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The eat-local philosophy really caught on this year. So for 2007, our nationwide dining guide takes a look at restaurants, hotels, and inns whose chefs are taking locally sourced ingredients in new and exciting directions. In this online exclusive, check out additional restaurants and longer reviews that aren’t available in print.
Chez Panisse

Local Pioneers

Alan Wong’s Restaurant, Honolulu, HI
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY
Chez Panisse, Berkeley, CA
Greens, San Francisco, CA
Henrietta’s Table, Cambridge, MA
The Herbfarm, Woodinville, WA
Higgins Restaurant & Bar, Portland, OR
The Inn at Little Washington, Washington, VA
Lucia’s Restaurant and Wine Bar, Minneapolis, MN
Merriman’s, Waimea, Big Island, HI
Savoy, New York, NY
Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Ann Arbor, MI

Photograph by Brown Cannon III

Blackberry Farm

Restaurants with Farm Connections

2nd Street Bistro, Livingston, MT

Amherst Chinese Food, Amherst, MA

Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN

Crook’s Corner, Chapel Hill, NC
Eve, Alexandria, VA
Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC

La Provence, Lacombe, LA

Pacific’o and I’o, Maui, HI

Tree House Pastry Shop and Café, Santa Fe, NM

Photograph by Maria Robledo

Francine

Menu Changes Daily/Often

Aqua Santa, Santa Fe, NM

Bix, San Francisco, CA

Floataway Cafe, Atlanta, GA

Francine, Camden, ME

Harvest, Madison, WI

Literati II, Brentwood, CA

Queen’s Hideaway, Brooklyn, NY

Photograph by Hugh Stewart

Backbone restaurant

Seasonal (Closed Part of the Year)

The Back Eddy, Westport, MA

Christina’s, Orcas Island, WA

Clam Box of Ipswich, Ipswich, MA

Five Islands Lobster Co., Georgetown, ME

Hawk’s, Rayne, LA

Hell’s Backbone Grill, Boulder, UT

Photograph by Eric Swanson

Canele restaurant

Casual

Bay Ave. Trattoria, Highlands, NJ

Blue Bird Bistro, Kansas City, MO

Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA

Burgerville, Oregon and Washington

Canelé, Atwater Village, CA

Duo Restaurant, Denver, CO

The Farmhouse, Emmaus, PA

Fife Restaurant, Portland, OR

The Flying Fig, Cleveland, OH

The Flying Pig on Lexington, Mount Kisco, NY

Local Burger, Lawrence, KS
Market, Del Mar, CA
Prairie Grass Cafe, Northbrook, IL

Sage, Des Moines, IA

Spoonriver, Minneapolis, MN

Steelhead Diner, Seattle, WA

Vindalho, Portland, OR

Photograph Courtesy of Canelé

Reef restaurant

Urban

Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, Chicago, IL

Grace, Los Angeles, CA

Josie, Santa Monica, CA

Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami, FL

Reef, Houston, TX

Rendezvous in Central Square, Cambridge, MA

T’Afia, Houston, TX

Telepan, New York, NY

White Dog Cafe, Philadelphia, PA

Wilshire, Santa Monica, CA

Photograph by Shannon O'Hara

Five & Ten

Worth the Trip

The Farmhouse Restaurant, Palmetto, GA
Five & Ten, Athens, GA
Guadalupe Cafe, Sylva, NC
Journeyman Cafe, Sonoma, CA
Kai, Chandler, AZ
Harvest Moon Cafe, Fennville, MI
Restaurant Tallent, Bloomington, IN
The Turquoise Room, Winslow, AZ

Photograph Courtesy of Five & Ten

Fig restaurant

Bar Scene

Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA
Fig, Charleston, SC

Photograph Courtesy of Fig

The Painted Lady

Romantic/Special Occasions

610 Magnolia, Louisville, KY

Brigtsen’s, New Orleans

The Fearrington House Restaurant, Pittsboro, NC
The General’s Daughter, Sonoma, CA
Le Gourmand, Seattle
Hen of the Wood, Waterbury, VT
Joseph’s Table, Taos, NM
Mannresa, Los Gatos, CA
The Painted Lady, Newberg, OR
Paley’s Place, Portland, OR

Photograph by Susan Seubert

Tamarind

Meat Rules

Bonnell's Fine Texas Cuisine, Fort Worth, TX
The Corn Exchange, Rapid City, SD
L & M's Kitchen and Salumeria, Oxford, MS
The Linkery, San Diego, CA
Pirogue Grille, Bismark, ND
Route 7 Grill, Great Barrington, MA
Watermark Restaurant, Nashville, TN

Photograph Courtesy of M. J. Adams

Cityzen

Hotels + Inns

Cielo at Ventana Inn & Spa, Big Sur, CA
Cityzen, Washington, D.C.
The Inn at Dos Brisas, Brenham, TX
The Inn at Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT
North Fork Table and Inn, Southold, NY
Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica

Photograph Courtesy of Cityzen

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