![]() Still, the one-man show Hayato in Downtown LA and the ethereal Phenakite from chef Minh Phan, perhaps the city’s biggest recent success story, both took well-deserved spots on the list. Nearly as rude, no LA restaurant earned three stars this season - a shock for n/naka, the kaiseki specialist often cited as the hardest reservation to score anywhere in Southern California. Ashok Selvam, Eater Chicago editor Los AngelesĪfter a one-year hiatus, following its multi-year abandonment of LA, the Michelin Guide returns to Los Angeles and once again mostly misses the mark, continuing to leave off the city’s meaningful Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese, and Mexican restaurants - to say nothing of LA’s genre-defining street food. Russell left Kikko last year, and star status apparently went along with her. Notably losing its star was Kikko, the omakase sushi counter helmed by chef Mariya Russell, who became the first Black woman to preside over a Michelin-starred kitchen after inspectors awarded it a star in 2019. ![]() Another two-star rating, for the tasting menu at Moody Tongue Brewing Co., reflects that Chicago’s beer scene is one of the tops in the country. ChicagoĪlinea in Lincoln Park remains Chicago’s only three-starred restaurant, but three Chicago restaurants joined the tire guide’s list this year: Chef Curtis Duffy’s Ever, a hulking fine dining restaurant that opened in the middle of the pandemic, received two stars - one short of what Duffy’s previous restaurant, Grace, earned before closing in December 2017. It seems that no matter what year the guide is released, inspectors are still playing by the same book. And in San Diego, the city celebrated finally getting a slightly bigger slice of the California ratings with the addition of three new star-rated restaurants, one of which was up front about its star aspirations back in 2019. Northern California continued its streak by once again claiming the most stars in the Golden State, while in the Midwest, Alinea remains Chicago’s sole three-star restaurant. ![]() In Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and New York, Michelin inspectors continued to overlook restaurants centered on some of the cities’ most celebrated cuisines - namely notable Mexican, Indian, Vietnamese, Central American, Middle Eastern, and Chinese establishments - in favor of cautious choices like (the recently panned) Eleven Madison Park. How does that translate into the dining landscapes of major cities in the U.S.? True to form, the theme of the 2021 Michelin guide selections stuck to mostly Eurocentric and Japanese selections, leaving out major swaths of the U.S. While many reviewers have foresworn star ratings at restaurants still reckoning with the effects of the pandemic, Michelin had no such compunctions this year, releasing the guides for the first time since 2019 on a dining world that remains undeniably changed. The Michelin Guide, the vaunted star-bestowing restaurant list assembled by a tire company, completed its reveal of its 2021 guides across the United States in September. ![]()
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