I wrote about something similar in CulinaryWoman a few weeks ago. Michelin gets all kinds of remunerations from local business groups for adding a city/state. Why is there no Guide Michelin for New Orleans? Because no one has paid to bring them there - yet. Conversely, that’s why Colorado was recently added.
Which is insane because of all the cities in American which deserve Michelin recognition and doesn’t have them, obviously NOLA is the one. This also brings up an interesting point. Many of the old cities don’t pay for recognition. How long can that model last. If you’re charging some but not others something has to give.
I had no ideal about Michelin. I must be living under a rock. Perhaps we can disregard the stars and bibs? Or just use it as a guide, one among many. Think I’ll defer to my hometown critics. 😘
I wrote about something similar in CulinaryWoman a few weeks ago. Michelin gets all kinds of remunerations from local business groups for adding a city/state. Why is there no Guide Michelin for New Orleans? Because no one has paid to bring them there - yet. Conversely, that’s why Colorado was recently added.
Which is insane because of all the cities in American which deserve Michelin recognition and doesn’t have them, obviously NOLA is the one. This also brings up an interesting point. Many of the old cities don’t pay for recognition. How long can that model last. If you’re charging some but not others something has to give.
Once again, word of mouth rules. :] Pay-to-play is just too common to me to trust any review site or system at this point.
I had no ideal about Michelin. I must be living under a rock. Perhaps we can disregard the stars and bibs? Or just use it as a guide, one among many. Think I’ll defer to my hometown critics. 😘