When I first moved to New York City from the Midwest as a freshman in college, I quickly learned to stop myself from talking to strangers.
01.11.2023 - 17:45 / forbes.com / Gwendal Poullennec
It’s Michelin season. Ahead of the official Michelin Guide ceremony on Tuesday, November 7, the worldwide restaurant reviewer released its list of Bib Gourmand restaurants—that is, restaurants that “offer a meal of good quality at a good value,” according to the guide, but are not awarded stars.
“We are thrilled to announce these new Bib Gourmand restaurants, which add to their cities’ dynamic culinary scenes,” said Gwendal Poullennec, the International Director of the Michelin Guides. “A tasty dish at an excellent value makes for a meal that really hits the spot. Our inspectors enjoyed these restaurants thoroughly, and they know you will, too.”
Many of these Bib Gourmand restaurants received highly coveted Michelin recognition earlier this year. Eleven restaurants in New York City earned the Bib Gourmand distinction, bringing the city’s total to 102 Bib Gourmand restaurants throughout the boroughs and surrounding area. This year’s additions include a casual vegetarian diner, upscale Thai cuisine, elevated fusion concepts and more.
Here are the 11 new Bib Gourmand restaurants in New York, with excerpts from the inspector notes:
Are there any rules about showering a scoop of honey-infused vanilla cream with grated Parmesan cheese? Is there a consensus on whether an entire orb of creamy burrata goes well with rice cakes and gochujang-marinated chicken? There’s a first time for everything at this rambunctious little restaurant.
You have room for one more dish, right? It’s a question that will come up often at this sweet little diner. Chef Jeremy Salamon takes inspiration (and the restaurant’s name) from his Hungarian grandmother for a delightfully casual but fine-tuned effort.
Alta Calidad, means “high quality” and this talented chef certainly puts his money where his mouth is. Crispy tempura shrimp are set atop a tortilla with crunchy cabbage remoulade for an original dish, while paper-thin carne asada sprinkled with Chihuahua cheese and griddled until caramelized and crisp is another standout.
Chef Eric JaeHo Choi’s spot flies a bit under the radar, but with this wildly creative, cultural collision cooking, it deserves to be top of mind. A compact menu keeps things tight with around ten dishes, but it’s sprinkled with widely appealing Southern- and Korean-minded tapas-style plates. The cooking is straightforward and earnest with bold flavors.
This trendy spot from co-chefs Paul D’Avino and Jorge Olarte is quirky from start to finish, and that’s exactly what makes it shine. The contemporary menu is equal parts modern and nostalgic, with an outlandish creativity to boot.
Emiliano Cammardella and Rossella Episcopo are behind this welcoming, light-filled spot that retains many of the rustic touches of its
When I first moved to New York City from the Midwest as a freshman in college, I quickly learned to stop myself from talking to strangers.
Tigre It’s unusual to hear a rum based cocktail described as “joyful pain” but that happens at Tigre, the intimate, retro chic bar that opened this week on New York’s Lower East Side. The reason for this description is the rum, or rather rums, in the recommended cocktail Airmail composed of champagne and three symbiotic rums from Martinique, Venezuela and Haiti, countries in a region in which slavery played a part in their production. The social history detailed by the maître d’ is, obviously, painful but the cocktail itself is delicious, a choice on the “then” section reinventing classics of the six part menu. (Their screwdriver also has eight types of citrus including three types of orange.) Creative concoctions such as Mister Softee with Singani, sage and pina appear in the “Now” section and martini fans can dictate exact specifications with a ratio of 4:1 to 16:1 among other options.
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