{"id":186961,"date":"2026-03-02T16:45:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:45:06","slug":"3-dallas-eateries-make-tx-monthlys-best-new-restaurants-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186961\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Dallas eateries make TX Monthly’s best new restaurants ’26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three Dallas restaurants have earned slots on Texas Monthly’s highly anticipated list of 10 best new restaurants for 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The restaurants and their rankings are:<\/p>\n

Rainbowcat (No. 5), where James Beard finalist Misti Norris is riffing on comfort fare such as chicken tenders, a McMuffin made with porchetta and braised greens, and a dessert inspired by Cinnamon Toast Crunch.<\/p>\n

Mamani (No. 6), the Michelin-starred<\/a> restaurant that earns its spot for expertly-crafted French and Italian fare and a lengthy wine list.<\/p>\n

Sushi Kozy (No. 10), led by Uchi Dallas alum Paul Ko with chef RJ Yoakum<\/a> in the kitchen, restored the Texas Monthly author’s faith in omakase dining, she says.<\/p>\n

Texas Monthly knows what’s up. All three restaurants or chefs are nominees<\/a> for 2026 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards. Poor Fort Worth, however, was excluded from the list entirely.<\/p>\n

Published Monday, March 2, the Texas Monthly list is open to restaurants that opened between December 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

Notably, it\u2019s the first edition of the list written by Paula Forbes<\/a>, who succeeded veteran writer Pat Sharpe<\/a> last year. She writes that that 2025 was \u201ca lackluster one for Texas restaurants. . . Restaurant experiences that feel truly worth it, that have the power to wow, are hard to come by. But they\u2019re out there,\u201d she continues.<\/p>\n

Forbes found those \u201cworth it\u201d experiences at restaurants in Houston, Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Paris, a small town in far northeast Texas near the Oklahoma border. Once again, Houston led the way with four spots. They are:<\/p>\n

Agnes and Sherman, an Asian American diner in the Heights (No. 1)Zaranda, a California-inspired Mexican restaurant in downtown (No. 3)Di An Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant in Chinatown (No. 7)Latuli, chef Bryan Caswell\u2019s eclectic neighborhood restaurant in Memorial (No. 9)<\/p>\n

Austin\u2019s sole representative is Fish Shop (No. 4), which serves West Coast-inspired seafood such as a Dungeness crab cocktail and halibut crudo alongside Gulf Coast-style fare such as well-sourced oysters.<\/p>\n

San Antonio\u2019s Petit Coquin (No. 8) is Forbes\u2019 \u201cfavorite\u201d of the three French restaurants on the list thank to its \u201cstreamlined prix fixe menu and laissez-faire atmosphere,\u201d she writes. Diners are encouraged to try dishes such as country p\u00e2t\u00e9, steak au poivre, and rice pudding.<\/p>\n

BonFire (No. 2), a French restaurant in Paris, Texas, has Houston ties. Chef Patten Sommers spent the early part of his career in the Bayou City, working at restaurants such as Triniti, Ciao Bello, and Brenner\u2019s on the Bayou. <\/p>\n

The full list is as follows:<\/p>\n

1. Agnes and Sherman, an Asian American diner in Houston
2. BonFire, a French restaurant in Paris
3. Zaranda, a Mexican restaurant in Houston
4. Fish Shop, a seafood restaurant in Austin
5. Rainbowcat, a comfort food restaurant in Dallas
6. Mamani, a French and Italian fine dining restaurant in Dallas
7. Di An Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant in Houston
8. Petit Coquin, a French restaurant in San Antonio
9. Latuli, a modern American restaurant in Houston
10. Sushi Kozy, a Japanese restaurant in Dallas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Dallas restaurants have earned slots on Texas Monthly’s highly anticipated list of 10 best new restaurants for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7082,102,104,103,3291,1526,2809,21628],"class_list":{"0":"post-186961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-lists","13":"tag-media","14":"tag-news-you-can-eat","15":"tag-texas-monthly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}