Michelin adds nine NYC spots

Michelin has added nine New York City restaurants to its 2026 guide selection, with Brooklyn supplying five of the new entries. (guide.michelin.com, fox5ny.com) The update landed on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, and the full list is split between five Brooklyn restaurants and four Manhattan restaurants. Brooklyn’s additions are Entre Nous in Clinton Hill, Los Burritos Juárez in Fort Greene, Bong in Crown Heights, Vato in Park Slope, and I Cavallini in Williamsburg. (guide.michelin.com, fox5ny.com) Manhattan’s additions are Le Chêne in Greenwich Village, Hwaro in Midtown West, Elcielo New York in NoMad, and Cove in SoHo. Michelin describes these as new additions to the selection, which means they now appear in the guide before any star or Bib Gourmand decisions are announced. (guide.michelin.com, fox5ny.com, ny.eater.com) That label matters because Michelin separates simple inclusion in the guide from its annual awards. Michelin says stars and Bib Gourmands are revealed at the annual ceremony, while new restaurants are added to the selection twice a year and marked with a “New” symbol on its site and app. (guide.michelin.com) In practice, the selection update works like an early watchlist for the formal New York awards later this year. Eater reported that these additions are a teaser ahead of the annual stars and Bib Gourmand announcements, not the awards themselves. (ny.eater.com, guide.michelin.com) Michelin says its inspectors judge restaurants on ingredient quality, flavor, technical mastery, the chef’s voice, and consistency across visits. Fox 5 New York, citing Michelin, reported that restaurants added to the guide are already on inspectors’ radar and can later be promoted to stars or Bib Gourmand status. (fox5ny.com) The borough split also offers a snapshot of where Michelin’s attention is landing right now in the city. Brooklyn dominated this round with places ranging from a Clinton Hill wine bar to a Crown Heights Cambodian restaurant and a Park Slope tortilleria tied to the team behind Michelin-starred Corima. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s own writeups point to what inspectors noticed at each spot: regional border-style burritos at Los Burritos Juárez, shared-plates Cambodian cooking at Bong, Italian cooking at I Cavallini, and classic French fare at Le Chêne. Those capsule descriptions are often the first public clue about how Michelin is positioning a restaurant before award season. (guide.michelin.com) For diners, the immediate effect is simpler than the awards jargon: nine more restaurants now carry Michelin’s recommendation, and all nine move into the pool of places to watch when the 2026 New York ceremony arrives. (guide.michelin.com, ny.eater.com)