With the opening of White Pie, the Uptown pizzeria from the owners of Dos Santos Taqueria, we're taking the opportunity to look back on the year's restaurant openings so far. There have been plenty of big-name launches from top Denver chefs like Lon Symensma, Andrea Frizzi, Elise Wiggins, Dave Query and Justin Cucci, plus some exciting debuts from newcomers to the city. Here are the twenty hottest restaurant openings of 2017 so far, with links to our original coverage. How many have you been to?
First Look: Dos Santos Brothers Open White Pie
Goed Zuur, a Sour-Only Beer Bar, Elevates Denver's Beer-and-Food Game
Villagran Restaurante Is Finally Open on West Alameda Avenue
First Look: Concourse Restaurant Moderne Lands at Stapleton
First Look: Tupelo Honey Brings Southern Charm to Union Station North
First Look: El Five Rises High Above Lower Highland
Cattivella Opens as Eastbridge Stapleton's First Restaurant
Millers & Rossi Combines Art Gallery and Speakeasy on Walnut Street
Morning Collective Begins Breakfast and Lunch Service on South Broadway
First Look: Kachina and Poka Lola Social Club Open at New Maven Hotel Downtown
Ras Kassa's Returns With New Boulder County Ethiopian Restaurant
First Look: Quality Italian Brings Manhattan Style to Cherry Creek's Halcyon Hotel
Low Country Kitchen Opens in Former Vita Space
The New Cherry Creek Olive & Finch Opens
First Look: Hearth & Dram Opens at 18th and Wewatta Streets
First Look: Stella's on 16th Brings All-Day Market and Eatery to Union Station North
Oskar Blues Brings Chuburger and Hotbox Roasters to RiNo
The Post Chicken & Beer Adds Outpost on South Broadway
First Look: Il Posto Gets a New RiNo Home
El Jefe Opens at Cobbler's Corner in Sunnyside