Eleven on Madison Ave was a six star restaurant with the world' s finest chefs boasting multiple Michelin star ratings . It was a restaurant that has been on my list of fancy places to try but I didn' g get down to doing so . The ratings in the critique columns were ways spectacular with comments like The best New York has to offer , and , A true treat for the tastebuds . So , when we were half - way to the restaurant and I asked Elliot where it is that we would be dining , I was not expecting him to say Eleven on Madison Ave but he did and I could not contain my delight . I smiled widely , a gleam of excitement clouding my vision . Elliot smiled broadly at my reaction . " This place has been on my bucket list ever since Bernard Hopkins rated it the best place he had dined at in all hi