The Michelin Guide has put out a second list of “new discoveries” ahead of the release of the updated 2026 California guide in June, including 21 restaurants across the state.
In keeping with the world’s insatiable need for content updates, the esteemed Michelin Guide now releases multiple updates per year for each of the cities and regions for which it now publishes guides. These include semiannual announcements about “new discoveries” to the upcoming guide, which can serve as a preview of the new restaurants that inspectors are considering for higher honors like stars or Bib Gourmand inclusion.
And today we get the latest of these roundups of new additions, which is something that started five years ago, and allows for guide additions to be highlighted ahead of the new guide and stars announcements — and also maybe allows them to make a show of noticing restaurants they had previously ignored…