Michelin on target

I would hardly call the Los Angeles Michelin Guide's decision to include Agoura Hills clueless ["It's Amateur Hour Chez Michelin," Nov. 21]. What Michelin obviously knows that you don't is that the communities of Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks are full of potential customers for the restaurants in their guides. They are affluent communities of educated, sophisticated people who enjoy a high quality of life. On Friday and Saturday nights in Thousand Oaks, every restaurant is full with a waiting list. Furthermore, residents of these areas have no desire to drive 30 or 40 miles in awful L.A. traffic to get to Beverly Hills restaurants.

Christine Elowitt

Thousand Oaks

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How dare they! Michelin should know there is only one arbiter of knowledge for foodies in California. Why of course, the L.A. Times.

Bryan Aitchison

Cypress