DALLAS — Michelin mixed up the name of a Dallas restaurant recognized as one of its recommended restaurants at the inaugural Texas Michelin Guide ceremony Monday night.
The Dallas restaurant The Charles in the Dallas Design District was initially honored with a Recommended rating at the ceremony in Houston, but it was later corrected to Mister Charles, a restaurant owned by the same company, Duro Hospitality.
Another Duro Hospitality eatery, El Carlos Elegante, was also named a Michelin Recommended restaurant.
The Charles’ menu, though, includes Italian and Texas-inspired dishes, like focaccia, veal ragu cappeloni, steak, and prosciutto and burrata salad.
While the menu for Mister Charles on Knox Street features French and Italian-influenced dishes, as well as a wagyu short rib wellington, canapes like a lobster roll on a toasted brioche bun, and more.
A spokesperson for Michelin Guide confirmed Mister Charles as the winner Tuesday, and attributed the mixup to “an internal error caused by our geolocation process.”
“This was an internal error caused by our geolocation process. The problem will be corrected in the most expeditious manner,” a spokesperson for Michelin said.
The Michelin Guide website has since been updated to include Mister Charles as the winner of a Recommended rating, rather than The Charles.
Duro Hospitality, the parent company of The Charles, Mister Charles and El Carlos Elegante, as well as Sister, Café Duro and Casa Duro, was founded in 2020 by partners, Benji Homsey, Chas Martin, Corbin See, and Ross See.
Mister Charles and El Carlos Elegante were among 16 Dallas restaurants to receive the Recommended rating by the prestigious Michelin Guide, but only Tatsu Dallas, an edomae sushi restaurant in the Deep Ellum area, earned a coveted Michelin star.
For the full list of North Texas restaurants recognized by Michelin, click here.