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Damiana, Valle de Guadalupe
Eighteen restaurants in Mexico have been honored with Michelin Stars in the MICHELIN Guide Mexico 2024 — the first of the company’s guides to recognize outstanding restaurants in that country. The restaurants represent culinary excellence in most every segment of Mexican cuisine.
Two Stars Honorees:
Quintonil from Chef Jorge Vallejo and his wife Alejandra Flores, who create “elegant cuisine” that’s “an enticing melding of excellent local product, impressive execution, and great creativity to produce refined compositions”
Pujol, the “seminal dining room” from Chef-owner Enrique Olvera, whose seasonal tasting menu is “the culinary heart of this restaurant” where “tradition and invention go hand-in-hand”
One Star Honorees — CDMX
Em from Chef Lucho Martinez, who “ takes a contemporary look at Mexican ingredients, many of which are seafood.”
Esquina Común, a “hotspot” where reservations “are closely guarded and only available by direct messaging on Instagram.”
Rosetta from Chef Elena Reygadas's Rosetta, whose creative cooking “leans Mexican but is inflected with global influences.”
Sud 777 from Chef Edgar Núñez, who creates a large a la carte menu as well as a multicourse tasting menu prominently features vegetables
Taquería El Califa de León a “bare bones” taqueria featuring the Gaonera taco — “thinly sliced beef filet …expertly cooked to order, seasoned with only salt and a squeeze of lime.”
One Star Honorees — Baja California
Animalón, Owner Javier Plascencia’s al fresco dining space featuring a menu of contemporary Mexican cuisine; it moves to a pop-up space during cold weather months.
Conchas de Piedra This collaboration from the team behind Deckman’s En El Mogor and Casa de Piedra winery brings together seafood and sparkling wine on the award-winning menu.
Damiana from Chef Esteban Lluis is nestled on the Viñedos de la Reina property and features a “multicourse tasting menu that is contemporary Mexican at its core.”
One Star Honorees — Baja California Sur
Cocina de Autor Los Cabos in the Grand Velas hotel, headed by MICHELIN Star chefs Sidney Schutte and Francisco Sixto and featuring a “multicourse tasting menu [that] is Mexican at its heart”
On Star Honorees — Nuevo Leon
KOLI Cocina de Origen, where Rivera-Río brothers Rodrigo, Daniel, and Patricio have created a menu that “embodies the new face of Norteño cuisine, celebrating local ingredients and traditional dishes with a menu that is simultaneously inventive, playful, and bold”
Pangea from Chef Guillermo González Beristáin’s, whose 25-year-old flagship restaurant combines Mexican cuisine with accents from Asia and France
One Star Honorees — Oaxaca
Los Danzantes Oaxaca , a 20+-year Oaxacan favorite, where “young chef Alex Burgos” is “forging ahead with his own ideas and sense of refinement”
Levadura de Olla Restaurante from Chef Thalía Barrios Garcia, who puts a “colorful and creative spin on traditional Oaxacan recipes”
One Star Honorees — Quintana Roo
Cocina de Autor Riviera Maya in the Grad Velas resort, where Chef Nahum Velasco creates “a sophisticated modern tasting menu that emphasizes novel flavor combinations and compelling textures”
Le Chique in the Azul Beach Resort, with a tasting menu that spans the regions of Mexico, creating “a thoroughly charming experience in a swanky setting.”
Restaurant HA' from Chef Carlos Gaytán, who turns out cuisine with “a definite French bent” while incorporating “distinctly Mexican flavors and ingredients” in this spot located in the Hotel Xcaret
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