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In Michelin’s third year releasing a Guide in Texas, it named more than 30 great restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth. But forgive me while I complain: Michelin missed a few.<\/p>\n
Michael Hogue<\/p>\n
Michelin just announced the 2026 Texas Guide,<\/a> a list of nearly 150 restaurants its anonymous critics enjoyed across the Lone Star State. Dallas\u2019 existing 1-star Michelin restaurants, Tatsu and Mamani<\/a>, retained their honors from 2025 to 2026. Michelin added one new starred restaurant in North Texas: Goldee\u2019s Barbecue<\/a>, an out-there smokehouse in Fort Worth run by a band of best friends.<\/p>\n Counting up all of Dallas-Fort Worth\u2019s honors \u2014 the value-driven Bib Gourmands (6), Recommended restaurants (24) and its highest-performers, Michelin-starred restaurants (3) \u2014 North Texas has earned a respectable amount of attention from the elusive French company.<\/p>\n I\u2019m thrilled Fort Worth is finally on Michelin\u2019s map with a star, though I can\u2019t make sense of why Goldee\u2019s was added now and not a year or two ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n And I wanted more in Dallas.<\/p>\n Related story from 2021: I’m calling it: Goldee\u2019s is the best new barbecue joint in North Texas<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019ll get into more of the snubs and surprises later today at dallasnews.com\/michelin<\/a>, but for now here are five takeaways from the Michelin Guide Texas<\/a>, released Oct. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n 1. Dallas diners, are we OK?<\/p>\n Michelin awarded 1 new Michelin star to three restaurants in Texas, and none of those were in Dallas<\/a>. Not Sushi Kozy<\/a>, the Japanese restaurant in downtown Dallas that serves up delightful surprises within its omakase menu. Not Ol\u014dy\u014d<\/a>, the exacting contemporary Mexican restaurant in Old East Dallas.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t expect both of those to snag a star, but I did hope for one.<\/p>\n Chef Olivia L\u00f3pez, of Ol\u014dy\u014d, created the menu at her tiny contemporary Mexican restaurant in Old East Dallas. This dish is made with dry-aged heritage duck, mole manchamanteles, calamondin jam, pearl onions, pickled peppers and mustard seeds with a side of blue corn tortillas.<\/p>\n Tom Fox\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n What does this mean for Dallas, a city where eating in restaurants is kind of our thing? I could say Michelin whiffed: Its critics overlooked our newest restaurants for stars, or maybe it didn\u2019t spend enough time to learn to love them. That\u2019s not my take in 2026. I think we\u2019ve got work to do, chefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n While Dallas\u2019 fine-dining options in 2026 are better than they\u2019ve been in years, our best restaurants can be better. Michelin judges on five criteria for a star \u2014 quality of ingredients, harmony of flavors, mastery of techniques, personality of the chef and consistency. I want to see more personality and more consistency.\u00a0<\/p>\n At Sushi\u00a0Kozy, diners cleanse their palates with this one bite.<\/p>\n Tom Fox\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n 2. Fort Worth diners,\u00a0congrats! Mostly.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve loved Goldee\u2019s Barbecue for years<\/a>, and it\u2019s exciting to see it win 1 Michelin star alongside only two other new starred restaurants across the state, vegan restaurant Fabrik and Japanese spot Kappo Kappo, both in Austin.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n That puts a big spotlight on Fort Worth, and indeed, executives at Visit Fort Worth are celebrating the win. Previously, Fort Worth was the only major city in the Texas Guide that hadn\u2019t received 1 Michelin star. Goldee\u2019s win is a huge achievement, Visit Fort Worth CEO Mitch Whitten wrote in an emailed statement two hours after the news landed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continued congratulations are in order to Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez<\/a> and Panther City BBQ<\/a>, two Fort Worth restaurants that earned Recommended status in 2026 for a third consecutive year.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThese honors reflect the talent, passion and creativity that make Fort Worth such an exciting culinary destination,\u201d Whitten wrote.<\/p>\n It feels fitting that Fort Worth\u2019s first star goes to a barbecue joint. Cowtown was once the best city in the state to eat barbecue<\/a>. And, it matches with Fort Worth\u2019s cowboy persona \u2014 as home base for Taylor Sheridan<\/a> and Landman<\/a>, it has to be said.<\/p>\n But then, we\u2019re left to wonder: What about Fort Worth\u2019s excellent Mexican restaurants like\u00a0Don Artemio<\/a>, Dos Mares<\/a> and Almac\u00e9n El Gallo<\/a>, none of which are listed in the Guide at all?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n 3. What is the deal with barbecue, Michelin?<\/p>\n I used the word exciting to describe Goldee\u2019s entry into Michelin\u2019s highest echelon of food because it is. But also: Why now? Goldee\u2019s was an exceptional barbecue joint in 2024, Michelin\u2019s first year publishing a Guide in Texas. That year, Michelin stars went to four barbecue joints in Austin and Houston. Four. None in North Texas.<\/p>\n Some chefs and diners will grumble about including barbecue on a Michelin-starred list. It\u2019s worth considering: Diners grab a plastic tray and slide it along the cafeteria line, pointing at the glistening brisket on the cutting board or the mac and cheese in a metal container, ready to be scooped. That casual experience contrasts with the tightly choreographed fine-dining dinners also on Michelin\u2019s starred lists.<\/p>\n I would never say a barbecue restaurant doesn\u2019t deserve a Michelin star. It does. But I don\u2019t think Michelin has handed them out evenly, or in the right moments.\u00a0<\/p>\n Going to Goldee’s in Fort Worth means standing in line, sometimes for hours. Once you make it to the front, no one will judge if you go big,\u00a0with brisket, jalape\u00f1o cheese sausage, turkey, ribs and sides.<\/p>\n Lawrence Jenkins\/Special Contributor<\/p>\n I asked Michelin about Goldee\u2019s timing. Its chief inspector pointed to the five criteria for a Michelin star. Those haven\u2019t changed for years<\/a> \u2014 and that doesn\u2019t explain why Goldee\u2019s good cooking is star-worthy now and not before.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n We do know Goldee\u2019s earned it without our help: \u201cIt’s worth noting,\u201d the chief inspector wrote in a statement, \u201cthat the inspectors are not influenced by a restaurant’s popularity or level of media attention.\u201d<\/p>\n After Goldee\u2019s win, I\u2019ll be looking at Cattleack Barbeque<\/a> in the Farmers Branch area for a star next year.<\/p>\n 4. An Indian restaurant in\u00a0Plano gets deserved recognition.<\/p>\n The Michelin Guide arrived in Texas because of a $2.7 million, three-year agreement<\/a> between five city tourism agencies, plus statewide entity Travel Texas. The two stakeholders in North Texas are Visit Dallas and Visit Fort Worth, and I wondered from the beginning how far Michelin\u2019s critics would stray outside those two city boundaries.<\/p>\n Good news: They went to Plano! Michelin honored Indian restaurant Jashan<\/a> as a Recommended restaurant<\/a>. It\u2019s the only restaurant in Plano on Michelin\u2019s 2026 list.\u00a0Jashan is absolutely worth a visit. The \u00e0 la carte menu includes $18 chaat, $25 subz seekh gilafi and a $110 Jashan-e-raan, a shareable tandoori goat dish.<\/p>\n Owner Prasanna Singaraju, whose career was in smartphone and web apps previously, has thrown himself into the restaurant business with intensity and intention. Try Jashan if you haven\u2019t been yet.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n On a visit to Jashan in November 2025, chefs served mango butter barramundi.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar\/Staff Photographer Raan-e-dhungar, or smoked shredded lamb, was one of my favorite bites at Jashan.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar\/Staff Photographer Shikampuri-e-nazaakat at Jashan is one of the fine-dining courses at this large, impressive Plano restaurant.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar\/Staff Photographer<\/p>\n 5. Please don\u2019t tell too many people about Resident Taqueria.<\/p>\n Lake Highlands\u2019 strip mall restaurant Resident Taqueria snuck onto Michelin\u2019s list of affordable restaurants<\/a>, its Bib Gourmands. Lunch and dinner at Resident is great<\/a>, and I\u2019m partial to the caramelized cauliflower with epazote aioli vegetarian taco as well as the pork belly burnt ends with cucumber and jalape\u00f1os.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s just \u2026 well \u2026 can newcomers please make room for the regulars? Resident has been a favorite in Lake Highlands for years. Please be cool.<\/p>\n Chef and owner Andrew Savoie holds pork rib carnitas at Resident Taqueria in Dallas. Lake Highlands neighbors already love this place.<\/p>\n Anja Schlein\/Special ContributorWhat are your biggest surprises from this year’s announcement of the Michelin Guide Texas?<\/p>\n The Michelin Guide Texas revealed its 2026 winners on Oct. 8, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Michelin’s third year releasing a Guide in Texas, it named more than 30 great restaurants in Dallas-Fort…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,88942,95928,95591,88643,92725,95701,88944,89307,88946,88937],"class_list":["post-460325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-tp-barbecue","tag-tp-chefs","tag-tp-deep-ellum","tag-tp-fort-worth","tag-tp-lake-highlands","tag-tp-michelin-guide","tag-tp-plano","tag-tp-restaurants","tag-tp-tex-mex","tag-tp-uptown-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460325","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=460325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n
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