Michelin Guide Announces NYC's 2013 Bib Gourmands

On October 2, the publishers of the Michelin Guide will announce which restaurants made their 2013 guide, revealing which places 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.

Today, the folks at Michelin announce the inclusions in the far less exclusive and noteworthy category of Bib Gourmand. These are restaurants that the guide highlights for excellence on a budget (defined as two courses and wine or dessert for $40 a head). This year, the list includes: The Meatball Shop, Calyer, Pok Pok, Salt and Fat, Gran Electrica, and Fatty 'Cue. A few shuttered restaurants also make the list, like Pane Panelle and 'Inoteca Liquori Bar. There are 126 Bib Gourmands, all listed below:

al Bustan
Alobar
Andy's Seafood & Grill
Ápizz
Aroma Kitchen & Wine Bar
August
Ayada
Baci & Abbracci
Basil Brick Oven Pizza
Battersby
Beyoglu
Bianca
Bistro 33
Bohemian
Boqueria
Bread & Tulips
Buttermilk Channel
Calyer
Casa Enríque
Char No. 4
Chavela's
Cho Dang Gol
Clinton St. Baking Company
Cô Ba
Congee Village
Coppelia
Crispo
DBGB Kitchen & Bar
Dim Sum Go Go
Diner
Dirt Candy
Don Antonio by Starita
Do or Dine
Ed's Lobster Bar
Egg
El Parador
El Paso Taqueria
Enoteca Maria
Family Recipe
Fatty Crab
Fatty 'Cue
Frankies 457 Spuntino
Franny's
Garden Court Café
General Greene (The)
Gennaro
Good Fork (The)
Gran Eléctrica
Great Sichuan
HanGawi
Havana Café
Hecho en Dumbo
Hill Country Chicken
Hino Maru Ramen
Hunan House
Hunan Kitchen of Grand
Sichuan
Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria
'inoteca e Liquori Bar(closed)
Jaiya
Jean Claude
J.G. Melon
Jin Ramen
Katz's
Kesté Pizza & Vino
Land of Plenty
Laut
L'Ecole
Lil' Frankie's
Little Pepper
Lupa
Lu Xiang Yuan
Mapo Tofu
Marlow & Sons
Meatball Shop (The)
Mercato
Mesa Coyoacán
Mile End
Miss Mamie's Spoonbread Too
Momofuku Noodle Bar
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
Momokawa
New Malaysia
Northern Spy Food Co.
No. 7
Nyonya
OBAO
Oriental Garden
Ornella
Pane Panelle(closed)
Paulie Gee's
Perry Street
Phoenix Garden
Pok Pok
Prime Meats
Prune
Purple Yam
Robataya
Roberta's
Rubirosa
Rye
Salt & Fat
Saravanaas
Seo
Sip Sak
Snack
Soba-Ya
Speedy Romeo
Supper
Sura
Surya
Szechuan Gourmet
Tanoreen
Tra Di Noi
Traif
Turkish Kitchen
Uncle Zhou
Untitled
Uva
Vida
Vinegar Hill House
Wild Edibles
Yunnan Kitchen
Zabb Elee (both locations)
zero otto nove
Zoma
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