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Time Out
16-07-2025
- Time Out
14 NYC restaurants were just added to the Michelin Guide 2025
Since 1900, the Michelin Guides, have been the pinnacle of the restaurant critique world—its name carries a lot of weight, pun intended. Published by the French tire company Michelin, this elite company awards up to three Michelin stars for culinary excellence, making membership a big deal. And as of today, July 16, the Michelin Guide has welcomed a new crop of acclaimed eateries to its 2025 selection of restaurants, including a handful of new standouts from New York City. It should be noted that, when reviewing restaurants, Michelin restaurant inspectors pay no heed to the décor, table settings, or even the quality of service. They do look at the quality of the ingredients used to make the dishes, the mastery of the flavor palate and cooking techniques, the amount of the chef's personality found in the fare, the harmony of the flavors, and the consistency of the product based on multiple visits. All in all, they take selection very seriously. And that selection includes some seriously good New York restaurants: joining 16 other local restos that joined the Michelin Guide earlier this year (including Cafe Commerce, Crane Club and Smithereens) are 14 fresh additions including Yemenat, a "cozy, family-style spot" serving Yemeni cuisine in Bay Ridge ("Dining here is more than just a meal; it's a soul-nourishing experience," reports the Guide); Hungry Thirsty, a southern Thai spot offering curries, stir-fries and salads in Carroll Gardens; and Kabawa, chef Paul Carmichael's "deeply personal love letter to the Caribbean" in the East Village. Just a reminder as you scroll through the guide, these eateries are marked as "new" and "recommended" but that doesn't mean they have earned a coveted Michelin star or Bib Gourmand recognition, though we'll obviously keep you posted if any of that changes in the near future! Check out the full list of new additions to the Michelin Guide New York 2025: Yemenat in Bay Ridge Hungry Thirsty in Carroll Gardens 6 Restaurant in Carroll Gardens Glin Thai Bistro in Fort Greene Mango Bay in Fort Greene Café Kestrel in Red Hook Enso in Williamsburg Taqueria El Chato in Williamsburg Adda in the East Village Kabawa in the East Village Maison Passerelle in the Financial District Joomak in the West Village Laliko in the West Village Papa San in Midtown West
New York Times
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
A Reporter's Methodical Quest to Find New York's Best Croissants
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. I have been a restaurant critic and food writer for more than a decade, and began my career as an inspector for the Michelin Guides in North America. While training for that job, I learned about the importance of relativity, which is the idea that critiquing a meal in isolation is an incomplete analysis. The better critique comes from comparisons, whenever they are possible. It's a lesson that I use often in my work and one that was especially helpful in reporting a recent article for The New York Times on the best croissants in New York City. This spring, Nikita Richardson, an editor for the Food section, emailed me, asking if I'd like to write the article. Thanks to my work on Sweet City, a newsletter I recently started that covers bakeries, restaurant desserts and pastry trends in New York City, I had a robust knowledge of baked goods across the city. Still, considering New York's surplus of French bakeries and the croissant craze sweeping the city, my work was cut out for me. After narrowing down a potential list of places to scout, I settled on 114 bakeries and restaurants, and subsequently hit the road. There were different approaches I could take, but I chose to break my list up by neighborhood. In a sprawling city like New York, it was the most time-efficient way to go about the task. I'm not a native New Yorker — I was born in Pakistan and grew up in Hong Kong — but I have made this city my home, hopefully for life. Walking through various neighborhoods reminded me of the dynamism that draws people from all over the world to this city. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why are there no Michelin-starred restaurants in New Mexico?
NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – It's one of the top honors a restaurant can receive: being recognized by the Michelin Guide for its cuisine. Over 1,500 U.S. eateries are published in the guide, and 260 have earned a coveted Michelin star. But why are none of those establishments in New Mexico? It turns out the Land of Enchantment joins a long list of states in the country that are not considered by Michelin Guides, and it's not because they lack top restaurants or food. As of 2025, Michelin inspectors only cover cities in seven states: New York, Chicago, California, Florida, Colorado, Texas, and Atlanta, and D.C. Los Ranchos De Albuquerque restaurant named 2025 James Beard award finalist That list will be expanding soon, as the Michelin Guide announced in April that it would include states in the South, including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Michelin is always looking to expand, but only after certain standards or criteria are achieved. 'To publish the Michelin Guide [in a specific area], we need first and foremost culinary potential,' Gwendal Poullennec, the international director of the Michelin Guide, told Bon Appetit in 2024. 'Today, I have inspectors scouting about 20 destinations where we do not yet have a restaurant selection, but that we are considering for future years. It's always a several-year process because we must see the openings and the consistency.' But it's more than just consistency or 'culinary potential' that brings a Michelin Guide to town. In recent years, Michelin has partnered with local and state tourism boards to help fund the creation of a new guide for that area — but only after the inspectors have deemed the local food scene to be worthy. In 2023, The New York Times reported that California's tourism board had paid Michelin $600,000 in 2019 to cover the cost of expanding its culinary inspections beyond the Bay Area and Napa Valley. Tourism groups in Florida, Atlanta, Colorado and Texas all reportedly agreed to similar financial partnerships. When asked about these newer financial partnerships, Poullennec, speaking with Bon Appetit in 2024, suggested that the Michelin's arrangements with these tourism boards (or, as he called them, 'destination marketing organizations' or DMOs) help to defray the editorial expenses involved with producing the guides. 'The involvement of DMOs in establishing new Guides does not have any influence on the Inspectors' judgments regarding the destination assessment, the restaurants in the selection, or award distinctions,' the inspector told Nexstar. 'DMO teams have no access to the Inspectors' work or the final selection until the list of selected restaurants is revealed by the MICHELIN Guide.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
For first time in South Florida history, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach restaurants earn Michelin stars
In a culinary coup for Broward and Palm Beach county dining, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are officially gleaming in its first Michelin stars. The Florida Michelin Guide announced Thursday night that a pair of chef-tasting experiences, the Chef's Counter at MAASS in Fort Lauderdale and Konro in West Palm Beach, have earned one Michelin star apiece. Both restaurants picked up their accolades during a ceremony at Four Seasons Resort Orlando at the Walt Disney World Resort. The news comes after the Michelin Guide in February said it would expand its esteemed guide to three new regions — Greater Fort Lauderdale, the Palm Beaches and St. Pete/Clearwater — making South Florida eateries from Hallandale Beach to Jupiter eligible to be saluted. And boy, did South Florida eateries turn up for the occasion: All told, five Fort Lauderdale restaurants picked up Michelin accolades, while Palm Beach County spots earned nine awards. The international director of the Michelin Guides, Gwendal Poullennec, for one, is bullish about the Sunshine State's restaurant supremacy. 'Florida has proven to be an international culinary destination with the expansion to three new cities,' he said in a statement. 'Our anonymous inspectors continued to be delighted by Florida's culinary community, and we congratulate all of the chefs and restaurants being honored in this year's selection.' The French tire company's guide first rolled into Miami, Orlando and Tampa in 2022 after the state's tourism arm, Visit Florida, paid $1.5 million to rate eateries in those regions for a printed guide. Michelin's expansion in South Florida came after Broward and Palm Beach's tourism groups, Visit Lauderdale and Discover the Palm Beaches, chipped in an extra $90,000 each to be part of the guide. The intimate, 14-seat Chef's Counter at MAASS at the Four Seasons Hotel And Residences Fort Lauderdale is chef Ryan Ratino's ode to American cuisine accented with French techniques. Guide 'inspectors' — Michelin's moniker for the diners who visit and critique each eatery anonymously — praised the tasting menu handled by chef David Brito, especially its 'single-seared diver scallop over a truffle puree.' 'Designed as an upmarket riff on chicken noodle soup, it's finished with a velvety broth,' the guide wrote. 'A delicate bowl of koshihikari rice cooked in a donabe with maitake mushroom and a Comté foam is excellent from start to finish. Finally, kakigori with candied nuts and fresh raspberries is a delightful conclusion.' At Konro, led by chef Jacob Bickelhaupt and sommelier Nadia Bickelhaupt, their 10-seat chef's counter presents a ballet of Japanese A5 Wagyu, dry-ice smoke, delicate bouquets of microgreens and other surprising morsels paired with wines. They serve drumstick-sized cones of crackling chicken skin, stuffed with foie gras and cloudberry jam, which the guide dubbed a 'highlight.' 'The chef's creativity is displayed in dishes like barley risotto with enoki mushrooms, caramelized crispy fried onions, and black truffle shavings, served in a golden egg,' the guide continued. In another first for Fort Lauderdale's Heritage, an Italian-American restaurant in Flagler Village fronted by (literal) rockstar chef Rino Cerbone, picked up the region's first Bib Gourmand, Michelin lingo for eateries that feature 'great food at a great value.' Not to be outdone, West Palm Beach restaurants Aioli, chef Michael Hackman's celebrated bakery-cafe, and Palm Beach Meats, owner Eric and Meghan San Pedro's fast-casual butcher-retailer-restaurant, also picked up Bib Gourmands. Statewide, 31 Florida restaurants currently have Michelin stars, with Miami leading the state with 15, followed by nine in Orlando, five in Tampa and two Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. No restaurants lost a star this year. Below, find the full lineup of South Florida Michelin winners broken down by county. Michelin stars: Chef's Counter at MAASS, Fort Lauderdale, 1 star Bib Gourmand: Heritage Fort Lauderdale Recommended: Daniel's, A Florida Steakhouse, Fort Lauderdale Larb Thai-Isan, Fort Lauderdale Evelyn's, Fort Lauderdale Michelin stars: Konro, 1 star Bib Gourmands: Aioli, West Palm Beach Palm Beach Meats, West Palm Beach Recommended: Buccan, Palm Beach Moody Tongue Sushi, West Palm Beach Nicholson Muir Distinguished Meats, Boynton Beach Stage Kitchen & Bar, Palm Beach Gardens The Butcher's Club, Palm Beach Gardens Coolinary and The Parched Pig, Palm Beach Gardens For the full list of Michelin winners statewide, go to Phillip Valys can be reached at pvalys@ or X @philvalys.
Miami Herald
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach restaurants earn Michelin stars for the first time
For the first time, restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach counties have earned Michelin stars. The Michelin Guide, which reviews and rates restaurants from around the world, announced in February that it was adding three more Florida cities to its guide this year: Fort Lauderdale, the Palm Beaches and St. Petersburg-Clearwater. It appears Fort Lauderdale and the Palm Beaches were ready for it. Chef's Counter at MAASS in Fort Lauderdale and Konro in West Palm Beach were announced as additions to the 2025 Michelin Guide at a ceremony Thursday at the Four Seasons Resort Orlando at the Walt Disney World Resort. Both restaurants serve contemporary cuisine. Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides, praised the growth of Florida's restaurant industry. 'Florida has proven to be an international culinary destination, with the expansion to three new cities and five restaurants being welcomed into the Michelin star family in this year's selection,' he said in a statement. 'Our anonymous inspectors continued to be delighted by Florida's culinary community.' MAASS, which is located in the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, offers 'a distinctive dining experience,' according to the internationally famous guide. 'Chef Ryan Ratino's tasting menu, in the hands of Chef David Brito, is a beautiful tribute to contemporary cooking with French techniques, Japanese ingredients and a few Florida highlights. Ingredients take center stage in courses like the single seared diver scallop over a truffle puree.' The guide went on to praise the restaurant's 'upmarket' riff on chicken noodle soup and koshihikari rice cooked in a Japanese clay pot with maitake mushroom and topped with Comte foam. Konro, helmed by Chef Jacob Bickelhaupt and his wife and sommelier Nadia Bickelhaupt, also makes use of the counter concept. 'Bold cooking takes center stage here, where an affinity for rich, umami-packed dishes surprises diners,' according to the guide. 'Meals begin with snacks; the foie gras mousse in a chicken-skin cone is a highlight. The chef's creativity is displayed in dishes like barley risotto with enoki mushrooms, caramelized crispy fried onions and black truffle shavings, served with a golden egg.' The guide also praises Konro's Binchotan grilled wagyu. Other newly starred restaurants in Florida No restaurants from the other newcomer to the guide, Clearwater/St Petersburg, earned stars this year, and neither did Tampa. But another South Florida spot did: Itamae Ao, a Nikkei-style Peruvian-Japanese spot in Miami, earned its first Michelin star. Chef Nando Chang is also a nominee for a 2025 James Beard Award in the Best Chef: South category. Two Orlando restaurants earned stars, too. Sorekara Japanese restaurant became Florida's second spot to earn two stars (the first is L'Atelier du Joël Robuchon, which got its stars in 2022). Ryan Ratino of MAASS, who earned two stars for his restaurant Jônt in Washington, D.C., also earned a star for Ômo by Jônt in Winter Park. Talk about a good year. In the 2025 Michelin guide, 31 Florida restaurants have stars. Miami leads the state with 15, while Orlando has nine. Tampa has earned five, and Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach have one apiece. No restaurants in the state lost a star. Other Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach honors Fort Lauderdale also gained its first ever Bib Gourmand, a designation for restaurants that serve great food at a great value: Heritage, from chef/owner Rino Cerbone. The restaurant is known for pizza and pastas. There were a couple of Palm Beach restaurants added to the Bib Gourmand list, too: aioli and Palm Beach Meats, both from West Palm Beach. Four Orlando restaurants were added, too: Banh Mi Boy, Coro, Smokemade Meats + Eats and UniGirl. Florida has 36 Bib Gourmand-designated restaurants. The two newly added areas also saw several local restaurants added to Michelin's Recommended lists. The Fort Lauderdale Recommended restaurants are Daniel's, A Florida Steakhouse; the Mediterranean spot Evelyn's at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences; and Larb Thai-Isan. In Palm Beach County, the following were added to the list of Recommended spots: Nicholson Muir Distinguished Meats in Boynton Beach; Buccan, known for American cuisine in Palm Beach; The Butcher's Club at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens and Coolinary and the Parched Pig, also in Palm Beach Gardens; and Moody Tongue Sushi and Stage Kitchen & Bar in West Palm Beach.
