The Wolf's Tailor
Restaurant · Sunnyside ·
Michelin-starred tasting menus blending global influences
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Michelin-starred tasting menus blending global influences
"Carrying a layered parable in its name, this Colorado restaurant is now the first in the state to earn Two MICHELIN Stars and reads as both a sermon and an experiment: a place where faith and fire, discipline and rebellion, and by-product-as-beauty all coexist. For Kelly Whitaker it became a meditation on transformation — the wolf can be tailored into something restorative — and the kitchen tests his limits as much as the ingredients. Opened in 2018 in Denver’s Sunnyside neighborhood and evolved from à la carte into one of the country’s most progressive tasting menus, Wolf’s Tailor earned a One Star in 2023, then intentionally burned itself down and rebuilt to expand purpose rather than seats, adding projects like an employee greenhouse and electric-powered kitchen upgrades. Inside the kitchen, refinement meets reinvention: pastry chef Emily Thompson (formerly of The French Laundry) co-created a pastry program born of waste and fermentation, even turning discarded sourdough starter into flour for a delicate macaron. The restaurant embodies Whitaker’s shift from “sustainability” to measurable “impact,” practicing system-to-table sourcing, fermentation to use everything, regenerative design, and partnerships with Slow Food USA, Big Green, and Seafood Watch — all driven by a mission to defend makers rather than chase accolades." - Katie Shapiro
"You’ll have to let go of all control during the tasting menu at The Wolf’s Tailor, but that’s OK because your taste buds probably aren’t as imaginative as the chefs, who turn out dishes like robata-grilled bison with chile peach sauce and pesto dan dan noodles. The spot combines Asian, Italian, and Nordic cuisines with Colorado ingredients, but the dishes are so well-executed you’ll never have to worry about any wonky combos. Whether you eat in the Scandinavian-style dining room or one of the glamping-like private patio tents, this is the place to go for an upscale, unique dining experience that’s worth dropping a couple hundred per person on." - allyson reedy, patricia kaowthumrong
"A one MICHELIN Star and MICHELIN Green Star restaurant in Denver, known for its exceptional culinary offerings." - Michael He
"The commitment to fermentation runs deep here, underscored by a dedicated director of fermentation at this One MICHELIN Star and Green Star restaurant." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Simply put, the Wolf’s Tailor is one of the most unusual and ambitious restaurants in Denver. But explaining the concept further is not so simple. Loosely mixing global cuisines with local influences, it’s ultimately grounded in technique more than any one tradition, relying on a binchotan grill, a wood-fired oven, and a fermentation program as well as house-milled heritage grains and produce from the garden for its constantly changing multicourse tasting menus. To list the ingredients in any given dish — spring lamb with rhubarb tonkatsu and mint-benne pesto, for example, or pork dumplings with turmeric and nam jim — is not to begin to capture the magic. (For an equally intricate, intimate, ineffable, and unforgettable experience, try downtown sibling Brutø.)" - Eater Staff
