Michelin answers for star slaughter

Michelin president Jim Micali addresses the one-star review for Chez Panisse and whether his reviewers are all snooty Frenchmen in the updated version of my Business Times article (free link).

Here are the star rankings in a more organized format. I put Chronicle stars in parenthesis -- this is usually but not always Michael Bauer. I also added winners of four or five Mobil stars out of five possible, and winners of AAA five diamonds, out of five possible. Ones I think are interesting in bold.

Three stars:

• French Laundry (4* Bauer) (Mobil 5-star).

Two stars:

• Aqua (3.5* Bauer) (Mobil 4-star)
• Michael Mina (3.5* B)
  
• Manresa (4* B)
  
• Cyrus (3.5* B)
  

One star:

• Fleur de Lys (4* Bauer) (Mobil 4-star)
• Rubicon (3* B)
  
• Bushi-Tei (3* B)
  
• Quince (3* B)
  
• Range (3* B)
  
• Acquerello (3.5* B)
  
• La Folie (4* B) (Mobil 4-star)
• Masa's (3.5* B) (Mobil 4-star)
• Ritz-Carlton Dining Room (4* B) (AAA 5-diamond) (Mobil 5-star)
  
• Gary Danko (3.5* B) (AAA 5-diamond) (Mobil 5-star)
• Boulevard (3* B)
  
• Fifth Floor (3* B) (Mobil 4-star)
• Chez Panisse (4* B) (Gourmet mag's #2 restaurant in country)
  
• Sushi-Ran (3* B)
  
• Chez TJ (2.5* B)
  
• Auberge du Soleil (3* B) (Mobil 4-star)
  
• Bistro Jeanty (3* B)
  
• Bouchon (3* B)
  
• La Toque
  
• Terra (3.5* B) (Mobil 4-star)
• Dry Creek Kitchen (3.5* B)
  
• Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant (3.5 *B)
  
• K and L Bistro (3* B)

No stars:

This is not a comprehensive list. There are more than 300 restaurants in the Michelin guide in this category. These are just the ones who have strong accolades elsewhere but no Michelin star.

• Campton Place (Mobil 4-star) (2.5* B) (new chef after Mobil rating, before Bauer and now Michelin)
  
• Jardiniere (3.5* Bauer)
  
• Chez Panisse Cafe (3.5* B)
• Farallon (3.5* B)
• Oliveto (3.5* B) (Oakland was ROBBED!)
• One Marker (3.5* B)
• Redd (3.5* B) (Top Ten new restaurant list from SF Magazine)
• Silks (3.5* B)
• Zuni (3.5* B)
  

Here's the Michelin press release.