The Restaurant at Meadowood joins French Laundry as the newest Michelin 3-star restaurant in the Bay Area, the only two outside of NY. That's the answer to one of the six storylines the SF Chronicle highlighted for this year's release of the guide.

The updated list of Bay Area restaurant starholders is below.

3 Star Restaurants (***):

French Laundry

Restaurant at Meadowood

2 Star Restaurants (**):

Coi

Cyrus

Manresa

1 Star Restaurants (*):

Acquerello

Alexander’s Steakhouse

Ame

Applewood

Auberge du Soleil

Aziza

Baume

Bouchon

Boulevard

Campton Place

Chez TJ

Commis

Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton

Dio Deka

Etoile

Farmhouse Inn & Restaurant

Fleur de Lys

Frances

Gary Danko

La Folie

La Toque

Luce

Madera

Madrona Manor

Masa’s

Mirepoix

Murray Circle

One Market

Plumed Horse

Quince

Redd

Saison

Sante

Solbar

Spruce

Terra

Ubuntu

Village Pub

Wakuriya