{"id":188683,"date":"2026-03-03T17:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188683\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T17:51:11","slug":"which-3-new-dallas-restaurants-are-texas-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/188683\/","title":{"rendered":"Which 3 new Dallas restaurants are Texas\u2019 best?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Texas Monthly\u2019s annual list of the best new restaurants in the Lone Star State<\/a>, three of the 10 are in Dallas.<\/p>\n

They span three neighborhoods in Dallas \u2014 Uptown, downtown and East Dallas \u2014 and three cuisines: French, Japanese and fancy junk food. (We\u2019ll explain later.) <\/p>\n

The list of 10 also includes BonFire, a French restaurant with a Texas twang about 100 miles northeast of Dallas, in Paris. Sounds worth a drive.<\/p>\n

First up in Dallas: If you\u2019re the betting type, we hope you put your money on Mamani<\/a>. This new French-Italian restaurant, Dallas\u2019 only new Michelin 1-star restaurant from 2025<\/a>, is an easy \u201cin\u201d for a list like this one<\/a>. TM critic Paula Forbes lauded Mamani\u2019s executive chef-partner Christophe De Lellis for his whole duck, which she described as \u201ca master class\u201d that was \u201cperfectly crisped and rendered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Mamani<\/p>\n

Mamani is located in The Quad, the new name for the redeveloped Quadrangle in Uptown Dallas.<\/p>\n

Shafkat Anowar \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Forbes also suggested diners \u201ctrust in the wine list\u201d because of its great selection from all over the world. That\u2019s true, but note, friends: Some glasses of wine run well over $40 each, so scan the menu before saying \u201cyes\u201d to a server\u2019s recommendation.<\/p>\n

Mamani was one of the most talked-about new restaurants in Texas last year because it snagged 1 Michelin star after serving just 48 dinners. It remains on the lips of savvy Dallas diners today.<\/p>\n

Mamani is at 2681 Howell St., Dallas. Dinner only. <\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"French<\/p>\n

The list then turns to \u201cjunk food from a world-class chef\u201d at Misti Norris\u2019 newish spot Rainbowcat. It\u2019s not technically a restaurant; it\u2019s a concept within Old East Dallas bar Saint Valentine<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\"Chef\"At<\/p>\n

At Rainbowcat, almost nothing is what it seems. Here’s chips and dip. Or, as chef Misti Norris explains it: whipped sour cream and onion pimento cheese, garlic chive and dill oil, surrounded by Magic Molly potato chips.<\/p>\n

Steve Hamm \/ Special Contributor<\/p>\n

The food from Norris was bound to be surprising, given her work at one of Dallas\u2019 most esoteric restaurants, Petra and the Beast<\/a>, before it closed in late 2024. The food at Rainbowcat is less thinky, but Forbes rightly points out that its chef is still having fun. <\/p>\n

Norris \u201ccooks like some kind of genius space alien,\u201d the article said. \u201cHer food doesn\u2019t make any sense if you\u2019re just looking at the ingredients on the menu: chicken tenders, cheese-amino toffee and submarine sauce? But when you take a bite, her vision becomes clear. The crunchy strips of poultry are vinegary, salty and a little sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rainbowcat\u2019s food is served at Saint Valentine, a bar at 4800 Bryan St., Dallas. Dinner and late-night only.<\/p>\n

\"Sushi<\/p>\n

Sushi Kozy, a Japanese restaurant in downtown Dallas, is named for chef-partner Paul Ko. <\/p>\n

TM \u201cfell back in love with omakase\u201d at Sushi Kozy, the final new Dallas restaurant on the list of 10 heavy-hitters. Sushi Kozy opened quietly in mid-2025, selling something like 17 courses in a small, modern space in downtown Dallas. The magazine praised chef-owner Paul Ko for his smart small plates and \u201cintensely, traditional, expertly executed nigiri.\u201d<\/p>\n

In early 2026, The Dallas Morning News reported that Dallas chef RJ Yoakum was hired as chef de cuisine at Sushi Kozy<\/a>. Yoakum\u2019s aim is to elevate the small plates even further. He formerly worked<\/a> at The French Laundry in California and Georgie in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Sushi Kozy is at 2000 Ross Ave., Dallas. Dinner only.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re enticed to visit any of these three Dallas restaurants, make plans in the evenings. All are dinner or late-night only.<\/p>\n

TM\u2019s new restaurant of the year is Agnes and Sherman in Houston, an Asian-American diner with a \u201ckiller soundtrack.\u201d Read Forbes\u2019 full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Texas Monthly\u2019s annual list of the best new restaurants in the Lone Star State, three of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5461,2808,109,5474,18279,16044,1623,1622,354,27,29,28,5391],"class_list":["post-188683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bars-and-cocktails","tag-chefs","tag-downtown-dallas","tag-east-dallas","tag-french-food","tag-japanese-food","tag-restaurant-news","tag-restaurant-openings","tag-restaurants","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-uptown-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188683","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=188683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}