Michelin goes beyond Toronto for 2024 restaurant guide
Michelin's inspectors ventured beyond the city limits for the third edition of the Toronto guide, announced at a ceremony on Sept. 18. “Expanding outside the Toronto metro area allowed us to represent some additional culinary gems that were not initially part of our coverage area,” the anonymous chief inspector for the Michelin Guide, North America, said in an email to National Post.
The 2024 Michelin Guide Toronto & Region includes four new one-star additions: Toronto's DaNico, Oakville's Hexagon, Jordan Station's Restaurant Pearl Morissette and Creemore's The Pine.
“We are very pleased to welcome four new eateries into the family of Michelin-starred restaurants and hope this serves as encouragement for the restaurant community to continue raising the bar. The chef and culinary teams' passion is evident with a strong focus on indigenous ingredients and sustainable gastronomy,” Gwendal Poullennec, the international director of the Michelin Guides said in a statement.
The Michelin Guide Toronto & Region now includes 100 restaurants encompassing 30 types of cuisine. Fifteen hold one Michelin star, two have been awarded green stars for sustainable practices and Sushi Masaki Saito remains a cut above the rest as the only two-star spot. There are 23 restaurants in the Bib Gourmand category, which recognizes good value, including new additions Berkeley North in Hamilton, Guru Lukshmi in Mississauga, and Conejo Negro and Rasa in Toronto.
“Each selection continues to evolve and impress us with the level of cuisine offered, as evidenced by the increase in awarded restaurants,” the anonymous chief inspector said in an email.
The newly starred Restaurant Pearl Morissette joins Toronto's White Lily Diner (a Bib Gourmand) in also being awarded a green star for its sustainable practices.
Alobar Yorkville and Yukashi lost their stars and are now among the 61 recommended restaurants. Frilu, which had one star in last year's guide, is permanently closed and no longer listed.
The Michelin Guide will announce its 2024 restaurant selections for Vancouver on Oct. 3.
In 2025, it will launch the inaugural guide for the province of Quebec, making it the third Michelin destination in Canada and the 12th in North America.