At Michelin Guide California’s 2026 ceremony in San Diego, two Bay Area restaurants earned three stars for the first time: Californios in San Francisco and Enclos in Sonoma. Californios becomes the first Mexican restaurant in the U.S. to attain three stars, after rising from one to three since 2015; Enclos had jumped from two to three just six months after opening. Nine Bay Area venues joined the one-star club (including Troubadour in Healdsburg and Naides and Wolfsbane in San Francisco), while several others earned two stars (such as Acquerello, Birdsong, and Saison). The Bay Area also snagged special honors—Exceptional Cocktail Award to Evan Williams and Maria Isabel’s bar team, and the Michelin Service Award to Frida Blomdahl Hay of Sons & Daughters—though a few local spots lost stars (Kenzo Napa; Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn; O’ by Claude Le Tohic; The Shota). The ceremony briefly revived Green Stars for Monte’s (Santa Barbara) and Six Test Kitchen (Paso Robles). The piece provides the full Bay Area Michelin roster for 2026 across three-, two-, and one-star designations.
