The third annual Michelin Guide was unveiled Wednesday at a ceremony at the History venue in the Beach. This year, the guide went beyond the GTA borders, adding restaurants in Creemore, Niagara, Dundas, Oakville and Hamilton to the list of what the globally influential guide considers to be the best in dining. No restaurant received two or three stars this year, the latter being the guide’s highest honour.
Toronto’s most decorated spot is still the two-starred Sushi Masaki Saito, an omakase restaurant in Yorkville, priced at $680 per person. Its stars were awarded in 2022. Michelin’s anonymous restaurant inspectors — the guide’s name for its restaurant critics — awarded single stars to four fine-dining places: DaNico on College Street; Hexagon in Oakville; Restaurant Pearl Morissette in Jordan Station; and The Pine in Creemore.
As for the Bib Gourmand category, which includes restaurants that Michelin considers to have more moderate price points, four were added to this year’s list: Guru Lukshmi in Mississauga, Berkley North in Hamilton, Rasa in Harbord Village and Conejo Negro on College Street. But it’s the less celebrated “Recommended” nods that are the most varied in both cuisines and locations, with an additional 15 spots this year that include Armenian, Indian, Japanese, Turkish, French and Italian restaurants. There’s a luxury resort in Cambridge and a butcher shop in St.
Catharines that operates as a restaurant at night. Also on the recommended l.