Olivea and Lunario Earn Michelin Stars in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe

June 5, 2025

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On June 3, on the Foro Codere in Mexico Metropolis, the Michelin Information México held its annual award ceremony wherein 5 one-star eating places have been added to the information, together with two from Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California. A brand new inexperienced star was awarded to 1 Valle de Guadalupe restaurant and all Michelin-starred eating places featured in final yr’s inaugural Michelin Information México retained their stars.

The Michelin Information has acknowledged eating places in Mexico Metropolis, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Quintana Roo, Nuevo León, and Oaxaca. In Valle de Guadalupe, which is a group within the municipality of Ensenada, each Olivea Farm to Desk and Lunario have been awarded a star for the primary time.

Olivea Farm to Desk additionally earned a inexperienced star, which the Michelin Information awards to eating places devoted to sustainability (Lunario was given a inexperienced star in 2024). Each Lunario and Olivea tout their very own gardens for sourcing produce, with Lunario additionally boasting an animal pen and apiary. Lunario claims to provide all of its personal dairy merchandise. Olivea practices natural farming strategies, recycles greywater for irrigation, and powers its operations with sustainable photo voltaic.

Awarded the earlier yr, Damiana, Animalón, and Conchas de Piedra held on to 1 star, whereas the latter, together with Deckman’s En El Mogor, stay inexperienced star alternatives. Different Valle de Guadalupe eating places that stay within the Michelin Information as Bib Gourmands are Villa Torél and La Cocina de Doña Esthela. They’re joined by Ensenada-based eating places Sabina, La Concheria, Humo y Sal, and Casa Marcelo, plus Tijuana’s lone Bib Gourmand entry: La Carmelita Molino y Cocina.

In Mexico Metropolis, each Pujol and Quintonil retained their two Michelin stars, whereas Máximo, Expendio de Maíz, and Masala y Maíz have been additionally awarded one star for the primary time. The brand new additions in Baja California and Mexico Metropolis make a complete of 23 starred eating places within the information’s six areas. Earlier one-star eating places retained their designation, however no different areas added stars this yr. There aren’t any three-Michelin-starred eating places, the information’s highest designation, in Mexico.

In all, Baja California counts 31 entries within the 2025 publication of the Michelin Information México, a slight downsize from the information’s debut in 2024, which listed 51 honorees. A lot of the eating places that misplaced their placement have been beforehand listed as solely “Michelin-recommended.”

The brand new stars for Lunario and Olivea Farm to Desk bolster the eating scene for Mexico’s most celebrated wine, which now has 5 general starred eating places.