts hail from New York City, trailed by Atlanta with four honorees, Cambridge, Mass. and Minneapolis with three each, and Denver and Portland, Maine, with two. Other winning restaurants are located in Forestville, Calif., Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Scottsdale, Tampa, Washington, D.C. and Yountville, Calif. While a large share of the award-winning restaurants serve contemporary American fare, an array of cuisines are represented, including Cajun, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American, Mexican, Middle Eastern, Thai, vegetarian, and Vietnamese.

"Foodies are connoisseurs of every cuisine, seeking authenticity and excellence in every bite, whether they're eating Southern poutine at Abattoir in Atlanta, a smoked sardine at Camino in Oakland, jalapeno hush puppies at New York's Dirt Candy, or pork belly sliders at Spur in Seattle," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable's Chief Dining Officer. "The winning restaurants are all very ingredient-focused, serving the cream of each season's crop using inspired techniques to the delight of even the most discerning diners' appetites."

The Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants are generated from more than 5 million reviews collected from verified OpenTable diners between September 1, 2011 and August 31, 2012.  All restaurants with a minimum number of qualifying reviews were included for consideration. Restaurants were then scored and sorted according to the percentage of qualifying reviews for which "fit for foodies" was selected as a special feature.

Based on this methodology, the following restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, comprise the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants in the U.S. according to OpenTable diners.  The complete list may also be viewed at http://www.opentable.com/foodies.

2012 Diners' Choice Award Winners for the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants in the U.S.

Abattoir – Atlanta, Georgia

Acadia – Chicago, Illinois

Ad Hoc – Yountville, California

Altura – Seattle, Washington

Annisa – New York, New York

Atelier Crenn – San Francisco, California

Aviary – Portland, Oregon

Beast – Portland, Oregon

Benu – San Francisco, California

Bibou – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Blackbird – Chicago, Illinois

Bresca – Portland, Oregon

The Bristol – Chicago, Illinois

Camino – Oakland, California

Canteen – San Francisco, California

Cascina Spinasse – Seattle, Washington

Castagna – Portland, Oregon

Central Kitchen – San Francisco, California

Cochon – New Orleans, Louisiana

Commis – Oakland, California

Commonwealth – San Francisco, California

Cotogna – San Francisco, California

Craigie on Main – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cube Café and Marketplace – Los Angeles, California

Dirt Candy – New York, New York

East By Northeast – Cambridge, Massachusetts

Ela – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eola – Washington, D.C.

The Farm and Fisherman – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant – Forestville, California

FIG – Charleston, South Carolina

Flour + Water – San Francisco, California

Fond – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Forage – Salt Lake City, Utah

Frances – San Francisco, California

Girl & the Goat – Chicago, Illinois

Golden Beetle – Seattle, Washington

goosefoot – Chicago, Illinois

Graham Elliot – Chicago, Illinois

Gruner – Portland, Oregon

Gwynnett St. – Brooklyn, New York

Haven – Oakland, California

How To Cook a Wolf – Seattle, Washington

Hugo's Restaurant – Portland, Maine

Hungry Mother – Cambridge, Massachusetts

iNG Restaurant – Chicago, Illinois

ink. – Los Angeles, California

Kin Shop – New York, New York

Le Pigeon – Portland, Oregon

Little Bird – Portland, Oregon

Little Fish – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Local Mission Eatery – San Francisco, California

Lula Café – Chicago, Illinois

Mezze – Los Angeles, California

Miller Union – Atlanta, Georgia

Mistral Kitchen – Seattle, Washington

Moto – Chicago, Illinois

Natural Selection – Portland, Oregon

Ned Ludd – Portland, Oregon

Nobuo at Teeter House – Phoenix, Arizona

Park Kitchen – Portland, Oregon

Piccolo – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ping – Portland, Oregon

Playa – Los Angeles, California

Plum – Oakland, California

Poppy – Seattle, Washington

Posh – Scottsdale, Arizona

The Publican – Chicago, Illinois

Range – San Francisco, California

Red Medicine – Beverly Hills, California

The Refinery – Tampa, Florida

Restaurant Alma – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Restaurant Zoe – Seattle, Washington

Russet – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rustic Canyon Wine Bar – Santa Monica, California

Saffron Restaurant & Lounge – Minneapolis, Minnesota

Saison – San Francisco, California

Sbraga – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sons & Daughters – San Francisco, California

Soto – New York, New York

The Spence – Atlanta, Georgia

SPQR – San Francisco, California

Sprout – Chicago, Illinois

Spur Gastropub – Seattle, Washington

The Squeaky Bean – Denver, Colorado

Staple & Fancy Mercantile – Seattle, Washington

Susan Feniger's STREET – Los Angeles, California

Tabla Mediterranean Bistro – Portland, Oregon

Takashi – Chicago, Illinois

Tar & Roses – Santa Monica, California

Terra Plata – Seattle, Washington

Tilth – Seattle, Washington

Topolobampo – Chicago, Illinois

Twelve Restaurant – Denver, Colorado

Underbelly – Houston, Texas

Vedge – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Vernick Food & Drink – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

wd-50 – New York, New York

Woodfire Grill – Atlanta, Georgia

Zahav – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Diners can also read more about the Diners' Choice Awards for the Top 100 Fit for Foodies Restaurants in the U.S. by visiting OpenTable Chief Dining Officer Caroline Potter's "Dining Check" blog.

About OpenTable Reviews
Originally launched in November 2008, the OpenTable Reviews program helps diners find restaurants that best fit their dining occasions.  Diners who recently honored an OpenTable reservation are invited via email to submit restaurant feedback using an online form. Visitors to OpenTable can access reviews for thousands of OpenTable restaurant partners across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.  The OpenTable Reviews program has generated more than 15 million reviews by verified diners, establishing OpenTable as one of the largest and most trusted sources for restaurant reviews. 

About OpenTable, Inc.
OpenTable is a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants. The OpenTable network delivers the convenience of online restaurant reservations to diners and the operational benefits of a computerized reservation book to restaurants. OpenTable has more than 25,000 restaurant customers, and, since its inception in 1998, has seated more than 350 million diners around the world.  The Company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and the OpenTable service is available throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and the UK. OpenTable also owns and operates toptable, a leading restaurant reservation site in the UK.      

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