On Thursday, Michelin released its 2017 Bib Gourmand list — awards given to restaurants that offer “excellent food at reasonable prices” — and 67 Bay Area restaurants made the grade, including four newcomers.

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Locanda Positano moving from San Carlos to Lafayette The first-time honorees are:

— Brown Sugar Kitchen, the West Oakland soul food restaurant owned by Food Network star Tanya Holland, a chef who is now expanding to San Francisco and Uptown Oakland. (2534 Mandela Parkway)

— Pausa, a year-old San Mateo restaurant where owner Steve Ugur and chef Andrea Giuliani focus on rustic Italian pastas, brick-oven pizzas and house-cured salumi (223 E. Fourth Ave.)

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— Royal Feast, a Millbrae restaurant where chef Zongyi Liu’s cooking goes beyond Szechuan specialties to include an abalone-rich menu of “aristocrat cuisine.” (148 El Camino Real)

— Playa in Mill Valley, a trendy Mexican spot by longtime restaurateur Bill Higgins and chef Omar Huerta that puts a contemporary, seasonal spin on classics. (41 Throckmorton Ave.)

Many Bay Area restaurants retained their Bib Gourmands, including The Bywater (Los Gatos); Orchard City Kitchen (Campbell); China Village (Albany); Comal, Corso, Great China, Ippuku and Tacos Sinaloa (all of Berkeley); Thai House (Danville); Vesta (Redwood City); Wonderful (Millbrae); and Michel Bistro, Millennium and Wood Tavern (all of Oakland). The remaining honorees are located in San Francisco or Wine Country.

Dropping off the list were a dozen restaurants, including one San Francisco eatery that closed, Bar Tartine. There could be many reasons for lack of inclusion, a Michelin representative said: The restaurant may have lost the distinction, for example, or had a change in chef — or been moved to the coveted Michelin star list.

Those awards will be announced the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 12.