The Michelin Guide has just revealed its midyear additions, giving some hints about which new Bay Area restaurants are already on the radars of inspectors and up for potential star ratings.
This week’s announcement is not about Michelin stars — we won’t have the updated star counts and new star additions until the full California Michelin Guide is updated sometime this summer. (They’ve been a bit erratic the past few years, with guide updates landing in mid-July in 2023, early August in 2024, and mid-June last year, and pre-pandemic the Bay Area guide updates used to come in October.)
As the Michelin organization explains in a blog post, “While our distinctions — Stars and Bib Gourmands — are only revealed at the annual ceremony, new restaurants are added to the Selection twice a year.”…