Colorado Gets Its First Two‑Star Michelin Restaurant in Impressive 2025 Guide List

After three years covering Colorado, the 2025 Michelin Guide recognized the first two-star designated restaurant in the state: Denver’s The Wolf’s Tailor. Renowned for its seasonal, hyper-regional tasting menus, The Wolf’s Tailor moved from one to two star. It also retained its Michelin Green Star, an award for environmental stewardship shared in Colorado only with Denver’s Brutø, which kept its one-star and Green Star status.

Three Denver restaurants earned their first stars from everyone’s favorite restaurant-rating tire company: Kizaki, an intimate omakase restaurant; Margot, a contemporary American restaurant from chef Kelly Whitaker; and Mezcaleria Alma, which has a Mexico City inspired food and drinks menu and joins its sister restaurant Alma Fonda Fina on the one-star list. Beckon, also in Denver, kept its one-star designation as well.

Photo: Shawn Campbell for Mezcaleria Alma

The Michelin Guide Colorado now highlights 50 restaurants in Denver, Boulder, Aspen and Snowmass Village, and Vail and Beaver Creek. In addition to the two stars for The Wolf’s Tailor, six Colorado restaurants have one star, 10 have Bib Gourmand recognition, and 35 are recommended.

Outside the Mile High City, Vail’s omakase and sake restaurant Osaki retained its one-star distinction. Boulder’s Frasca Food and Wine kept its one-star designation for the third consecutive year, recognized for its tasting menus inspired by the cuisine in Northern Italy. Aspen’s Bosq, which highlights foraged Rocky Mountain ingredients, also remained on the one-star list.

Michelin’s Special Awards in Colorado this year stayed in Denver for all but one. Dustin Lawlor of Hop Alley received the Exceptional Cocktails Award for his inventive bar program. Heather Morrison of Restaurant Olivia earned the Outstanding Service Award, and Aiden Tibbetts of Wildflower was named the Michelin Young Chef of the Year. Nick Heilman, of Bosq, was named for the Michelin Sommelier Award.

Photo: Shawn Campbell for Mezcaleria Alma

Cozobi Fonda Fina in Boulder was added to the Bib Gourmand (“great food at
a great value”) list this year. The guide also added three restaurants to its Recommended list in Denver: Alteño, Ukiyo, and Wildflower.

“Year three marks an exciting year for the Colorado selection, with the first Two Star restaurant being awarded to The Wolf’s Tailor,” Gwendal Poullennec, the international director of the Michelin Guide, said in a press release. “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.”

You can find more on the full list of Michelin-recognized restaurants in Colorado here.

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