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Les Saveurs, London
Les Saveurs opened in November 1991 to the kind of reviews that would have closed a Broadway play in a matter of days. While the critics were highly...more
Posted: March 1, 1994 By Nick Lander
Pierre Gagnaire, St. Etienne, France
St. Etienne has the feeling of an industrial town on its way down. But although it's bleak and gray with '60s- and '70s-style concrete blocks...more
Posted: March 1, 1994 By James Suckling
San Angel Inn, Mexico City
When you first enter the San Angél Inn, modern Mexico City falls away and the comfort, style and grace of an old-time Spanish colonial hacienda...more
Posted: December 1, 1993 By Gregory Katz
Le Louis XV, Monte Carlo, Monaco
No international food event in the 1990s has generated more culinary electricity than the Monte Carlo birthday blowout staged three Septembers ago by...more
Posted: December 1, 1993 By Michael Batterberry
Raffles, Singapore
Any old hotel worth its salt will have plenty of stories about the great and not-so-great who have passed through its portals. But it is a rare...more
Posted: December 1, 1993 By Frank Gray
Four Seasons, New York City
The Four Seasons Hotel New York, which opened this summer on Manhattan's sleek East 57th Street, has everything--including details so fine-tuned that...more
Posted: December 1, 1993 By Peter Slatin
Hotel Ritz, Paris
Legends are not easy to create. And serving as the inspiration for the word meaning "luxurious, fashionable, elegant," isn't any easier. Yet the...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By David L. Ross
The Plaza, New York City
There are few places more enchanting than New York City in autumn. Warm Indian summer days are punctuated by cool crisp nights, while the leaves in...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Michael Frank
The Pump Room, Chicago
Walking from the lobby of Chicago's Ambassador East Hotel alongthe passageway that leads to the Pump Room, you pass the Wall of Fame--long rows of...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By William Rice
Lucas-Carton, Paris
If you eat only one meal in Paris, reserve a table at Lucas-Carton. No other restaurant combines such exciting food, outstanding wine list, elegant...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Thomas Matthews
Biba, Boston
When you enter Biba, you can't help but notice the mural by artist Robert Jessup that spans the wall above the first-floor bar. Colorful and...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Craig LaBan
The Peninsula Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills
Stroll into the Peninsula Beverly Hills during cocktail hour and you'll be treated to a scene that can only be described as a scene from When Worlds...more
Posted: September 1, 1993 By Jean T. Barrett
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