Michael Warring restaurant in Vallejo to close

San Francisco Chronicle · Lucy Hodgman · 2026-10-22 20:21 UTC

Michael Warring, a fine dining restaurant that namesake Michael Warring and Ali Gulczynski run in Vallejo, will close in December.

After more than a decade serving a tasting menu from a nondescript shopping center on the outskirts of Vallejo, chef Michael Warring is closing his eponymous restaurant.

But Vallejo’s only fine dining destination, which Warring operates with his wife and co-owner, Ali Gulczynski, isn’t disappearing entirely — it’s moving into the couple’s garage.

Their 18-seat restaurant in Vallejo’s Hiddenbrooke Plaza will serve its last dinner on Dec. 5, Warring announced Thursday. Earlier this year, Warring wrote on social media that they plan to relocate the restaurant into their home, “not just physically, but in spirit.”

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