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 >>
This is the kind of neighborhood joint that everyone ought to have in his neighborhood, a place thats 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 >>
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 >>
Not only is Centro a beautiful restaurant, a casual restaurant and an undeniably cool restaurant with a bar that pours some stiff drinks, its food is good, smart, original and stubbornly uncompromising. It's nominally a Mexican restaurant, with a menu listing bocaditas of chips and salsas,... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Chef Teri Rippetos little garden restaurant is a longtime favorite of Denvers 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 >>
Matt Jansen, owner of Mateo, opened Radda in the midst of north Boulder's low-rise sprawl, and its 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 conversation and an... More >>
The first thing you notice about the Royal Peacock is the smell: incense and curry, old carpets and fresh cinnamon and ancient tandoor smoke. Its a warm, cloying and sweet smell, and a hint that the Peacock isnt your average strip-mall Indian outpost. The very traditional kitchen... More >>
Steuben's is named after a beloved Boston establishment opened by Josh Wolkon's great-uncles Max and Joe back in 1945; this Steuben's was brought to life over months and years by Wolkon, his wife, Jen, and chef Matt Selby, the same folks who brought us Vesta Dipping Grill. The place looks... More >>
Toast is small and comfortable, with colorful, breakfast-themed art on the walls and decorative toasters lurking in odd corners. Breakfast is still the best meal here, with the greatest pancakes youll ever eat. At any hour, the intoxicating atmosphere could be partly nitrous oxide: a... More >>
Anyone looking for unusual ethnic mash-ups, American style, will find them at Uoki, a combination Korean/Japanese restaurant and sushi bar with a menu that covers virtually all of the Asian comfort foods. Here you can make a meal of tekka maki, a bowl of excellent, thick and spicy green-curry... More >>
Owner Ma Vue understands Thai cuisine, and it shows. The fare at his US Thai is simple: authentic street food and everyday food made by cooks and a chef who also understand what that means. The curries are deep and complicated and absolutely addictive; even the simplest fried rice and... More >>