College Choice Releases Ranking of Best Restaurants for Students and Parents

RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- College Choice, an independent college search and rankings website, has published a ranking of the 50 Best Restaurants for Students and Parents in America: http://www.collegechoice.net/best-restaurants-for-students-and-parents/

La Bernardin (NY) leads the ranking, which is based on a compilation of several global and local food ratings, as well as geographic data relating to the proximity of restaurants to major institutions of higher learning. Eleven Madison Park (NY), and Alinea (Chicago) rank second and third, respectively.

Other top college restaurants included in the rankings are (in alphabetical order):

• ABC Kitchen (New York)
• Animal (Los Angeles)
• Aria (Atlanta)
• August (New Orleans)
• Bacchanalia (Atlanta)
• Bern's Steak House (Tampa)
• Blackbird (Chicago)
• Canlis (Seattle)
• Coi (San Francisco)
• Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
• Cochon (New Orleans)
• Commander's Palace (New Orleans)
• Daniel (New York)
• Del Posto (New York)
• Etch (Nashville)
• Fountain Restaurant (Philadelphia)
• Frasca Food and Wine (Boulder)
• Galatoire's Restaurant (New Orleans)
• Girl & the Goat (Chicago)
• Gramercy Tavern (New York)
• Gunshow (Atlanta)
• Husk (Charleston)
• Il Terrazzo Carmine (Seattle)
• Island Creek Oyster Bar (Boston)
• Joll Robuchon Restaurant (Las Vegas)
• La Belle Vie (Minneapolis)
• Le Pigeon (Portland)
• Momofuku Ss‰m Bar (New York)
• NAOE (Miami)
• Next (Chicago)
• Nishino (Seattle)
• NoMad (New York)
• Orso and Winston (Los Angeles)
• o ya (Boston)
• Per Se (New York)
• Pyramid Restaurant & Bar (Dallas)
• qui (Austin)
• Rasika (D.C.)
• Restaurant Gary Danko (San Francisco)
• Roe (Portland)
• State Bird Provisions (San Francisco)
• The Bazaar by JosE AndrEs (Los Angeles)
• The Painted Lady (Newberg, OR)
• The Publican (Chicago)
• Trois Mec (Los Angeles)
• Uchi (Austin)
• Zuni CafE (San Francisco)

According to Jeremy Alder, Managing Editor for College Choice, "Hardworking college students deserve a fine-dining treat every once in a while, and visiting family and friends often provide a good reason to celebrate." The list includes restaurants with everything from 20-course $195 feasts to $20 a plate specials, from deep fried beef jerky to pickled turnip with celery leaf, so there's bound to be something to suit the tastes and budget of most college students and their families and friends.

A quick rundown of the cities represented includes most of the nation's culinary hotspots. Leading the pack are New York City with seven restaurants, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Chicago with four, and Seattle, Atlanta,  and San Francisco with three. Other cities on the list include Austin, Newberg (OR), Portland, D.C.,  Dallas, Boston, Miami, Minneapolis, Charleston, Las Vegas, Boulder, Philadelphia, Nashville, Tampa, and Berkeley.

Schools cited as being close to fine dining on the list include the following (in alphabetical order):

• Boston University
• City University of New York's Baruch College
• City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice
• College of Charleston
• Columbia University
• Emory University
• Fordham College
• George Fox University
• George Washington University
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Georgia State University
• Hunter College
• Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law
• New York University
• Northwestern University
• Portland State University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle University
• Tulane University
• University of California Berkeley
• University of California Los Angeles
• University of California San Francisco
• University of Colorado Boulder
• University of Dallas
• University of Illinois at Chicago
• University of Massachusetts  Boston
• University of Miami
• University of Minnesota
• University of New Orleans
• University of Nevada Las Vegas
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of San Francisco
• University of Southern California
• University of Tampa
• University of Texas Austin
• University of Washington
• Vanderbilt University

College Choice is an independent online publication dedicated to helping students and their families find the right college. The site publishes rankings and reviews that make finding the best colleges for different interests easier and more fun, as well as resources to help students get into, pay for, and thrive at the college of their choice.

Contact:

Jeremy Alder

Managing Editor

http://collegechoice.net

(919) 745-8594

Email

SOURCE College Choice

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