Michelin & spring openings
The 2026 Michelin Guide just expanded — five Bay Area spots and six L.A. restaurants were added to the shortlist — and big openings are on the spring calendar: Kwame Onwuachi’s Maroon debuts April 24 at Sahara Las Vegas while Food & Wine flagged three New England restaurants as the season’s most anticipated. (sfist.com), (timeout.com), (cdcgaming.com), (boston.com)
Five Bay Area entries named in the mid‑March update are Wolfsbane, Restaurant Naides, Dingles Public House, Le Cigale, and Yeobo, Darling in Menlo Park. (sfist.com) Restaurant Naides opened in the former Sons & Daughters space at 708 Bush St. and is led by chef Patrick Gabon with an 11‑ to 15‑course Filipino tasting‑menu format, while Wolfsbane is the Dogpatch tasting‑menu project from Rupert and Carrie Blease. (sf.eater.com) Los Angeles’s six additions are Corridor 109 (an 11‑seat seafood counter in Melrose Hill), Firstborn (Anthony Wang’s Chinese‑American spot in Chinatown), Lapaba (Italian‑Korean pasta concept), Little Fish Melrose Hill (permanent outpost of an Echo Park original), Lugya’h (Poncho’s tlayuda stall in Maydan Market), and Zira Uzbek Kitchen (Fairfax). (guide.michelin.com) Maroon by James Beard–winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is scheduled to open April 24, 2026, at SAHARA Las Vegas in the space that formerly housed Bazaar Meat, and the property announced the date in a Monday statement. (neon.reviewjournal.com) Food & Wine’s March 19 roundup lists three New England openings to watch this spring: Willie’s from Jamie Bissonnette in Beacon Hill, Ladyfish from Jordan Rubin (a Portland summer pop‑up running May 1–October), and La Tavernetta from Douglass Williams in East Boston. (boston.com)
