MICHELIN Guide Colorado Reaches New Heights with First Two Star Restaurant :: Michelin North America, Inc.

The Wolf’s Tailor grew to become the primary Two MICHELIN Starred restaurant in Colorado because the 2025 MICHELIN Guide Colorado choice was revealed immediately. 

In addition to a brand new Two Starred restaurant, the state Guide welcomes three new One MICHELIN Starred eating places with Kizaki, Margot and Mezcaleria Alma, that are all positioned in Denver. This brings the choice’s whole to eight One Starred eating places. Additionally, Cozobi Fonda Fina in Boulder was awarded a Bib Gourmand for nice meals at an ideal worth.  

“Year three marks an exciting year for the Colorado selection, with the first Two Star restaurant being awarded to The Wolf’s Tailor,” mentioned Gwendal Poullennec, the International Director of the MICHELIN Guide. “The selection is full of talent and a wide array of cuisine types proving Colorado is an international culinary destination for travelers both near and far. Congratulations to this year’s chefs and restaurant teams for your dedication and passion.” 

Here are the brand new MICHELIN Star eating places and Bib Gourmands, with Inspector notes from every (Inspectors’ feedback in full on the MICHELIN Guide web site and mobile app): 

Two MICHELIN Stars 

The Wolf’s Tailor (Denver; Contemporary delicacies) 

Offering a seamless eating expertise as intriguing as its title, this snug haven blends collectively creativity, consideration to element, and appeal. Chef Taylor Stark and his staff sew collectively an bold multicourse menu from culinary influences close to and much. The meal begins with a trio of canapés using product trim, making a transparent assertion concerning the kitchen’s sustainable gastronomy efforts. From there, meals might embrace a Berkshire pork dumpling with a turmeric and dill broth, or velvety Colorado bison loin plated with apricot and grilled zucchini glazed with a dried shrimp caramel. A rigorous dedication to native sourcing in addition to gorgeously manicured displays underpin these far-flung creations.

One MICHELIN Star 

Kizaki (Denver; Japanese delicacies) 

Going again greater than 4 many years, Chef Toshi Kizaki has been a veritable trailblazer of Denver’s sushi scene, however he’s not content material to relaxation on his laurels. In a fruits of his lengthy profession, he now raises the stakes with this luxury counter, bringing a brand new echelon of omakase to the Mile High City. Blending conventional edomae strategies and inventive fashionable thrives, the in depth menu alternates between small dishes like gorgeously marbled black-and-white sesame tofu and nigiri fastidiously crafted by Chef Kizaki himself. Exceptional ingredient high quality is a given from begin to end, spanning a treasure trove of oceanic delicacies, from buttery, calmly seared black-throat sea perch to silvery, vinegar-accented gizzard shad. 

Margot (Denver; Contemporary delicacies) 

After years spent as an esteemed pop-up, Chef Justin Fulton’s ardour mission has discovered a everlasting berth at a comfortable eight-seat counter tucked inside a bigger shared area. Offered as a up to date multicourse tasting that follows the seasons, his signature delicacies is each international and distinctly Coloradan, taking inspiration from native elements whereas weaving collectively wide-ranging influences. Examples would possibly embrace ethereal Parisian gnocchi bathed in an opulent sauce of mascarpone and caviar, or impeccably cooked dry-aged duck breast matched with cherries and a wealthy, delicate truffle jus. Individual loaves of fluffy olive oil brioche, freshly baked for every visitor, seize the meal’s easygoing charms, echoed by the disarmingly heat hospitality of the workers. 

Mezcaleria Alma (Denver; Mexican delicacies) 

Lightning strikes twice for dynamo Chef Johnny Curiel with this parallel idea cheek-by-jowl subsequent to his celebrated flagship. As the title suggests, the small trendy area has a mezcal bar vibe—and an inventory of creative, mouthwatering agave spirit-based cocktails to go together with it—nevertheless it’s additionally a showcase for Chef Curiel’s culinary abilities. Evoking the colourful creativity of Mexico City’s restaurant scene, the succinct menu is sprinkled with worldwide flavors, as in an herbaceous ceviche of kanpachi that includes dill and roasted garlic, or a subtly spiced aguachile of Santa Barbara uni and Hokkaido scallop with mandarin and crispy ginger. Meats, like tender, slow-cooked duck piled atop a crisp blue corn tlacoyo and accented with zingy xni-pec salsa, present related éclat. 

Bib Gourmand 

The MICHELIN Guide Inspectors recognized one new restaurant to award the Bib Gourmand designation, which acknowledges eateries for nice meals at an ideal worth. 

MICHELIN Special Awards 

In addition to the Bib Gourmand and Stars, the Guide introduced 4 Special Awards: 

Hotels 

The eating places be part of the MICHELIN Guide collection of inns, which options probably the most distinctive locations to remain in Colorado and all through the world.          

Each resort within the choice has been chosen by MICHELIN Guide specialists for its extraordinary type, service, and character — with choices for all budgets — and every will be booked immediately by means of the MICHELIN Guide web site and app. The choice for Colorado options the state’s most spectacular inns, together with a luxurious mountain resort like Dunton Hot Springs (Two MICHELIN Keys) or the Little Nell (One MICHELIN Key) nestled amidst a pristine Rocky Mountain setting. It additionally highlights standouts from our “Plus” assortment like the Source Hotel and the Crawford Hotel (One MICHELIN Key) each positioned in Denver.  

The MICHELIN Guide is a benchmark in gastronomy. Now it’s setting a brand new customary for inns. Visit the MICHELIN Guide web site, or obtain the free app for iOS and Android, to find each restaurant within the choice and e-book an unforgettable resort. 

The MICHELIN Guide in North America  

​Michelin introduced its first North American Guide in 2005 for New York. Guides have additionally been added in Chicago (2011); Washington, D.C. (2017); California (San Francisco in 2007, statewide 2019); Florida (Greater Miami, Orlando and Tampa in 2022, including Greater Fort Lauderdale, The Palm Beaches and St. Pete-Clearwater in 2025, statewide in 2026); Toronto (2022); Vancouver (2022); Colorado (2023); Atlanta (2023), Mexico (2024), Texas (2024), Québec (2024), the American South (2025), Boston (2025) and Philadelphia (2025).      

About the MICHELIN Guide  

Recognized globally for excellence and high quality, the MICHELIN Guide gives a collection of world-class eating places.   

• ​The well-known one, two and three MICHELIN Stars determine institutions serving distinctive delicacies that’s wealthy in taste, remarkably executed and infused with the character of a gifted chef.   

• ​The Bib Gourmand is a designation given to pick eating places that supply good high quality meals for a superb worth – typically generally known as private favorites among the many inspectors when eating on their very own time.   

​The MICHELIN Guide stays a dependable companion for any traveler in search of an unforgettable meal and hospitality expertise. The Guide was first published in France on the flip of the twentieth century to encourage the event of automotive mobility in addition to tire gross sales by giving sensible recommendation to motorists. Progressively, the Guide has specialised in restaurant and resort suggestions. Michelin’s inspectors nonetheless use the identical standards and method of choice that have been utilized by the inspectors within the very starting.  

​The restaurant alternatives be part of the MICHELIN Guide collection of inns, which options probably the most distinctive and thrilling locations to remain world wide. Visit the MICHELIN Guide web site, or download the free app for iOS and Android, to find each restaurant within the choice and e-book a tremendous resort.  

​Thanks to the rigorous MICHELIN Guide choice course of that’s utilized independently and constantly in additional than 60 locations (60+ Guides), the MICHELIN Guide has turn into a global benchmark in fantastic eating.   

​All eating places within the Guide are beneficial by Michelin’s nameless inspectors, who’re educated to use the identical time-tested strategies utilized by Michelin inspectors for a lot of many years all through the world. This ensures a uniform, worldwide customary of excellence. As an extra assure of full objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their payments in full, and solely the standard of the delicacies is evaluated.   

​To totally assess the standard of a restaurant, the inspectors apply 5 standards outlined by Michelin: product high quality; mastery of cooking strategies; concord of flavors; the character of the chef as mirrored within the delicacies; and consistency over time and throughout all the menu. These standards assure a constant and honest choice so a Starred restaurant has the identical worth no matter whether or not it’s in Paris, New York or anyplace else on this planet.