vespertine finally off the list 
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kato didn’t look happy
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Kato not having 2 is insane
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the one star snubs
al’s place
bistro na’s
cut
juni
la toque
le comptoir
madera
mori
mourad
pasjoli
rasa
rustic canyon
spqr
wako
two star snubs
campton place
vespertine
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Gucci Osteria. 
The restaurant no one talks about and everyone forgot existed.
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Rustic Canyon probably lost theirs because Andy Doubrava left
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It would be insane if they gave a takeout spot a star.
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al’s place closed earlier this year
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Isn’t Vespertine still closed?
Star ratings demand consistency as well as quality, so if one of the inspectors hit a place on an off night …
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Agreed. The food is amazing there
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Why is Hayato not a 3!?
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Maybe michelin inspectors couldn’t get a reservation 
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No Japanese restaurant in California has more than two stars. Except for Masa in NYC, the Japanese restaurants with three are all in Japan.
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Sushi Shikon in Hong Kong had been getting 3 stars since 2014.
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Huh. Is their search messed up?
https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/restaurants/3-stars-michelin/japanese
Wouldn’t put it past Michelin considering how bad the award ceremony went last night…
Also interesting that Sushi Saito in Hong Kong dropped from 2 stars to 1 this year. Saito’s disciple, Shion Uino, who had been with him for 8 years ventured out on his own in NYC at Shion 69 also only garnered 1 star.
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IMHO Michelin applies the a similar lens to sushi as it does haute French, which can yield inconsistent and often surprising results in its sushi ratings.
I just had two successive Michelin one-star omakases in Tokyo, in two successive evenings, but with wildly different experiences on my part. I don’t plan on dining as much at Michelin-starred sushi-ya’s in Japan anymore, based on my experience this past trip.
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Sushi Shikon is only in the Sushi cuisine category, not in Japanese, that’s why I missed it.
Still, Masa in NYC is the only three-star Japanese restaurant in the US. There are three two-stars in the US, and they’re all in LA.
There are 17 one-star Japanese restaurants in California.