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Sorry, no party this year.<\/p>\n
The Michelin Guide Texas revealed its new selection of honorees on Thursday, October 8.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The bad news: Houston didn\u2019t earn any new stars, and there was no party this year. Michelin sent it via a very anticlimactic press release.<\/p>\n
The good news: We didn\u2019t lose them either. BCN Taste & Tradition, CorkScrew BBQ, Le Jardinier Houston, March, Musaafer, and Tatem\u00f3 are still all one star.<\/p>\n
Better news: Houston picked up 14 new restaurant distinctions\u2014more than any other city in the state. Five new spots, including Indian-inspired Kitchen Rumors, Viet-Tex barbecue pop-up Kh\u00f3i Barbecue, and chef Levi Goode\u2019s Bar Buena, earned Bib Gourmands, which defines \u201cgood food at a good value.\u201d Nine restaurants, including pizza joint Angie\u2019s and Jantra, which opened earlier this year, also joined the guide\u2019s recommended list for the first time.<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s New Bib Gourmands (5)<\/p>\n
Bar Buena (Montrose)<\/p>\n
Kh\u00f3i Barbecue (Near Northside)<\/p>\n
Kitchen Rumors (Sawyer Yards)<\/p>\n
Murray’s Pizza & Wine (Memorial area)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Xolo (Montrose)\u00a0<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s New Recommended Restaurants (9)<\/p>\n
1111 (Montrose)<\/p>\n
Angie’s (Heights)<\/p>\n
Di An Pho (Chinatown)<\/p>\n
Jantra (Second Ward)<\/p>\n
Levant BBQ (Galleria area)<\/p>\n
Mayahuel (Montrose)<\/p>\n
Oru (Heights)<\/p>\n
Osteria di Mercato (West University)<\/p>\n
Sushi Horiuchi (Montrose)<\/p>\n
Houston also claimed three of the four special awards: Angel Bautista of Xolo won the Cocktail Award; Jessica Cano of Sushi Horiuchi won the Sommelier Award; and Baso\u2019s Jacques Varon and Max Lappe won the Young Chef\/Culinary Professional Award.<\/p>\n
That said, Houston did lose some recognition: Brisket & Rice, previously a Bib Gourmand, is noticeably missing from the list. The closures of Killen\u2019s and Late August, along with Neo\u2019s renovation, explain those exits. Hidden Omakase, which has temporarily relocated to Bar Moon, also lost its Recommend status.<\/p>\n
The Michelin Guide was more generous with its stars elsewhere. Austin earned two one-stars: Kappo Kappo, a French-Japanese counter restaurant in the Austin Proper Hotel, and Fabric, a completely vegan tasting menu by chef Je Wallerstein that was previously deemed a Bib Gourmand. In Fort Worth, Goldee\u2019s Bar-B-Q moved up from a Bib Gourmand to a star.<\/p>\n
The full Texas selection now includes 149 restaurants spanning 30 cuisine types, with Houston accounting for 53, or about 36 percent.<\/p>\n
Michelin also showed Houston\u2019s hotel scene some love in September, awarding Hotel Daphne in the Heights its first Michelin Key, which signals \u201ca very special stay.\u201d Daphne joins The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown, Hotel ZaZa Memorial City, Hotel ZaZa Museum District, and Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, all of which previously earned a Key.<\/p>\n
Michelin first confirmed in July 2024 that it would add Texas to its guide network, with inspectors already quietly visiting restaurants in Houston, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio. The organization emphasizes that it awards stars strictly on the food\u2014judged by product quality, flavor harmony, culinary technique, the chef\u2019s creative voice, and consistency across visits\u2014rather than service or atmosphere. To secure the guide\u2019s return to Houston, Houston First, the city\u2019s tourism arm, committed $270,000 over three years\u2014$ 90,000 annually\u2014to fund Michelin inspectors who evaluate the city\u2019s dining scene full-time. Will it return next year?<\/p>\n
See a full list of Houston\u2019s Michelin stars, Bibs, and recommended restaurants below.<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s Michelin Stars (6)<\/p>\n
BCN Taste & Tradition (Montrose)
\nCorkScrew BBQ (Spring)
\nLe Jardinier Houston (Museum District)
\nMarch (Montrose)
\nMusaafer (Galleria area)
\nTatem\u00f3 (Spring Branch)<\/p>\n
Houston Bib Gourmands (26)<\/p>\n
*indicates new<\/p>\n
Annam, Montrose
\nBar Buena (River Oaks)*
\nBelly of the Beast (Spring)
\nBlood Bros BBQ (Bellaire)
\nCasaema (Heights)
\nCh\u00f2pnBl\u1ecdk (Montrose)
\nda Gama Canteen (Heights)
\nKh\u00f3i Barbecue (Near Northside)*
\nKillen’s BBQ (Pearland)
\nKitchen Rumors (Sawyer Yards)*
\nMala Sichuan Bistro (Chinatown)
\nMaximo (West University)
\nMurray’s Pizza & Wine (Memorial)*
\nNam Giao (Little Saigon)
\nNancy’s Hustle (EaDo)
\nnobie’s (Montrose)\u00a0
\nPapalo Taqueria (Downtown)
\nPinkerton’s Barbecue (Heights)
\nRosemeyer Bar-B-Q (Spring)
\nRosie Cannonball (Montrose)
\nStreet to Kitchen (Second Ward)
\nTejas Chocolate + Barbecue (Tomball)
\nThe Pit Room (Montrose)
\nTheodore Rex (EaDo)
\nTruth BBQ (Heights)
\nXolo (Montrose)*<\/p>\n
Houston\u2019s 2026 Recommended Restaurants (21)<\/p>\n
*indicates new<\/p>\n
1111 (Montrose)*
\nAgnes and Sherman (Heights)
\nAngie’s (new) (Heights)*
\nBar Bludorn (Memorial)
\nBaso (Heights)
\nBludorn (Fourth Ward)
\nCandente (Montrose)
\nCredence (Memorial)
\nDi An Pho (Asiatown)*
\nHong Kong Food Street (Katy)
\nJantra (Second Ward)*
\nJ-Bar-M Barbecue (East End)
\nJosephine’s (Midtown)
\nLevant BBQ (Galleria area)*
\nMayahuel (Montrose)*
\nOru (Heights)*
\nOsteria di Mercato (West University)*
\nPappas Bros. Steakhouse (Downtown)
\nPerseid \u2014Hotel Saint Augustine (Montrose)
\nSushi Horiuchi (Montrose)*
\nThe Marigold Club (Montrose)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Sorry, no party this year. The Michelin Guide Texas revealed its new selection of honorees on Thursday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-460929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460929","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=460929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}