After leaving Bruto with a Michelin star, chef Michael Diaz de Leon said he felt emboldened to build a restaurant for the people, a place “where you can get Michelin-style service, but it’s affordable and approachable for anyone in the city.”

Two years since his departure from the downtown Denver restaurant — tucked comfortably into the “four dollar signs” price category — de Leon is focused on Mexican street tacos. Molino Chido, his partnership with Denver chef and restaurateur Tommy Lee, opened earlier this month inside Stanley Marketplace, 2501 Dallas St., in Aurora.

The goal is to make tacos that taste just like the ones found in Mexico City, where taco stands line the streets and feed the masses, de Leon said. But not just any street tacos. The tortillas are made using corn harves

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