A no-frills barbecue shack wedged next to a diesel machine shop on the outskirts of Fort Worth is now in the same league as some of the finest restaurants from New York to Paris to Tokyo.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Michelin Guide Texas, released Thursday, awarded a coveted Michelin Star to Goldee’s Bar-B-Q<\/a>, adding to the growing list of accolades for the 6-year-old business.\u00a0<\/p>\n A star in the Michelin Guide<\/a>, originally created by the tire company in France to highlight destinations for road trips, is one of the highest honors a restaurant can receive. Officially, one star signifies high quality cooking that’s “worth a stop,” and recognizes restaurants that use “top-quality ingredients and prepare dishes with distinct flavors to a consistently high standard.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The Michelin inspectors (anonymous diners who rank the restaurants) said the food at Goldee’s is “absolutely worth the hours-long wait in the Texas sun.”<\/p>\n “Black Angus brisket, cooked low and slow using local post oak, is meltingly tender with a rich, clean flavor. Turkey is notably juicy, while the jalape\u00f1o-cheddar sausage delivers a satisfying snap and balanced spice with molten pockets of Tillamook cheese. Sides like old-school potato salad and savory brisket-studded beans show just equal care. Don’t skip the banana pudding, layered with buttery house-made vanilla wafer crumbles,” the inspectors wrote.<\/p>\n Since launching in 2020, Goldee’s was awarded the No. 1 spot<\/a> on Texas Monthly’s Top 50 BBQ list in 2021, and was honored as having some of the nation’s best new chefs<\/a> by Food & Wine Magazine in 2024.<\/p>\n Texas restaurants with Michelin Stars<\/p>\n In addition to Goldee’s, two other Texas restaurants were awarded one star in the new guide: Vegan restaurant Fabrik and Japanese restaurant Kappo Kappo, both in Austin.<\/p>\n There are now 19 Texas restaurants with one Michelin star. The others are:<\/p>\n Barley Swine, AustinBCN Taste & Tradition, HoustonCorkScrew BBQ, SpringCraft Omakase, AustinHestia, AustinInterStellar BBQ, AustinIsidore, San AntonioLe Jardinier Houston, HoustonLeRoy and Lewis Barbecue, AustinMamami, DallasMarch, HoustonMixtli, San AntonioMusaafer, HoustonNicosi, San AntonioTatemo, HoustonTatsu Dallas, Dallas<\/p>\n The guide can award as many as three stars, but there are no two-star or three-star restaurants in Texas. \u00a0<\/p>\n Michelin also gives two other designations to restaurants. The Bib Gourmand list<\/a>, with 54 entries in Texas, honors “good food at a moderate price.” Michelin also listed 76 more eateries as\u00a0recommended restaurants<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n More from CBS News\n <\/p>\n