The Ruth’s Chris-Chili’s Dress Code Feud, Michelin’s Identity Crisis, and Wonton Lasagna!!
4/13/202631 min
The Michelin Guide is taking a new tack with American restaurants, but is it just diluting their brand? Adrienne and Joe discuss the “recommended” restaurant approach, Michelin plaques with no stars, and why they just don’t get the American Market. In this episode, we also discuss:
Ruth’s Chris battling it out with Chili’s over dining room dress codes
Whether or not you should be allowed to wear a hoodie and hat to a steakhouse
Michelin’s latest ploy to represent southern food in America
What Joe chose to do with his...
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First 90 secondsAdrienne Cheatham· Host0:00
[gentle music] This week on The Chef's Cut, we're asking the serious questions like, is the Michelin Guide devaluing its own brand? They're just sending plaques to everybody, every single restaurant. It used to be very definitive that if you saw that red plaque, you knew that they had one, two, or three stars. Is it okay to wear a baseball hat and hoodie to a steakhouse?
Joe Flamm· Host0:25
It was just funny seeing, like, Ruth- I was like, Ruth Chris?
Adrienne Cheatham· Host0:27
Right. Of all steakhouses to institute a dress code? And is the viral wonton lasagna worthy of the hype? Damn, this is good.
Joe Flamm· Host0:37
[laughs] Was that good? Was it hit?
Adrienne Cheatham· Host0:38
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Joe Flamm· Host0:47
[gentle music] Big thing I read this week that a bunch of people have been sending me, I don't know if you saw this, but Ruth Chris, the steakhouse, are you familiar with them? I don't know if you've ever been to a, a Ruth Chris.
Adrienne Cheatham· Host1:01
I- I've been to a Ruth Chris, for sure.
Joe Flamm· Host1:03
In the news, battling it out with Chili's, which I'm sure you have been to- Absolutely.
Adrienne Cheatham· Host1:10
Happy hour.
Joe Flamm· Host1:11
[laughs] ... over dress code.
Adrienne Cheatham· Host1:12
Oh, I did see that.
Joe Flamm· Host1:14
Which, on the bingo card of weird stuff, was not on my- [laughs] ... was not on mine. Maybe it was on yours, that they were gonna battle it out over dress codes on the internet. But it was an interesting thing, 'cause Ruth Chris basically came out and said, "We're gonna institute a dress code." And their dress code was, like, basically they don't want people wearing hats in the dining