Why doesn't Michelin cover NOLA?

Michelin star criteria

I googled it... and according to this one article then New Orleans restaurants/chefs don't check a number of the boxes.

We can’t go a month without a boil water advisory. We can’t do anything right.

It was my understanding that they don't cover outside a few cities in the USA because the city guides didn't sell well.

I would imagine a tourist heavy city like New Orleans would be worthy of getting a guide.

Was there ever a New Orleans guide made?

Not doing Los Angeles anymore is more bizarre to me. They haven't gone an LA guide in nearly a decade. It's basically a completely different city, especially in terms of food.

"Walk to Canossa
This term refers to King Henry IV humbling himself before the pope and offering penance. It’s also the nickname for the practice (which was apparently quite common up through the 1980s) in which chefs aspiring toward Michelin stardom would journey to Paris in order to meet with the guide’s editors and make a case explaining why their restaurants deserved consideration. Although not as common as it once was, rumour has it this still takes place on occasion."

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Walk to Canossa

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I read it as a medieval BJ

The chefs of NOLA should throw some money together to send a contingent to do the "Walk to Canossa". Could be a job for the Secretary of State.

Because NOLA doesn't need Michelin to tell us our food is good.

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Because NOLA doesn't need Michelin to tell us our food is good.

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Yes, I'm sure if Michelin was interested in adding NOLA to the list, the city would politely decline.

That’s actually an extremely valid point.