Oakland’s Joodooboo was one of seven Bay Area restaurants added to Michelin’s California guide in May 2026.

Just a little over a month before this year’s California Michelin Guide announcements, the guide has added another crop of eateries to its recommendations. Seven Bay Area restaurants, from an Oakland Korean banchan shop to a San Francisco soul food restaurant, have been added to the California guide — a distinction that means they may earn Bib Gourmand or star awards at the ceremony on June 24 in San Diego.

Four of the new recommendations are San Francisco restaurants. Turkish wine bar Kitchen Istanbul, which overhauled its food menu last year, impressed the Michelin Guide with its “silky” hummus, “deeply browned” chicken legs over pearl couscous and “crispy, buttery, syrup-kissed” künefe kadayif with melty........

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