Californian restaurants
62 Californian restaurants featured on published best-of lists.
- 3rd Cousin — Bernal Heights, San Francisco
- 7 Adams — Japantown, San Francisco
- A.R. Valentien — La Jolla
- Abacá — Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
- Acorn Cafe — Healdsburg
- Alta Adams — West Adams, Los Angeles
- Angler — Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Atelier Manna — Leucadia, Encinitas
- Auberge du Soleil — Rutherford
- Aubergine — Carmel-by-the-Sea
- Baby Bistro — Victor Heights, Los Angeles
- Boulevard — Embarcadero, San Francisco
- Citrin — Mid-City, Santa Monica
- Cultured Pickle Shop — Southside, Berkeley
- Cyrus — Geyserville
- Darkroom — Santa Ana
- Enclos — Downtown, Sonoma
- Ernest — Mission District, San Francisco
- Eylan — Menlo Park
- George's at the Cove — La Jolla, San Diego
- Glen Ellen Star — Glen Ellen
- Good Good Culture Club — Mission, San Francisco
- Herb & Sea — Encinitas
- Kali — Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Kismet — Los Feliz, Los Angeles
- Leu Leu — Leucadia, Encinitas
- Lilo — Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad
- Little Lion — Ocean Beach, San Diego
- Localis — Midtown, Sacramento
- Madcap — San Anselmo
- Mägo — Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
- Maligne — Seaside
- Market Restaurant + Bar — Del Mar
- Meteora — Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Nine-Ten Restaurant — La Jolla
- Octavia — Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco
- Outerlands — Outer Sunset, San Francisco
- Plumed Horse — Saratoga
- Quince — Jackson Square, San Francisco
- Rustic Canyon — Downtown Santa Monica, Santa Monica
- Saison — SoMa, San Francisco
- Sons & Daughters — Mission District, San Francisco
- Spago — Strip, Las Vegas
- Spinning Bones — Park Street, Alameda
- Starlite — Mission Hills, San Diego
- Sun Moon Studio — West Oakland, Oakland
- Table Culture Provisions — Petaluma
- The Beet — Cloverdale
- The Charter Oak — St. Helena
- The Kitchen — Midtown, Sacramento
- The Progress — Fillmore, San Francisco
- The Village Pub — Woodside
- Tomat — Westchester, Los Angeles
- Top Hatters Kitchen — San Leandro
- Valette — Healdsburg
- Valley — Sonoma
- Vespertine — Hayden Tract, Culver City
- Wild Poppy — Sebastopol
- Wolfsbane — Dogpatch, San Francisco
- Wood Tavern — Rockridge, Oakland
- Yang's Kitchen — Alhambra
- Zuni Cafe — Hayes Valley, San Francisco
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