The World's 50 Best Restauarants...

None of the 50 places listed this year (see the full list here) are located in current Pocket cities. However, Enoteca Pinchiorri, in Florence (a city in which we once published, many moons ago), is at number 41.

Back in the Feb-Mar 2002 issue of Florence In Your Pocket your correspondent (for it was I) wrote of Enoteca:

With two Michelin stars and a legendary wine cellar, L'Enoteca Pinchiorri is considered by the cogniscenti the finest restaurant in Italy. The restaurant is housed in a Renaissance Palazzo, with splendid entranceway, a scented courtyard, and a series of elegant dining rooms. Absolutely a must in Italian fine dining.

It is no longer the finest restaurant in Italy. Upstart Gambero Rosso (in San Vincenzo) now takes that crown...