And of course, the big news, which everybody else broke earlier because they don't have to worry about HR coming to fire their asses for blogging on company time: Michelin does NYC.
Cliffs notes:
- Babbo gets one star, the Batali kids are not getting gelati for dessert tonight.
- The Spotted Pig gets the same one star; the world still not entirely convinced there's such a thing as delicious English food.
- Daniel gets snubbed from three star category, proof positive that the Michelin guide folks are not Franco-supremacists...
- ...except that three of the four three star chefs are the tres francais Jean-Georges Vongerichten, "emotional" and dreamy Eric Ripert, and Michelin's Mr. Congeniality, Alain Ducasse.
- The fourth three star chef is everyone's favorite OCD kitchen master, Thomas Keller, whose restaurant Per Se you still can't afford, even though it's in THE FRICKIN MALL.
- Two Brooklyn eateries, Peter Luger and Saul get stars. Which means that: 1. Those waiters at Peter Luger are still going to abuse you, and 2. They must serve food at that weird restaurant by the Bergen St. stop, even though I've never seen anyone walk in or out of the place.
- Jewel Bako is the only eatery in the East Village to make the grade with one star, which means that by this time next week, Jack and Grace will own Tompkins Square Park and will be renaming it the Lambs' Pasture. (Resident junkie/mascot LES Jewels will be rechristened LES Jewel Bako Makimono.)
- Wonka-esque Wylie Dufresne's wd-50 also gets one star, which will cab enough blue hairs below Houston to keep the Lower East Side safe enough for your mom to visit.
I remember reading stories a few years ago that they were thinking of redesigning the logo to slim down Bibendum. (Big mistake, by the way.) I can't find any reference to it though. Does he look any slimmer?
Glad to see you're good about not blogging on company time!
He _is_ slimmer, but still bulky. like he got gastric bypass but still has all the loose skin.
http://www.michelinman.com/
Totally impressed that you know his name is Bibendum.
Heh. Yeah. It's easy to remember if you know the story. The Michelin man first appeared in a poster at the turn of the century (1800s to 1900s turn, that is). He was shown holding a goblet full of rusty nails and metal crap, preparing to drink it. They used the Latin for "let's drink," bibendum. The point, of course, was to show how tough Michelin tires were.