A year after it opened in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, Mexican restaurant Cariño is a Michelin starred restaurant for its “boldness and creativity.”

Chicago has fewer restaurants with a star this year compared with last, but there is one new entry to the list. That new entry is Cariño, at 4662 N. Broadway in the Uptown neighborhood, located right south of where Broadway splits diagonally from Racine Avenue and passes under the CTA Red Line.

Cariño, which opened in December 2023 in Uptown, has earned a Michelin star in its first year of operation. It’s a stunning achievement for chef Norman Fenton, a Detroit native