Wednesday, November 11, 2009

2010 Five-Star Restaurant Awards

Forbes Travel Guide announced the 52nd Annual List of Four- and Five-Star Award winners. Forbes Travel Guide, formerly Mobil Travel Guide, is the original rating system for the best hotels, restaurants, and spas in North America. It has provided comprehensive ratings and reviews since 1958. In October 2009, Mobil Travel Guide became Forbes Travel Guide as a result of partnership with Forbes Media LLC.

For the 2010 ratings, 21 restaurants have been awarded five stars. This five-star restaurant list remains almost unchanged from the previous year.

Two new additions include:

The Penrose Room Restaurant in Colorado Springs, which is a lovely restaurant featuring classical cuisine and spectacular views of the mountains. It is located in the luxurious Broadmoor Resort hotel which has been awarded five stars for the record 50th year! This year, with its restaurant and spa also getting five star awards, it is a triple five-star award winner.

The second new five-star winner is the Fountain Restaurant in Philadelphia's Four Seasons Hotel. The restaurant's new Chef Rafael Gonzalez offers Modern American cuisine with French influences.

For more information on the five-star restaurants, please visit the 2010 5-Star Restaurant List where you will find detailed reviews of the first 10 five-star restaurants we have dined at so far.

* 2010 5-Star Restaurant List
* 2010 5-Star Restaurant Map
* 5-Star History Chart
* Forbes Travel Guide Press Release

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I'm thrilled that the five-star award announcement was made on the one year "blogoversary" for my 5 Star Foodie blog which I am celebrating today!