# Who has eaten at a Michelin Star restaurant?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [November 18, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-eaten-at-a-michelin-star-restaurant/975154 "2022-11-18T17:17:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
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I ate at one in Denver that was the only disappointment I’ve ever had at a Michelin Star. And they just got a second star. WTF?

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**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-eaten-at-a-michelin-star-restaurant/975154/62 "2025-11-04T19:46:21Z")

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I read on Google that Michelin only reviews 4 US cities–NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and now Washington DC

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-eaten-at-a-michelin-star-restaurant/975154/63 "2025-11-04T19:49:14Z")

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Well, they’re wrong. We have ones in Denver, Boulder & Aspen.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-eaten-at-a-michelin-star-restaurant/975154/64 "2025-11-04T20:45:24Z")

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And Santa Barbara

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**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-eaten-at-a-michelin-star-restaurant/975154/65 "2025-11-04T20:58:07Z")

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> [@HeyHomie](#):
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> I very much doubt that anyone in the Guide’s employ is going to take Walt Disney World and its attendant restaurants seriously, simply rejecting theme park food as a matter of course.

[They apparently do take it seriously.](https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/florida/orlando/restaurant/victoria-albert-s) Note that that’s an actual Michelin star, not one of their lesser recommendations such as Bib Gourmand or Selected Restaurants.

> [@fedman1](#):
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> I read on Google that Michelin only reviews 4 US cities–NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and now Washington DC

As noted above, they also do Orlando. And also Tampa, Miami, Charleston, Atlanta, Greenville, Nashville, New Orleans, Charlotte, and that’s just in the south. If you expand it to other recommendations, not just starred restaurants, even more cities show up.

Now that they have expanded, I have eaten at several.

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