2 San Francisco restaurants are city's first to earn 3 stars

Two San Francisco restaurants have become the city's first to earn three stars in the Michelin Guide.|
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN FRANCISCO — Two San Francisco restaurants have become the city's first to earn three stars in the Michelin Guide.

Benu and Saison earned the legendary designation from the highbrow restaurant guide in its 2015 Bay Area edition.

The San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/1nykqio) reports Tuesday that Chefs Corey Lee at Benu and Joshua Skenes (SKAINS) at Saison are both French-trained but each use Asian influences in their cooking.

The restaurants join the French Laundry in Yountville and the Restaurant at Meadowood in St. Helena as Northern California's three-star outlets.

Michelin guides are considered among the premier ratings of the restaurant world. Anonymous inspectors award one, two or three stars for quality of ingredients, mastery of technique, how the chef's personality is expressed in food, and consistency among other criteria.

UPDATED: Please read and follow our commenting policy:
  • This is a family newspaper, please use a kind and respectful tone.
  • No profanity, hate speech or personal attacks. No off-topic remarks.
  • No disinformation about current events.
  • We will remove any comments — or commenters — that do not follow this commenting policy.
Send a letter to the editor