Dallas, September 10, 2025
News Summary
The 2024 MICHELIN Guide has officially launched in Texas, showcasing Dallas’s diverse culinary scene. This includes the city’s first MICHELIN-Starred restaurant, Tatsu Dallas, renowned for its edomae-style sushi. Other distinguished venues encompass a variety of international cuisines, reflecting both local ingredients and global influences, highlighting Dallas’s growth as a culinary destination.
Dallas
The 2024 MICHELIN Guide launched in Texas with significant recognition for Dallas, highlighting the city’s expanding culinary landscape and its ability to attract top chefs from around the world. The new guide names multiple Dallas establishments for distinction, including the city’s first MICHELIN-Starred restaurant and several other honored venues that reflect varied international influences and local ingredients.
Most important details
The guide’s Dallas listings include a range of restaurant types and distinctions: a newly MICHELIN-Starred sushi restaurant, a Bib Gourmand Italian trattoria, and longtime local institutions noted for their Southwest-derived cuisine. Key chefs and restaurants identified are Chef Tatsuya Sekiguchi of Tatsu Dallas, Chef Dean Fearing of Fearing’s at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, Chef David Uygur of Lucia, Chef Taylor Kearney of Stillwell, and Chef Toby Archibald of Quarter Acre. The list also notes recent hospitality recognitions for Fearing’s and the hotel that houses it, underscoring service and accommodation standards alongside culinary merit.
Supporting details: chefs and restaurants
Tatsu Dallas becomes the city’s first MICHELIN-Starred sushi restaurant, bringing traditional edomae-style sushi to an inland market. The chef sources high-quality fish from multiple coastal regions, including Alaska and Maine, to reproduce authentic Japanese techniques despite Dallas’s distance from ocean ports.
Fearing’s at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas reflects nearly five decades of Chef Dean Fearing’s work in Southwestern cuisine. The menu emphasizes indigenous Texas ingredients and fusion interpretations such as chicken-fried lobster alongside signature regional dishes. The restaurant has attracted additional recognition in hospitality rankings for the 2025 season, while The Ritz-Carlton Dallas maintains a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rating.
Lucia operates with a focus on handcrafted Italian preparations, including handmade pastas and house-cured meats. The restaurant’s culinary and price-value profile earned it a MICHELIN Bib Gourmand designation, indicating notable quality within accessible pricing.
Stillwell, located in Hotel Swexan, is led by Chef Taylor Kearney and builds menus that combine classic and contemporary Texas dishes. The restaurant sources beef from the chef’s own cattle farm and draws on a background of farm-fresh produce in menu development.
Quarter Acre showcases the background of Chef Toby Archibald, a native of New Zealand, and offers globally inspired dishes made with local ingredients. The venue was included in the guide for its representation of culinary identity tied to a chef’s heritage and experience.
Context and trends in Dallas dining
The MICHELIN Guide entries underline Dallas’s growing culinary diversity beyond the city’s established reputation for barbecue and steakhouses. Listings highlight influences from Japan, New Zealand, Italy and other culinary traditions, and emphasize a trend toward sourcing high-quality ingredients from both local agriculture and distant coastal suppliers.
Local agricultural systems are adapting to meet the demands of an expanding dining scene as the metropolitan population grows. Chefs in the guide were noted for cultivating community relationships with producers, investing in on-site or nearby sourcing, and balancing authenticity with the realities of an inland market.
The guide’s recognition is framed as both a reflection of existing strengths—experienced chefs and well-regarded hotel hospitality—and an indicator of Dallas’s continued shift toward an eclectic, internationally minded food culture. Commentary from industry observers emphasizes that the city’s dining scene contains multiple “hidden” or lesser-known high-quality venues alongside established names, creating opportunities for further growth and recognition.
Additional facts
- First MICHELIN-Starred sushi restaurant in Dallas: Tatsu Dallas, focusing on edomae-style sushi with sourced seafood from coastal regions.
- Bib Gourmand: Lucia recognized for value and quality in Italian cuisine with handmade pastas and house-cured meats.
- Longstanding Southwestern cuisine: Fearing’s led by Chef Dean Fearing, a longstanding figure in regional cuisine with specialty dishes using Texas ingredients.
- Local sourcing: Stillwell uses beef from the chef’s cattle farm; Quarter Acre emphasizes local ingredients with international influences.
- Hospitality recognition: Fearing’s and The Ritz-Carlton Dallas noted for top-tier hotel and restaurant service ratings.
FAQ
- What is the significance of the 2024 MICHELIN Guide for Dallas?
- The guide marks expanded recognition for Dallas restaurants, including the city’s first MICHELIN-Starred sushi restaurant and multiple acknowledged venues across diverse cuisines.
- Which Dallas restaurant earned a MICHELIN Star?
- Tatsu Dallas earned the distinction as the city’s first MICHELIN-Starred sushi restaurant, noted for traditional edomae-style preparation and sourced seafood.
- What does Bib Gourmand mean for a Dallas restaurant?
- A Bib Gourmand designation recognizes a restaurant for offering quality food at good value; in Dallas, Lucia received this recognition for its Italian menu and handmade preparations.
- How are Dallas restaurants managing ingredient sourcing?
- Restaurants are combining local agricultural supply with long-distance sourcing for key items, such as seafood for inland sushi operations, and some chefs use on-site or nearby farms for meats and produce.
- Are hospitality awards also noted alongside culinary recognitions?
- Yes. The guide’s coverage referenced hospitality distinctions for certain hotel restaurants and noted a Five-Star rating for The Ritz-Carlton Dallas.
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