American diners got pretty excited when the Michelin Guide for New York was
released last fall. Now, the organization that reviewed 507 restaurants in New York has announced
its plans for a guide on the opposite coast: San Francisco.
San Francisco is abundant with excellent dining opportunities from Chez Panisse in Berkeley to Thomas Keller's French Laundry, but even New York, with its own wealth of stellar restaurants, had but four restaurants that were awarded Michelin's top honor of three stars. Thomas Keller's NY restaurant, Per Se, was among them.
The guide is due to be published in October of this year, and the anonymous reviewing group of one American and four European inspectors have already started making their way around the Bay Area.











