Texas’ Best Cocktails in a MICHELIN Restaurant in 2025

"Awarded the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Texas Exceptional Cocktails Award, the Bar Team at Mister Charles delivers an opulent, indulgent experience where guests dress to impress. With French and Italian inspiration, the menu reflects co-owner Chas Martin’s vision of a well-traveled, sophisticated guy who likes to have fun, resulting in an irreverent play on classics and a European hotel bar–style menu of familiar dishes done in an edgy way. Housed in an early-1900s former pharmacy with the original facade intact, the space evokes a communal gathering place where people once got prescriptions and sat at the bar for grilled cheese or a malt. The cocktail program leans about 70% on classic cocktails or playful riffs, while also showcasing the team’s creativity through four specialty cocktails developed collaboratively; must-tries include the penicillin and the Crime of Passion (equal parts tequila and mezcal, Aperol, passion fruit and a little habanero). The operation prioritizes well-made, high-quality cocktails that fit the concept, leans into agave for local tastes, and emphasizes staff who genuinely want to take care of guests." - The MICHELIN Guide