AAA Five Diamond List for 2012 Adds 7 New Restaurants
By: Marissa Brassfield
Published: January 20, 2012

The AAA Five Diamond list for 2012 has been announced; in all, 53 restaurants and 126 hotels were given the prestigious AAA/CAA Five Diamond Award this year. California cleaned up, adding two hotels and one restaurant, while New York added three new restaurants.
"Five Diamond lodgings feature extraordinary physical attributes and meticulous personalized attention, and Five Diamond restaurants feature world-class service and imaginative menu selections using the finest ingredients," said Michael Petrone, the director of AAA Tourism Information Development. Check out the full list of restaurants below, including Ocean House in Rhode Island, which appears in the photo above.
United States
Arizona
Kai (in the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa), Chandler
California
The Belvedere (in The Peninsula Beverly Hills), Beverly Hills
	Cyrus (in Les Mars Hotel), Healdsburg
	Erna's Elderberry House Restaurant (in the Château du Sureau), Oakhurst
	The Kitchen Restaurant, Sacramento [NEW FOR 2012]
	Addison (in The Grand Del Mar), San Diego
	Gary Danko, San Francisco
	The French Laundry, Yountville
Colorado
The Penrose Room (in The Broadmoor), Colorado Springs
Connecticut
Winvian (in the Winvian), Morris
District of Columbia
CityZen (in the Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.)
Florida
Victoria & Albert's (in Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa), Lake Buena Vista
	The Restaurant at The Four Seasons (1995) (in the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach), Palm Beach
Hawaii
Chef Mavro, Honolulu La Mer (in the Halekulani), Honolulu
Illinois
Alinea, Chicago
	Arun's, Chicago
	Charlie Trotter's, Chicago
	Everest, Chicago
	Tru, Chicago
Kentucky
The Oakroom (in The Seelbach Hilton Louisville), Louisville
Maine
The White Barn Inn Restaurant (in The White Barn Inn & Spa), Kennebunk Beach
Massachusetts
L'Espalier (in the Mandarin Oriental, Boston), Boston
	Menton, Boston [NEW FOR 2012]
	Wheatleigh's Dining Room (in the Wheatleigh), Lennox
Nevada
Joël Robuchon (in the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino), Las Vegas
	Le Cirque (in the Bellagio), Las Vegas
	Picasso (in the Bellagio), Las Vegas
	Restaurant Guy Savoy (in Caesars Palace), Las Vegas
New York
Aureole, New York
	Daniel, New York
	Del Posto, New York [NEW FOR 2012]
	Jean Georges Restaurant (in the Trump International Hotel & Tower), New York
	Marea, New York [NEW FOR 2012]
	Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Tarrytown [NEW FOR 2012]
North Carolina
Herons Restaurant (in The Umstead Hotel & Spa), Cary [NEW FOR 2012]
	The Fearrington House Restaurant (in The Fearrington House Inn), Fearrington Village
Pennsylvania
Lautrec (in the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort), Farmington
	Fountain Restaurant (in the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia), Philadelphia
South Carolina
The Dining Room at Woodlands, Summerville
Texas
The French Room (in The Adolphus), Texas
Virginia
The Inn at Little Washington Dining Room (in The Inn at Little Washington), Washington
Washington
The Herbfarm Restaurant, Woodinville
Canada
Alberta
Eden (in The Rimrock Resort Hotel), Banff
Ontario
Langdon Hall Dining Room & Terrace (in the Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & Spa), Cambridge
Québec
Le Baccara (in the Hilton Lac-Leamy), Gatineau
	Restaurant Toqué!, Montréal
	Restaurant Initiale, Québec [NEW FOR 2012]
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Blue (in The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman), Grand Cayman
Mexico
Nayarit
Carolina at The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort (in The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort), Punta Mita
Quintana Roo
Fantino (in The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun), Cancun
	Le Basilic (in the Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Cancun Resort & Spa), Cancun
	The Club Grill (in The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun), Cancun

Comments:
navratan
May 30, 2012

Great post!! very informative.
Thank you very much for such a lovely and informative post.