Nine NYC restaurants added
The 2026 Michelin Guide expanded its New York list with nine new entries — five in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan — a sign that the city’s dining map is shifting beyond the usual Manhattan core. Local coverage framed Brooklyn as the big winner in this round (fox5ny.com) (ny.eater.com).
Michelin added nine New York City restaurants to its 2026 guide on Wednesday, and five of them are in Brooklyn. (guide.michelin.com) The April 15 update put Entre Nous, Los Burritos Juárez, Bong, Vato and I Cavallini on the list in Brooklyn, with Le Chêne, Hwaro, Elcielo New York and Cove joining from Manhattan. (fox5ny.com) Michelin said new restaurants are added to its New York selection twice a year, while Stars and Bib Gourmands are held for the annual ceremony later in 2026. (guide.michelin.com) That means these nine places are now official Michelin selections, not star winners yet. Michelin says a restaurant added to the guide is already on inspectors’ radar and can be promoted later to a Bib Gourmand or a Star. (fox5ny.com) Brooklyn’s five additions came from four neighborhoods: Clinton Hill had two picks, while Crown Heights, Park Slope and Williamsburg each had one. Manhattan’s four additions were in Greenwich Village, Midtown West, NoMad and SoHo. (fox5ny.com) Michelin’s own notes show why the inspectors noticed them. It praised Entre Nous for its natural wine program, Los Burritos Juárez for El Paso and Ciudad Juárez-style burritos, Bong for Cambodian shared plates, Vato for house-made flour tortilla burritos, and I Cavallini for an Italian menu from chef Nick Curtola. (guide.michelin.com) In Manhattan, Michelin described Le Chêne as a classic French restaurant from Alexia and Ronan Duchêne and called Hwaro chef Sungchul Shim’s 22-seat counter inside Gui. Local coverage said Elcielo New York comes from chef Juan Manuel Barrientos, who already has Michelin-starred restaurants in Washington and Miami, and that Cove is chef Flynn McGarry’s SoHo spot. (guide.michelin.com) (timeout.com) Eater New York said Michelin announced the batch on Wednesday, April 15, and framed the release as an early signal ahead of this year’s Bib Gourmand and star decisions. Time Out said the ceremony is expected later this fall, though Michelin had not posted a date in the reports published Wednesday. (ny.eater.com) (timeout.com) For now, the practical change is simple: nine more dining rooms are in Michelin’s New York book, and Brooklyn claimed most of the new slots this round. (guide.michelin.com) (fox5ny.com)
