Missed out on one of the coveted invites for Monday night’s ceremony that will reveal which Texas restaurants are included in the state’s first ever Michelin Guide? Fear not.

The event will be streamed live on YouTube beginning at 7 pm. We’ve embedded it below.

As CultureMap haspreviously reported, restaurants from Texas’ five largest cities — Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin, as well as points in between — have been invited to the ceremony that’s being held at Houston’s 713 Music Hall. They’re eligible for one of four designations:

• Michelin stars: rated at one, two, or three for restaurants that offer exceptional experiences
• Bib Gourmand: described as “restaurants that offer great quality food at good prices”
• Recommended: for restaurants that serve good food but are not quite star worthy
• Green stars: for “restaurants that are leaders in sustainable gastronomy”

Considered to be the most prestigious restaurant review site in the world, Michelin uses five criteria to evaluate restaurants. They are: product quality; mastery of cooking techniques; harmony of flavors; the personality of the chef as reflected in the cuisine; and consistency over time and across the entire menu.

The guide’s famously anonymous inspectors had already been spending time in Texas when Michelin announced its presence in July. It seems like they’ve been busy.

Texas Monthlyreported that at least 16 barbecue restaurants statewide have been invited to the ceremony, including Austin’s Franklin Barbecue, LeRoy and Lewis BBQ, Interstellar BBQ, and Kemuri Tatsu-Ya, as well as the meteorically successful Lockhart joint Barbs B Q. In the article, barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn speculates that at least one barbecue restaurant could receive a star, which would be a first for America.

Austin’s relatively casual dining scene and inconsistent performance with other food awards (not too shabby, but showing alternating periods of obsession and being overlooked) makes it a bit hard to predict how it will fare in this inaugural year of recognition.

Some Austin restaurants like Pasta|Bar have sibling restaurants in other states that already have stars; others like El Naranjo and Nixta Taqueria already have chef wins from the James Beard Foundation under their belts. There are also some obvious contenders given their ongoing local prestige: Uchi, Hestia, Barley Swine, and Olamaie come to mind. So do newer restaurants that are doing something truly unique, riding huge waves of media praise, or both, like Canje, Birdie’s, and Fabrik.

Of course, CultureMap will be in attendance. We’ll have full coverage of the results later.

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CultureMap Austin editor Brianna Caleri adapted this story with local commentary.

It’s finally here: Michelin — the tire company behind the international dining review system — announced the awardees of its first-ever Texas guide on November 11, spanning Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth. The ceremony was presented in Houston and live-streamed on YouTube.

Michelin Guide Texas includes 15 Bib Gourmands; 23 recommended designations. The full Austin list follows below; check out Houston’s and Dallas’s lists on their respective sites.

The first Michelin award of the evening went to Dallas cocktail bar Rye manager Julian Shaffer for the Exceptional Cocktails Award. For San Antonio, Mexican tasting menu restaurant Mixtli’s Hailey Pruitt and Lauren Beckman won the Service Award. Beckman shared that she was “panicking a little bit but completely honored” on stage. The first Austin award went to Edgar Rico of Mexican restaurant Nixta Taqueria for the Young Chef Award. Emmer & Rye’s San Antonio dessert menu restaurant Nicosi got a recommended designation. Only two Austin chefs won the Michelin Green stars — Jesse Griffiths of Dai Due and Emmer & Rye’s Kevin Fink.

Well before Michelin’s Texas announcement in July, its famously anonymous inspectors have been on the ground in the state reviewing restaurants in the five cities and determining which dining establishments are worthy of its stars. Their criteria is based on the quality, creativity, and consistency of the food, ingredients, and dishes. Notably, the website notes that they “do not look at the interior decor, table setting, or service quality.”

Michelin’s star designations breaks down as follows:

• Three Michelin stars indicate restaurants that serve “exceptional cuisine” that is “worth a special journey,” per its website.
• Two stars are given to restaurants that offer “excellent cooking” that is “worth a detour.”
• Single stars are awarded to restaurants that have “high quality cooking” that’s “worth a stop.”

Then there are Michelin’s Bib Gourmands, which are typically given to what the organization describes as places with “good cuisine at reasonable prices,” which is basically just comparatively more affordable and casual restaurants than starred ones. Then there are its Michelin Green Stars given to restaurants that implement highly sustainable and/or eco-friendly practices. And finally, there are its recommended list, which includes restaurants that are good, but not good enough for any of the labels above.

To bring Michelin to Texas, for three years, the state and respective cities’ tourism boards are paying a collective $2,700,000 (Visit Austin’s share of that is $90,000 per year, using the city’s hotel occupancy tax).

Young Chef Award

Edgar Rico of Mexican restaurant Nixta Taqueria (and Eater Award-winning restaurant)

One Star Austin Restaurants

Bib Gourmands in Austin

• Lockhart barbecue restaurant Barbs B Q (and one of Eater’s best new restaurants)
• Biscuit barbecue truck Briscuits
• Food truck Cuantos Tacos
• New Texan restaurant Dai Due
• African American barbecue truck Distant Relatives (and Eater Award-winning food truck)
• New Texan restaurant Emmer & Rye (and Eater Award-winning restaurant)
• Barbecue restaurant Franklin Barbecue
• Japanese Texan izakaya Kemuri Tatsu-ya (and Eater Award-winning restaurant)
• Egyptian Texan barbecue truck KG BBQ (and Eater Award-winning food truck)
• Barbacoa food truck La Santa Barbacha
• Barbecue food truck (turning into a physical restaurant later this winter) Micklethwait Craft Meats
• Mexican restaurant Nixta Taqueria (its second of the evening)
• New Texan restaurant Odd Duck (and Eater Award-winning restaurant)
• Mexican Japanese restaurant Ramen del Barrio (and Eater Award-winning restaurant)
• Mexican restaurant Veracruz Fonda & Bar (from the Veracruz team)

Michelin Recommended Austin Restaurants

Michelin Green in Austin

• New Texan restaurant Dai Due (its second of the evening)
• New Texan Emmer & Rye (its third of the evening)

The first-ever Michelin Guide Texas is being announced tonight on Monday, November 11, when we’ll find out which restaurants in Austin, as well as San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth will receive highly sought after designations from the international dining review system. There are those coveted stars ranging from three to one, along with its Bib Gourmands, Green Stars, and its lengthier recommended list.

Rumblings of Michelin in Texas had been around for a bit, and finally, the organization announced that it was coming to Texas in July, which means that its anonymous inspectors had already been on the ground in the state, reviewing restaurants in the five cities. Over the summer, restaurants had been receiving fact-checking questionnaires from the organization.

Eater Austin shared its Michelin predictions earlier this summer (lots of tasting menu spots and omakases, naturally). Readers and chefs also chimed in, with the latter guessing that Texas will be the first region with a starred barbecue restaurant — perhaps Franklin Barbecue?

The Michelin Texas ceremony is taking place in Houston’s 713 Music Hall in the downtown area. The event is an invite-only shindig, which implies that the Austin chefs and restaurateurs who have been summoned to the party will receive some sort of accolade from the organization. For those who want to watch along at home, it’s also being live-streamed on YouTube.