Joshua Fyksen, a sommelier from Las Vegas, has broken a Guinness World Record by dining at 28 Michelin-starred restaurants across New York City in a single 24-hour period. Fyksen works at Peter Luger Steak House at Caesars Palace and had to plan the entire adventure meticulously to pull it off.
The total cost of the trip came to $1,451.34. He told Guinness World Records that the food alone cost $976.97, with an additional $474.37 spent on tips and getting around the city. According to the NY Post, to plan his route, Fyksen studied all 72 Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City and mapped out the most efficient path.
He knew he couldn’t order full meals at every stop, so he looked for quicker options at each restaurant. For example, three-star restaurant Eleven Madison Park only offers a tasting menu that takes hours, but he found out their bar serves a few small bites with no reservation required.
Careful planning and some restaurant goodwill made this record possible
Since many high-end restaurants only offer prix-fixe menus, Fyksen emailed several of them in advance and asked if he could order just a small dish or two. Some agreed, and a few even offered to open early especially for him.
Most, however, stuck to their regular schedules, which added to the challenge. Fine dining establishments have been in the news lately for other reasons too, such as how a Michelin-starred restaurant host exposed OpenTable’s secret customer labels, leaving many diners unhappy.
This is not the first time Fyksen has attempted this kind of record. In 2023, he visited 22 Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City. Then in 2024, Sujoy Kumar Mitra and Rajnish Kumar Tripathi from India broke the world record by visiting 25 restaurants in Hong Kong.
That prompted Fyksen to try again and reclaim the title. He said his father gave him the push he needed when he was asking friends and family whether he should go for it again, saying, “But I wasn’t done bragging!”
He also used the attempt to explore newer additions to the Michelin guide. He visited Shmoné, a one-star Israeli restaurant in Greenwich Village, The Four Horsemen, a one-star small plate restaurant in Brooklyn, and Torrisi, a one-star Italian restaurant in SoHo.
Restaurants have been making headlines for unusual decisions as well, including a story about why a restaurant deliberately destroyed its chairs before disposing of them, with a legal reason behind it that surprises many people. With 28 restaurants visited in 24 hours, Fyksen now holds the Guinness World Record for the most Michelin-starred restaurants dined at in a single day.
Published: Mar 29, 2026 04:45 pm