{"id":186963,"date":"2026-03-02T16:46:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186963\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:46:06","slug":"sas-petit-coquin-makes-tx-monthlys-best-new-restaurants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/186963\/","title":{"rendered":"SA’s Petit Coquin makes TX Monthly’s best new restaurants"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Antonio restaurant is in the spotlight on Texas Monthly\u2019s list of the 10 best new restaurants for 2026<\/a>. Published Monday, March 2, the annual ranking 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 last year. She writes 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.Forbes found those \u201cworth it\u201d experiences at restaurants in San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Paris, a small town in far northeast Texas near the Oklahoma border. <\/p>\n

San Antonio\u2019s Petit Coquin (No. 8) is Forbes\u2019 \u201cfavorite\u201d of the three French restaurants on the list, thanks 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, even if they appear \u201csimple on the surface.”<\/p>\n

\u201c[O]ne bite will tell you that chef Max Mackinnon, whose impeccable r\u00e9sum\u00e9 includes New York City restaurants Roberta\u2019s and Libertine, has put a degree of thought into his techniques that belies their straightforwardness, Forbes writes. \u201cSan Antonians have noticed and regularly turn the small dining room into a party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Houston has the most spots on the list. 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

Forbes hails Agnes and Sherman as her Restaurant of the Year, writing that it deserves a promotion to four-star status after the three-star review she wrote in October. She praises a number of chef Nick Wong\u2019s dishes, including a French dip sandwich, shrimp cocktail, and crab rangoon. \u201cWong respects the cuisines he riffs on but is not afraid to contort them. The combinations are irresistible,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n

Zaranda, James Beard Award winner Hugo Ortega\u2019s ode to both the state of California and Baja California, earned its spot for its eponymous dish of seafood cooked in a wire basket, among other items. Forbes hails Di An Pho\u2019s 70-year old chef Hung Van Tran for opening a restaurant that only serves his definitive versions of both beef and chicken pho.<\/p>\n

Dallas restaurants take three spots on the list. At Rainbowcat (No. 5), 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. Michelin-starred Mamani (No. 6) earns its spot for expertly crafted French and Italian fare and a lengthy wine list. Sushi Kozy (No. 10), led by Uchi Dallas alum Paul Ko, restored Forbes\u2019 faith in omakase dining.<\/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

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 acclaimed Houston restaurants such as Triniti, Ciao Bello, and Brenner\u2019s on the Bayou.The full list is as follows:<\/p>\n

No. 1 \u2014 Agnes and Sherman, an Asian American diner in HoustonNo. 2 \u2014 BonFire, a French restaurant in ParisNo. 3 \u2014 Zaranda, a Mexican restaurant in HoustonNo. 4 \u2014 Fish Shop, a seafood restaurant in AustinNo. 5. Rainbowcat, a comfort food restaurant in DallasNo. 6 \u2014 Mamani, a French and Italian fine dining restaurant in DallasNo. 7 \u2014 Di An Pho, a Vietnamese restaurant in HoustonNo. 8 \u2014 Petit Coquin, a French restaurant in San AntonioNo. 9 \u2014 Latuli, a modern American restaurant in HoustonNo. 10 \u2014 Sushi Kozy, a Japanese restaurant in Dallas\"Petit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Antonio restaurant is in the spotlight on Texas Monthly\u2019s list of the 10 best new restaurants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[7082,3291,1526,2809,82,84,83,21628],"class_list":{"0":"post-186963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-awards","9":"tag-lists","10":"tag-media","11":"tag-news-you-can-eat","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","14":"tag-san-antonio-news","15":"tag-texas-monthly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186963","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=186963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}