Here Is Every Michelin-Starred New York Restaurant for 2021
The pandemic has hit New York’s restaurant scene hard, and that’s especially evident from this year’s Michelin star revelation. When the previous guide was unveiled in October 2019, 76 restaurants across Gotham boasted stars. But today’s announcement for New York City and Westchester County features 68 restaurants, despite seven new entries joining the region’s Michelin-starred ranks. That means an astounding 15 restaurants lost stars this year—as compared to DC, where no restaurants dropped stars and Chicago where just three lost theirs—primarily because of pandemic-induced closures.
Some of the restaurants folded last spring, while others held on through receiving Paycheck Protection Program funds, but faltered when that initial tranche ran dry. Others, like Gotham Bar & Grill and Del Posto, will reemerge under new ownership, but their indefinite shuttering leaves them without stars. The strain for all eateries has been immense, especially as indoor dining was prohibited through the dead of winter. But restaurants are reopening—like Eleven Madison Park, which announced this week it will emerge from its yearlong slumber in June—and a crop of restaurants that managed to hold on our being rewarded with their first ever stars.
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Among them are a duo of beloved Italian restaurants: Stefano Secchi’s ode to handmade pastas, Rezd?ra, and Don Angie, the red sauce spot from Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli. They’re joined by Tsukimi’s kaiseki cuisine, Jua’s Korean prix-fixe, Brooklyn brasserie Francie, Korean skewers at Kochi and Shaun Hergatt’s Vestry.
“With 58 cuisine types, New York City and Westchester County continue to serve with resilience as global leaders in diverse and high-quality dining, despite the challenges of the global health crisis,” Gwendal Poullennec, the guide’s international director said in a statement accompanying the star revelation.
While the one-star category was busy for the 2021 New York guide, at the highest reaches of the list—the two- and three-star level—there was no movement at all. Chicago and DC tallied new two-star restaurants, while New York added none. And after the three weeks of revealing new stars, America has exactly the same number of three-star restaurants as it did before, with no new recipient ascending to Michelin’s most coveted status.
Yet, none of the top-rated restaurants in New York lost their status, even while many were not open for dine-in service for most of the pandemic. But as Poullennec told Robb Report previously, Michelin began evaluating restaurants as soon as the previous guide was published in 2019 and was inspecting in the months prior to the lockdowns. So some were judged by their previously glory, and they all hope to recapture that in time for the next guide to drop.
Here is the full list of Michelin stars for NY in 2021:
Three Stars
Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare
Eleven Madison Park
Le Bernardin
Masa
Per Se
Two Stars
Aquavit
Aska
Atera
Atomix
Blanca
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Daniel
Gabriel Kreuther
Ichimura at Uchū
Jean-Georges
Jungsik
Ko
L’Atelier de Jo?l Robuchon
The Modern
One Star
Ai Fiori
Batard
Benno
Blue Hill
Carbone
Casa Enrique
Casa Mono
Caviar Russe
Claro
The Clocktower
Contra
Cote
Crown Shy
Don Angie
Estela
The Four Horsemen
Francie
Gramercy Tavern
Hirohisa
Jeju Noodle Bar
Jua
Kajitsu
Kanoyama
Kochi
Kosaka
L’Appart
Le Coucou
Le Jardinier
Marea
Meadowsweet
The Musket Room
Noda
odo
Oxalis
Oxomoco
Peter Luger
Rezd?ra
The River Café
Sushi Amane
Sushi Ginza Onodera
Sushi Nakazawa
Sushi Noz
Sushi Yasuda
Tempura Matsui
Tsukimi
Tuome
Vestry
Wallsé
ZZ’s Clam Bar
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