Despite the "gastropub" label, Argyll is a nice, comfortable basement restaurant that also happens to pour a nice glass of whiskey and pull a fine pint of Murphy's. But alcoholic amusements aside, the real draw at Robert Thompson's place is the food, thanks to the kitchen being run by chef... More >>

Yeah, it's got a goofy backstory. And trees in the dining room. But get past that and get a table now. Because Beatrice & Woodsley -- the third restaurant from the partners behind Two-Fisted Mario's and Mario's Double Daughter's Salotto – is also one of the best restaurants in the city, and... More >>

This French restaurant is now firmly in the hands of chef Jennifer Jasinski and manager Beth Gruitch-Verucchi (the same team that operates Rioja across the street), and it's already a Larimer Square landmark. The space is beautiful, the service casually professional and the solidly French bistro... More >>

Bones, named Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2009, is a restaurant made by a cook, for cooks. It's a restaurant dreamed up by a guy who loves food unreservedly and opened Bones for those who share his outsized passions. Nominally a noodle bar, Bones is really a loose conglomeration of... More >>

For years, Cafe Brazil has been the go-to spot for Denverites looking for a taste of South America. Unlike most of the Brazilian restaurants in this country, it isn't a churrascaria -- but rather a proper Brazilian (and Latin American) restaurant that offers all the greatest hits of a canon that... More >>

China Jade occupies a little space in a forgettable east Aurora strip mall, surrounded by French bakeries, barbecue restaurants, Eastern European groceries, nail salons and coffee shops. From the outside, it isn't much to look at. Inside, it's small, with ten tables, a register, a Buddha here, a... More >>

Colt & Gray might've entered this world as just another gastropub, but it's much more an exercise in how far someone can push a neighborhood restaurant without going completely over the edge. The bar is an ideal spot for hanging out, cruising for a carefully selected wine or craft beer and... More >>

The menu at Deluxe is almost a parody, a page stolen out of the Jonathan Waxman/Jeremiah Tower playbook from 1989. But from your first taste of any of the small plates, big plates and apps, everything suddenly seems less like a robbery than a pitch-perfect homage to the original brilliance of... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Housed in a corner of the one-time Lowenstein Theatre, Encore Restaurant features a beautiful long bar stretching out below crystal chandeliers; a crowd composed of families, yuppies and culture vultures who've wandered over from Tattered Cover and Twist & Shout; and a talented kitchen turning... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

When Krishan Kappor relocated India’s, his terrific curry house, from its longtime home on the perimeter of Tamarac Square to Tiffany Plaza, he definitely traded up in space. And the food is better than ever. The Punjabi-tempered menu may feature many of the same dishes that litter the boards o... More >>

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 >>

LoHi SteakBar is one of the stranger animals to come out of the second-generation gentrification of the Highland area. A neighborhood place that is both upscale and casual at the same time, it is a steakhouse writ small, a local tavern and a destination restaurant all rolled into one. Service is... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Owners Mark and Kristy Dym wanted their place to have a sense of fantasy-Italian bonhomie, where two visits make you a regular and three a member of the family. And they succeeded. Their friendly pizzeria has a contemporary feel even though the building is more than a century old, and the... More >>

The Oceanaire space seems made for classic martinis and adultery, particularly if you sit in the bar, which is staffed by a couple of the best bartenders in the city. The style is art deco luxe, and the vibe one of obvious but restrained class, like the private dining room of the coolest ocean... More >>

Chef John Broening scores again with another beautiful little neighborhood place in another neighborhood badly in need of just his kind of cuisine. Here it's Spanish/Italian/Mediterranean food with a little bit of French thrown in for good measure -- a restaurant that does small plates with huge... More >>

Hanging above the entrance to Osteria Marco 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 find a gourmet wonderland of artisan... More >>

This is not your usual hotel restaurant. Chef Elise Wiggins and her team at Panzano have as their motto "Chi mangia bene, viva bene" (Those who eat well, live well), and although we can't guarantee how you'll live, or even sleep, at the Hotel Monaco, you can certainly live it up in the elegant,... More >>