On Wednesday, the Michelin Guide released the names of its newest Bib Gourmand honorees in California — menus with “excellent food at reasonable prices” — and 18 Bay Area restaurants made the list for the first time.
They will join dozens of other Northern California restaurants when the full Bib Gourmand array is announced Sept. 28. All told, 145 California restaurants, including 47 newcomers, will be on that affordable list. Michelin’s prestigious star awards will also be revealed that day.
Among the new notables are Oakland’s Horn Barbecue from pitmaster Matt Horn; Asa South, longtime South Bay/Peninsula chef Andrew Welch’s Los Gatos restaurant; Hayward’s Los Carnalitos, a food truck turned brick-and-mortar; the rustic farm-to-table Range Life in Livermore; Italian…