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Most overrated I have ever eaten in is Chez Panisse, the temple of California cuisine in Berkeley.
Actually, Chez Panisse consists of two establishments. Upstairs is the Chez Panisse Cafe, with simple fare such as pizzettas and salad......
But as a restaurant, it is horrendously overrrated.
I'm not going to disagree with you on the Restaurant, but the Cafe is decent.
Have you looked at the menu recently? There is more than just pizzetta and salad.
http://www.chezpanisse.com/menus/cafe-menu/ I wouldn't go to Chez Panisse Cafe to eat pizzetta and their salads anyways.
I will say this about Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe, their food is not stylish or avant garde anymore and the prices are up there, but they still produce good tasting simple Californian cuisine. I haven't had great meals at the Restaurant or Cafe, but I've had good meals.
There are a lot of bashers of Chez Panisse, and I sometimes join in, but there are a TON of restaurants which try to duplicate Chez Panisse and fail IMHO.