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Arada Ethiopian Restaurant				Write a Review
750 Santa Fe Dr.	African, Ethiopian	$, $$	Central
The Arada Gebeya, one of the great spice markets of Africa, is located in central Addis Ababa. And now its namesake restaurant, Arada Ethiopian Restaurant, has brought the true flavor of Ethiopian cuisine to the center of Santa Fe Drive. The menu is simple but authentic, offering a dozen-odd... More >>

Big Hoss Bar-B-Q				4 User Reviews
3961 Tennyson Street	Barbecue	$$, $$$	Northwest
This is the kind of neighborhood joint that everyone ought to have in his neighborhood, a place that’s both casually friendly and aggressively social, that serves both PBR on tap and super-call whiskey, and that offers the menus of both a champion barbecue restaurant and a decent... More >>

Breakfast King				1 User Reviews
1100 S. Santa Fe Dr.	American, Breakfast, Diner, Mexican	$	Southwest
The menu at this classic 24/7 diner is frozen in the early ´70s -- long before mainstream American food began taking on influences from other corners of the globe. Like a culinary time capsule, the King still serves Coney Island hot dogs, chiliette (egg noodles slathered in red chili and... More >>

Bud's Bar				2 User Reviews
5453 Manhart St.	American	$	Southeast Suburbs
Bud's does burgers. Bud's does cheeseburgers. Bud's does doubles of each. And that's it. Bud's motto -- "We don't have no damn fries" -- is spelled out right on the menu, and because Bud’s done nothing but burgers since the place opened in 1948, Bud's has gotten pretty good at making them.... More >>

Cabin Creek Smokehouse BBQ				1 User Reviews
25997 Conifer Rd.	Barbecue	$$	West Suburbs
Cabin Creek is the first stable, solid location for owners John and Christi Patrick, barbecue veterans who got their start in catering. While Cabin Creek still does a tremendous amount of catering (including whole pigs for luaus), a lot of cars screech to a halt here for a fast hit of barbecue.... More >>

Los Carboncitos				1 User Reviews
3757 Pecos St.	Mexican	$	Northwest
This small, family-friendly neighborhood cafe is warm and crowded during the day, crowded and loud after dark, with the big kitchen constantly at work banging out food that may not yet be ubiquitous in Denver, but certainly is sur de la frontera. The house specialty is huaraches: long,... More >>

Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace				Write a Review
950 Pearl St.	Central American, Mexican, South American	$$	Boulder
The pig is proof on the hoof, evidence that the food gods want us to be happy. And the pork belly-studded masa cake on the menu at Centro proves that Dave Query is definitely in league with those gods. Because not only is Centro a beautiful restaurant, a casual restaurant and an undeniably cool... More >>

Cherry Crest Seafood Market and Restaurant				Write a Review
5909 S. University Blvd.	Seafood	$$, $$$	Southeast Suburbs
The menu at this small, friendly strip-mall restaurant and fish market is large, and the kitchen where all these dishes are created is tiny. The cooks crammed in that space are slinging sizzle platters, saucing, topping and arranging a dozen different varieties of fish, in the process turning... More >>

Cherry Cricket				Write a Review
2641 E. 2nd Ave.	American, Mexican	$	Central
Chefs love the Cricket. Softball teams, musicians, Creekers, night creatures and neighbors all love the Cricket. Why? Because the Cherry Cricket is a classic burgers-and-beer kind of joint where the company is good, the coolers stocked and the burgers among the best in town. More >>

The Corner Office				Write a Review
1401 Curtis St.	American, Fusion	$$$	Downtown
The decor is extraordinarily kitschy-hip: half ultra-modern diner, half rumpus room. Like everything else at the Corner Office, the menu is heavy on style and designed to catch the eye first, dragging the rest of the sensorium along behind: individual scalloped casserole dishes of lobster... More >>

Domo				2 User Reviews
1365 Osage St.	Japanese, Sushi	$$	Central
Specializing not just in Japanese food -- not just sushi or teriyaki or noodles served in Hello Kitty bowls -- but in the country food of rural northern Japan, Domo stands as a unique and stunning vision of a restaurant run by someone (chef and owner Gaku Homma, in this case) who knows exactly... More >>

Duo Restaurant				Write a Review
2413 W. 32nd Ave.	American	$$$	Northwest
Chef John Broening has defined a whole new neighborhood with his cooking at Duo -- New American comfort food with a touch of French genius. Weeknights are fairly tame in this Highland zip code, but come Saturday, Duo is loud and boisterous -- a guaranteed good time with good food. The front door... More >>

Elway's				Write a Review
2500 E. 1st Ave.	New American, Steakhouse	$$$$	Central
Every neighborhood needs a neighborhood restaurant, and in Cherry Creek, that neighborhood restaurant is Elway’s. Chef Tyler Wiard and his crew cook from a menu that speaks to the primal needs of Cherry Creekers: all steaks and swank and smarts. The room is sumptuous--not so much clubby as... More >>

Frasca Food & Wine				2 User Reviews
1738 Pearl St.	Italian, Northern Italian	$$$$	Boulder
After all the gushing, all the awards, Frasca still remains the best we've got. Some people would say that the expectations are too high, that no restaurant can possibly live up to such standards. But those people would be wrong. Frasca stands in the top tier of restaurants not just locally, but... More >>

Fruition				Write a Review
1313 E. 6th Ave.	New American	$$$$	Central
Owners Alex Seidel and Paul Attardi say they're serving comfort food, but this is a different sort of comfort -- the comfort of history, of knowledge and practice, of a young chef who has already spent almost twenty years in kitchens and knows how to do all those things you read about in... More >>

GB Fish and Chips				2 User Reviews
1311 S. Broadway	British, Irish	$$	South
Fish, chips, prawn chips, Cornish pasties, bikers, punks and soccer jerseys -- what more could you ask of a neighborhood chipper in Denver, Colorado? Owner Alex Stokeld has done a fine job of transforming this cement bunker of a space into a down-and-dirty fish joint, with picnic tables in the... More >>

Izakaya Den				Write a Review
1518 S. Pearl St.	Fusion, Japanese, Spanish, Sushi	$$$	South
Izakaya Den's menu is impossible, ridiculous, amazing, awe-inspiring and should never work in a million years, but somehow it does. At its core, it's a fusion menu. A Japanese-Mediterranean fusion menu (with hints of northern Spain and France and America shot through it like rogue strands of... More >>

Lola				1 User Reviews
1575 Boulder St.	Mexican	$$$	Northwest
As originally envisioned, Lola was going to be a comfy, Mexican-style beach joint. But while the bar/patio overlooking downtown boasts a vibe as close to the Baja as you�re going to find in Colorado (as well as a regular crowd of well-heeled yuppies and hipsters pouring down excellent... More >>

Luca d'Italia				1 User Reviews
711 Grant St.	Italian	$$$$	Central
Frank Bonanno doesn't cook anything that's not memorable. What's more, he's fearless. And Luca's menu is designed for gluttonous abandon, arranged for wild flights of pairing and sharing, set up in an attempt to make people eat the way the Italians do -- with several courses of small plates... More >>

Mizuna				2 User Reviews
225 E. 7th Ave.	Continental, French, New American	$$$$	Central
Mizuna was chef/owner Frank Bonanno's first restaurant, and it remains his best. Impeccably serviced by a thoroughly professional floor staff, Mizuna is a comfortable neighborhood spot that draws crowds (and these days, cooks) from across the country, all coming to taste the first, best... More >>

My Brother's Bar				3 User Reviews
2376 15th St.	American, Bar Food	$	Downtown
Yes, My Brother's Bar has a fascinating history: oldest still-operating bar in Denver, Neal Cassady hang-out, yadda yadda, etc. Yes, in its current incarnation it's a beloved and anachronistic neighborhood institution that plays classical music, caters to a demographically mixed crowd of crusty... More >>

Oshima Ramen				3 User Reviews
7800 E. Hampden Ave.	Japanese, Sushi	$	Southeast
We're very lucky. As a matter of fact, we're the luckiest people in the whole USA, because this small, unprepossessing spot squashed into Tiffany Plaza is the only Oshima Ramen in America. Brought from Tokyo to the Rocky Mountain West by local noodle magnate Todd Imamura, this marks the... More >>

Osteria Marco				Write a Review
1453 Larimer	Italian	$$	Downtown
Hanging above the entrance to Osteria Marco, Frank Bonanno's newest restaurant, is a brass pig. You could miss it if you weren't looking for it; as a matter of fact, you could easily miss the entire restaurant -- which is mostly below ground. But in that warm, welcoming basement space you'll... More >>

Potager				4 User Reviews
1109 Ogden St.	American, New American	$$, $$$	Central
Chef Teri Rippeto’s little garden restaurant is a longtime favorite of Denver’s better chefs, mostly because the place never, ever disappoints. From the entirely seasonal, garden-driven menu to the comforting service and plain-as-plaster dining room, Potager seems incapable of doing... More >>

Radda Trattoria				Write a Review
1265 Alpine Ave.	Italian	$, $$, $$$	Boulder
Matt Jansen, owner of Mateo, opened Radda last year in the midst of north Boulder's low-rise sprawl, and it’s a welcome addition. This is an Italian restaurant, a small-plates restaurant, a comfortable and casual restaurant where the food serves as hearty sustenance, stimulus for... More >>