The 17 Best Restaurants in Colorado - AFAR

"A fine-dining destination in the mountains that channels the surrounding Rockies through foraging-driven cuisine and preservation techniques, earning back-to-back Michelin stars. The kitchen harvests local wild ingredients—spruce tips, chanterelles, ramps—and sustains their flavors year-round through pickling, dehydrating, and fermenting, while menus allow diners to choose a concise five-course selection or surrender to an expansive chef’s tasting. Woodsy elements often appear on the plate, such as lobster grilled over juniper branches, reinforcing the restaurant’s forest-inspired ethos." - Nicholas DeRenzo