The Michelin Guide Colorado revealed its 2025 list on Monday and four restaurants in the Vail and Beaver Creek area retained their status on the prestigious guide’s list of recommended restaurants.

Sweet Basil and Osaki’s in Vail and Mirabelle and Splendido at the Chateau in Beaver Creek were among the 31 restaurants on the state’s recommended list. All four restaurants made the inaugural Colorado list in 2023 and retained their status in 2024.

This year’s list also included a first for Colorado: The Wolf’s Tailor in Denver becomes Colorado’s first two-starred restaurant. There were also three restaurants in Denver to earn their first star: Kizaki, Margot and Mezcaleria Alma. This year’s list features 50 restaurants offering 15 distinct types of cuisine across various categories.

“The selection is full of talent and a wide array of cuisine types, proving Colorado is an international culinary destination for travelers both near and far,” said Gwendal Poullennec, the international director of the Michelin Guide, in a statement. “Congratulations to this year’s chefs and restaurant teams for your dedication and passion.”

Recognized globally for excellence and quality, the Michelin Guide offers a selection of world-class restaurants.  

The famous one, two and three Michelin Stars identify establishments serving exceptional cuisine that’s rich in flavor, remarkably executed and infused with the personality of a talented chef. The guide was first published in France at the turn of the 20th century to encourage the development of car mobility as well as tire sales by giving practical advice to motorists. Progressively, the guide has specialized in restaurant and hotel recommendations. Michelin’s inspectors still use the same criteria and manner of selection that were used by the inspectors in the very beginning. 

​All restaurants in the guide are recommended by Michelin’s anonymous inspectors, who are trained to apply the same time-tested methods used by Michelin inspectors for many decades throughout the world. This ensures a uniform, international standard of excellence. As a further guarantee of complete objectivity, Michelin inspectors pay all their bills in full, and only the quality of the cuisine is evaluated.  

This story is from VailDaily.com.