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THE RESTAURANT REPORTER
Special edition: Best of the Year
By Tanya Wenman Steel

The year 2000 brought a bumper crop of new restaurants. We asked noted restaurant critics across the country to pick the hottest, the best and even the most overrated in their cities, as well as the most highly anticipated openings at press time.

From Viviana Carballo, food columnist, The Miami Herald.

Best New Formal: From local hero Mark Militello comes Mark's South Beach. It's super-elegant, super-expensive and of course, super-delicious.