Michelin adds nine NYC spots
Michelin has added nine restaurants to its New York Selection — five in Brooklyn and four in Manhattan — a borough-split the guides released this week. (ny.eater.com) The Selection is updated twice a year while Michelin holds back formal Stars and Bib Gourmands for the annual ceremony, so these names are an early signal rather than final awards. (patch.com)
Michelin added nine New York City restaurants to its 2026 guide selection on April 15, with Brooklyn landing five of the new spots. (guide.michelin.com) The new entries 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. Manhattan’s four additions are Le Chêne in Greenwich Village, Hwaro in Midtown West, Elcielo in NoMad, and Cove in SoHo. (guide.michelin.com; timeout.com) Michelin said new restaurants are added to the Selection twice a year, while Stars and Bib Gourmands are held for the annual ceremony later in 2026. The guide marks these restaurants with a “New” symbol on its website and mobile app. (guide.michelin.com) That makes this list a midyear checkpoint, not a final award round. Michelin’s New York restaurant guide listed more than 350 restaurants in 2025, and the 2026 additions expand that pool before the next ceremony. (guide.michelin.com; guide.michelin.com) Brooklyn’s share of the additions points to where Michelin’s inspectors are spending time. The borough’s five picks span French wine-bar cooking, border-style burritos, Cambodian small plates, a daytime tortilleria, and Italian cooking in Williamsburg. (guide.michelin.com) Michelin’s writeups also show the range of formats getting attention. Hwaro is a 22-seat counter inside Gui in Midtown West, while Vato is a casual counter-service spot from the team behind Michelin-starred Corima. (guide.michelin.com) A few of the operators arrive with Michelin history already attached. I Cavallini is from the group behind The Four Horsemen, and Elcielo chef Juan Manuel Barrientos already has one-star Michelin restaurants in Washington and Miami. (timeout.com; guide.michelin.com; guide.michelin.com) For diners, the immediate effect is simpler than the awards language: nine more restaurants now carry Michelin’s recommendation in New York. The stars, Bib Gourmands, and any bigger shake-up in the city’s hierarchy will wait for the fall ceremony. (guide.michelin.com; timeout.com)
