In an event held at the St. Regis Hotel on Paseo de la Reforma before chefs and restaurant representatives, as well as the media and the editorial board, These 100 establishments that make a mealtime celebration were named.
In this appointment there are restaurants with a very diverse cuisine in which the Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Mediterranean, Lebanese – Middle Eastern and of course the Mexican stand out.
“The credibility and transparency of this exercise throughout all these years is key to moving forward with this projectwithout any commitment for chefs and restaurateurs”, said Marco Beteta regarding this list that was presented.
The communicator, who has 20 years of experience as a restaurateur, explained that the votes were submitted to a process in which the public notary Roberto Garzón of Mexico City recorded the minutes in which the participants cast their vote, this with the purpose of exposing the veracity of this exercise.
They were evaluated by the 150 counselors on a scale of 1 to 10, with decimals, in which the priority is food
“250 restaurants that had been in operation for at least one year participated in this list, they were evaluated by the 150 councilors on a scale of 1 to 10, with decimals, in which the priority is food,” Beteta explained. Subsequently, this list with the 100 best qualified was opened in a vote for the general public, in which the participant is required to register and be individually, so each opinion has a name, surname and face. Two thousand people participated in this phase.
With restaurants from all the gastronomic corridors of the Valley of Mexico, these were the 10 best qualified.
10. Garum
Chef: Vicente Torres
Cuisine: signature cuisine with a Mediterranean accent
Location: Masaryk 513, Polanco
9. Al-Andalus
Chef: Mohammed Mazeh
Cuisine: Arabic
Location: Av. Glaciar 500, Tizapán de San Ángel
8.Suntory
Japanese cuisine
Location: Artz Pedregal
7. My Compa Chava
Chef: Salvador Orozco
Cuisine: Fish and seafood
Location: Zacatecas 192, Roma Norte
6. Zero
Chef: Israel Aretxiga
Spanish Cuisine
Location: Mount Everest 635, Lomas de Chapultepec
5. Nicos
Chef: Elena Lugo and Gerardo Vazquez Lugo
Cuisine: Traditional Mexican
Location: Cuitláhuac 3102, Clavería
4. Bake
Chef: Vicente Etchegaray
Cuisine: Basque – French
Location: Sierra Ventana 700B, Lomas de Chapultepec
3. Contramar
Chef: Gabriela Camara
Cuisine: Fish and seafood
Location: Durango 200, Roma Norte
2. Quintonil
Chef: Jorge Vallejo
Cuisine: Contemporary Mexican
Location: Newton 55, Polanco
1. Maximum
Chef: Eduardo Garcia
Cuisine: signature
Location: Álvaro Obregón 65 Bis, Roma Norte