Best Restaurants LA: Meta-analysis

Ok.  I don't know how I ended up doing this, because I don't even like food.  I'm not like those people who talk about how much they love food, because food is more functional to me than anything.  Nonetheless, my OCD list completion instinct somehow got aroused, and this is what evolved out of it.

This is version 2.0 of my best restaurants in LA list. Based on Jonathan Gold's 101 List, Zagat, Gayot and Eater LA.  It's a composite score based on those lists/ratings.  I started out with the 101 list and arbitrarily made that the maximum number I would consider from any list.  The lowest Zagat and Gayot scores that had less than 101 restaurants were 26/30 and 15/30 respectively.  Of course, Eater LA has their 38 Essential list.

Qualification for the meta-last required appearance on two or more other lists.  Seems reasonable right? A best restaurant should be corroborated by two sources.

I normalized the top of the scales to a maximum of 5 and the bottom anywhere from 3 to 4.25 based on my judgement.  I gave Eater LA to only 1/4 weight because it's trendy and changes too often.  Then just added everything together.  Oh, I also gave a fudge factor for those not appearing on all the lists.  I gave them 1 point per list just so they don't get hurt too much not making a list. So the theoretical maximum is 5+5+5+1.25 = 16.25.

I don't personally agree with the order of the list.  But remember these numbers come from other lists.  My contribution was just some of the rules above. Check marks are the ones I've tried personally. Stars are my personal rating.

	Restaurant	Meta	Lists	MyScore
✔	Urasawa	15.62	4	✿✿✿✿✿
✔	Providence	15.29	3	✿✿✿✿✿
✔	Melisse	15.29	4	✿✿✿
✔	Spago	14.80	4	✿✿✿✿
	Cut	14.44	3
✔	Ink	14.11	4	✿✿✿
✔	Rivera	14.05	3	✿✿✿
✔	Matsuhisa	14.00	4	✿✿✿✿
✔	Hatfield's	13.78	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Drago Centro	13.69	3	✿✿✿
✔	The Bazaar	13.68	3	✿✿✿
✔	n/naka	13.64	3	✿✿✿✿✿
✔	Kiriko	13.61	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Gjelina	13.21	4	✿✿✿
✔	Valentino	12.87	3	✿✿✿
✔	Animal	11.45	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Jitlada	11.36	3	✿
✔	Osteria Mozza	11.27	2	✿✿
	Asanebo	11.25	2
✔	Lucques	11.23	2	✿✿✿
✔	Angelini Osteria	11.09	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Shunji	11.07	2	✿✿✿✿
✔	Hamasaku	10.92	2	✿
✔	Marouch	10.79	2	✿✿
	Saam	10.77	2
	Mori Sushi	10.58	2
✔	Bashan	10.58	2	✿✿✿
✔	Vincenti	10.38	2	✿✿
✔	Son of a Gun	10.36	3	✿✿✿
✔	Alma	10.30	2	✿✿✿
	Saddle Peak Lodge	10.25	2
	Maison Akira	10.25	2
✔	Joe's	10.25	2	✿✿✿
	Chinois on Main	10.25	2
✔	Din Tai Fung	10.14	2	✿✿✿
✔	Tsujita	10.03	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Langer's	9.90	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Patina	9.50	3	✿✿✿✿
✔	Spice Table	7.90	2	✿✿
✔	Baco Mercat	7.85	2	✿✿✿
✔	Guelaguetza	7.73	2	✿
✔	Bestia	7.71	2	✿✿✿✿
✔	Park's BBQ	7.65	2	✿✿✿
✔	Trois Mec	7.60	2	✿✿✿
✔	AOC	7.56	2	✿
✔	Pizzeria Mozza	7.55	2	✿
✔	La Casita Mexicana	7.49	2	✿
✔	Bay Cities	7.49	2	✿✿✿
✔	Rustic Canyon	7.37	2	✿✿✿✿
✔	Hart & the Hunter	7.25	2	✿✿✿✿
✔	Picca	7.15	2	✿✿✿
✔	Sugarfish	7.13	2	✿✿✿
✔	Mahattan Beach Post	7.13	2	✿✿✿
✔	Watergrill	7.13	2	✿✿✿
	Superba Snack Bar	6.98	2