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Michelin Guide Texas names its first Star recipients | Here are all the restaurants that won

Monday night, the Michelin Guide announced its 2024 Texas Star winners. Here's a look at the restaurants that won the prestigious honor.

HOUSTON — It's the highest honor a restaurant can receive — a Michelin Star.

Earlier this year, Michelin announced it would expand its prestigious guide into Texas for the first time, an effort that cost the state and its five major cities $900,000. Michelin Guide Inspectors judged restaurants in Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio.

According to Michelin, one star means the restaurant has high-quality cooking and is worth a stop. Two stars mean the restaurant features excellent cooking and is worth a detour. Three stars, the highest rating, means the restaurant offers exceptional cuisine and is a destination worth making a trip around.

Also up for grabs was the Michelin Bib Gourmand, which highlights restaurants offering exceptional food at moderate prices. The award is named after the Michelin Man, whose real name is Bibendum. For a full list of what each rating means, visit the Michelin Guide's official breakdown.

For over 100 years, the French tire company has reviewed restaurants based on five criteria: quality of the ingredients used, mastery of flavor and cooking techniques, the personality of the chef in the cuisine, harmony of flavors and consistency between visits. The company launched the guide in 1900 as a way for drivers to literally burn rubber and, in the end, buy more tires.

During a ceremony Monday night in Houston, the acclaimed Michelin Guide awarded Stars and other awards to these Texas restaurants.

Award winners

Exceptional Cocktails Award: Julian Shaffer - rye. - Dallas

Sommelier Award: Steven McDonald - Pappas Bros. Steakhouse - Houston

Service Award: Hailey Pruitt & Lauren Backman - Mixtli - San Antonio

Young Chef Award: Edgar Rico - Nixta Taqueria - Austin 

Michelin recommended restaurants

Arlington:

Austin:

  • Apt. 115 
  • Birdie's
  • Comedor
  • Con Todo
  • Discada
  • Dipdipdip Tatsu-ya
  • Este
  • Ezov
  • Garrison
  • Jeffrey's
  • Joe's Bakery & Coffee Shop
  • La Condesa
  • Launderette
  • Ling Kitchen
  • Lenoir's
  • Lutie's
  • Maie Day
  • Mexta
  • Mum Foods Smokehouse & Delicatessen
  • Suerte
  • Tare
  • Terry Black's BBQ
  • Toshokan

Dallas:

  • Barsotti's 
  • Mister Charles
  • Crown Block
  • El Carlos Elegante
  • Fearing's
  • Georgie
  • Knox Bistro
  • Mercat Bistro
  • Monarch
  • Quarter Acre
  • rye.
  • Sachet
  • Stock & Barrel
  • Stillwell's
  • Tei-An
  • Written by the Seasons

Fort Worth:

Houston:

  • Baso
  • Bludorn 
  • Brisket & Rice
  • Candente
  • Hidden Omakase
  • Late August
  • Pappas Bros. Steakhouse

McKinney:

  • Harvest

San Antonio:

  • Barbecue Station
  • Garcia's Mexican Food
  • Leche de Tigre
  • Little Em's Oyster Bar
  • Nicosi
  • Signature Restaurant
  • 2M Smokehouse

Bib Gourmand recipients

Austin:

  • Bricuits
  • Cuantos Tacos
  • Distant Relatives
  • Dai Due
  • Emmer & Rye
  • Franklin Barbecue
  • Kemuri Tatsu-ya
  • KG BBQ
  • La Santa Babacha
  • Micklethwait Craft Meats
  • Nixta Taqueria
  • Odd Duck
  • Ramen del Barrio
  • Veracruz Fonda & Bar

Bellaire:

  • Blood Bros BBQ

Dallas:

  • Cattleack
  • Gemma
  • Lucia
  • Một Hai Ba
  • Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen
  • Nonna

Fort Worth:

Houston:

  • Ema
  • Kau Ba
  • Killen's
  • Mala Sichuan Bistro
  • Nancy's Hustle
  • Nam Giao
  • Nobie's
  • Pinkerton's BBQ
  • The Pit Room
  • Rosie Cannonball
  • Street to Kitchen
  • Theodore Rex
  • Truth BBQ

Lockhart:

  • Barbs B Q

Pearland:

  • Killen's BBQ

San Antonio:

  • Cullum's Attaboy
  • The Jerk Shack
  • Ladino
  • Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery

Seguin:

  • Burnt Bean Co.

Spring:

  • Belly of the Beast
  • Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q

Tomball:

  • Tejas Chocolate

Michelin Star recipients

One Star winners

Austin:

  • Barley Swine - Bryce Gilmore
  • Craft Omakase - Charlie Wang & Nguyen Nguyen
  • Hestia - Kevin Fink
  • Olamaie - Michael Fojtasek
  • Interstellar BBQ - John Bates
  • La Barbecue - Alison Clem
  • Leroy and Lewis Barbecue - Evan Leroy & Sawyer Lewis

Dallas:

  • Tatsu Dallas - Tatsuya Sekiguchi

Houston:

  • BCN Taste & Tradition - Luis Roger
  • Le Jardinier Houston - Felipe Botero & Alain Verzeroli
  • March - Felipe Riccio
  • Musaafer - Mayank Istwal
  • Tatemó - Emmanuel Chavez

San Antonio:

  • Mixtli - Diego Garcia & Rico Torres

Spring:

  • Corkscrew BBQ - Will Buckman

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