Michelin spreads and prices
The 2026 Michelin coverage is spreading beyond traditional metros — Tennessee now has 37 Michelin‑listed restaurants and local coverage is flagging spots like Lunch in Sewanee as worth the trip. In Brazil the guide lists eight Rio de Janeiro restaurants with tasting menus priced from R$440 to R$1,380 (drinks excluded), and in the Philippines a property (The Lind Boracay) is now the only Michelin‑recognized hotel on Boracay and has opened a chef‑led Thai restaurant called Yím. (timesfreepress.com) (diariodorio.com) (nomadlawyer.org)
Michelin’s 2026 guide is widening its footprint: Tennessee’s inaugural American South edition put 36 restaurants on the list, Rio de Janeiro has eight starred restaurants, and Boracay’s only Michelin-recognized hotel is adding a chef-led restaurant. (tnvacation.com) (diariodorio.com) (balconymediagroup.com) Tennessee’s 36 selections were announced November 3, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina, when Michelin launched its first regional American South guide covering six states plus the pre-existing Atlanta guide. Sewanee landed two recommended restaurants, Judith and Lunch, alongside picks in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Franklin, Maryville, Madison and Cordova. (tnvacation.com) Lunch, at 24 University Avenue in Sewanee, is listed by Michelin as a daytime American restaurant and bakery run by Chef Mallory Tubbs in a 1930s building stocked with local vegetables, jams and honey. Michelin’s inspectors highlighted dishes such as huevos rancheros, a steak sandwich on house-made baguette and zucchini cake with buttermilk glaze. (guide.michelin.com) In Brazil, the Michelin Guide announced its 2026 Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo selections on April 13 at the Copacabana Palace. Diário do Rio reported that Rio has eight starred restaurants in the 2026 edition, with two holding two stars and six holding one. (guide.michelin.com) (diariodorio.com) The Rio tasting-menu prices run from R$440 to R$1,380 before drinks, according to Diário do Rio. Madame Olympe starts at R$440 for four courses, Oteque charges R$1,100 for eight courses, and Mee at the Copacabana Palace lists an omakase at R$950 before pairings. (diariodorio.com) The same report said Madame Olympe was the new one-star entrant in Rio, joining one-star restaurants Casa 201, Oseille, San Omakase, Mee and Oteque, while Lasai and Oro kept two stars. Michelin’s Brazil site also says the 2026 guide produced the country’s first three-star restaurants, both in São Paulo. (diariodorio.com) (guide.michelin.com) In the Philippines, The Lind Boracay said on March 19 that it had opened Yím, a contemporary Thai restaurant led by a resident Thai chef, after receiving a Michelin Guide recommendation in 2025. The hotel said that recognition made it the only property on Boracay to receive the distinction. (balconymediagroup.com) The Michelin name is now traveling in two directions at once: into smaller dining markets such as Sewanee and deeper into travel businesses such as hotels. The guide’s 2026 coverage ties together destination dining, tasting-menu economics and tourism marketing in places far beyond the usual big-city restaurant capitals. (tnvacation.com) (diariodorio.com) (balconymediagroup.com)
