Azurmendi Named Europe's Number One Restaurant

NEW YORK, May 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Opinionated About Dining (OAD), the leading source of global restaurant rankings for devout diners, unveils the fourth edition of its Top 100 European Restaurants. Pioneer of modern Basque cuisine, Azurmendi (Larrabetzu, Spain), climbed 18 ranks to the number one spot this year.

The finest restaurants across the continent were selected including Azurmendi (Spain), Troisgros (France), L'Arpege (France), In de Wulf (Belgium), Restaurant Quique Dacosta (Spain), Alain Ducasse- Louis XV (Monaco), Diverxo (Spain), Le Calandre (Italy), Noma (Denmark), and Etxebarri (Spain) in the top 10.

Last year, OAD published a "Just Missed" list highlighting the 2014 European restaurants ranked from 101-150. This year, entries 101-200 were published under 100+. To view the full list, please click here.

The Top 100 European list follows the release of OAD's 2015 Top 30 Restaurants in Japan comprised of top tier establishments delivering coveted gastronomic experiences, including Sushi Saito (Tokyo), Matsukawa (Tokyo), Michael Bras Toya (Hokkaido), Sushi Sawada (Tokyo), and Jimbocho Den (Tokyo). For the full list of the Top 30 Restaurants in Japan, please click here.

About Opinionated About Dining
OAD is the premier restaurant rating system compiled by an expert membership of highly literate connoisseurs of the culinary arts who travel the world to experience the art of food. The OAD algorithm generates a ranking system that classifies restaurants based on the reviews of the membership community. Each member influences the results based on the number of restaurants he/she has visited and the current ranking of those restaurants.

About Steve Plotnicki
Plotnicki's passion for food has long been an intrinsic part of his life, if not always his career. A native New Yorker, he was a successful guitarist and songwriter before co-founding Profile Records in 1981. In 2003, he launched a discussion forum, which morphed into his "Opinionated About Dining" blog, a project that established him as one of the most prolific early food bloggers. In 2007, Plotnicki developed a formal survey for readers and fellow diners and published a 56-page booklet in 2008 featuring the 100 best restaurants in North America and Europe. Since then, Plotnicki has further refined the survey process authored and published Opinionated About U.S. Restaurants in 2011, and continually publishes the rankings of the top restaurants around the world.

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