List of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United States

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This article contains a complete list of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United States. Michelin stars are a rating system used by the red Michelin Guide to grade restaurants on their quality. The guide was originally developed in 1900 to show French drivers where local amenities such as restaurants and mechanics were. The rating system was first introduced in 1926 as a single star, with the second and third stars introduced in 1933. [1] According to the Guide, one star signifies "a very good restaurant", two stars are "excellent cooking that is worth a detour", and three stars mean "exceptional cuisine that is worth a special journey". [2] The listing of starred restaurants is updated once per year.

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The Michelin Guide began reviewing restaurants in the United States in 2005 beginning with New York City. In subsequent years, Michelin expanded its reviews to other major US cities. [3]

As of the 2023 Michelin Guide, there are 13 restaurants in the US with a rating of 3 Michelin stars. [4]

List of Michelin 3-star restaurants

RestaurantChef(s)CuisineLocation Etoile Michelin-1.svg Etoile Michelin-2.svg Etoile Michelin-3.svg CurrentRef.
Year to star
Alain Ducasse at the Essex House Alain Ducasse French cuisine New York City——2006Closed [5]
Alinea Grant Achatz and Doug Alley [6] Molecular Gastronomy Chicago——2011–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [7]
SingleThread Kyle Connaughton Japanese and New American Healdsburg, California —20182019–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [8]
Coi Daniel Patterson Seafood San Francisco20082009–2016
2019–2021		2017–2018 [9] Closed [10]
Manresa David Kinch [11] [12] and Nicholas Romero [13] California Los Gatos, California —2006–20152016–2022Closed [14]
Le Bernardin Éric Ripert, [15] Chris Muller, [16] and Eric Gestel [17] French New York City——2006–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [18]
Per Se Thomas Keller [19] and Corey Chow [20] [21] New American New York City——2006–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [18]
Masa Masa Takayama Japanese and sushi New York City—2006–20082009–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [22]
Eleven Madison Park Daniel Humm and Brian LockwoodPlant-based Contemporary AmericanNew York City2010–2011—2012–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [23]
Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare César Ramírez [lower-alpha 1] Seafood, Omakase-style New York City—20112012–2022 [23]
Daniel Daniel Boulud French New York City—2006–2010
2016–present		2011–2015 Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Jean-Georges Mark LaPico French New York City—2018–present2006–2017 [25] Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Addison William Bradley California San Diego 201920212022–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [26]
Atelier Crenn Dominique Crenn French San Francisco20122013–20182019–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [8]
Benu Corey Lee and Brandon RodgersAsian-inspired New AmericanSan Francisco—2012–20142015–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [27]
Quince Michael Tusk and Neil StetzContemporary Californian & Italian San Francisco2006–20132014–20162017–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [28]
The Inn at Little Washington Patrick O'Connell Nouveau American Washington, Virginia —2017–20182019–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [29] [30]
The French Laundry Thomas Keller and David Breeden [31] [32] French with California influences Yountville, California ——2007–present Etoile Michelin-3.svg [33]
The Restaurant at Meadowood Christopher Kostow California St. Helena, California —2008–20102011–2019Closed [lower-alpha 2]
Saison Richard Lee New American San Francisco20112012–2014
2019–2023		2015–2018 Etoile Michelin-2.svg
Smyth John ShieldsContemporaryChicago20172018–20222023 Etoile Michelin-3.svg [36]
Grace Curtis DuffyProgressiveChicago—20142015–2018Closed [lower-alpha 3]
L2O Laurent Gras SeafoodChicago20112012–20142010Closed [lower-alpha 4]
Joël Robuchon Christophe De Lellis French Las Vegas ——2008–2009Las Vegas is no longer reviewed [lower-alpha 5]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ramirez fired as head chef in July 2023 [24]
  2. ↑ Closed in Sept 2020 after being destroyed in the Glass Fire [34] [35]
  3. ↑ Closed in December 2017 [37] [38]
  4. ↑ Closed in December 2014 [39]
  5. ↑ Due to poor sales of the Michelin Guide for Las Vegas, Michelin stopped reviewing the Las Vegas market in 2009 [40]

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