
The one-star newcomers are San Ho Wan, a Korean culinary collaboration with Corey Lee Nisei, with a contemporary Japanese menu Ssal, which serves a Korean tasting menu, and Osito, a contemporary live-fire concept.Īs with all changes in star levels, Michelin inspectors - who review anonymously - make no comment regarding deletions from the guide. The demotions included SPQR, executive chef Matthew Accarrino’s upscale pasta place, which had received a Michelin star since 2012 Wako, a Japanese restaurant honored five times previously Sausalito resident Mourad Lahlou’s Mourad, with its modern Moroccan cuisine and Ju-Ni, which serves an elevated sushi menu. While four San Francisco restaurants joined the ranks of one-star restaurants, four lost their stars. In 2016, Madera also lost its star, but regained it the next year. Ken Frank’s La Toque, a Napa Valley standout, lost the star it had held for a number of years, as did Madera, the high-end restaurant at the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park. There were some notable Bay Area demotions.
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Find the full Bay Area list at /6/list-michelin-starred-restaurants-in-california-announced-december-2022. The other one-star recipients from this region include Adega in San Jose, Protégé in Palo Alto, Sushi Yoshizumi in San Mateo, Selby’s in Atherton, Sushi Shin in Redwood City and Wakuriya in San Mateo. Christopher Lemerand is currently the top toque in the Victorian house kitchen.īoth the Plumed Horse in Saratoga and the Village Pub in Woodside retained the one-star status they have held since 2009. In the South Bay/Peninsula, George Aviet’s Chez TJ of Mountain View was again awarded with a star the restaurant has been honored by Michelin for 15 years under a succession of chefs. The other NorCal and SoCal restaurants maintained their stars. Syhabout’s Commis in Oakland again earned two stars, a rating that signifies “excellent cuisine, worth a detour.” Last year’s two-star list of 14 dropped to 12 with the closure of two previous San Francisco honorees, Coi and Campton Place. He added: “You haven’t seen the last from me yet.” In response, Kinch praised the chefs and restaurateurs in the crowd for making it through the challenging pandemic years and talked of the diverse California culinary industry’s boundless potential. Poullennec congratulated Kinch during the three-star portion of the ceremony, saying, “David, we appreciate your outstanding work and admirable contribution to the industry.” The Los Gatos stars will be short-lived as Kinch is closing out his 20-year run at Manresa at year’s end. “California is a culinary powerhouse with a lot of home-grown talent,” Gwendal Poullennec, international director of the Michelin Guides, said Monday before the ceremony, adding that he believes the awards reflect the dynamism in this state. One is a Sacramento restaurant, giving that city its second Michelin star. Seventeen other restaurants joined the Michelin guide at the one-star level, with eight coming from Southern California, six from the Bay Area and two from the Central Coast.

Of the 70 Michelin-starred restaurants in California, half of them are in the Bay Area.Īt the live Los Angeles ceremony on Monday, the acclaimed San Diego restaurant Addison moved up to the prestigious three-star level, joining the six Bay Area restaurants long honored for what Michelin calls “exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.” California is now home to seven three-star restaurants, half of the nation’s total of 14. Marin resident Giancarlo Paterlini was also awarded two stars for Acquerello in San Francisco.

It was the only Marin restaurant to be honored this year.

The intimate restaurant, which offers seasonal tasting menus, received one star. San Anselmo’s Madcap, owned by San Anselmo resident Ron Siegel, was recognized again for this year’s Michelin Guide.
