A Hurried Announcement for a New Michelin City

[lsanderson]

Grant Achatz in front of his Alinea restaurant, second building from right. Alinea was one of only two restaurants in Chicago to earn three Michelin stars.
By MONICA DAVEY
Published: November 16, 2010

CHICAGO — A strange thing happened on the way to Wednesday’s grand announcement of the restaurants capturing top ratings in this city’s first Michelin guide. An Old World tradition met a modern one — a leak on the review Web site Yelp. More

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised that the unprofessional service and scattershot crazy genius of Moto wasn't recognized by Michelin. I am surprised that the casual reader was just forced by the NYT to google up the list themselves, which supports the web side of the conflict the story mentions.

Funny that, as I read the press, I see that Michelin gave three stars to a concept dining chain's efforts. As if they starred something by Parasole!

K.

[tanac.livejournal.com]

That picture made me homesick.