{"id":288145,"date":"2026-05-28T22:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288145\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:10:32","slug":"michelin-adds-two-st-pete-restaurants-to-florida-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/288145\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelin adds two St. Pete restaurants to Florida Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/st-petersburg\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"24\" title=\"St. Petersburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a> added two more <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/restaurants\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"Restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurants<\/a> to the Michelin Guide Florida on Thursday as local <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/tourism\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"29\" title=\"Tourism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tourism<\/a> officials push to position the city\u2019s dining scene alongside its beaches and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/retail-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Retail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hotels<\/a> as a driver of visitor spending.<\/p>\n<p>Michelin added Elliott Aster and In Between Days to its list of recommended Florida restaurants, expanding Pinellas County\u2019s presence inside a guide that has gained influence among Florida tourism agencies, hotel operators and restaurant groups competing for higher-spending travelers.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurants retaining Michelin recommendations include Fortu, IL Ritorno, Sushi Sho Rexley and The Tides Market in Safety Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>The additions come as St. Petersburg attracts more independent restaurant operators and higher-end dining concepts tied to the city\u2019s broader population growth and downtown development boom. Cities across Florida have also invested more heavily in culinary tourism as visitors increasingly build trips around restaurants, entertainment and cultural experiences rather than traditional beach travel alone.<\/p>\n<p>Visit St. Pete-<a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/clearwater\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"22\" title=\"Clearwater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clearwater<\/a> President and CEO Brian Lowack said the area has seen growth in travelers choosing the destination partly for its restaurant scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen demonstrable growth among visitors who are seeking out our dining scene as a reason to visit our destination,\u201d Lowack said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Elliott Aster is led by Chef Lee Wolen, while Chef Justin Shwetzer leads in between days.<\/p>\n<p>Michelin\u2019s recommended designation recognizes restaurants inspectors consider notable dining destinations, although the category sits below Michelin star status.<\/p>\n<p>  Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n<p>\n    Explore the latest Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> news, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Real Estate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg added two more restaurants to the Michelin Guide Florida on Thursday as local tourism officials push&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-288145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}