December 28
Frank Bruni's list of top 10 restaurants of the year:

In a particular order:

1. Momofuku Ssäm Bar
2. Soto
3. Tie: Anthos and Insieme
5. Park Avenue Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn
6. Resto
7. 15 East
8. Allen & Delancey
9. Pamplona
10. Mai House

Pretty much every food critic/blogger is all over David Chang’s jock for Momofuku Ssäm, which is good but getting to be a little overrated IMO.  (I always thought that the original Momofuku Noodlebar was REALLY overrated, especially with Minca only a few blocks away.)