{"id":462537,"date":"2026-10-11T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462537\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T00:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T00:00:24","slug":"14-houston-area-restaurants-added-to-2026-michelin-guide-houston-public-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/462537\/","title":{"rendered":"14 Houston-area restaurants added to 2026 Michelin Guide \u2013 Houston Public Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Michelin Guide announced its Texas restaurant list for 2026<\/a> on Thursday. While no Houston-area restaurants received new Michelin stars this year, all six of last year’s honorees maintained their one-star status.<\/p>\n

Additionally, five local restaurants were added to the Bib Gourmand list, which recognizes restaurants with \u201cgreat food at a great value.\u201d Additionally, nine local restaurants were added to the Recommended list, which recognizes restaurants with \u201cabove average food.\u201d Three local culinary professionals also received Special Awards for their work.<\/p>\n

Here are all the Houston-area restaurants included in this year\u2019s Michelin Guide.<\/p>\n

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\nMichelin Star restaurants<\/p>\n

Restaurants that maintained their One-Star status:<\/p>\n

BCN Taste & Tradition<\/a> | 4210 Roseland St., Houston | Spanish restaurant
\nCorkScrew BBQ<\/a> | 26608 Keith St., Spring | Barbecue restaurant
\nLe Jardinier Houston<\/a> | 5500 Main St., Ste. 122, Houston | French restaurant
\nMarch<\/a> | 1624 Westheimer Rd., Houston | Mediterranean restaurant
\nMusaafer<\/a> | 5115 Westheimer Rd., Ste. C-3500, Houston | Indian restaurant
\nTatem\u00f3<\/a> | 4740 Dacoma St., Ste. F, Houston | Mexican restaurant<\/p>\n

Bib Gourmand restaurants<\/p>\n

New additions:<\/p>\n

Bar Buena<\/a> | 2002 W. Gray St., Houston| Tequila bar<\/p>\n

Kh\u00f3i Barbecue<\/a> | 515 Patton St., Houston | Viet-Tex barbecue<\/p>\n

Kitchen Rumors<\/a> | 2310 Decatur St., Houston| Indian-American fusion<\/p>\n

Murray’s Pizza & Wine<\/a> | 9655 Katy Fwy., Ste. 3115, Houston| Pizza restaurant<\/p>\n

Xolo<\/a> | 223 Westheimer Rd., Houston| Mexico City-inspired bar<\/p>\n

Restaurants that maintained their Bib Gourmand status:<\/p>\n

Annam | 811 Buffalo Pk. Dr., Houston | Vietnamese
\nBelly of the Beast | 5200 FM 2920 #180, Spring | Mexican
\nBlood Bros BBQ | 5425 Bellaire Blvd., Bellaire | Texas BBQ
\nCasaEma | 5307 N Main St., Houston | Mexican restaurant
\nCh\u00f2pnBl\u1ecdk | 507 Westheimer Rd., Houston | West African
\nde Gama Canteen | 600 N Shepherd Dr., Houston | Indian
\nKillen’s BBQ | 3613 E Broadway St., Pearland | BBQ
\nMala Sichuan Bistro | 9348 Bellaire Blvd., Houston | Chinese
\nMaximo | 6119 Edloe St., Houston | Mexican
\nNam Giao | 6938 Wilcrest Dr., Houston | Vietnamese
\nNancy’s Hustle | 2704 Polk St., Houston | Contemporary
\nnobie’s | 2048 Colquitt St., Houston | American
\nPapalo Taqueria | 712 Main St., Houston | Mexican
\nPinkerton’s Barbecue | 1504 Airline Dr., Houston | Barbecue
\nRosemeyer Bar-B-Q | 2111 Riley Fuzzel Rd., Spring | Barbecue
\nRosie Cannonball | 1620 Westheimer Rd., Houston | Contemporary, Italian
\nStreet to Kitchen | 3401 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston | Thai
\nTejas Chocolate + Barbeque | 200 N. Elm St., Tomball | Barbecue
\nThe Pit Room | 1202 Richmond Ave., Houston | Barbecue, Mexican
\nTheodore Rex | 1202 Nance St., Houston | Contemporary
\nTruth BBQ | 110 S. Heights Blvd., Houston | Barbecue<\/p>\n

Recommended restaurants<\/p>\n

New additions:<\/p>\n

1111 | 1111 Westheimer Rd., Houston | Mexico City-inspired bar
\nAngie’s | 1002 W. 11th St., Houston | Pizza restaurant
\nDi An Pho | 12934 Bellaire Blvd., Houston | Pho restaurant
\nJantra | 3401 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston | Tasting menu restaurant
\nLevant BBQ | 5884 Westheimer Rd., Houston | Halal barbecue restaurant
\nMayahuel | 811 Buffalo Pk. Dr., Houston | Mexican restaurant
\nOru | 746 W. 24th St., Houston | Sushi restaurant
\nOsteria di Mercato | 3642 University Blvd., Houston | Italian restaurant
\nSushi Horiuchi | 2701 W. Dallas St., Houston | Japanese restaurant<\/p>\n

Restaurants that maintained their Recommended status:<\/p>\n

Agnes and Sherman | 250 W. 19th St., Houston | Asian, Creative
\nBar Bludorn 9016 Gaylord Dr., Houston | American
\nBaso | 633 W. 19th St., Houston | American, Contemporary
\nBludorn | 807 Taft St. Houston | American, Contemporary
\nCandente | 4306 Yoakum Blvd., Houston | Tex-Mex
\nCredence | 9757 Katy Fwy., Houston | Contemporary, American
\nHong Kong Food Street | 23015 Colonial Pkwy., Katy | Chinese
\nJ-Bar-M Barbecue | 2201 Leeland St., Houston | Barbecue
\nJosephine’s | 318 Gray St., Houston | Southern seafood
\nPappas Bros. Steakhouse | 5839 Westheimer Rd., Houston | American steakhouse
\nPerseid | Hotel Saint Augustine, 4110 Loretto Dr., Houston | French
\nThe Marigold Club | 2531 Kuester St., Houston | European, French Contemporary<\/p>\n

Special Award recipients<\/p>\n

Angel Bautista | Xolo | Michelin Exceptional Cocktails Award
\nJessica Cano | Sushi Horiuchi | Michelin Sommelier Award
\nJacques Varon and Max Lappe | Baso | Michelin Young Chef\/Culinary Professional Award<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kitchen Rumors on Facebook Grilled Gossip Lamb Chop from Kitchen Rumors in Houston. The Michelin Guide announced its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[16672,910,49,56,7332,58,57,14118,66,5458,18152,17957,11208,223],"class_list":["post-462537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-bib-gourmand","tag-business","tag-food","tag-houston","tag-houston-businesses","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-houston-restaurants","tag-local","tag-michelin-guide","tag-michelin-guide-houston","tag-michelin-guide-texas","tag-michelin-star","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462537","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=462537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}