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My favorite restaurant is called [Crown Shy](https://www.crownshy.nyc/) after this very thing. Enjoy but please try to keep what little secret is left by not spreading the good word too widely.

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WTF, I just finished watching this YouTube video and came to hn out of muscle memory and see the same exact restaurant

https://youtu.be/pkQ50oXPQ4A?si=w8fXbrY4w5b3lddM

It has a Michelin star, pretty sure there ain’t no secrets involved in this story.

FWIW I found it much easier to get a reservation at Crown Shy last minute compared to most nice restaurants in NYC, starred or not. Didn't even realize it was starred until after (probably a good thing so I don't set expectations too high).

A restaurant with a Michelin star is a fairly common experience in NYC.

There are 70 of them. Out of 23,650 restaurants in total.

Yes. There are 23+k restaurants, how many of those are "fine-dining"? Put another way, you could go to a different Michelin starred restaurant every week in NYC and still not go through the list...

Also, not all Michelin restaurants are that good... (In NYC, I think they are because it is so competitive but I've been disappointed in SF and Hong Kong for instance).

So FYI - just because a restaurant has a Michelin star, it doesn't mean it is always packed nor good.

I hope their food taste is better than their website taste cos that site is an abomination.

Up to a certain price point, restaurant websites are inversely correlated with food quality. Presumably, once they get successful enough to charge for fine dining, they can also afford to pay for a decent website.

You must have seen some truly _horrible_ websites, then, because that is...well, not _good_, but perfectly fine.

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