The dining world’s prestigious Michelin Guide on Wednesday named 15 restaurants in the Bay Area, Central Coast and Southern California as “new discoveries” — a prelude to the release later this year of its California stars.

The BriefFifteen new restaurants were added to the Michelin Guide in California, and several of them were in the Bay AreaSeveral owners and chefs expressed their thoughts about being added to the guide and what it means to them and their restaurantOAKLAND,

The Michelin Guide has added four more San Francisco restaurants to its prestigious culinary catalogue. The French tire company’s publication on Wednesday named Chinatown's Four Kings, the Financial District’s Verjus, SoMa’s The Wild and the Embaracadero’s Prelude as four of 15 new additions to its list of top eateries in California.