Prague’s Alcron wins Grand restaurant poll 2008

The winner of this year’s Grand restaurant poll, compiled by food critic Pavel Maurer, is Prague’s Alcron restaurant. The results were announced in the daily Hospodářské noviny on Tuesday. Alcron, on Prague’s Štěpánská Street, rose eight places to first in this year’s list, with the restaurant’s new chef Roman Paulus taking most of the credit for the overall victory. Last year’s winner, Prague’s U Lípy restaurant, ranked outside of the top ten in this year’s poll. According to Hospodářské noviny, the poll was conducted by over 500 adjudicators, consuming over 6.5 million crowns’ (321,000 USD) worth of food.