New York’s Eleven Madison Park Voted World’s Best Restaurant

Co-owners of the restaurant Eleven Madison Park Daniel Humm (L) and Will Guidara (C) talk at a press conference during the 50 Best Restaurants awards in Melbourne, Australia on April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Sonali Paul)

MELBOURNE—New York’s Eleven Madison Park nabbed the top prize at the World’s 50 Best Restaurants on Wednesday, only the second non-European restaurant to win the gong.

The restaurant overlooking Madison Square Park was praised for its sense of fun in blending a creative tasting menu with gracious hospitality. It rose from third place last year, overtaking Italy’s Osteria Francescana and Spain’s El Celler de Can Roca.

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