Here Are the 2025 Michelin Star Winners in the Bay Area
The starry-eyed chefs of California descended on Sacramento on Wednesday, June 24, for this year's Michelin Guide: California ceremony. This year — the 125th year for the tire company awarding prestigious stars and recommendations — the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California ate good. Last year saw an impressive showing for the region, too.
The biggest news for the night in the region came for Kiln and Enclos. The former, helmed by chef John Wesley, received its first Michelin star in 2023, a year after opening. The San Jose-born chef came to Sons and Daughters after culinary school, cutting his teeth at Oakland's Commis afterward. Newcomer Enclos in Sonoma also received two Michelin stars. The restaurant is praised for chef Brian Limoges's culinary prowess, tested by three Michelin star-holding Atelier Crenn and Quince. Enclos took over a renovated Victorian home as a restaurant space, a move noted by the Michelin guide.
In the East Bay, Sun Moon Studio in Oakland took home its first star. This is Alan Hsu and Sarah Cooper's debut restaurant. The two met while working at the dubious but premiere Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant in New York. Taiwanese and French inspiration gird the foraged goods restaurant that's turned heads across the region. Sons and Daughters won its first Green Michelin Star, awarded for sustainability. Chef Harrison Cheney nabs the acclaim as he prepares to move into a much-larger restaurant in the Mission. Enclos took home the same award, Limoges receiving praise for a garden just a few miles from the restaurant.
No three-, two-, or one-star-holding restaurants lost their star. The same goes for Green Star holders. The guide administers its special awards throughout the ceremony, as well.
Menlo Park's Eylan took home the Michelin Cocktail Award. Christopher Longoria accepted the award on behalf of the bar team. This is the new restaurant from chef Srijith Gopinatha, behind Ettan and Copra. Emcee Java Ingram said Longoria's distinctive flavors highlight the menu's California-Indian ingredients. 'A lot of those things weren't being done when I started out,' Longoria said in an acceptance speech.
The Michelin Sommelier Award went to hometown hero Chris Barnum-Dann from his Localis. The restaurant took home its first star in 2022. The team kept it sharp, serving bites in the lobby before the ceremony inside the Sacramento Convention Center. In Geyserville, Nick Peyton from one-Michelin-star-holding Cyrus won the Michelin Service Award. 'Our inspectors took note of the longevity of Peyton's service. Service like this is a rarity, and it deserves to be commended,' Ingram read.
Ingram took the stage just shy of 7:30 p.m. and Visit Sacramento's president Mike Testa followed, saying it's culinary travel, and the 'red guide' that keeps guiding diners to the capital. The guide moved to San Francisco in 2007, expanding across the state in 2019. Sommi and Providence became the first Los Angeles restaurant to win three stars, the former's victory coming down the pipeline in advance of the ceremony.
Here's the full list of Bay Area Michelin-starred restaurants for 2025:
Atelier Crenn, San Francisco
The French Laundry, Yountville
Acquerello, San Francisco
Aubergine, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Californios, San Francisco
Sons & Daughters, San Francisco
Auberge du Soleil, Rutherford
Chez Noir, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Hilda and Jesse, San Francisco (New)
Le Comptoir at Bar Crenn, San Francisco
Mister Jiu's, San Francisco
Niku Steakhouse, San Francisco
O' by Claude Le Tohic, San Francisco
The Progress, San Francisco
San Ho Won, San Francisco
State Bird Provisions, San Francisco
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