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Restaurants added to Michelin’s Texas Guide deserve to celebrate. Restaurants not on the list deserve our support.<\/p>\n
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Particularly, I suggested four Dallas and Fort Worth restaurants that should land on Michelin\u2019s Recommended<\/a> list and none of them did. I suggested three that could get a Michelin star<\/a> and \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 none of them did.<\/p>\n Below, I list the eateries I wish had gotten more Michelin shine in North Texas this year. But first, let\u2019s recap the Michelin 2026 news, lightning-round style<\/a>:<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Fort Worth barbecue joint Goldee\u2019s<\/a> got 1 Michelin star \u2014 the first one in the city in Michelin history. Lucia was moved from the value-driven Bib Gourmand to the Recommended category, where it belongs. Michelin defines a Bib Gourmand as a great restaurant that sells two courses, plus dessert or wine, for about $50, and Lucia is pricier than that. Georgie lost its Recommended status. After you make reservations at the deserving restaurants noted above, consider visiting the following eight that didn\u2019t make Michelin\u2019s list.<\/p>\n Walkers\u2019 in East Dallas<\/p>\n I don\u2019t want to put my list of D-FW\u2019s snubbed restaurants in alphabetical order, because that would make wine bar Walkers\u2019 last, and I want it first. Walkers\u2019 is a casual sandwich shop, wine bar and New American restaurant on Dallas\u2019 Greenville Avenue. It opened less than four months ago<\/a> \u2014 which could make it seem ineligible for Michelin attention, except Mamani won 1 star last year in half the time<\/a>. I feel confident that Walkers\u2019 will get another look next year, and I suggest it for a Bib.<\/p>\n Walkers\u2019 is at 3016 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Reservations not needed for the sandwich shop.\u00a0Reservations recommended for dinner<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n While Dallas diners clamor to get a seat in Walkers’ small dining room, eating or drinking at the bar is just as good.<\/p>\n El\u00edas Valverde II\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n The\u00a0Chumley House in Fort Worth<\/p>\n A few days after I said The Chumley House was Fort Worth\u2019s best restaurant<\/a>, it was left off Michelin\u2019s list. It\u2019s possible Michelin\u2019s well-traveled critics compared the experience at Chumley House to the iconic Birley clubs in London. This regal restaurant near the Crescent Hotel doesn\u2019t seem suited for a Michelin star, but it felt like a shoo-in as a Recommended restaurant because of its unexpected British menu, executed well.<\/p>\n The Chumley House is at 3230 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth. Reservations recommended<\/a>.<\/p>\n A popular dish at The Chumley House is butter chicken pie, and I can see why: It’s comforting, a little unexpected and consistently delicious.<\/p>\n Smiley N. Pool\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n Sushi Kozy in downtown Dallas\u00a0<\/p>\n Dallas might have too many omakase restaurants, but Sushi Kozy in downtown stands out with the one-bite wonders coming from chef de cuisine RJ Yoakum, formerly of Georgie, combined with chef-owner Paul Ko\u2019s nigiri. For the second year, Sushi Kozy was placed on Michelin\u2019s Recommended list \u2014 an honor \u2014 but I hoped Sushi Kozy in downtown Dallas would earn 1 Michelin star<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Sushi Kozy is at 2000 Ross Ave., Dallas. Reservations required.<\/a><\/p>\n Chef-owner Paul Ko (left) and chef de cuisine RJ Yoakum are the stars at Sushi Kozy in Dallas.<\/p>\n Tom Fox\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n Osteria il Muro in Denton<\/p>\n When Osteria il Muro in Denton didn\u2019t win a James Beard award in mid-2026<\/a>, I almost cheered. Not because it wasn\u2019t deserving, but because it meant more pasta for us. It\u2019s already so hard to get a seat at this tiny place, and I\u2019m curious if Michelin\u2019s secretive inspectors even tasted chef-owner Scott Girling\u2019s Italian food. It\u2019s possible they didn\u2019t travel to Denton, which is miles outside Dallas and Fort Worth boundaries. (Though they did travel to Jashan in Plano, Cattleack Barbeque in Farmers Branch, Harvest at the Masonic in McKinney and Smoke\u2019N Ash\u00a0 BBQ in Arlington.) Osteria il Muro is the only restaurant on this list where I\u2019ll say, again: More for us.<\/p>\n Osteria il Muro is at 311 W. Congress St., Denton. Reservations are difficult to get.<\/a>\u00a0Here\u2019s what to know before you go<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Osteria il Muro owner and chef Scott Girling makes pasta before service in summer 2026.<\/p>\n Chitose Suzuki\/The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n Meridian in Dallas<\/p>\n My biggest Michelin surprise \u2014 beyond Goldee\u2019s new star<\/a> \u2014 is Meridian not making the Recommended list. This one\u2019s so easy. An evening here could include happy hour with $8 house wine and one-bite appetizers for $3 to $3.50 each. Or a cheeseburger with a side of fries. Or a many-course dinner where chef Eduardo Osorio dishes out scallop crudo, charred broccolini, sturgeon with chanterelles, a 26-ounce rib-eye and bowls of pasta to pass. It\u2019s your favorite chef\u2019s favorite restaurant, and I thought Michelin might love it.<\/p>\n Meridian is at 5650 Village Glen Drive, Dallas.<\/p>\n Chef Eduardo Osorio prepares Snake River white sturgeon at Meridian in Dallas.<\/p>\n Smiley N. Pool\/Staff Photographer<\/p>\n Don\u00a0Artemio in Fort Worth<\/p>\n Although Fort Worth is in the spotlight because of the Goldee\u2019s accolade, Cowtown\u2019s other restaurants didn\u2019t get much attention. Don Artemio is a contemporary Mexican restaurant<\/a> with an enjoyable seafood restaurant next door, Dos Mares<\/a>. Since Michelin arrived in Texas in 2024, I expected Don Artemio to make its Recommended list because of the Saltillo, Mexico-inspired menu. So far, it hasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Don Artemio is at 3268 W. 7th St., Fort Worth. Reservations recommended<\/a>.<\/p>\n One of the opening dishes at Don Artemio in Fort Worth in 2022 was chilitos gueros rellenos with confit cabrito.<\/p>\n Shafkat Anowar\/Staff Photographer<\/p>\n The Charles in Dallas Design District<\/p>\n Open since 2018, Italian restaurant The Charles helped remind Dallasites that the Design District was a dining destination. Look at the neighborhood now: It\u2019s home to flashy supper club Delilah<\/a>,\u00a0pizza and pasta shop Ospi from former Top Chef contestant Jackson Kalb<\/a>\u00a0and Mexican restaurants Puerto<\/a> and Maroma<\/a>. The Charles\u2019 owners didn\u2019t sit back and watch the DDD change without them; they reinvented the restaurant\u2019s menu and design in early 2026. I thought it could catch Michelin Recommended status, and I think it\u2019s still a great dinner date spot.<\/p>\n The Charles is at 1632 Market Center Blvd., Dallas. Reservations recommended<\/a>.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Flaming semifreddo affogato is a dessert at The Charles in Dallas\u2019 Design District.<\/p>\n Tom Fox\/Staff Photographer<\/p>\n Georgie in Dallas\u2019 Knox neighborhood<\/p>\n This one\u2019s tough: Georgie lost its Recommended status, which is rare. The restaurant is now under the watch of French chef Bruno Davaillon<\/a>, who cooked at Dallas\u2019 longtime Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek before opening his own restaurant, the now-closed Bullion. After recent changes<\/a> in leadership<\/a> at Georgie, Davaillon was put in charge, and he\u2019s reinventing its menu. I haven\u2019t been back since Davaillon took over earlier this year, but I will soon. I wonder if Michelin critics went before Davaillon was ready.<\/p>\n
\nNo Dallas restaurants received 1 new Michelin star.\u00a0Tatsu and Mamani kept their stars.<\/p>\n
\nLast year\u2019s list of Bib Gourmand winners didn\u2019t change much. Exception: Lake Highlands restaurant\u00a0Resident Taqueria<\/a> was added.
\nPast Bib Gourmand winners remain:\u00a0Cattleack Barbeque, Gemma, Mot Hai Ba, Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen and Nonna.
\nThe 2026 list named 24 Recommended restaurants, mostly holdovers from past years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nNew on the Recommended list \u2014 and worth celebrating \u2014 are five restaurants in two North Texas cities: Fond, the family-owned pizza shop in downtown Dallas; Jashan, an upscale Indian restaurant in Plano; Lucia, the Italian restaurant in Oak Cliff that was moved from the Bib Gourmand list; M\u0101bo, the Japanese restaurant in Dallas\u2019 Preston Center; and Ol\u014dy\u014d, the contemporary Mexican restaurant in Old East Dallas.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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