Last week, we gave you Mobil Travel Guide’s highest-rated hotels, resorts, inns and guest ranches — those that earned its five-star award. But fine lodging is only part of the story. Each year, Mobil Travel Guide also evaluates and rates restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Here are the fine-dining establishments that came out on top for 1999. Each property is followed by the number of consecutive years it has kept its five-star rating. Italic type identifies first-time winners.
California: L’Orangerie (4), Hollywood; The French Laundry, Yountville.
Georgia: The Dining Room (3), Atlanta.
Illinois: Charlie Trotter’s (4), Chicago; Everest (4), Chicago; Le Francais (7th in a row, but 18 in all), Wheeling.
Louisiana: Grill Room (2), New Orleans.
New York: Chanterelle (4), New York; Les Celebrites (4), New York; Lespinasse (4), New York; Jean Georges, New York; Le Cirque 2000, New York.
Ohio: Maisonette (35), Cincinnati.
Pennsylvania: Le Bec-Fin (15), Philadelphia.
Texas: The Restaurant at the Mansion on Turtle Creek (4), Dallas.
Virginia: The Inn at Little Washington (9), Washington.
And in Canada:
Quebec: The Beaver Club (4), Montreal; Nuances (4), Montreal.
The following Illinois restaurants have earned Mobil’s four-star rating for 1999:
Ambria, Chicago; Arun’s, Chicago; Ritz-Carlton Dining Room, Chicago; Seasons, Chicago; Spiaggia, Chicago; and Trio, Evanston.
