Comments on: Reviewing the Reviews: The San Francisco Bay Area Michelin Guide 2010 http://www.thirstyreader.com/san-francisco-bay-area-michelin-guide-2010/ Food and Wine from Napa, Sonoma and the Bay Area • Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:02:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: thirstyreader http://www.thirstyreader.com/san-francisco-bay-area-michelin-guide-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 thirstyreader Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:56:36 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=1125#comment-1574 Bistro Jeanty has certainly had a tough year with the critics, both on the local and international level. For me, that restaurant represents the best value on Washington Street, and I plan on revisiting them again and again myself. In fact, I may have to stop in for a cassoulet the next time we get some rain. Who knows what Michelin was thinking on that one? Bistro Jeanty has certainly had a tough year with the critics, both on the local and international level. For me, that restaurant represents the best value on Washington Street, and I plan on revisiting them again and again myself. In fact, I may have to stop in for a cassoulet the next time we get some rain. Who knows what Michelin was thinking on that one?

]]> By: George Laird http://www.thirstyreader.com/san-francisco-bay-area-michelin-guide-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1572 George Laird Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:31:54 +0000 http://www.thirstyreader.com/?p=1125#comment-1572 Some really well thought out comments on this year's Michelin list. Of all, I really commend Michelin on giving a star to Solbar. In the last year, I have to say that Solbar was one of my favorite meals. Sometimes great meals come out of the blue and its likely Solbar benefited from my lack of formed expectations. Sometimes I go to a great restaurant and expect greatness -- and my expectations are only met. Solbar blew away any expectations I had and I really congratulate their talented Executive Chef for somehow differentiating his restaurant from the bevy of other premium quality restaurants in the valley. On the negative side, I was really sad to see Bistro Jeanty dropped. I felt that the inclusion of Jeanty was a sign that Michelin was not simply about a singular style of dining. Jeanty is a Wine Country/French bistro in its real sense. It is a favorite of both Yountville locals and the throngs of tourists. It does classic fare brilliantly. That should be honored, and honestly 3 straight years of Michelin ratings is a spectacular accomplishment for arguably Yountville's most comfortable restaurant (along with Chef Bob Hurley's late night bar menu). We will continue to go often. Some really well thought out comments on this year’s Michelin list. Of all, I really commend Michelin on giving a star to Solbar. In the last year, I have to say that Solbar was one of my favorite meals. Sometimes great meals come out of the blue and its likely Solbar benefited from my lack of formed expectations. Sometimes I go to a great restaurant and expect greatness — and my expectations are only met. Solbar blew away any expectations I had and I really congratulate their talented Executive Chef for somehow differentiating his restaurant from the bevy of other premium quality restaurants in the valley.

On the negative side, I was really sad to see Bistro Jeanty dropped. I felt that the inclusion of Jeanty was a sign that Michelin was not simply about a singular style of dining. Jeanty is a Wine Country/French bistro in its real sense. It is a favorite of both Yountville locals and the throngs of tourists. It does classic fare brilliantly. That should be honored, and honestly 3 straight years of Michelin ratings is a spectacular accomplishment for arguably Yountville’s most comfortable restaurant (along with Chef Bob Hurley’s late night bar menu). We will continue to go often.

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