Manhattan’s French-inspired Le Bernardin was ranked the No. 1 restaurant in the US by influential survey La Liste for the fourth year running — bucking a trend that venerates Asian cuisine over all others.

Eric Ripert’s gracious West 51st Street seafood mecca shared its 99.5 score (on a scale of 100) with only one other American eatery, Single Thread Restaurant & Inn in Healdsburg, Calif. The honor followed Michelin’s renewal of Le Bernardin’s precious three-star rating last month.

Although Michelin remains the gold standard, La Liste has made inroads, Ripert said.

“Michelin has 100 years in existence, and La Liste only 10,” he told us. “Michelin is still relevant and powerful, but La Liste is becoming more important.”

Paris-based La Liste differs from Michelin and other restaurant-

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