Michelin Announces 2024 California Guide, With No New Stars for San Diego

At a ceremony tonight at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay (kindly live-streamed by Eater LA after the official feed didn’t work), the Michelin Guide California was unveiled for 2024, revealing the restaurants across that state that either achieved star status or kept stars earned in previous years. Since the California guide was first released in 2019, only five San Diego restaurants have been anointed with stars. Addison received its first star in 2019 and was upgraded to two Michelin stars in 2021 when revered local establishments Jeune et Jolie, Soichi Sushi, and Sushi Tadokoro each earned one Michelin star. In 2022, Addison vaulted to three stars while Valle in Oceanside was awarded one star in 2023.

Throughout the year, Michelin singles out “new discoveries” that could be eligible for Bib Gourmand or Michelin stars. In the time since the 2023 guide was released last summer, Paradisea in Bird Rock and La Jolla’s Ambrogio by Acquarello have been recognized as culinary gems.

The good news for San Diego is that Addison, Jeune et Jolie, Soichi Sushi, and Valle have all kept their star rankings for 2024. The bad news is that Sushi Tadokoro, the revered Old Town restaurant, has lost its Michelin star. More bad news: no new San Diego restaurants earned stars in this latest round, which included seven new one Michelin star restaurants and three new two Michelin star establishments. There also were no San Diego restaurants added to the Bib Gourmand list.