No new Michelin stars for Sacramento in 2021 guide; two more restaurants earn Plates
Sorry, Localis. Not this time, Ella Dining Room & Bar. Maybe next year, Hawks.
No new Sacramento restaurants received Michelin stars in the travel company’s 2021 California Guide, released Tuesday morning.
Michelin’s website indicates The Kitchen, the high-end Selland Family Restaurants flagship, has retained its star from the 2019 California Guide. A 2020 guide was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Two new restaurants received Plates: brasserie Camden Spit & Larder in downtown Sacramento, and midtown New American eatery Beast + Bounty. Plates are given to restaurants that serve “a good meal” but don’t meet the criteria for a star or Bib Gourmand (reserved for affordable, very good restaurants).
Former Grange chef Oliver Ridgeway and his wife, Tia, opened Camden Spit & Larder at 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 100 in late 2018, naming it after their son as well as the popular London neighborhood. It earned three-and-a-half out of four stars in a 2019 Sacramento Bee review and was named one of the area’s Top 50 Restaurants by the same publication earlier this year.
Lowbrau founder Michael Hargis opened Beast + Bounty in midtown’s Ice Blocks development at 1701 R St. in 2018, connected to doughnut-and-ice-cream project Milk Money. The name references a broad-ranging ethos: meat-centric dishes on the ever-rotating menu, but also a wide range of vegan options sourced from local farms.
However, Michelin’s website also indicates downtown Sacramento restaurants Mayahuel and Ming Dynasty lost Plates awarded to them in 2019.
Yue Huang in Natomas and Nixtaco in Roseville were announced last week as new Bib Gourmand winners. Canon, Frank Fat’s and now-closed Mother earned Bib Gourmands in 2019, and retained them in the new guide.
Michelin awarded one star to 22 new restaurants, 16 of which were in the Bay Area or Los Angeles, and two stars to five new restaurants in the 2021 guide.
This story was originally published September 28, 2021 at 9:00 AM with the headline "No new Michelin stars for Sacramento in 2021 guide; two more restaurants earn Plates."