Nine NYC restaurants added
The Michelin Guide flagged nine new New York City restaurant additions in 2026 — five in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan — in a teaser ahead of the full ceremony (fox5ny.com). Local coverage framed Brooklyn as the main beneficiary of this round of additions, calling out the borough’s momentum (ny.eater.com).
Michelin has added nine New York City restaurants to its 2026 guide selection, with Brooklyn taking five of the new spots. (guide.michelin.com) The April 2026 additions are Entre Nous, Los Burritos Juárez, Bong, Vato, and I Cavallini in Brooklyn, plus Le Chêne, Hwaro, Elcielo New York, and Cove in Manhattan. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin says it adds new restaurants to the guide twice a year, while Stars and Bib Gourmands are held for the annual ceremony later in the year. FOX 5 New York reported the update on April 15, 2026. (guide.michelin.com) (fox5ny.com) That means these nine places are now in Michelin’s recommended selection, but they have not yet received a Star or a Bib Gourmand. Michelin says restaurants added to the guide can be promoted in later rounds. (fox5ny.com) Brooklyn’s five additions came from Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Crown Heights, Park Slope, and Williamsburg, spreading the picks across the borough rather than concentrating them in one dining corridor. (guide.michelin.com) Manhattan’s four additions landed in Greenwich Village, Midtown West, NoMad, and SoHo, giving the update a split between downtown neighborhoods and central business districts. (fox5ny.com) The cuisines also cut across price points and formats: Los Burritos Juárez is listed as Mexican at one dollar sign, Entre Nous as French at two, I Cavallini at three, and Hwaro, Le Chêne, Elcielo New York, Bong, and Cove at four. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s own notes describe Entre Nous as a Clinton Hill wine bar, Los Burritos Juárez as a Fort Greene shop focused on El Paso and Ciudad Juárez-style burritos, Bong as a Crown Heights Cambodian restaurant, Vato as a Park Slope tortilleria, and I Cavallini as an Italian restaurant in Williamsburg. (guide.michelin.com) For Manhattan, Michelin describes Le Chêne as a French restaurant in Greenwich Village and Hwaro as a 22-seat Korean counter in Midtown West; the guide’s new-restaurants page lists Elcielo New York as Colombian in NoMad and Cove as contemporary in SoHo. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) Eater New York said Brooklyn “comes out on top this round” in the run-up to the Michelin ceremony later this year. The next signal to watch is whether any of these nine move from “new” additions into Michelin’s award categories. (ny.eater.com)
