Do Vegas Restaurants Need the Michelin Guide?

City Cast Las Vegas

Jul 10, 2025•26 min

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Episode description

A Michelin star is one of the highest accolades in the culinary world — yet Las Vegas, despite its ever-evolving food scene, hasn’t seen the Michelin Guide return since 2009. In the absence of that global benchmark, local voices have stepped in. The Las Vegas Review-Journal’s newly released list of the top 100 restaurants of 2025 aims to spotlight the city's culinary talent. Restaurant reporter Johnathan L. Wright joins co-host Sarah Lohman to explore how restaurants are rated, how they decide what’s “best,” and whether these rankings still hold meaning in today’s food culture.

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