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2 Dallas restaurants earn star status in new 2025 Texas Michelin Guide

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The Texas restaurant scene is once again basking in an international spotlight. The Michelin Guide has revealed its statewide selections at an invite-only ceremony held Tuesday, October 28 in Houston.

The 2025 edition features three new One Michelin Star restaurants:

Isidore in San Antonio
Mamani in Dallas
Nicosi in San Antonio, which was promoted to One Michelin Star

This brings Texas’ total number of Starred restaurants — their highest ranking — to 18, as follows:

Barley Swine, Austin
BCN Taste & Tradition, Houston
CorkScrew BBQ, Spring
Craft Omakase, Austin
Hestia, Austin
InterStellar BBQ, Austin
Isidore, San Antonio
La Barbecue, Austin
Le Jardinier Houston, Houston
Leroy and Lewis Barbecue, Austin
Mamani, Dallas
March, Houston
Mixtli, San Antonio
Musaafer, Houston
Nicosi, San Antonio
Olamale, Austin
Tatemo, Houston
Tatsu Dallas, Dallas

Michelin Stars are awarded to “establishments serving exceptional cuisine that’s rich in flavor, remarkably executed, and infused with the personality of a talented chef.”

The second-highest rating is the Bib Gourmand, awarded to “restaurants that offer good quality food for a good value.” A third ranking, Recommended, is for quality restaurants that aren't good enough for either a Bib Gourmand or a Michelin star.

With this new 2025 Guide, they've added 24 new Texas restaurants: eight for the Bib Gourmand award, and 16 for "Recommended."

Of the new restaurants, 14 are from Houston, eight are from Austin, and five are from San Antonio.

Other Dallas awards
One Dallas restaurateur earned a Michelin Special Award: Chas Martin, co-owner of Mister Charles, won a Michelin Exceptional Cocktails Award.

One Dallas newcomer was added to the "Recommended" list: Sushi Kozy, at 2000 Ross Ave., from former Uchi chef Paul Ko.

Second round
This is the second round of Michelin Guide awards in Texas, following their 2024 debut which resulted in 117 restaurants across Texas winning some kind of nod, including more than two dozen restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth. All of those restaurants that were on the 2024 list remained. Once you're on, you're golden, apparently.

Six Dallas restaurants and one Fort Worth restaurant kept their Bib Gourmand rankings from 2024 are as follows:

Cattleack
Gemma
Goldee’s (Fort Worth)
Lucia
Mot Hai Ba
Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen
Nonna

Dallas restaurants that earned Recommended status are as follows:

Barsotti's
Crown Block
El Carlos Elegante
Fearing's
Georgie
Harvest / McKinney
Knox Bistro
Mercat Bistro
Monarch
Mr Charles
Quarter Acre
Rye
Sachet
Stillwell's
Stock & Barrel
Sushi Kozy (new)
Tei An
Written By the Seasons

Fort Worth restaurants that earned Recommended rankings are as follows:

Birrieria y Taqueria Cortez, 2220 E. Rosedale St., Fort Worth
Panther City BBQ
Smoke 'N Ash

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New tea at Dallas' Mansion on Turtle Creek is seriously surreal

Mansion on Turtle Creek

Surreal desserts at Mansion on Turtle Creek

Dallas is a little tea crazy these days, but the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek has launched a new tea that stands out as truly surreal: Called the Surrealism Art Afternoon Tea, it's a limited-time immersive culinary experience timed to coincide with the International Surrealism Exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art, and it's open for reservations through March 22, 2026.

According to a release, the Surrealism Art Afternoon Tea transforms The Mansion’s regular afternoon tea into a dreamlike journey, starring a parade of whimsical desserts paired with organic teas and celebratory champagne.

Guests will begin with savory sandwiches, followed by scones and inspired pastries reimagined through Dalí and the surrealistic lens.

The menu is informed by three pastries inspired by surrealistic works of art — two of which take direct inspiration by iconic works of Salvador Dalí. Each pastry draws from the symbolism, whimsy, and surreal visual language of these masterpieces.

These desserts are the centerpieces of the experiencing, evoking dreamscapes that are surreal in form and flavor.

Highlights include:

The Queen of Hearts, inspired by Dalí’s “Playing Card” collection. At first glance it looks like a regular card, but with a closer look you can find an array of traditional and non-traditional symbols and colors.

This pastry features ruby peach jelly, almond sponge and glazed strawberry mousse on a red sable heart, garnished with chocolate decorations and an edible queen of hearts.

The Metamorphosis of Narcissus. Painted in 1937, The Metamorphosis of Narcissus is Dalí’s interpretation of the Greek myth. Focusing on the narcissus flower, which begins to blossom out of Dalí’s egg, the flower symbolizes new beginnings.

This cake is composed of a mango and passion fruit jelly, pistachio financier and vanilla mouse, dipped in passion fruit chocolate and garnished with sugar daffodil and chocolate leaves.

Butterfly Windmill. this surrealist-inspired creation reflects the butterfly as a timeless symbol of freedom, metamorphosis, and transformation, central themes within the Surrealist movement.

The pastry layers citrus crémeux, olive oil cake, and almond–hazelnut praline, encased in Manjari chocolate mousse, glazed, and dipped in yuzu chocolate. A delicate butterfly, crafted from chocolate and sugar, crowns the piece as a final tribute to its symbolism.

The tea is set in the historic 1925 Mansion Library, surrounded by stained‐glass windows in a 16th-century Italian Renaissance-inspired setting. Price is $95, or $115 with a glass of Bollinger Champagne. Reservations are available Saturday and Sunday from 12–2:30 p.m. and may be made on OpenTable.

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