Denver eateries maintain Four Diamond status

Six Denver restaurants were awarded Four Diamond status for 2015 by AAA in an announcement Friday. Panzano, Rioja, Colt & Gray, Edge Restaurant & Bar, Mizuna and Palace Arms were all repeat winners of the award.

Oddly, no new Denver or Colorado restaurants were added to the list. Last year’s winner Restaurant Kevin Taylor in the Hotel Teatro has closed. Colorado’s only Five Diamond restaurant is The Penrose Room at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Colorado finished the year with 20 Four Diamond restaurants, down from 22 in 2014.

Only 689 restaurants in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico qualify for Four Diamond status.

According to AAA, “AAA’s professionally trained inspectors use published guidelines to conduct unannounced hotel and restaurant evaluations, assigning approved establishments a rating of one to five AAA Diamonds.”