I go out to eat a lot. Probably too much. So as 2007 wound down, I was thinking about all of the restaurants that I had eaten at over the past year. As I put together the list, I tried to think of every place where I had eaten a sit-down meal, not take out. I was able to come up with slightly more than sixty spots that fit this criteria, using my credit card statements, yelp lists, and just general recall. I know I am missing probably 10-15 more.

Some of the highlights of 2007 included a meal at Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill in Las Vegas that far exceeded my expectations, dining on a lovely surf and turf at the Bayside Restaurant (at Sandals resort) overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Jamaica, and flat out amazing meal at Nobu in NYC this fall. Oh, and I can’t forget a pretty awesome dim sum experience that Julie and I had at Empire Garden here in Boston with my friend Kyle and his girlfriend Ashley.

Bamboo - Brighton, MA
Bar Lola - Boston, MA
Bayside Restaurant - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Beacon Street Tavern - Brookline, MA
Betty’s Wok And Noodle - Boston, MA
Blackstone Grill - Boston, MA
Blue Ribbon BBQ - Newton, MA
Boston Beer Works - Boston, MA
Brown Sugar Cafe - Boston, MA
Bucky’s Grill - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Butcher Shop - Boston, MA
Cafenation - Brighton, MA
Capital Grille - Boston, MA
Casa Romero - Boston, MA
Charlie’s Kitchen - Cambridge, MA
Chau Chau City - Boston, MA
Daedalus - Cambridge, MA
Dali - Somerville, MA
Dok Bua - Brookline, MA
East coast Grill - Cambridge, MA
El Oriental De Cuba - Jamaica Plain, MA
Empire Garden - Boston, MA
Excelsior - Boston, MA
Finale - Brookline, MA
Fireplace - Brookline, MA
Fugakyu - Brookline, MA
Gari - Brookline, MA
Golden Temple - Brookline, MA
Great Bay - Boston, MA
Hana Zen - San Francisco, CA
Harry’s Bar and Grill - Brighton, MA
Haru - Boston, MA
Henrietta’s Table - Brookline, MA
Jake’s Dixie Roadhouse - Waltham, MA
Joshua Tree - Brighton, MA
Kupel’s Bagel - Brookline, MA
Mesa Grill - Las Vegas, NV
Michael’s Deli - Brookline, MA
Moogy’s - Brighton, MA
Mr. Bartleys Burger Cottage - Cambridge, MA
New Ginza - Watertown, MA
Nobu - New York, NY
Not Your Average Joe’s - Watertown, MA
Petit Robert Bistro - Boston, MA
Rosie O’Grady’s Saloon - New York, NY
Ruth’s Chris - Boston, MA
Sabur - Somerville, MA
Seiyo - Boston, MA
Sel De La Terre - Boston, MA
Shabu Village - Brookline, MA
Solea - Waltham, MA
Sunset Grill and Tap - Allston, MA
Tasca - Brighton, MA
Ten Tables - Jamaica Plain, MA
Ted’s Montana Grill - New York, NY
Teryaki House - Boston, MA
The OtherSide Cafe - Boston, MA
Trescas - Watertown, MA
Tokyo Joe’s - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Tsunami - Brookline, MA
Union Oyster House - Boston, MA
Washington Square Tavern, Brookline, MA
Woody’s Tap - Boston, MA
Zaftigs - Brookline, MA
Zocalo - Brighton, MA
Zon’s - Jamaica Plain, MA

So there it is, every place that I can recall dining at in 2007. The list is definitely long, and pretty varied, but it was interesting to list them all like this (to me anyways). In 2008, I plan to record these places as I go, so as to have a more accurate list.