# Top 100 Best Restaurants in San Francisco Bay Area > San Francisco Bay Area restaurants ranked from 100 to 1. - Title: Top 100 Best Restaurants in San Francisco Bay Area | Shortify - Summary: San Francisco Bay Area restaurants ranked from 100 to 1. The San Francisco Chronicle ranks 100 Bay Area restaurants, with new entries and shifts in the top… - Keywords: san francisco, bay area, restaurants, top 100, fine dining, cuisine, local food, news, local, Top, 100, Best - Source: Sfchronicle — https://sfchronicle.com/projects/2026/top-100-best-restaurants-san-francisco-bay-area - Read time: 2 min - Topics: san francisco, bay area, restaurants, top 100, fine dining, cuisine, local food, news, local ## Top 100 lists are dynamic Restaurants are living entities, not static works of art, with chefs and service changing over time. > Restaurants are, of course, different. They are living entities, not static works of art. ## 2026 Bay Area restaurant list The Chronicle relaunched its top 100 restaurants list in 2025 after a five-year hiatus, with 25 new entries this year. > About a quarter of the list is new, and there’s been plenty of movement among the returning cast. ## Regional trends in 2026 San Francisco saw strong openings, while Oakland had fewer new restaurants despite its historical influence in the local food scene. > It was a strong year for San Francisco openings but less so for Oakland, despite its outsized influence in the local food scene in the recent past. ## Diverse dining experiences The list covers everything from scrappy sandwich shops to once-in-a-lifetime splurges, reflecting how the Bay Area eats. > We’re fortunate to be living in a region where fine dining flourishes ## Honors for excellence The list also recognizes additional first-time honors, including Best Beverage Program and Best Hospitality. > We also wanted to recognize a multitude of reasons why a place might stand out, so we’ve also awarded some additional first-time honors, including Best Beverage Program and Best Hospitality. ## Lazy Bear Lazy Bear, an anagram of chef David Barzelay’s surname, started as an underground dinner party in 2014 and now offers a forest-themed dining experience. > When you enter Lazy Bear, you leave the Mission and enter a luxurious forest. ## Shizen Shizen, a vegan sushi bar in San Francisco, serves creative rolls without seafood, including a 'Surprise Ending' with avocado, asparagus and tofu. > Shizen miraculously proves that great sushi is not incumbent on seafood, the entire menu is vegan. ## Yo También Cantina Yo También Cantina serves a vibrant tamal bowl and nonalcoholic 'wellness' michelada in San Francisco’s Inner Sunset. > The tamal bowl from Yo También Cantina is the antidote to depressing slop bowls. ## Capital Capital, a Cantonese restaurant in San Francisco, has been operating since 2014 with a focus on traditional dishes. > Capital, a Cantonese restaurant in San Francisco, has been operating since 2:00 PM. ## Eylan Eylan, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Menlo Park, opened early last year as part of a luxury development. > Eylan, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Menlo Park, opened early last year as part of a luxury development. ## Mister Jiu’s Mister Jiu’s, a modern Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a focus on quality ingredients. > Brandon Jew’s landmark modern Chinese restaurant celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and it does so triumphantly. ## La Taqueria La Taqueria, a 50+ year old Mexican restaurant in San Francisco, is home to the Bay Area’s most celebrated burrito. > Now more than 50 years old, La Taqueria is a defining Mexican restaurant in San Francisco and home to perhaps the Bay Area’s most celebrated burrito. ## Zuni Café Zuni Café, a San Francisco institution, has been a favorite of City Hall types, gays, and families for nearly half a century. > San Francisco is a city full of iconic restaurants and, while we love them for their atmosphere, history and sense of place, only a few still execute well enough to make this list. ## State Bird Provisions State Bird Provisions, a San Francisco restaurant, offers dim sum-style small plates and a focus on the unexpected. > Are you the type of person who arrives at a restaurant with your exact order planned out, having pored over the menu online? If so, State Bird Provisions is not the restaurant for you. ## Atelier Crenn Atelier Crenn, a fine dining restaurant in San Francisco, is run by Dominique Crenn, who has multiple high-profile restaurant ventures. > With everything Dominique Crenn has going on, opening one restaurant in Dior’s flagship store on Rodeo Drive, another in a new Waldorf Astoria property in Texas’ Hill Country, you’d be forgiven for assuming that Atelier Crenn is an afterthought. ## Key takeaway The San Francisco Chronicle ranks 100 Bay Area restaurants, with new entries and shifts in the top tier.