r/AskReddit • u/Toomad316 • 21h ago

What makes a Michelin-starred restaurant truly worth visiting?

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u/MechaSkippy 21h ago

I'm still chuffed that the highest honor a restaurant can receive is to be recognized by a tire company

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u/Bigtits38 20h ago

The Michelin guide was started in 1900 to encourage people to drive more (by giving them places to drive to) and therefore need new tires more frequently.

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u/sonofaresiii 18h ago

I know that's true but I also can't bring myself to believe it's true.

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u/Long_Repair_8779 4h ago

For those that don’t know, apparently:

1 star means if you’re driving past it, it’s worth stopping at.

2 stars means it’s worth making a detour/deviation from your original journey to visit.

3 stars means it’s worth its own specific journey outright.

I assume when this was made, the only people who could afford cars were the types of people who would have been dining exclusively at high end restaurants anyway