Colorado’s Michelin-starred and recognized restaurants follow a scenic Front Range-to-the-mountains route, making the Centennial State ideal for a road trip hitting some of the state’s best restaurants. Oh, and you’ll get plenty of good views along the way.
Here’s an itinerary for a Michelin restaurant road trip across Colorado:
Stop 1: Denver
Dinner 1 — The Wolf’s Tailor: this unique restaurant starts meals with a trio of canapés using product trim, then moves on to a variety of dishes, which include things like a Berkshire pork dumpling or Colorado bison loin. It’s also Colorado’s only two-star Michelin restaurant.
Dinner 2 — Beckon: this restaurant features an 18-seat dining room with each guest facing an open kitchen. Produce is sourced from the restaurant’s one-acre farm.
Stop 2: Boulder
Dinner — Frasco Food and Wine: set on Pearl Street in Boulder, this restaurant focuses on the cuisine of Friuli Venezia Giulia, a region in the northeast of Italy.
Stop 3: Vail/Beaver Creek
Dinner 1 — Sweet Basil: located in Vail Village, this restaurant is perfect for lunch, après-ski drinks or dinner. Although the restaurant doesn’t have a Michelin star, it is Michelin recommended.
Dinner 2 — Splendido at the Chateau: located in an idyllic chateau by Beaver Creek Mountain, Splendido serves dishes that are a mix of creative and classic, like pomegranate-marinated rack of Colorado lamb. This restaurant is also only Michelin recommended.
Stop 4: Aspen
Dinner — Bosq: this restaurant’s chef draws inspiration from the surrounding wilderness of the Roaring Fork Valley, sometimes even foraging his own ingredients to create the menu. Bosq is also Colorado’s only Michelin-starred restaurant outside of Denver and Boulder.
Stop 5: Back to Denver
Dinner — Alma Fonda Fina: offers contemporary Mexican fare, sharing the “beauty of Mexican culture through food.”
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