Colt & Gray starts out strong but slows down in the main event

Bartender Parker Rainey celebrates cubism at Colt & Gray.

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Colt & Gray

1553 Platte St.
Denver, CO 80202

Category: Restaurant > Gastro Pub

Region: Downtown Denver

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Colt & Gray
Wings $3/5
Fried oysters $3/5
Gougères $5
Fried trotters $5
Gnocchi $12
Mussels $14
Marrow bones $15
Pork chop $28
Salmon salad $18
Ravioli $19

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1553 Platte Street

303-477-1447

www.coltandgray.com

Hours: Dinner nightly, Saturday and Sunday brunch

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But there was nothing from the grill, nothing among the mains, nearly as memorable as anything offered among the snacks and small plates and handed across the bar. It is a black-and-white difference — proof, on the one hand, that this is a kitchen capable of daring moves and balancing complicated flavors, of making the most out of a pig's foot or calf's femur. But on the other hand, it's also proof that the kitchen can improve, that it needs to take more risks, not less, if it is to cross the boundary between being just another amusement and a true classic.