Today the 2010 Michelin Guide Star recipients for San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country were announced with some very surprising changes.
New to the Michelin 1 Star category are Aziza, Commis, El Paseo, e’toile at Domaine Chandon, La Toque, Luce, Sante’, Solbar, and Ubuntu. Four restaurants remained in the Michelin 2 Star category, while Michael Mina was demoted a star. Thomas Keller’s French Laundry remained the sole restaurant with the coveted Michelin 3-Stars in the new guide.
CONGRATULATIONS to all of the following:
***3 MICHELIN STARS Three Michelin stars (
) mean exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.
French Laundry
**2 MICHELIN STARS Two Michelin stars (
) mean excellent cuisine, worth a detour.
Coi
Cyrus
Manresa
Meadowood, The Restaurant
*1 MICHELIN STAR One Michelin star (
) means a very good cuisine in its category.
Acquerello
Ame
Auberge de Soleil
Aziza
Bouchon
Boulevard
Chez Panisse
Chez TJ
Commis
The Dining Room at The Ritz Carlton
El Paseo (now closed)
e’toile
Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant
Fifth Floor
Fleur de Lys
Gary Danko
La Folie
La Toque
Luce
Madrona Manor
Masa’s
Michael Mina
Murray Circle
One Market
Plumed Horse
Quince
Range
Redd
Sante’
Solbar
Terra
Travese (now closed)
Ubuntu
The Village Pub
how sad to see 2 of the restaurants above closed. Hopefully the remaining restaurants can stay in business with this patchy economy.