May The Best Restaurant Win

The giant sized Larry O'Brien Trophy stands guard outside the TD Banknorth Garden as photographed by TBF.

With the Boston vs. Lakers competition heating up we thought it would be fun to compare the top ten restaurants in both cities as rated by the discriminating palates of the members of Open Table. For more information on any of these eateries visit: Opentable.com

Top Ten Best Overall Restaurants in the Boston area.

• White Barn Inn
• L'Espalier
• Aujourd 'hui
• Gracie's
• Ruth's Chris Steak House - Providence
• Clio
• Sonoma
• No. 9 Park
• A Single Pebble
• Oleana

Top Ten Best Overall Restaurants in the Los Angeles area.

• Ambrosia Restaurant
• Vibrato Grill Jazz...etc.
• Providence
• Antonello Ristorante
• La Fondue - San Juan Capistrano
• Five Crowns
• Melisse
• Nic's and the Martini Lounge
• Ortolan
• Stonehill Tavern

May the best team or, as always in our case, the best restaurant win!



No....It's not me calling the latest race results at Pimlico. It's me on my new wireless mini-laptop interviewing yet another subject for the new series that is coming up that I am SO excited about. We are going to meet some very interesting people with a real passion for food who are making a difference on the foodie front.