7 Takeaways from Colorado’s First Michelin Guide Ceremony

After much speculation about which restaurants would be included in Colorado’s first Michelin Guide, chefs, restaurateurs, media, the Michelin Man and Mayor Mike Johnston (who brought his daughter, Ava, as his date) gathered at Mission Ballroom on September 12 to find out.

In all, 44 restaurants were honored at the event, including the five that received the highest honor of the evening, one star (although the Michelin star itself actually looks more like a flower, and is reminiscent of the logo for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts):

• Beckon, Denver
• Bosq, Aspen
• Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder
• Brutø, Denver
• The Wolf’s Tailor, Denver

Even before the night was over, chatter had begun about the ceremony itself as well as the Michelin picks, which also included nine previously…