Colorado Michelin restaurants: Alma Fonda Fina gets Michelin star

• The state now boasts six Michelin Star restaurants.

Driving the news: Denver's Alma Fonda Fina is the new addition to Colorado's Michelin Guide. The Mexican restaurant specializes in food from chef Johnny Curiel's upbringing in Guadalajara.

• Michelin also added Chinese restaurant MAKfam to its Bib Gourmand list, which recognizes eateries with great food at a great value.

The big picture: The guide now recognizes 46 restaurants in Denver and mountain communities that offered incentives to be considered.

Flashback: In 2023, the first year the guide came to Colorado, five restaurants won the top nod.

• The restaurants that received Michelin stars in 2023 were Beckon, Brutø and The Wolf's Tailor in Denver, as well as Bosq in Aspen, and Frasca in Boulder.
• Eight others were named Bib Gourmand picks at the time.

Zoom in: This year, Michelin added four special awards.

• Exceptional cocktails award: Jessenia Sanabria at Sweet Basil in Vail
• Sommelier award: Chris Dunaway at Element 47 in Aspen
• Outstanding service award: Allison Anderson at Beckon in Denver
• Young chef award: Johnny Curiel at Alma Fonda Fina in Denver