Osteria Francescana (; "Franciscan Tavern") is a restaurant owned and run by chef
Massimo Bottura
Massimo Bottura (; born 30 September 1962) is an Italian restaurateur and the chef patron of Osteria Francescana, a three-Michelin-star restaurant based in Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; et ...
in
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label=Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern I ...
,
Italy
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.
In 2018,
William Reed Business Media
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Early history
In 1862, William Reed founded ...
named Osteria Francescana the best restaurant in the world that year in their annual
The World's 50 Best Restaurants
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.
Awards
In 2016 and 2018, it was rated as the world's best restaurant in
the World's 50 Best Restaurants
The World's Best 50 Restaurants is a list produced by UK media company William Reed, which originally appeared in the British magazine ''Restaurant'' in 2002. The list and awards however are no longer directly related to ''Restaurant'' magazine ...
.
It was the first Italian restaurant to earn the award.
It was also second best in 2015 and third best in 2013 and 2014.
Osteria Francescana is rated with three stars by the
Michelin Guide
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and holds the first position on the Italian food guide ''l'Espresso - Ristoranti d'Italia'' with a score of 20/20.
Reviews
Katherine LaGrave, writing in
Condé Nast Traveler
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The Condé Nast unit of Advance Publications purchased ''Signature'', a magazine for Diners Club memb ...
, praised Osteria Francescana's "lack of pretense" and said its classics remained a surprise, despite the media attention.
Tanya Gold
Tanya Gold (born 31 December 1973) is an English freelance journalist.
Career
Gold has written for British newspapers, including ''The New York Times'' ''The Guardian'', the ''Daily Mail'', ''The Independent'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', ''The Su ...
, writing in
The Guardian
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in 2016, said "some of it is delicious" but not her "kind of food." Richard Vines, writing in
Bloomberg Businessweek
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in 2014, said lunch was "three hours of pleasure."
In popular media
Osteria Francescana is depicted as a location in the ''
Master of None
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'' TV series, season 2, episode 2.
The restaurant is also featured in Season 1 Episode 1 of ''
Chef’s Table'' and Season 2 Episode 1 of ''
Somebody Feed Phil
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In May 2019, Netflix announced that it had renewed ''Somebody Feed Phil'' for a third season, ...
'', both
Netflix
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original series.
See also
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List of Michelin starred restaurants
Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin Guide to grade restaurants on their quality. The guide was originally developed in 1900 to show French drivers where local amenities such as restaurants and mechanics were. The rating sys ...
References
External links
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The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2015
Restaurants in Italy
Buildings and structures in Modena
Michelin Guide starred restaurants in Italy
Tourist attractions in Emilia-Romagna
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