The Michelin Guide is expanding to new cities in Florida. Here's what you need to know
The world's most famous restaurant guide book is coming to Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The Michelin Guide, which reviews and rates restaurants from around the world, has announced that it will be adding three more Florida cities to its guide beginning in 2026: Fort Lauderdale, the Palm Beaches and St. Petersburg-Clearwater.
The guide has been rating restaurants in Miami, Orlando and Tampa since 2022.
Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides, said Florida's restaurant offerings have improved since the guide first came to the state.
'Florida continues to raise the bar with its emerging culinary talent, international influences and the palpable passion of its local restaurant communities,' he said in a statement. 'Over the past three years, we've seen the Florida selection grow and strengthen as our Inspectors shined a spotlight on their discoveries. We look forward to exploring these new destinations and highlighting the excellence of their local restaurant scene.'
Tourism agencies in the cities pay for the privilege of Michelin's anonymous inspectors coming to local restaurants. State tourism and marketing agency Visit Florida and tourism agencies in Miami, Orlando and Tampa paid the guide an estimated $1.5 million for Michelin to highlight restaurants in those cities from 2022-2024 and later reached an agreement to continue in 2025 and beyond.
Miami has 14 starred restaurants, including L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Florida's only two-starred restaurant. Orlando has seven starred restaurants, and Tampa has five.
Last month, the guide announced the addition of six Miami-area restaurants: Cotoa, Grand Central, Itamae Ao, Palma, Sereia and Torno Subito. There's no guarantee these spots, designated as Recommended, will earn stars in the 2025 guide, but in 2024, three Recommended restaurants did earn stars: EntreNos, Shingo and Ogawa.
The 2025 Michelin Guide will be announced sometime this spring.
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