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Chef Sam McCandless plates food at Corrida in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) Editor’s note: In September 2023, Michelin awarded stars, five in total, to restaurants in Colorado for the first time, putting the state on the must-visit list for foodies. Which restaurants were left out?

Dear Amy: How should I react to some of the baffling requests for gifts and money when invited to wedding showers, weddings, and baby showers? I just received an invitation for my niece’s baby shower (my sister is her mom). Request number one was for a book instead of a card. OK, fine, but she is asking people to give this, along with a gift. She then offered for guests to enter in a raffle if they would bring a package of diapers.

Connections requires players to find the connections between 16 words, and place them in four groups of four. If you want some help with Connections #312, we have the solution to Connections for April 18, 2024, along with hints to help you solve it yourself.

Wordle is a daily puzzle from the New York Times. If you want some extra help to solve today's Wordle for April 18, 2024, we have the answer to Wordle #1034, plus some extra clues.

Francois Safieddine is staying busy. The Denver restaurateur behind concepts like ViewHouse and the recently opened Wonder + Yard is planning a Mexican restaurant in a LoDo building he bought last September. According to a liquor and dance cabaret license application submitted to the city, Safieddine intends to open a Mexican restaurant at 1620 Wazee St.

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