re: Michelin New Orleans will be announced on November 3rd

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If August didn't get at least one star the system is rigged. Before Besh went down that was mainly the most haute style restaurant in town.

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it’s the first restaurant I even went to that did food like that.

Look up their Instagram. I don’t mean that snarky. It’s just easier to just do that versus us trying to explain.

Also his son took over. That's probably one of the biggest changes.

Went to Emeril’s last week.

This is painting with a broad brush but based on the restaurants I’ve gone to with Michelin stars they are up there with any 2 or 3 star spot. Fantastic meal with an interesting viewpoint on the food they are serving, exceptional service, ambiance and all of that.

To wit, Lilac and Rocca in Tampa both have one star. They are great restaurants, but neither is in the same league as Emeril’s is right now.

I’d put it up there with meals at TFL, Le Bernardin, and Carme Ruscalleda’s Sant Pau (closed but had 3).

Not sure what Michelin will give Emeril’s but I’d say 2 at a minimum based on comparison shopping.

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Clancy's is garbage. Uptown Galatoires. Proteins are fine but the sides and veggies are terrible. No stars.

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I love Clancys but it’s not remotelyin the Michelin conversation, which is probably fine with them. It’s a classic New Orleans neighborhood destination and that’s all that needs to be said.

ian mcnulty's predictions for stars

Emeril’s Restaurant, 800 Tchoupitoulas St.: If the new-era Emeril’s under chef E.J. Lagasse isn’t a Michelin Star restaurant than I truly don’t know what else possibly could be. It is the embodiment of dining that people travel the world to experience, and it speaks specifically of Louisiana. This is the area’s top contender for multiple stars, rare though it is for any restaurant to debut in the Michelin Guide with more than one.

Restaurant August, 301 Tchoupitoulas St.: The posh dining room looks like the Michelin Star restaurants we have been conditioned to recognize (even though Michelin now says we shouldn’t). Led today by chef Corey Thomas, this kitchen is expressive of Louisiana in artfully original ways. It is luxury dining with a sense of place and modern sensibility. Of course it has a tasting menu.

Saint-Germain, 3054 St. Claude Ave.: Make what’s on the plate truly all that matters, and you arrive at Saint-Germain. Co-chefs Trey Smith and Blake Aguillard distill a constantly changing tasting menu suffused with technique. Service is casual, the space is not fancy. It’s the tasting menu restaurant for the technique geeks, and I think Michelin will swoon for it.

The Kingsway, 4201 Magazine St.: This is the brand-spanking new Asian tasting menu restaurant from Ashwin Vilkhu. It is a step up in refinement from his family’s also-possibly-Michelin-contending upscale Indian restaurant Saffron NOLA across the street. Not fusion, courses instead come through distinct channels from China, Japan and Vietnam, next to recipes from his family.

Dakar NOLA, 3814 Magazine St.: Much more casual than its tasting menu format or price would suggest, the modern Senegalese restaurant Serigne Mbaye created resounds with that “chef’s voice” that Michelin seeks. It’s had a gravitation pull for high-profile honors that seems likely to draw Michelin too.

Acamaya, 3070 Dauphine St.: At chef Ana Castro's modern Mexican restaurant in the sourcing is pristine and the technique is precise. It is the kind of casual but high-achieving place Michelin ranks alongside fancier restaurants.

Pêche Seafood Grill, 800 Magazine St.: Peche's way with local seafood is next level, showing a fuller potential of what Gulf seafood can be from the raw bar to the wood-fired grill. Chef de cuisine Nicole Cabrera Mills' more recent addition of Asian influences has lit a new spark.

Mosquito Supper Club, 3824 Dryades St.: Sourcing and voice of the chef are the two underpinnings for chef Melissa Martin’s invitation to a supper club-style sojourn to Louisiana bayou country. It’s not a tasting menu really, but a family-style dinner that is 100% a chef’s ode to home.

Went to R’evolution once. Didn’t like it at all. Couldn’t understand what the hell they were trying to be.

If interstellar bbq in austin gets a star, as it did, then Peche should get one.

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What stars mean has drastically changed in the past 10 years of Michelin expansion

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Has it?

I get they are watered down from what a 3 star NYC restaurant first started as but are probably truer to the original intent. Old school starred restaurants on the original kitchen Nightmares remind me of hidden spots in New Orleans.

Clancy's is garbage.

I get that some people may not care for Clancy’s. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it didn’t get a Michelin star. But it ain’t garbage. The combination of food, bar service and wine list is pretty damned good.