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Jun 28, 2016 | 10:15 am

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Originally Posted by Non-NonRev

In my proposed LA/Vegas zone I can see 5 likely 3 star candidates; this matches the 5 in San Francisco /Napa

Providence
Melisse
Urasaw
Robuchon
Savoy

No Los Angeles Restaurant had three stars when Michelin last published its Los Angeles Red Guide back in 2009. Providence, Melisse, Spago and Urasawa had two stars.

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Originally Posted by Los Angeles Times

Michelin is ditching Los Angeles, at least for now. You won't be seeing a 2010 Michelin guide for L.A. or Las Vegas this year.

The move represents a step back for the Michelin guide, published by the French tire company, which had been expanding the number of cities it covered in an attempt to become the preeminent arbiter of global dining.

"We're taking a temporary suspension of those two cities for 2010," a spokeswoman for Michelin North America said, "due to the economic environment."

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And once again there will not be a Los Angeles Michelin Red Guide for 2017.

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Originally Posted by Los Angeles Eater

Yesterday the Michelin Guide announced that it would be awarding stars and publishing a guide for the city of Washington D.C., causing a bit of an outcry that the prestigious organization wasn't returning to the city of Angels. Recall that the Michelin Guide arrived in LA in 2009, at the height of the recession, before ceasing operations in 2010.

Today the Washington Post writes a story discussing D.C.'s upcoming Michelin Guide in lieu of a return to the country's second largest city. Frank Bruni, former New York Times restaurant critic, thinks its a bit of travesty:

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