Michelin Guide Announces Bib Gourmand Picks for 2012

On October 4, the Michelin Guide will announce which restaurants made their 2012 guide, revealing which restaurants were promoted, demoted, and removed entirely. The guide always offers a few surprises and head scratchers, gives chefs another excuse to party, and inevitably leads to a debate about how influential the guide really is in the States.

Anyway. Today the folks at Michelin announce the inclusions in the far less exclusive and noteworthy category of Bib Gourmand. These are restaurants the guide highlights for excellence on a budget (defined as two courses and wine or dessert for $40 a head), including Frankies, Do or Dine, the somewhat exclusive Japanese restaurant Bohemian, Rubirosa, and Vinegar Hill House. This year, there are 114 inclusions, all listed below.

al Bustan
Andy’s Seafood & Grill
Ápizz
Aroma Kitchen & Wine Bar
Ayada
Baci & Abbracci
Bahari estiatorio
Beyoglu
Bianca
Bistro 33
Bohemian
Boqueria
Bread & Tulips
Buttermilk Channel
Char No. 4
Cho Dang Gol
Clinton St. Baking Company
Cô Ba
Congee Village
Coppelia
Crispo
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
Dim Sum Go Go
Diner
Dirt Candy
Do or Dine
Ed’s Lobster Bar
Egg
El Parador
El Paso Taqueria
Emporio
Fatty Crab
Fatty ‘Cue
Frankies 457 Spuntino
Franny’s
Garden Court Café
General Greene (The)
Gennaro
Golden Unicorn
Good Fork (The)
Great Sichuan
HanGawi
Hecho en Dumbo
Hill Country Chicken
Hunan House
Hunan Kitchen of Grand Sichuan
Hung Ry
‘inoteca e Liquori Bar
J.G. Melon
Jack the Horse
Jaiya
Jean Claude
Katz’s
Kesté Pizza & Vino
Kif
L’Ecole
Les Halles
Lil’ Frankie’s
Little Pepper
Lupa
M & T
Mapo Tofu
Marlow & Sons
Meatball Shop (The)
Mercato
Mesa Coyoacán
Mile End
Miss Mamie's Spoonbread Too
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
Momokawa
Northern Spy Food Co.
Nyonya
OBAO
Oriental Garden
Park Avenue Bistro
Paulie Gee’s
Perry Street
Phoenix Garden
Piccola Cucina
Prime Meats
Prune
Quinto Quarto
Robataya
Roberta’s
Rubirosa
Rye
Salt & Fat
Saravanaas
Seo
Sette Enoteca & Cucina
Shalezeh
Sip Sak
Snack
Soba-Ya
South China Garden
Supper
Surya
Szechuan Gourmet
Taco Taco
Tanoreen
Tra Di Noi
Traif
Turkish Kitchen
Uva
Uvarara
Vida
Vinegar Hill House
Wild Edibles
World Tong
Zabb Elee (East Village)
Zabb Elee (Queens)
zero otto nove
Zoma