Texas doesn’t have any Michelin-starred restaurants, but Irving’s new Ritz-Carlton hotel is about to have a new Italian steakhouse with Michelin pedigree. Knife Italian, Dallas chef John Tesar’s newest restaurant, is slated to open Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Some of its menu is inspired by the steak and seafood dishes at Knife & Spoon in Orlando, Tesar’s restaurant that won a Michelin star in 2022.

Dallasites might recognize some of the pastas and steaks from Tesar’s 10-year-old Knife restaurant on Mockingbird Lane. The hotel was once Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas, but was rebranded as a Ritz-Carlton in January 2024. (D-FW’s other Ritz is in Uptown Dallas.)