The three-star rankings for this year s Michelin Guide for New York City restaurants are exactly the same as last year. They include Eleven Madison Park, Chef s Table at Brooklyn Fare, Jean-Georges, Le Bernardin, and Per Se and Masa, two restaurants at the Time Warner Center.
All 10 of the two-star places would ve be the same as last year, too, if it weren t for the addition of the relocated tasting-menu spot Aska, in Williamsburg, from the Nordic chef and Noma alum Frederik Berselius. (It s one of six Michelin-starred places in Williamsburg; Brooklyn has 12 total.) The only other change from the two-star list is that Ichimura at Brushstroke, the destination sushi spot downtown Manhattan that recently closed amid relocation rumors, was dropped from the list entirely. The nine other two-star stalwarts: Aquavit, Atera, Blanca, Daniel, Jungsik, Marea, The Modern, Momofuku Ko, and Soto.
Things are much more interesting in the one-star category, where there are 12 new establishments from the list of 77. Some of those are not all that surprising, such as Mario Batali s La Sirena and the eponymous Günter Seeger NY, both from long-standing chefs who have a lot of Michelin cred. Then there s Nix, the delightful vegetable-centric restaurant in the East Village, and Contra, a forward-thinking spot on the Lower East Side. . CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK FOR FREE