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Michelin Guide might be coming to Boston

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The prestigious Michelin ranking is already established in cities like New York and San Francisco, and has recently expanded into the South.

The Michelin Guide, the prestigious ranking that recognizes high-caliber restaurants across the globe, may be coming to Boston.

That’s according to a report from Boston Business Journal, whose unnamed sources told the publication that Boston’s tourism bureau Meet Boston voted in favor of working with the long-standing French guide. The Boston Globe correspondent Kara Baskin also reported that the rumor of the Michelin Guide finally coming to Boston has been traveling in food circles for weeks. 

While an expansion has not yet been confirmed, the sought-after ranking system could be a boon for Boston restaurants and tourism.

Other cities like New York and San Francisco have had the Michelin Guide for around 20 years and currently have dozens of restaurants with at least one star. Boston’s lack of Michelin stars isn’t necessarily due to unworthy restaurants, but because the city’s tourism agency hasn’t paid to bring the Michelin guide here. 

In recent years, some cities and states have spent anywhere from hundreds of thousands to more than $1 million to have their restaurants rated.

In 2023, a Meet Boston representative told Eater Boston that once the tourism board realized it was a “pay-to-play” system, they told Michelin they weren’t interested. But it hasn’t stopped Boston diners from imagining which restaurants would make the cut. 

If Boston had Michelin star restaurants, which ones do you think would make the cut?
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What’s changed is the Michelin Guide’s expansion across the U.S. Some of the country’s top food destinations, like Austin and New Orleans, were only added for consideration in recent months.

When asked to comment, a representative for the Michelin Guide had no specific details to share about a Boston expansion.

“We look forward to expanding coverage and discovering restaurants in new areas, but we don’t have any news to share about new Guides destinations in North America,” the group said in a statement.

Meet Boston did not return a request for comment by the time of this publication.

What do you, the readers, think about this news? Do you agree that it’s Boston’s time for a Michelin Guide? And if so, which restaurants should be included?

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