New Michelin guide sprinkles stars in Bay Area

The Bay Area has gained two Michelin-rated two-star restaurants -- and they're not in San Francisco. In the just-released second edition of the "Michelin Guide San Francisco, Bay Area and Wine Country," Chez TJ, the 25-year-old French restaurant in the South Bay city of Mountain View, jumped from one star to two, and the Restaurant at Meadowood resort in Napa Valley's St. Helena received two stars right out of the gate. The French Laundry in Yountville remains the region's only three-star restaurant.

October 24, 2007