While three-star restaurants The French Laundry and Meadowood retain the highest distinction in the MICHELIN Guide San Francisco, Bay Area & Wine Country 2012, the newest edition offers three new two-star restaurants, Benu, Saison and Baume. In addition, 39 restaurants earned a single star with five new entries in that category.

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Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey.

Restaurant	Area	District	Comfort	Chef	Reservations
French Laundry (The)	Wine Country	Napa Valley	4	Thomas Keller	Reserve a Table
Restaurant at Meadowood (The )	Wine Country	Napa Valley	3	Christopher Kostow	Reserve a Table

Excellent cuisine, worth a detour

Restaurant	Area	District	Comfort	New	Reservations
Baumé	South Bay	Palo Alto	2		Reserve a Table
Benu	San Francisco	SoMa	3	New	Reserve a Table
Coi	San Francisco	North Beach	3		Reserve a Table
Cyrus	Wine Country	Sonoma County	4		Reserve a Table
Manresa	South Bay	Los Gatos	3		Reserve a Table
Saison	San Francisco	Mission	2		Reserve a Table

A very good restaurant in its category

Restaurant	Area	District	Comfort	New	Reservations
Acquerello	San Francisco	Nob Hill	3		Reserve a Table
Alexander’s Steakhouse	South Bay	Cupertino	3		Reserve a Table
Ame	San Francisco	SoMa	3		Reserve a Table
Applewood	Wine Country	Sonoma County	2		Reserve a Table
Atelier Crenn	San Francisco	Marina	2	New	Reserve a Table
Auberge du Soleil	Wine Country	Napa Valley	3		Reserve a Table
Aziza	San Francisco	Richmond & Sunset	2		Reserve a Table
Bouchon	Wine Country	Napa Valley	2		Reserve a Table
Boulevard	San Francisco	SoMa	2		Reserve a Table
Campton Place	San Francisco	Financial District	3		Reserve a Table
Chez TJ	South Bay	Mountain View	2		Reserve a Table
Commis	East Bay	Oakland	2		Reserve a Table
Dio Deka	South Bay	Los Gatos	2		Reserve a Table
eétoile	Wine Country	Napa Valley	3		Reserve a Table
Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant	Wine Country	Sonoma County	3		Reserve a Table
Fleur de Lys	San Francisco	Financial District	3		Reserve a Table
Frances	San Francisco	Castro	2		Reserve a Table
Gary Danko	San Francisco	North Beach	3
La Costanera	Penisula	Montara	2	New	Reserve a Table
La Folie	San Francisco	Nob Hill	3		Reserve a Table
La Toque	Wine Country	Napa Valley	3		Reserve a Table
Luce	San Francisco	SoMa	3		Reserve a Table
Madera	Peninsula	Menlo Park	3		Reserve a Table
Madrona Manor	Wine Country	Sonoma County	3		Reserve a Table
Masa’s	San Francisco	Nob Hill	4		Reserve a Table
Michael Mina	San Francisco	Financial District	3	New	Reserve a Table
One Market	San Francisco	SoMa	2		Reserve a Table
Plumed Horse	South Bay	Saratoga	3		Reserve a Table
Quince	San Francisco	North Beach	4		Reserve a Table
Redd	Wine Country	Napa Valley	2		Reserve a Table
Santé	Wine Country	Sonoma County	3		Reserve a Table
Solbar	Wine Country	Napa Valley	2		Reserve a Table
Sons & Daughters	San Francisco	Nob Hill	2	New	Reserve a Table
Spruce	San Francisco	Marina	3		Reserve a Table
Terra	Wine Country	Napa Valley	3		Reserve a Table
Terrapin Creek	Wine Country	Sonoma County	2	New
Ubuntu	Wine Country	Napa Valley	2		Reserve a Table
Village Pub (The)	Peninsula	Woodside	3		Reserve a Table
Wakuriya	Peninsula	San Mateo	1