The Best Restaurants for Best Outdoor Dining

Just in time for the warm weather, OpenTable, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN), a leading provider of free online reservations for diners and guest management systems for restaurants, today announced the national winners of its 2009 Diners' Choice awards for Best Outdoor Dining. The list of winning restaurants is derived from two million reviews submitted by OpenTable diners for more than 9,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

'The restaurants on this list offer a variety of wonderful outdoor dining experiences, from sweeping ocean views and desert cafés to urban rooftops and intimate gardens,' said Caroline Potter, OpenTable's dining expert. 'What the restaurants on this list have in common is that their carefully planned menus perfectly complement the settings with an emphasis on fresh, seasonal ingredients and delicious cocktails.'

Based on feedback collected from OpenTable diners between April 2008 and April 2009, the following 50 restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, received the highest scores from OpenTable diners, indicating that they were considered among the top choices for Outdoor Dining restaurants. For more information about this list, please visit www.opentable.com/outdoor.

The 2009 Winners of OpenTable's Best for Outdoor Dining Awards

• A Fish Called Avalon - Miami Beach, FL
• Ácenar - San Antonio, TX
• Anis Café and Bistro - Atlanta, GA
• Arcadia Farms - Scottsdale, AZ
• Auberge du Soleil - Rutherford, CA
• BALEENmiami - Miami, FL
• BALEENnaples - Naples, FL
• Basil's - Atlanta, GA
• Beachcomber Café, Crystal Cove - Newport Coast, CA
• Belden Taverna - San Francisco, CA
• Boathouse Forest Park - St. Louis, MO
• Café Pinot - Los Angeles, CA
• Calistoga Inn Restaurant & Brewery - Calistoga, CA
• Campiello, Naples - Naples, FL
• Dominick's Restaurant - West Hollywood, CA
• Faz Danville - Danville, CA
• Flatwater - Chicago, IL
• Foreign Cinema - San Francisco, CA
• Fritti - Atlanta, GA
• Geoffrey's Restaurant - Malibu, CA
• George's Ocean Terrace - La Jolla, CA
• Hau Tree Lanai - Honolulu, HI
• Latitude - Rohnert Park, CA
• Lon's at the Hermosa - Paradise Valley, AZ
• MarketBar - San Francisco, CA
• Metro Lafayette - Lafayette, CA
• Milagros - Redwood City, CA
• Ovations at Wolf Trap - Vienna, VA
• Pacifica Del Mar - Del Mar, CA
• Pacifica Seafood Restaurant - Palm Desert, CA
• Paradise Cove Beach Cafe - Malibu, CA
• Plouf - San Francisco, CA
• Poseidon - Del Mar, CA
• Red Fish Grill - Miami - Coral Gables, FL
• Sapphire Laguna - Laguna Beach, CA
• Sheerwater Restaurant at the Hotel del Coronado - Coronado, CA
• Spencer's Restaurant - Palm Springs, CA
• Sundried Tomato Café - Laguna Beach - Laguna Beach, CA
• The Hall at Palihouse Holloway - West Hollywood, CA
• The Prado at Balboa Park - San Diego, CA
• The Smokehouse Restaurant at Ponte Winery - Temecula, CA
• The Turtle Club, Naples - Naples, FL
• Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe - Palm Desert - Palm Desert, CA
• Twin Palms Restaurant - Pasadena, CA
• Vic and Angelo's - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• Villa Sorriso - Pasadena, CA
• Vin de Set - Saint Louis, MO
• Wilshire - Santa Monica, CA
• Wish - Miami Beach, CA
• Zin Bistro Americana - Westlake Village, CA

'Not surprisingly, Southern California and Western Florida are home to many of the award-winning restaurants, since the weather is warm more often than not in these locations,' Potter added. 'But, there are also other great hot spots in between the two coasts, including some hidden gems in both Arizona and Missouri.'

For more information on Outdoor Dining trends and other hot spots, please visit Potter's 'Dining Check' blog on OpenTable atblog.opentable.com.

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