Colorado Hits The Culinary Scene with Five 1 Michelin Starred Restaurants

The guide gave one star to five Colorado restaurants.

• Beckon (Denver). Serving contemporary cuisine, its seared quail breast with confit leg was noted as being "spot on" in the guide.

• Bosq (Aspen). The guide highlighted this contemporary restaurants menu format, which lets people customize their own tasting of four or more courses.

• Brutø (Denver). A Mexican and contemporary restaurant, the guide highlighted its ingredients, including its lamb, which is prepared as a street-style taco and ground lamb leg kushiyaki.

• Frasca Food and Wine (Boulder). An Italian restaurant, it was given kudos for its "minimal, straightforward" approach to dishes, including for its halfmoon fresh spinach pasta.

• The Wolf's Tailor (Denver). This contemporary restaurant was noted for its "unique, genre-defying" style combining elements from includes Nordic, italian and East Asian food.