Nine NYC Michelin additions

Michelin added nine New York City restaurants to its New York selection in mid-April, putting five Brooklyn spots and four Manhattan ones on its 2026 watchlist. (guide.michelin.com) The guide posted the additions on March 25, 2026, and its New York “new restaurants” page now lists exactly nine names: Cove, Le Chêne, Los Burritos Juárez, Elcielo New York, I Cavallini, Entre Nous, Vato, Hwaro, and Bong. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) Brooklyn accounts for five of the nine: Entre Nous and Los Burritos Juárez in Clinton Hill, Bong in Crown Heights, Vato in Park Slope, and I Cavallini in Williamsburg. Manhattan has four: Le Chêne in Greenwich Village, Hwaro in Midtown West, Elcielo New York in NoMad, and Cove in SoHo. (guide.michelin.com) (timeout.com) Michelin treats these additions as part of its main selection, not as award winners. The guide says Stars and Bib Gourmands are announced separately at its annual ceremony, while new restaurants are added to the selection twice a year and marked with a “New” symbol online and in the app. (guide.michelin.com) That makes the list an early signal in Michelin’s process: inspectors are saying these dining rooms have “won over” the guide, but they have not yet received a Star or a Bib Gourmand. Michelin’s own New York restaurants page separates those distinctions from the broader selected list. (guide.michelin.com 1) (guide.michelin.com 2) The mix also shows Michelin spreading attention across formats and price points. Los Burritos Juárez is listed at one dollar sign, Entre Nous and Vato at two, I Cavallini at three, and Cove, Le Chêne, Elcielo New York, Hwaro, and Bong at four. (guide.michelin.com) Several of the additions come with ties to restaurants Michelin already knows. Vato is from the team behind Manhattan’s one-Star Corima, I Cavallini sits across from sibling restaurant The Four Horsemen, and Elcielo New York comes from chef Juan Manuel Barrientos, whose Washington and Miami restaurants have held Michelin Stars. (guide.michelin.com) (timeout.com) Michelin’s blurbs also point to what inspectors noticed: natural wine and snacks at Entre Nous, border-style burritos from El Paso and Ciudad Juárez at Los Burritos Juárez, Cambodian shared plates at Bong, house-made flour tortillas at Vato, and a classic French menu at Le Chêne. (guide.michelin.com) The next test is the New York Michelin ceremony later in 2026, when Stars and Bib Gourmands are expected to be announced. For now, the only official change is that nine restaurants are in the guide — and Brooklyn has more of them than Manhattan this round. (guide.michelin.com) (timeout.com)