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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Denver from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Denver, United States
Denver's Michelin-starred restaurants are spread across several neighborhoods. Citywide, our guide counts 7 Michelin-starred restaurants and 8 Michelin stars in total. The rooms sit in Sunnyside, Highland, Platt Park, LoDo, and Curtis Park, and the cooking runs through multicourse counters, edomae omakase, and Mexican dishes served as small plates and a la carte. Beckon in Curtis Park is the starred restaurant that also holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. The Wine Spectator Grand Award sits with Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek, apart from those starred neighborhoods. The list there runs to more than 2,100 selections, weighted heavily toward Piedmont and Tuscany. Best of Award of Excellence lists also include Tavernetta in LoDo, with depth in Piedmont and Tuscany, and Guard and Grace in Ballpark, on a California, French, and Italian-weighted list. Olivia in Washington Park holds that award as well, in a neighborhood separate from the starred restaurants.

Wine lists with Wine Spectator awards

Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award. Tavernetta in LoDo, Guard and Grace in Ballpark, and Beckon in Curtis Park hold a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence; rioja in Union Station holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.

  • Barolo Grill

    Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek cooks Piemontese food with locally sourced seasonal ingredients. Its sommelier-led wine list runs to more than 2,100 selections, weighted heavily toward Piedmont and Tuscany. The restaurant holds the Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026 and serves a tasting menu, a la carte dishes, and prix fixe.

  • Tavernetta

    Tavernetta in LoDo serves contemporary Italian cooking and handmade pasta from Chef Cody Cheetham. Wine Director Carlin Karr oversees a 700-selection list with depth in Piedmont and Tuscany. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and a Star Wine List.

  • Guard and Grace

    Guard and Grace in Ballpark is a modern American steakhouse serving Creekstone Farms Angus, Wagyu, seafood crudos, and wood-fired dishes from an open oak-fire kitchen. Wine Director Davin Teta oversees a California, French, and Italian-weighted list of 3,500 bottles. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026.

  • Beckon

    Beckon in Curtis Park is an 18-seat chef's counter from Chef Duncan Holmes, with vegetarian and omnivore tasting menus and wine pairings. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2025. It holds a Michelin star for 2026.

  • rioja

    rioja in Union Station is a Mediterranean restaurant with American influences from Chef Jennifer Jasinski, with handmade pastas and seasonal small plates. Wine Director Richard Ross oversees a Spanish-leaning list of 1,200 bottles, with sherry by the glass. The restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a Star Wine List.

Michelin-starred restaurants

Denver's Michelin-starred restaurants serve tasting menus at chef's counters, edomae omakase, and Mexican dishes. Brutø in LoDo centers its tasting menu on wood-fired cooking and local fermentation; Alma Fonda Fina in Highland serves Guadalajara-inspired masa, crudos, and sharing plates.

  • The Wolf's Tailor

    The Wolf's Tailor in Sunnyside holds two Michelin stars on its 2026 award. Chef Cody Jipson runs a multicourse tasting menu sourced from local Colorado farms, with global technique alongside Colorado product. The restaurant keeps 185 wine selections, a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, and a Star Wine List.

  • Alma Fonda Fina

    Alma Fonda Fina in Highland holds one Michelin star on its 2026 award. Chef Johnny Curiel cooks Guadalajara-inspired dishes from a menu of masa, crudos, and sharing plates, with a chef's counter for watching the cooking. A wine list sits with craft cocktails. The restaurant is a James Beard Award nominee and appears on World's 50 Best for North America.

  • Kizaki

    Kizaki in Platt Park holds a Michelin star on its 2026 award, and Chef Toshi Kizaki serves 20 to 23 courses of edomae-style sushi there, spanning raw, cured, seared, and dry-aged fish with modern flourishes. Sake and craft cocktails sit with a wine list.

  • Brutø

    Brutø in LoDo holds a Michelin star for 2026. It has an 18-seat chef's counter with an 11-course tasting menu centered on wood-fired cooking, zero-waste practice, and local fermentation. Chef Byron Gomez works Japanese and Nordic inflections into the courses. The restaurant holds a Star Wine List.

  • Mezcaleria Alma

    Mezcaleria Alma in Highland holds a Michelin star on its 2026 award. Seafood small plates come with a spirits program exceeding 120 agave expressions, plus an extensive wine list and craft cocktails. A dry-aged fish display is part of the room. New York Times America's Best Restaurants and Bon Appétit both include the restaurant.

Tasting menus and omakase

Tasting menus and omakase counters in our guide run from Colorado-farm menus to edomae sushi and masa. Maize in LoHi serves an 18-course masa menu for eight guests.

  • Margot

    Margot in Platt Park holds a Michelin star for 2026. Chef Justin Fulton cooks a multicourse progression of global technique and Colorado-sourced ingredients at an eight-seat counter. Raw brioche dough proofs at the table and returns baked with butter during the meal. The wine list is extensive. A la carte and small plates are also offered.

  • Maize

    Maize in LoHi serves an 18-course masa-focused tasting menu for just eight guests. The courses draw on fermentation, raw seafood, corn-based preparations, and live-fire cooking, in a Modern Mexican kitchen built as an ingredient-driven counter.

  • Ukiyo

    Ukiyo in Union Station holds a Michelin Plate dated 2026. Two seatings frame a multicourse omakase that fuses Japanese technique with Southeast Asian and Peruvian influences, served at a chef's counter. Sake and craft cocktails sit with a wine list.

  • Hop Alley

    Hop Alley in Curtis Park holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand dated 2026. Chef Geoff Cox cooks a Sichuan-leaning Chinese menu, and a separate six-seat chef's counter runs beside the dining room. Craft cocktails and an extensive wine list are both poured.

  • The Nickel

    The Nickel in Union Station cooks Modern American Bistro food and serves a 10-course tasting menu of creative courses, limited to 10 seats and built around local chef collaborations. A la carte dining is also offered. Craft cocktails accompany a wine list.

Wine bars

Wine bars in our guide pour natural and orange wine, French and U.S. bottles, and wines bottled on site in LoDo. Noble Riot in Curtis Park holds a Star Wine List dated 2026.

  • Noble Riot

    Noble Riot in Curtis Park pairs natural and orange wines with fried chicken and small plates. The wine program covers natural and conventional bottles, and the bar holds a Star Wine List dated 2026. Sommeliers and other beverage professionals treat the bar as a gathering point.

  • Vin Rouge Wine Bar & Tasting Room

    Vin Rouge Wine Bar & Tasting Room in Berkeley is a tasting-room wine bar with an exceptional program. Organic wines are poured, and monthly flights take on obscure varietals, natural wines, and fortified selections. The bar also pours conventional wine, low-alcohol drinks, and zero-proof drinks.

  • La Bouche

    La Bouche in City Park West is an authentic French-American wine bar owned by French friends. It pours a selection of conventional and natural wines from France and the United States, served with sophisticated French bites.

  • Blanchard Family Wines

    Blanchard Family Wines in LoDo is a bar that bottles its own limited-production wines on site in a Dairy Block tasting room. Those wines blend California winemaking expertise with Colorado grapes. The wine program pours both conventional and natural wine.

  • Somebody People

    Somebody People in Overland is a vegan restaurant and bar cooking ambitious, sustainable, vegetable-forward Mediterranean-inspired food. Natural wine is poured with the meal, and craft cocktails are part of the same bar. The bar sits on the South Broadway stretch in Overland.

Planning FAQ

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Denver?

Citywide, our guide counts 7 Michelin-starred restaurants and 8 Michelin stars in total. These restaurants hold their stars for 2026: The Wolf's Tailor in Sunnyside, Alma Fonda Fina and Mezcaleria Alma in Highland, Kizaki and Margot in Platt Park, Brutø in LoDo, and Beckon in Curtis Park.

Which neighborhood has the most venues in your guide?

LoDo has the most venues in our guide, with 43. Brutø in LoDo is an 18-seat Michelin-starred tasting counter, and Tavernetta in LoDo has a sommelier-led list with depth in Piedmont and Tuscany. Venice Ristorant & Wine Bar in LoDo and Osteria Marco in LoDo also hold Wine Spectator awards.

How many Wine Spectator awards does your Denver guide count?

Citywide, our guide counts 1 Wine Spectator Grand Award, 9 Best of Award of Excellence, and 16 Award of Excellence. The Grand Award is Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek. Best of Award of Excellence restaurants include Beckon in Curtis Park, Tavernetta in LoDo, Guard and Grace in Ballpark, and Olivia in Washington Park.

Where are tasting menus in Denver?

Tasting menus in our guide include The Wolf's Tailor in Sunnyside, Brutø in LoDo, Margot and Kizaki in Platt Park, and Beckon in Curtis Park. Maize in LoHi serves an 18-course masa menu for eight guests. Ukiyo in Union Station and Temaki Den in Curtis Park serve omakase at the counter.

What wine list styles show up in Denver?

Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek weights its list heavily toward Piedmont and Tuscany, on more than 2,100 selections, and Tavernetta in LoDo has depth in those same regions. rioja in Union Station keeps a Spanish-leaning list of 1,200 bottles, with sherry by the glass. Guard and Grace in Ballpark holds a California, French, and Italian-weighted list of 3,500 bottles.

How many exceptional wine programs are in your Denver guide?

Citywide, our guide counts 25 exceptional wine programs. They include Barolo Grill in Cherry Creek, Tavernetta in LoDo, Beckon in Curtis Park, Mizuna in Capitol Hill, and Barcelona Wine Bar Denver in Curtis Park. Attimo in RiNo, an Italian wine bar, and Matsuhisa in Cherry Creek are in that group as well.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Selected entries from the current guide for Denver.

Alma Fonda Fina restaurant in Denver

Denver, United States

Alma Fonda Fina

Alma Fonda Fina earned a Michelin star and an Esquire Best New Restaurants listing (No. 9, 2024) within its first year, signaling that Denver's contemporary Mexican conversation now runs through this snug LoHi room. An eight-seat chef's counter anchors the experience; a four-section menu built around masa, crudos, and sharing plates rewards guests who order across all categories. Priced at $$, it sits below Denver's $$$$ Michelin tier without compromising ambition.

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Guard and Grace restaurant in Denver

Denver, United States

Guard and Grace

Guard and Grace occupies the base of the 56-floor Brookfield Building on California Street, bringing a modern steakhouse format to the heart of downtown Denver. A 2024 Michelin Plate recipient with a wine list of 3,500 bottles, it pairs an open oak-fire kitchen with a full seafood bar across a space that moves between lunch service and late dinner. Wine Director Davin Teta oversees a California, French, and Italian-weighted list priced at the $100-and-above tier.

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Alteño restaurant in Denver

Denver, United States

Alteño

From Michelin-starred chef Johnny Curiel, Alteño brings the highland cuisine of Los Altos de Jalisco to Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood. Housed in the Clayton Hotel, the menu moves from bright aguachile and raw seafood plates through soulful tacos and shareable mains like bone-in Colorado lamb shank. The price point sits at the summit of Denver's Mexican dining tier, with an atmosphere built around statement lighting and a confident regional identity.

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MAKfam restaurant in Denver

Denver, United States

MAKfam

MAKfam earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand in 2024 for the kind of Chinese-American cooking that started as a NYC pop-up, grew through a Denver food hall, and now occupies a full-service restaurant at 39 W 1st Ave. The menu is compact and deliberate: hand-shaped potstickers, málà chicken wings, and corned beef fried rice that sits between comfort food memory and something more considered. Price range is $, making it one of Denver's more accessible Michelin-recognised addresses.

Denver, United States

Denver

Hotels

Selected entries from the current guide for Denver.

Clayton Hotel & Members Club hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

Clayton Hotel & Members Club

In Cherry Creek North, a few miles south of downtown Denver, Clayton Hotel & Members Club holds a Michelin Key (2024) and 63 rooms designed by AvroKO with mid-century modernist interiors that reference Colorado's landscape without leaning on its ranch clichés. The dining program runs deliberately counter to the state's beef-and-bison defaults, anchoring instead in Greek and broader Mediterranean cuisine. Rates start at $425 per night.

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Gravity Haus Denver hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

Gravity Haus Denver

Gravity Haus Denver occupies a converted property on Navajo Street in the LoHi neighbourhood, operating as a Michelin Selected hotel built around an active, community-oriented model that connects fitness, mountain access, and social infrastructure. It sits in a distinct tier among Denver hotels: not a luxury tower, but a focused lifestyle property where the wellness framework is the primary draw rather than room count or dining prestige.

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Halcyon, a hotel in Cherry Creek hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

Halcyon, a hotel in Cherry Creek

Halcyon sits in Denver's Cherry Creek neighbourhood at 245 Columbine St, placing guests within walking distance of the district's galleries, boutiques, and restaurant strip. The hotel operates in the design-led independent tier, positioning itself against larger downtown properties through a more residential scale and neighbourhood-integrated approach. For travellers who prefer Cherry Creek's pace over the convention-district energy downtown, it reads as a deliberate choice rather than a default.

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Hotel Teatro hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

Hotel Teatro

Hotel Teatro occupies a converted 1911 Denver Tramway Building at 1100 14th St, placing guests one block from the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in the heart of downtown. The property sits in the boutique tier of Denver's hotel market, where architectural character and proximity to the cultural district carry more weight than branded amenities. A practical base for the Theatre District with design-led interiors that reflect the building's civic history.

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The Rally Hotel at McGregor Square hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

The Rally Hotel at McGregor Square

A Michelin Selected hotel positioned at the center of McGregor Square, Denver's purpose-built sports and entertainment district, The Rally Hotel trades on its integration with Coors Field and the city's RiNo-adjacent energy. The design speaks to Colorado's industrial heritage without leaning on cliché, placing it in a different tier from both the grand downtown properties and the boutique independents scattered across the city.

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Apiary Hotel Belleview Station hotel in Denver

Denver, United States

Apiary Hotel Belleview Station

Apiary Hotel occupies a distinct position in Denver's independent hotel scene, offering an alternative to the city's larger chain properties. Its name signals a particular sensibility, small-scale, considered, oriented around craft rather than volume. For travelers looking beyond the convention-district flagships, it represents a different kind of overnight proposition in a city whose hotel options have widened considerably in recent years.

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Hotel Clio, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Denver Cherry Creek hotel in Denver

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Hotel Clio, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Denver Cherry Creek

Hotel Clio occupies a sharp-edged position in Denver's Cherry Creek district, where the Luxury Collection brand meets one of the city's most design-conscious neighbourhoods. The property sits at 150 Clayton Lane, threading the line between polished urban hotel and neighbourhood anchor. For travellers who want proximity to Cherry Creek's retail and restaurant corridor without the downtown bustle, it makes a considered base.

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Denver

Bars

Selected entries from the current guide for Denver.

Aloy Modern Thai bar in Denver

Denver, United States

Aloy Modern Thai

Aloy Modern Thai occupies a Larimer Street address in Denver's RiNo-adjacent corridor, translating Thai cooking into a format that fits the neighborhood's appetite for considered, ingredient-led dining. The space and the menu work in tandem: a physical container that takes its design cues seriously, paired with a kitchen that treats Thai cuisine as a living tradition rather than a fixed export. It has become one of the more discussed Thai restaurants in the city's current dining conversation.

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Avanti Food & Beverage bar in Denver

Denver, United States

Avanti Food & Beverage

Avanti Food & Beverage on Denver's North Pecos corridor operates as a collective food hall where multiple vendors share a single building, making it one of the more structured multi-concept drinking and eating spaces in LoHi. Rather than a single kitchen or bar program, the experience is built from independent stalls, a rooftop bar, and a rotating lineup of concepts that reflects how Denver has approached casual-premium dining over the past decade.

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