A couple of points:
a) I dislike michelin stars in general. Three stars means a jacket to me, which I don't like. Or even dressing up for that matter. I'm looking at restaurants from the list for Paris this summer and they all look like they require fancy dressing.
You're wrong. There is no requirement to require jackets for 3 stars. I don't eat at jacket reqt restaurants ever. None of the 6 in the SF Bay Area nor Alinea in Chicago nor EMP or Le Bernardin in NYC require jackets. Le Calandre in Italy didn't. I asked Guy Savoy in Paris and was exempted. Some do, some don't. Fewer are requiring that now as it hurts their business. Especially in the USA...and especially in California. Dressing up is another matter...but one that is unrelated to the stars themselves. Paris jacket requirements have more to do with Parisian fashion standards than Michelin.
b). Minibar in DC used to be a "minibar" with 6 ppl back in the day. It took us 4 months to get a reservation there. It was tough! But I need to get back, it's been like 5 years.
c) Cosme, number 40, was SUPERB! I absolutely loved it.
Test Kitchen is closed while we'll be in CPT, unfortunately!
Hoping to go to Clove Club in August? Any thoughts?
minibar was outstanding for food and wine pairing--except for their tragically stingy wine pours. Most ridiculously small pours I'd ever seen at any fine dining restaurant EVER.
Not been to Clove Club yet but hear good things. So sorry about The Test Kitchen...but try La Colombe and Aubergine in town, as well as Le Quartier Francais, Camphors at Vergelegen, Tokara, Delaire Graf restaurants in wine areas.