Restaurateurs in Dallas-Fort Worth are anxiously awaiting results of the Michelin Guide Texas, which will be announced tonight, Oct. 28, 2025, in a star-studded ceremony in Houston.
None of the restaurants that received a Michelin star in 2024 get to keep their shine in 2025.
That makes for a tense evening, as chefs wait to hear whether their restaurants are among the best in the world.
The secretive efforts of Michelin’s anonymous inspectors have been a topic of conversation for decades while Michelin expanded its restaurant critiques from its home in France across Europe, then into Asia, North America and South America.
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Michelin landed in Texas for the first time in 2024.
The mystery that surrounds the Michelin Guide is explored on a nationwide scale in Apple TV series Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, which premiered earlier this month. A host follows Michelin hopefuls through the rigorous weeks before the Guide ceremony as chefs try to impress diners and anonymous critics.
Even Thomas Keller, chef-owner of one of the most famous dining rooms in the world, the Michelin 3-star restaurant The French Laundry in California, admits the challenges of being the best can feel insurmountable. “We don’t know when the Michelin inspector comes, we don’t know how often they come, we don’t know anything about them,” he said on Knife Edge.
“We don’t know what they’re looking for.” So what’s a chef to do?
“Ingredients and execution, that’s your job,” he told a stressed-out chef. “We think it’s perfect, [and] we realize, Wow, we could do it even better. So we’re going to continue that search for perfection.”
How “perfect” are the restaurants in Dallas and Fort Worth, two of the five Texas cities Michelin inspectors have visited for the past year? We’ll learn in a few hours.
You can stream the Michelin Guide ceremony tonight. Want an easier route? The Dallas Morning News is inside the ceremony, posting breaking news in real time. Refresh this page to get continuous updates on the Michelin Guide Texas winners in Dallas-Fort Worth.
What’s at stake?
Michelin’s top honors are its stars. Restaurateurs and chefs at the top of their game in Dallas-Fort Worth are likely hoping for a 1-star award, the first in a stair-step structure from 1 to 2 to 3 Michelin stars. Only the world’s finest restaurants will receive 2 or 3 Michelin stars. So far, none in Texas have been bestowed that high honor.
Tonight in Houston, Michelin will also hand out Bib Gourmands, an award for restaurants that serve great food at a reasonable price.
And, it will offer Green Stars to the few who are dedicated to a high level of environmental sustainability.
The final known award from Michelin this year is Recommended, a nod of approval from Michelin but not to the level of a star.
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In Michelin’s short history in Texas — just one year — it gave deep attention to barbecue joints and fine-dining restaurants. Now in its sophomore year, Michelin’s anonymous inspectors get to choose which of Texas’ 15 restaurants bestowed with a 1-star honor will get to keep the shine. It will remove stars from the restaurants that didn’t perform to Michelin’s culinary standards in 2025.
And, it will likely honor new restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth that opened in the past year and are good enough to earn Michelin recognition in the Texas Guide in 2025.
Which North Texas restaurants received Michelin attention in 2024?
Chef Tatsuya Sekiguchi, whose restaurant Tatsu Dallas received Dallas’ sole Michelin star in 2024, unwraps a flounder fish, picked up fresh fish flown in from Japan as he prepares for service on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.
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A total of 28 Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants were honored in 2024. The list was largely considered a disappointment to D-FW chefs, as just one Michelin star was awarded in Dallas-Fort Worth. The largest category was Recommended, and 20 of North Texas’ finer-dining restaurants were honored.
Here is the 2024 list as we await results in 2025:
1 Michelin star: Tatsu Dallas
1 special award: Exceptional Cocktails: Rye in East Dallas
7 Bib Gourmands, Michelin’s honor for “friendly establishments that serve good food at moderate prices”:
Cattleack Barbeque in Dallas/Farmers Branch
Gemma in East Dallas
Goldee’s Barbecue in Fort Worth
Lucia in Oak Cliff
Mot Hai Ba in East Dallas
Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen in East Dallas
Nonna in Highland Park
Sachet, which serves Mediterranean food in Highland Park, scored a Recommended nod in 2024.
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20 Recommended, which is like a thumbs-up from Michelin but not a star:
Barsotti’s in Highland Park
Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez in Fort Worth
Crown Block in downtown Dallas
El Carlos Elegante in the Dallas Design District
Fearing’s in Uptown Dallas
Georgie in Dallas
Harvest in McKinney
Knox Bistro in Dallas
Mercat Bistro in Dallas’ Harwood District
Mister Charles in Dallas
Monarch in downtown Dallas
Panther City BBQ in Fort Worth
Quarter Acre in East Dallas
Rye in East Dallas
Sachet in Highland Park
Smoke’N Ash BBQ in Arlington
Stillwell’s in Dallas’ Harwood District
Stock & Barrel in Dallas’ Oak Cliff
Tei-An in Dallas Arts District
Written by the Seasons in Oak Cliff
Read about all the restaurants across the state — not just in Dallas-Fort Worth — that made the Michelin Guide Texas in 2024.
Seeking more Michelin info? Find everything you need to know about the Michelin Texas Guide at dallasnews.com/michelin.