Whenever I go somewhere in Europe then I do a search and look for typically one star restaurants in the area in the Michelin Guide at
www.viamichelin.com
Now it looks like they crippled the search. You can only search for restaurants without any criteria and they don't tell you if they have stars unless you click on them.
Many years ago Michelin charged for their searches and I gladly obliged. It yielded micropayment type charges. Then suddenly in 2002 or 3 they changed everything to be free and even refunded my micropayments.
Now this....... I don't want to and buy every bloody book and the big cities book is not useful since I often go to smaller towns.