Press
Press & recognition
Cariño earned one MICHELIN star in the 2024 MICHELIN Guide Chicago, less than a year after opening, and kept it in 2025. The New York Times named it one of the 50 best restaurants in America in 2025, and Chef Norman Fenton was a James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef: Great Lakes in 2026.
Recognition
- One MICHELIN StarMICHELIN Guide Chicago 2024 (first star) and 2025 · MICHELIN Guide listing
- The New York Times 50 Best Restaurants in America2025 · Time Out Chicago coverage
- James Beard Award Finalist, Best Chef: Great LakesNorman Fenton, 2026 · WTTW coverage
- OpenTable Icons2025 and 2026 · OpenTable listing
- James Beard Award Semifinalist, Best New Restaurant2025 · Time Out Chicago coverage
Selected coverage
- MICHELIN GuideCariño – Chicago restaurant listing and inspector notes
- MICHELIN GuideAll the stars in the MICHELIN Guide Chicago 2025
- WBEZ / Chicago Sun-TimesChicago restaurant Cariño garners its first Michelin star (Dec. 2024)
- Time Out ChicagoTwo Chicago spots ranked among the 50 best restaurants in the U.S. (Sept. 2025)
- NBC ChicagoTwo Chicago restaurants make the New York Times list of best restaurants in America for 2025
- WTTWChicago James Beard Award finalists (2026)
- Time Out ChicagoCariño restaurant review
- OpenTableCariño on the OpenTable blog
- Chicago Sun-TimesEvents for foodies as Chicago hosts the 2026 James Beard Awards, including Tacos with Friends at Cariño
- WILD TulumWILD Tulum & Cariño Chicago: a love letter to Latin America
Media inquiries: team@carinochicago.com