In a city with some 24,000 restaurants—ranging from world renowned French eateries to neighborhood burger joints—New Yorkers put a great deal of faith in recommendations, searching for some trustworthy voice to point them in the right direction. For years, the Michelin Guide and its anonymous inspectors have served as the gold standard for where to dine in the five boroughs, assigning a business one star for "a very good restaurant in its category," two stars for "excellent cuisine, worth a detour," and three stars for "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey." These little, red stars have been known to either make or break a chef's career. Say what you will about the Michelin Guide—that its elitist, that it favors European cuisine over other culinary traditions, that it's  ranking system is outdated, etcetera—but the stars do paint an interesting portrait of where New York stands in the increasingly competitive world of food. Eater was able to get its hands on an advanced list of the restaurants included in Michelin's 2017 guide to New York City, and indeed the result offer a glimpse at where food in the five boroughs might be heading.

To begin with, the guide hints at serious stagnation at the top. For the sixth year in a row, no new restaurants were admitted to the three star club in New York, while San Francisco has seen a handful of restaurants rise from one star to three over the course of the last half-dozen years, according to Eater. And though it's easy to pick out a number of snubs this year—most notably Le Coucou, and April Bloomfield's Spotted Pig being demoted to the Bib Gourmand list—new, one-star winners like Faro in Bushwick, Brooklyn perhaps hint at some regional diversification. how many dishes to order at yo sushiWilliamsburg's Aska also made it's Michelin debut with a splash, coming in heavy with two-stars. ​ sushi supplies online canada Whether you agree or disagree, here, via Eater, are the restaurants Michelin believes to be the best in New York City.cooked sushi rice calories

Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare Gotham Bar & Grill Sushi Ginza Onodera (new) The "congrats" tweets are pouring in to Bay Area restaurants blessed with Michelin stars today, and, one imagines, the champagne and tears are flowing readily. 4 years of Michelin stars!!! Congrats to our wonderful team for keeping it going! Congrats to @thePROGRESS_sf for its first star!— StateBird Provisions (@statebirdsf) October 25, 2016sushi grade fish fresh market State Bird Provisions, as the above tweet indicates, earned its second star for decorated chef/owners Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, who also snagged a first star for their sister restaurant the Progress. jiro dreams of sushi watch movieEater had the early word on Mister Jiu's first star and Lazy Bear's second. jiro dreams of sushi movie tickets

Those two are particularly unusual in that Brandow Jew's new school Chinatown restaurant has only been open since April, and Lazy Bear, David Barzelay's Mission restaurant with its communal tables and dinner party vibe is a far cry from the usual Michelin script. Two stars from @michelininspectors!!! Congrats to the whole team! A photo posted by Lazy Bear (@lazybearsf) on Oct 25, 2016 at 10:28am PDT The full list of winners has just emerged, which includes big news for Quince. jiro dreams of sushi nyThe Jackson Square restaurant of Michael and Lindsay Tusk joins a small coterie of three-star restaurants in the area: Benu, the French Laundry, the Restaurant at Meadowood, Manresa, and Saison. There are just over 100 three-star restaurants in the world according to Michelin, and now the Bay Area has six of them, the same number as a little town called New York City. San Francisco sushi restaurants Ju-ni and Hashiri each earned a star this year, although Kusakabe lost its star.

Oakland was essentially overlooked: Commis kept its existing star, but that's it. Farther afield, San Jose portuguese restaurant Adega earned its first star. The snubbed list, as far as the Chronicle sees it, includes In Situ, Cala, Petit Crenn, and Camino, although In Situ might simply be too new, and chef Corey Lee holds onto his three stars for Benu. Meanwhile, Atelier Crenn and Petit Crenn Chef Dominique Crenn also maintains her two stars, although as Eater points out, no woman chef currently holds three Michelin stars. Below, the entire list, with new star awardees bolded. Last week we learned of the "Bib Gourmand" winners, a group who were not awarded stars but who were recognized by the Michelin Guide as good value bets. The French Laundry, Wine Country The Restaurant at Meadowood, Wine Country Atelier Crenn, San Francisco Campton Place, San Francisco Lazy Bear, San Francisco Al’s Place, San Francisco Auberge du Soleil, Wine Country

Chez TJ, South Bay Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, Wine Country Gary Danko, San Francisco Keiko à Nob Hill, San Francisco Kin Khao, San Francisco La Toque, Wine Country Lord Stanley, San Francisco Madrona Manor, Wine Country Michael Mina, San Francisco Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco Plumed Horse, South Bay The Progress, San Francisco Sons & Daughters, San Francisco State Bird Provisions, San Francisco Terrapin Creek, Wine Country The Village Pub, Peninsula Previously: Ahead Of Michelin Guide Update, 11 New Bay Area Restaurants Receive 'Bib Gourmand' NodAnother year, and another set of MICHELIN stars has been descended upon New York City. In the three-star realm, all six of last year’s restaurants remained in top standing including one of my favorite NYC meals from last year at Jean-Georges. In the two-star category, the Modern is the newest addition to rise from its one star in the 2015 Guide. There were nine additional New York restaurants added to the one-star grouping.

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