The Michelin Guide for San Francisco 2015 is now out with two new restaurants gaining the much coveted three star rating.
Benu and Saison have earned a place at top of the culinary ladder with their three star rating in the 2015 guide, joining Thomas Keller’s French Laundry and The Restaurant at Meadowood in the three star category for San Francisco.
The Acquerello restaurant run by chef Suzette Gresham earned a second Michelin star, while David Kinch’s Manresa restaurant retains it’s second star despite a fire that closed the restaurant earlier this year - no restaurants lost a star from the 2014 guide.
Two new restaurants, both sushi, join the one star category, Kusakabe and Maruya.
With four three star restaurants now in the San Francisco area and 40 restaurants receiving stars in the guide, the area is cementing itself as an exciting gastronomic haven in the U.S, Michelin’s International Director, Michal Ellis, went as far as to say that the ’San Francisco Bay Area is becoming one of the most exciting and dynamic culinary zones in the world today.”
Below is a list of all those restaurants to gain and retain stars in the 2015 San Francisco Michelin Guide. See all the Michelin Guide coverage on FDL.
Three Stars Gained
Saison, San Francisco
Benu, San Francisco
Three Stars Retained
Restaurant at Meadowood (The), St. Helena
French Laundry, Yountville
Two Stars Gained
Acquerello, San Francisco
Two Stars Retained
Atelier Crenn, San Francisco
Baumé, Palo Alto
Coi, San Francisco
Manresa, Los Gatos
Quince, San Francisco
One Star Gained
Maruya, San Francisco
Kusakabe, San Francisco
One Star Retained
All Spice, San Mateo
Ame, San Francisco
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford
Aziza, San Francisco
Bouchon, Yountville
Boulevard, San Francisco
Campton Place, San Francisco
Chez TJ, Mountain View
Commis, Oakland
Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant, Forestville
Gary Danko, San Francisco
Keiko à Nob Hill, San Francisco
La Folie, San Francisco
La Toque, Napa
Luce, San Francisco
Madera, Menlo Park
Madrona Manor, Healdsburg
Michael Mina, San Francisco
Plumed Horse, Saratoga
Solbar, Calistoga
Sons & Daughters, San Francisco
SPQR, San Francisco
Spruce,San Francisco
State Bird Provisions, San Francisco
Terra, St. Helena
Terrapin Creek, Bodega Bay
Village Pub, Woodside
Wakuriya, San Mateo