The recent announcement of Dallas-Fort Worth’s newest Michelin-worthy restaurants have Texas diners buzzing around how to get reservations at the most sought-after spots. Here’s your list of all of Dallas-Fort Worth’s winners, including Michelin star recipients, Bib Gourmand winners and Recommended restaurants.
But remember this, too: Dallas-Fort Worth is home to about 16,000 restaurants. Our Hot List in November 2025 focuses on interesting newcomers worth your money and time, plus a spotlight on a few Michelin recipients you shouldn’t miss.
Need one name? Meridian is back open in East Dallas, and chefs and local gourmands are already buzzing about it.
As we hurl — I mean, head — toward the holidays, use this story as a handy cheat sheet for group dinners, date nights, festive family outings and more.
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Restaurants listed in alphabetical order.
Adelmo’s Ristorante in Dallas
Adelmo Banchetti (at center) and his team serve Italian food at a Dallas restaurant near Love Field Airport and University Park. They’ve seen an increase in business after customers heard their days were numbered on W. Lovers Lane.
Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer
You’ve got about two more months to visit the adorable Adelmo’s at W. Lovers Lane and Inwood Road before it closes at that location. Owner and namesake Adelmo Banchetti confirmed again that the Italian restaurant will shutter after service at the end of December 2025. He hopes to reopen elsewhere in 2026.
Adelmo’s Ristorante is at 5450 W. Lovers Lane, Dallas. Closed Mondays.
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Assembly Icehouse in Plano
The aging Plano Market Square Mall was bulldozed and replaced with a mixed-use development that now includes Assembly Icehouse.
Triten Real Estate
I promised new restaurants, and it can’t get much newer than Assembly Icehouse, open less than two days at the time of this publication. This family-friendly restaurant with tons of TVs has room for kids to play while adults eat, drink and watch. A fun fact: Assembly Icehouse is part of Assembly Park, a retail, restaurant, apartment and office development east of Central Expressway in Plano. Longtimers will remember it as the site of Plano Market Square Mall, which was demolished a few years ago.
Assembly Icehouse is at 6185 Assembly Park Blvd. C (near Avenue K), Plano.
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Avra in Uptown Dallas
Say it “Ahhvra.”
Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer
Greek restaurant Avra remains the talk of the town as it continues to serve diners in Dallas’ Crescent Court. Dress to impress, then take a seat for white wine, veg-forward appetizers and grilled whole fish. Avra was previously dinner-only, but it is now serving lunch on weekdays — great news to those who want this healthful food midday. We expect Avra to be busy this holiday season, so better make a reservation.
Avra Estiatorio is at 300 Crescent Court, Dallas.
Boogies in East Dallas
Tucked inside a tiny, L-shaped bar is the new Boogies, a dance club.
Robert Underwood IV
Does the change in weather make you want to dance? Kick off the chill by boogying at Boogies, a dance club and “discotheque” that replaced The Whippersnapper. Goodbye to the dive bar with a delightfully weird personality, hello to strobe lights and late nights.
Boogies is at 1806 McMillan Ave., Dallas. Evenings only. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays.
Casa Brasa in Dallas
We’ll use one word to describe the interior of Casa Brasa in Dallas: sexy. The restaurant opened Oct. 27, 2025.
Big Dill Hospitality
We’re hearing great things about Casa Brasa, chef Omar Flores’ newest restaurant on Preston Road just south of Northwest Highway. You may remember this site as Nick and Sam’s Grill, now closed. Flores recreated it as an upscale South American-inspired restaurant with a menu all over the map: sushi, oysters, tacos, steaks and crowd-pleasing sides like whipped potatoes, lobster mac and fries with garlic aioli. A statement from the restaurant called it a “celebration of elegance, flavor and Latin soul.”
Casa Brasa is at 8111 Preston Road (near Preston Center), Dallas.
Chip City Cookies in Frisco and McKinney
The Galaxy Brownie at Chip City Cookies is a nostalgic option for adults who remember the dense chocolate dessert with rainbow sprinkles from their childhood.
Chip City Cookies
So you’re entertaining kids. Or you’re looking for a Hot List spot that won’t break the bank. Consider Chip City Cookies, a New York City company that just started baking in Texas. The first two locations are in McKinney and Frisco, and more are expected to open soon. Frisco is new new: It opened on Halloween. D-FW is becoming a crowded market for cookies, and you should expect Chip City to be a competitor to companies like Crumbl, Insomnia and Dirty Dough.
Chip City Cookies is at 6650 Alma Road (in the District 121 development), McKinney, and 6975 Lebanon Road, Frisco.
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The Devonshire Club in Dallas
New plan at 5757 W. Lovers Lane: The Devonshire Club is a cocktail lounge with light bites.
Dan Padgett
You knew this address on W. Lovers Lane as City Cafe, then as Nikki Green Bistro and Lounge. In mid-November 2025, the Nikki owners are changing the name to The Devonshire Club. No more a straight-ahead Greek restaurant, co-owner Elia “Tom” Georgalis said in a statement that the neighbors told him they “want a place they can linger [and] socialize.” Thus, The Devonshire Club is now a bar with small bites. Dishes will include fried deviled eggs, duck confit quesadillas, and whipped feta, alongside a menu of cocktails and wine.
The Devonshire Club is expected to open at 5757 W. Lovers Lane, Dallas on Nov. 14, 2025. It will be closed Mondays.
Mamani in Uptown Dallas
French restaurant Mamani is now one of the most famous restaurants in Texas, as one of the few new Michelin 1-star recipients.
Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer
French restaurant Mamani would have been a key part of the November Hot List in any scenario, as this Uptown Dallas hot spot is on the lips of every in-the-know eater in North Texas. But earlier this week, it achieved an incredible feat that catapulted it to the top of many Dallas diners’ lists: It earned 1 Michelin star after being open for less than 2 months. How? Why? Michelin’s anonymous chief inspector spoke out — a perplexing peek behind the curtain. Here’s what you do: Make a reservation, then make your own call. You likely won’t regret it.
Mamani is at 2681 Howell St., Dallas.
Meridian in East Dallas
Meridian’s cornbread ($22) is topped with foie gras. For an additional $12, diners can add caviar.
Dan Padgett
If the Meridian name sounds familiar, that’s because this restaurant inside The Village in Dallas opened in 2021 with a modern Brazilian menu. The restaurant changed, closed and went silent for a bit. But in a feat that almost never works out, Meridian reopened — new chef, new menu, same name — and chefs around Dallas are loving it. A rebirth, done right? It seems so. Here’s a look at executive chef Eduardo Osorio’s new menu. It tops our list for new restaurants to visit in late 2025.
Meridian is at 5605 Village Glen Drive, Dallas. Dinner only. Closed Mondays. Reservations available on OpenTable.
Mister Charles in Dallas
The bar on the left at Mister Charles offers a thrilling view of Dallas people and Dallas food on Dallas’ Knox Street.
Douglas Friedman
The Highland Park Soda Fountain served guests on Knox Street in Dallas for more than 100 years. After it closed, opulent restaurant Mister Charles waltzed in, selling egg salad with caviar and beef Wellington to dressed-up guests. Mister Charles co-founder Chas Martin was singled out at the recent Michelin ceremony for his Exceptional Cocktails — an award he accepted, but said it was a team effort. Dallas diners who don’t have the time (or funds) to commit a dinner at Mister Charles now have our full permission to sit at its beautiful bar for a Michelin-worthy cocktail. Cheers, darling.
Mister Charles is at 3219 Knox St., Dallas.
El Molino in University Park
El Molino, a Mexican restaurant in University Park, sells five kinds of enchiladas.
Samantha Marie
Fajitas and flaming margaritas are the things to get at El Molino, the newest restaurant from the company that owns Hudson House. El Molino is the restaurant group’s not-so-subtle takeover of Snider Plaza in University Park. Owner Hunter Pond has said El Molino is an homage to Javier’s, a Dallas classic.
El Molino is at 6818 Snider Plaza, Dallas. Dinner only.
No Vacancy in Fort Worth
Despite the name, you can get into No Vacancy, a basement bar in Fort Worth, if you know how. (The rules are posted online.) Inside is an underground nightclub with loud music and bottle service. Enter if you dare.
No Vacancy is at 2811 Bledsoe St., Fort Worth. Weekends only.
Palomino Ranch near Deep Ellum
Now open in Dallas: Palomino Ranch.
Bryson G Visuals
The operators of Dallas club Bottled Blonde said this cowgirl needed a makeover. No longer a Dallas-themed bar, it’s now a Nashville-themed honky tonk. Is there a big difference, we’re wondering? It’s still loud, with country music and bottle service. The tagline is “Say howdy, stay rowdy.”
Palomino Ranch is at 505 N Good Latimer Expressway, Dallas. Open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays only.
Le Petit Chef in Far North Dallas
Le Petit Chef uses 3D projection mapping to turn dinner into a dinner theater.
Le Petit Chef
Are you tired of the server spiel before a nice dinner? Le Petit Chef is an immersive — yet expensive — experience where a tiny chef, projected onto each table in 3D art form, explains every course. It’s nothing like any other existing Dallas restaurant, as each table is washed in colors, textures and so-real-you-could-eat-it food. (Also included in the experience: Five courses of actual food.) Le Petit Chef opens at Galleria Dallas on Nov. 15, 2025.
Le Petit Chef is expected to open at 13340 Dallas Parkway (inside the Westin Galleria Dallas, second floor), Dallas, on Nov. 15, 2025. Tickets available now and cost $79 to $189. Book online.
Prince St. Pizza in East Dallas
Prince St. Pizza’s most famous pie is the Spicy Spring, which comes dotted with greasy pepperonis.
Jeremy Jacobowitz
The buzziest counter-service restaurant on this month’s Hot List is Prince St. Pizza, the New York original that made the leap to Texas. Prince St. serves slices of thick-crust pizza from a tiny kitchen overlooking Dallas’ Henderson Avenue. Even before it was officially open, lines formed out the door for the filling pies that come with names like The Naughty and Houston Jalapeño. Remember this charming Prince next time you’re bar-hopping in East Dallas, but pack some patience.
Prince St. Pizza is at 2820 N. Henderson Ave., Dallas. Open until 3 a.m. on weekends.
Sushi Kozy in downtown Dallas
Dinner at Sushi Kozy in downtown Dallas starts with a series of single bites. The evening consists of 17 courses, mostly fish.
Sarah Blaskovich/Staff
Sushi Kozy is one of Dallas’ newest Japanese omakase restaurants. Even after just a few months, Michelin noticed the good work being done by chef Paul Ko and added Sushi Kozy to its Recommended list. Impressively, Sushi Kozy is the only new Dallas-Fort Worth restaurant in the last year to get that bump. Dinner here is a 17-course menu for $185 per person. Chef Ko just changed the menu over for fall, and the Japanese sweet potato dessert is a lovely finisher.
Sushi Kozy is at 2000 Ross Ave., Dallas. Dinner only. Closed Mondays.
Taquería & Tamalería Nuevo León in Carrollton
Taquería & Tamaleria Nuevo León in Carrollton is the favorite of Yelp taco lovers. Here’s the chicharron with guacamole.
Imelda García / Staff writer
In a recent list of Yelp’s top 100 taco shops across the United States, Carrollton restaurant Taquería & Tamalería Nuevo León nabbed an impressive spot at No. 30. Dallas Morning News food writer Imelda García said it “has been recommended by word of mouth for years” and is known for its birria and barbacoa tacos and empalmes. The company has five locations, but it’s the Carrollton one that got Yelp praise.
Taquería & Tamalería Nuevo León is at 2717 E. Belt Line Road, Carrollton. Find others at taquerianuevoleon.com.
Tatsu Dallas in Deep Ellum
Texas’ 1-star Michelin award winners toast at the 2025 Texas Guide ceremony. See Dallas chef Tatsuya Sekiguchi, in a cowboy hat in the middle, with his wife Hiroko Sekiguchi, to his right.
Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer
Last but not least, Dallas’ shining star is Tatsu, the only North Texas restaurant to earn 1-star Michelin status in 2024 and keep it in 2025. That puts Tatsu in a league all its own, showing this Japanese restaurant can maintain excellence under pressure. One of our favorite stories from Michelin night in 2025 was chef Tatsuya Sekiguchi’s post-ceremony plan: After winning another Michelin star, he and his wife Hiroko Sekiguchi got back in the car, driving in the dark home to Dallas. No time to celebrate, he said: A batch of fresh fish was due at the airport at 8 a.m., and he had to get back to work. That’s commitment.
Tatsu Dallas is at 3309 Elm St., Dallas. Dinner only. Closed Sundays and Mondays. Reservations strongly recommended.
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