Woodfire wafted over a line of customers as they waited patiently outside Goldee’s Bar-B-Q Thursday morning. The barbecue joint wasn\u2019t even open yet, but ash already floated in the air.<\/p>\n
As the crew arrived to work, they greeted each other with hugs and congratulations. That morning, they\u2019d found out their smokehouse was now Fort Worth\u2019s first Michelin-starred restaurant<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Goldee\u2019s joined 148 other Texas restaurants<\/a> \u2014 three in Tarrant County \u2014 recognized for culinary excellence as the prestigious publication returned for its third year of spotlighting the best of Texas culinary arts.\u00a0<\/p>\n The far southeast Fort Worth barbecue joint previously held the Bib Gourmand award, which Michelin awards to restaurants it believes deliver great value for the money.<\/p>\n Co-owner Lane Milne found out about the new win through a series of text messages. While he doesn\u2019t consider himself an especially emotive person, Milne said he is \u201csuper excited\u201d by the win, particularly for the staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe crew comes in and kills it every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Goldee\u2019s was founded by Milne, Jonny White, Jalen Heard, Dylan Taylor and Nupohn Inthanousay \u2014 a group of friends who grew up together in Arlington. The owners tout that they distinguish Goldee\u2019s from other barbecue spots by going the extra mile for flavor<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe try to make everything as good as possible, so we\u2019ll take the extra time on all the meats,\u201d Milne said.<\/p>\n \n