Michelin lands San Diego awards
- Michelin Guide picked San Diego to host its 2026 California awards ceremony on June 24, the first time the city has staged it. - The invitation-only event will be held at EVE on the bayfront as San Diego enters the ceremony with Addison, Soichi and Valle starred. - San Diego only joined Michelin’s California coverage in 2019, making the host nod a marker of its rise. (guide.michelin.com)
The Michelin Guide will hold its 2026 California awards ceremony in San Diego on June 24, the first time the city has hosted it. (sandiegouniontribune.com) The invitation-only event is set for EVE, a new bayfront venue across Harbor Drive from the USS Midway Museum. Michelin will reveal California’s 2026 stars there. (sandiegouniontribune.com) (smithallengroup.com) San Diego restaurants became eligible for Michelin recognition only when the guide expanded to statewide California coverage in 2019. Since then, the region has built a roster of starred, Bib Gourmand and selected restaurants. (sandiegouniontribune.com) (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s official San Diego listings currently show Addison with three stars in San Diego, Soichi with one star in San Diego, and Valle with one star in Oceanside. Michelin’s broader San Diego page lists 37 restaurants in the area. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) (guide.michelin.com 3) (guide.michelin.com 4) That host-city choice does not guarantee new stars for local restaurants. It does put San Diego at the center of California’s annual Michelin reveal, where chefs, restaurateurs and tourism officials will be watching for gains and losses. (sandiegouniontribune.com) (guide.michelin.com) The last California ceremony was held in Sacramento on June 25, 2025, when Michelin added two new three-star restaurants statewide, two new two-star restaurants and five new one-star restaurants. San Diego now gets the next turn. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin has already continued its California inspection cycle this year. In March 2026, the guide published a fresh batch of new California additions ahead of the June ceremony. (guide.michelin.com) For San Diego, the June 24 ceremony is less about a single dinner than a public test of how far the region’s dining scene has moved since Michelin started grading it seven years ago. (sandiegouniontribune.com)
