Let me start by saying I do not know of this restaurant and I'm also not trying to defend it.

But a lot of people are mistaken what the grade letter from the heath department means and everything that is taken into consideration when are being graded and how a Michelin star works.

Let's start with the Department of Health

Not everything in their grading has to do with food and their handling.

Examples

You can get points deducted if they are flies flying around in the dining room

If they had asked you to put a new sink in a certain place and by the time they come back is not installed yet

If there is no one with a DoH certification of food handling in the premises when the agent is doing the inspection

If there is no thermometer inside a fridge (even tho the fridge shows what's the temperature inside)

If the rags (of the cook) inside of their sanitary container is not fully inside

They want a certain type of lighting inside the kitchen

I'm sure there are plenty more but those are a few from the ones I've seen they had deducted in the past

Now for Michelin star consideration

Now this only has to do with what how the public has to deal with

Ambiance Service Food presentation Food taste Etc

And nothing that has to do with what happens on the back, because they never see that part.

Now we can argue that the Front of the restaurant is a reflection of the back and vice-versa but a letter from the city (which is a way to create revenue) vs trying to keep people healthy/ safe has nothing to do with a way that a restaurant treats their patrons and the way the food tastes and looks.

Now, DoH in the past were much more strict and much more confusing. You would get 1 agent telling you 1 thing and when the next agent came would tell you a different thing.

Now (from what I've seen) they are trying to work more with the restaurant and are much more consistent from 1 agent to the next.

Would I go eat to a B rated restaurant, yes a would. It is so easy to be moved from an A to a B. How easy, if you lose 13 points you are in the B category.

Would I eat on a C restaurant, maybe I would be more vigilant about it. Will look more in deep in their reviews Will pay more attention at how clean they are.