Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered.

In a Venn diagram of people deeply concerned about Michelin ratings and people deeply concerned about cheesesteaks, the overlap is not large. But both camps have been in an uproar since last week, when the Michelin Guides honored Philadelphia restaurants for the first time.

The restaurant-rating group singled out three cheesesteak spots for its Bib Gourmand awards, a category for casual restaurants: the venerable Dalessandro’s Steaks & Hoagies and two well-regarded upstarts, Del Rossi’s Cheesesteak Co. and Angelo’s Pizzeria.

For many watching the awards ceremony at home and posting online, this could not stand.

“Dalessandro’s shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath as Angelo’s and Del Rossi’s. It’s not even the same league,” David Weselowski shouted in an Instagram Reel posted immediately after the announcement.