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Michelin Man's Mistakes?
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 7, 2005
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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Published Nov 7, 2005
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The NY Post goes after the Michelin Guide for its glaring mistakes, sort of the way Manhattan User's Guide nailed the 2006 Zagat guide a few weeks ago. The Post's restaurant critic, Steve Cuozzo, goes after Michelin, wondering if their highly trained inspectors even went to some restaurants and calls some of the advice "inane." Plus: The guide tells readers to take the "Metro," not the subway, to restaurants, mentions Le Bernadin's a la carte menu when it's only prix fixe, and seems to rely on a 1960s review of the Four Seasons for decor information. Sacre bleu! Gothamist can only believe that Michelin's star for Etats-Unis, which Cuozzo calls an "overreaching dud" is because its name is in French, which means future restaurants will attempt to Frenchify their atmosphere for a coveted star.It's been an interesting week since the Michelin star/non-star filter has descended upon the city, as guide actually seems to make men cry.
On a related note: Eater on Michelin in NYC. On semi-related notes: Kitchen Confidential, the "we think it's good, but can't really tell because we haven't seen enough episodes, thank you, World Series" Fox series is coming back later this month (next week we think) and we walked by Sur la Table last week when Rachael Ray was making an appearance and there really were TONS of people waiting to see her.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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