The Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau (PHLCVB), the official host destination partner for the MICHELIN Guide Northeast Cities Ceremony 2025 on Tuesday, November 18 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, is making the event accessible to the public via livestream. Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C. will be announced together in this live ceremony.
The exclusive, invite-only ceremony will be streamed on 6abc.com and their apps for streaming television and the 6abc mobile app. The ceremony will begin at approximately 7:00 p.m. ET.
The PHLCVB is hosting an official watch party at McGillin's Olde Ale House, Philadelphia’s oldest bar and one of the oldest in the country, that is open to the public.
The Northeast Cities Guide 2025 will include dining for Chicago, New York City, Washington, D.C., and, for the first time, Philadelphia and Boston.
As the MICHELIN Guide continues to be committed to promoting the gastronomy players of tomorrow and the diversity of cuisines across its destinations, the Guide seeks to hold its annual ceremony in different cities each year. With a vibrant culinary heritage and a thriving community of homegrown talent, Philadelphia proved to be the perfect fit to host the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Northeast Cities Ceremony.
“Philadelphia’s culinary scene has been making waves on the global stage for a long time, and welcoming the MICHELIN Guide to our city is a milestone years in the making,” said Gregg Caren, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Hosting the Northeast Cities Ceremony at the iconic Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts makes it all the more special, as we’ll see Philadelphia’s restaurants earn their first MICHELIN accolades right here in their own backyard.”
Chefs are invited to discover whether their restaurants have received a MICHELIN Star or another MICHELIN Guide distinction.
The MICHELIN Guide in North America
Michelin announced its first North American Guide in 2005 for New York. Guides have also been added in Chicago (2011); Washington, D.C. (2017); California (San Francisco in 2007, statewide 2019); Florida (Greater Miami, Orlando and Tampa in 2022, adding Greater Fort Lauderdale, The Palm Beaches and St. Pete-Clearwater in 2025, statewide in 2026); Toronto (2022); Vancouver (2022); Colorado (2023); Atlanta (2023), Mexico (2024), Texas (2024), Québec (2024), the American South (2025), Boston (2025) and Philadelphia (2025).
About the MICHELIN Guide
Recognized globally for excellence and quality, the MICHELIN Guide offers a selection of world-class restaurants.
The famous one, two and three MICHELIN Stars identify establishments serving exceptional cuisine that’s rich in flavor, remarkably executed and infused with the personality of a talented chef.
The Bib Gourmand is a designation given to select restaurants that offer good quality food for a good value – often known as personal favorites among the inspectors when dining on their own time.
The MICHELIN Green Star honors restaurants that are pioneers in sustainable gastronomy.
Recommended restaurants and special professional awards are also highlighted by the MICHELIN Guide inspectors.
The MICHELIN Guide remains a reliable companion for any traveler seeking an unforgettable meal and hospitality experience. The Guide was first published in France at the turn of the 20th century to encourage the development of car mobility as well as tire sales by giving practical advice to motorists. Progressively, the Guide has specialized in restaurant and hotel recommendations. Michelin’s inspectors still use the same criteria and manner of selection that were used by the inspectors in the very beginning.
The restaurant selections join the MICHELIN Guide selection of hotels, which features the most unique and exciting places to stay around the world. Visit the MICHELIN Guide website, or download the free app for iOS and Android, to discover every restaurant in the selection and book an amazing hotel.
Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN Guide selection process that is applied independently and consistently in more than 60 destinations (60+ Guides), the MICHELIN Guide has become an international benchmark in fine dining.
All restaurants in the Guide are recommended by Michelin’s anonymous inspectors, who are trained to apply the same time-tested methods used by Michelin inspectors for many decades throughout the world. This ensures a uniform, international standard of excellence. As a further guarantee of complete objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their bills in full, and only the quality of the cuisine is evaluated.
To fully assess the quality of a restaurant, the inspectors apply five criteria defined by Michelin: product quality; mastery of cooking techniques; harmony of flavors; the personality of the chef as reflected in the cuisine; and consistency over time and across the entire menu. These criteria guarantee a consistent and fair selection so a Starred restaurant has the same value regardless of whether it is in Paris, New York or anywhere else in the world.
