Just updating the list.
Best Places:
- Garga, Florence, Italy
- Classics, Cleveland, Ohio
- Parker’s New American Bistro, Cleveland, Ohio
- Parallax, Cleveland, Ohio
- SoHo Room, Norwegian Hawaii Cruise, At sea
- Keo’s, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Bijou, Stratford, Ontario
- The Church, Stratford, Ontario
- Zi Rosa, Florence, Italy
- Rundles, Stratford, Ontario
- The Girl and the Fig, Sonoma, CA
- Topolobampo, Chicago, IL
- Bin 36, Chicago, IL
- Tanaka, Berkeley, CA
- Cafe Cacao, Berkeley, CA
- Chez Francois, Vermillion, OH
- Vaccaros Trattoria, Bath, Ohio
- Morimoto, Philly, PA
- MK, Chicago, IL
- Gramercy Tavern, NYC, NY
- Mesa Luna, Three Oaks, MI
- Common Grill, Ann Arbor, MI
Most over rated:
- Dry Creek Kitchen, Healdsburg, CA
- Theory, Cleveland, OH
- Lola Bistro, Cleveland, OH
- De La Tierra, Taos, NM
Places I want to hit:
- Tru, Trio, Everest, Charlie Trotter — Chicago
- Chez Panisse — Berkeley
- The Inn at Little Washington — Outside of DC
- One of Thomas Keller’s places — Vegas, CA, or NYC
- Baricelli — Cleveland
- Eve — Ann Arbor
- The Herb Garden — Seattle, WA
- Mood:
accomplished

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Surprised that The French Laundry isn’t on your list of want-to-hits.
BTW, I started a wiki page to capture travel ideas (including restaurants, etc.); I’ll send you the link offline since it’s not public.