71 Bay Area Restaurants Make the Cut for 2019 Michelin Guide California Bib Gourmand List

Today, Michelin released their list of Bib Gourmand establishments in the very first Michelin Guide California. Made up of 151 restaurants from all over California, the list covers 36 different types of cuisine, and the restaurants are all affordable (depending on your budget). Michelin's Bib Gourmand restaurants are all "restaurants that serve high-quality meals which include two courses and a glass of wine or dessert for $40 or less".

A few Check, Please! Bay Area restaurants—featured in the past or coming up this season—made it onto the list, like Pausa, Z & Y Restaurant and more. Diners might not be too surprised to see other much talked about names picked out like Thomas Keller's La Calenda (an inspector praised it saying "The chef’s Oaxacan upbringing shines through in regional Mexican cuisine") and Nyum Bai (owner Nite Yun was nominated for a James Beard Award, was a 2018 Eater Young Gun and her restaurant made it onto Bon Appetit's Hot Ten list).

See the full list of Bay Area restaurants who made the cut below (the new additions are bolded). You can read the inspectors' notes from their visit on Michelin's website, but you can also rewatch our guests' reviews for some of these restaurants on Check, Please! Bay Area. If they appeared on the show, we linked to the respective episode or written review.

NOTE: Restaurants who earn a Bib Gourmand are not eligible for a star in the same year, so any of the restaurants you see below will not be getting any Michelin stars in 2019.

Anchor Oyster Bar // San Francisco, Castro (Watch the CPBA review)
A16 // San Francisco, Marina
Backyard // Sonoma County, Forestville
Bistro Aix // San Francisco, Marina
Bravas // Sonoma County, Healdsburg
Bywater (The) // South Bay, Los Gatos
Canon // Sacramento
Chalkboard // Sonoma County, Healdsburg
China Village // East Bay, Albany (Watch the CPBA review)
Ciccio // Napa Valley, Yountville
Comal // East Bay, Berkeley
Cook St. Helena // Napa Valley, St. Helena
Coqueta // San Francisco, Financial District
Corso // East Bay, Berkeley
Cotogna // San Francisco, North Beach
Delfina // San Francisco, Mission
Del Popolo // San Francisco, Financial District
Diavola // Sonoma County, Geyserville
Dosa // San Francisco, Marina
Dyafa // East Bay, Oakland
El Molino Central // Sonoma (Watch the CPBA review)
Farmhouse Kitchen Thai // San Francisco, Mission (Watch the CPBA review)
Farmstead // Napa Valley, St. Helena (Watch the CPBA review)
Frank Fat’s // Sacramento
Glen Ellen Star // Sonoma County, Glen Ellen (Watch the CPBA review)
Grace’s Table // Napa Valley, Napa
Gran Electrica // Napa Valley, Napa
Great China // East Bay, Berkeley
Harborview // San Francisco, Financial District
Insalata's // Marin, San Anselmo (Read the CPBA review)
Ippuku // East Bay, Berkeley
Izakaya Rintaro // San Francisco, Mission
Kokkari Estiatorio // San Francisco, North Beach (CPBA alum)
La Calenda // Napa Valley
Lai Hong Lounge // San Francisco, North Beach
Luna Mexican Kitchen // South Bay, San Jose
Millennium // East Bay, Oakland
Mother // Sacramento
M.Y. China // San Francisco, SoMa (Watch the CPBA review)
Nopalito // San Francisco, Civic Center
Nyum Bai // East Bay, Oakland
Oenotri // Napa Valley, Napa
Okane // San Francisco, SoMa
Orchard City Kitchen // South Bay, Campbell
Pausa // Peninsula, San Mateo (Watch the CPBA review)
Pig in a Pickle // Marin, Corte Madera
Playa // Marin, Mill Valley
Poggio // Marin, Sausalito (Watch the CPBA review)
Ramen Gaijin // Sonoma County, Sebastopol (Watch the CPBA review)
Redd Wood // Napa Valley, Yountville
Risibisi // Sonoma County, Petaluma (Watch the CPBA review)
Royal Feast // Peninsula, Millbrae
Sichuan Home // San Francisco, Richmond & Sunset
1601 Bar & Kitchen // San Francisco, SoMa (Watch the CPBA review)
Soba Ichi // East Bay, Oakland
Sociale // San Francisco, Marina (Watch the CPBA review)
Starbelly // San Francisco, Castro
Stockhome // Sonoma County
Sushi Ran // Marin, Sausalito
Teni East Kitchen // East Bay, Oakland
Thai House // East Bay, Danville
Trestle // San Francisco, Financial District
Tsubasa // San Francisco, Civic Center
Vesta // Peninsula, Redwood City
Village Sake // Marin, Fairfax
wonderful // Peninsula, Millbrae
Wood Tavern // East Bay, Oakland (Watch the CPBA review)
YAFA // Monterey, Carmel-by-the-Sea
Yank Sing // San Francisco, SoMa
Z & Y Bistro // San Francisco, Nob Hill
Z & Y // San Francisco, Nob Hill (Watch the CPBA review)
Zero Zero // San Francisco, SoMa