BY MIGUEL OTÁROLA, @MOTAROLA_EATS

This week's edition of Stuffed consists of features and news written by several Front Range food reporters whose coverage spans the state. Their curiosity is heartening for me as their colleague and makes my job of editing the newsletter that much easier and engaging. To those writers: Thank you!

To the readers: Thank you, too. Now on to the good stuff.

EDITOR'S PICKS

These far-flung Colorado restaurants could be Michelin contenders

TIP POOL

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• Colorado boasts two of the best coffee shops in the Americas, according to new ranking
  
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• TooSteppin Saloon brings Aussie flavor to Boulder with hard ginger beer — Daily Camera
• Boulder’s beloved Mustard’s Last Stand to close location for city project — Daily Camera
• 56 Denver restaurants urge City Council not to lower tipped minimum wage — BusinessDen
  

EAT THIS

Noodles Express

Sources say it truly may be the end of the road for Noodles Express, a beloved Szechuan Chinese food restaurant that has flirted with closing on and off for the last couple of years. A sign taped to their window says they 'll be leaving their property at the end of May. If that's the case, I'll miss their salty fish fried rice, which contained enough chili oil to warrant adding "spicy" to the title. I'll also miss the building and its bygone simplicity on South Colorado Boulevard, the way its neon sign beamed "NOODLE EXPRESS" in red letters. Singular. There won't be another like it.

703 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver