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# Local Restaurants Receive Michelin Distinction
- URL: https://bklyner.com/local-restaurants-receive-michelin-distinction-ditmas-park/
- Published: 2015-09-25T15:00:37.000Z
- Updated: 2015-09-25T13:32:18.000Z
- Author: Shannon Geis
- Tags: Bib Gourmand, Michelin star, Purple Yam, restaurant ratings, #API-Imported

![The caramelized turon with tsokolate ice cream. Photo via Purple Yam](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Purple-Yam-caramelized-turon-with-chef-Romys-homemade-tsokolate-ice-cream.jpg)

The caramelized turon with tsokolate ice cream. Photo via Purple Yam

[Michelin](http://travel.michelin.com/?ref=bklyner.com) [released their selections for the Bib Gourmand ](http://gothamist.com/2015/09/24/michelin%5Fbib%5Fgourmand%5Fnyc%5F2015.php?ref=bklyner.com)distinction yesterday and locals [Purple Yam](http://www.purpleyamnyc.com/?ref=bklyner.com) and [Lea](http://www.leabrooklyn.com/?ref=bklyner.com) were two of the 133 New York restaurants to make the cut.

Contenders for the Bib Gourmand must offer two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less — basically, cheap but high quality eats. Michelin has been highlighting [“good food at moderate prices”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin%5FGuide?ref=bklyner.com#Bib%5FGourmand) since 1955.

It’s quite an honor to receive any kind of recognition from Michelin, but restaurants cannot hold both a star and a Bib Gourmand, so Purple Yam and Lea won’t be on the tire company’s list of best restaurants, which will be announced next week.

Anyway, we are looking forward to a new excuse to go eat [Purple Yam’s homemade ice cream](/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-chef-romys-homemade-ice-cream-at-purple-yam) and[ Lea’s delicious pizza](/blog/business/scenes-from-the-soft-opening-of-lea).

What do you think?