Michelin unveils Quebec guide, awards stars to 9 restaurants

Matthew Lapierre · CBC News

· Posted: May 15, 2025 2:19 PM EDT | Last Updated: 20 minutes ago

Michelin, a tyre institution which produces a prestigious nutrient and question guide, unveiled its first-ever Quebec usher connected Thursday, and awarded highly-sought-after stars to 9 restaurants, astir successful the Quebec City-area.

The usher declared Tanière³, successful Quebec City, Canada's second-ever two-star restaurant. 

The full database of Michelin starred restaurants successful Quebec are: 

• ARVI (Québec City).

• Jérôme Ferrer - Europea (Montreal).

• Kebec Club Privé (Quebec City).

• Laurie Raphaël (Quebec City).

• Légende (Quebec City).

• Mastard (Montreal).

• Narval (Rimouski).

• Sabayon (Montreal).

• Tanière³ (Quebec City).

The Michelin usher awards stars to restaurants for excellence successful food, drinks and service. A edifice tin gain up to 3 stars, wide considered the highest honour immoderate edifice tin achieve. Inspectors behaviour aggregate visits earlier a standing is issued.

The stars tin beryllium controversial, however. Critics of Michelin's standing strategy person argued the stars spot a precocious grade of unit connected immoderate chefs. 

Michelin stars besides thin to beryllium awarded to restaurants that service high-end fare. 

It costs wealth to get the Michelin usher to nonstop inspectors to a region. The Quebec mentation of the Michelin usher outgo $2.1 million, paid for by a conjugation of associations and aggregate levels of government. The wealth goes to Michelin and serves to wage for the outgo of producing the guide. Inspection standards are high; inspectors sojourn restaurants aggregate times to guarantee consistency earlier issuing a star. 

In summation to stars, the usher besides awards immoderate restaurants a "bib gourmand" which recognizes "friendly establishments that service bully nutrient astatine mean prices." 

Both Vancouver and Toronto already person Michelin guides. There are presently 16 Michelin-starred restaurants successful the Greater Toronto Area, including what was antecedently the lone two-starred edifice successful Canada, Sushi Masaki Saito. There are 10 Michelin-starred restaurants successful Vancouver. 

More to come.