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 "site": "https://bestrestaurantcolorado.com/",
 "title": "Best Restaurant Colorado: statewide award register data",
 "updated": "2026-10-10",
 "license": "Facts compiled by BestRestaurantColorado.com from the cited public sources. Quote and link with attribution to https://bestrestaurantcolorado.com/. Award levels belong to MICHELIN and the James Beard Foundation.",
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  "A restaurant is listed only if it holds a current MICHELIN Guide Colorado distinction or James Beard recognition (2022 to 2026).",
  "lat/lng are TOWN-level positions taken from the site’s existing plot (original source not recorded). They show which town a restaurant is in, not the building.",
  "No ratings, reviews, prices or hours are published; those fields are null.",
  "address is null or partial where we could not confirm a full street address (see address_complete)."
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