At a press breakfast this morning, Michelin Guide global director Jean-Luc Naret unveiled the 2009 Michelin Guide to New York City and its selection of rated restaurants and hotels. To be released tomorrow, the book includes 563 eateries in all, and of the 42 that received stars from the inspectors, some newbies made the list and a couple others jumped up in the ratings.
Masa, the highly regarded Japanese restaurant from chef Masa Takayama that currently holds four stars from The New York Times, moved from its two-star ranking to the top tier, joining Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, and Per Se in the guide’s highest category. The Michelin inspectors also bumped up Gilt, the in-house restaurant of the New York Palace Hotel, from its one-star standing to a two-star one, and awarded new restaurants Adour, and Momofoku Ko the same grade.
In addition to the published reviews, Michelin is introducing a mobile application that will allow cell phone access to all four U.S. guides—New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas—through a subscription beginning this month.
