Like Highland Tap & Burger, the happy hour at Angelo’s Taverna has been freshly crowned as a neighborhood sensation. In this densely residential area that condo builders insist on calling Governor’s Park, it’s not hard to see why residents are treating the two-year-old Angelo’s as a default hangout. And by…

From cosplayers to opthamologists, when the Colorado Convention Center fills up with one convention or another, so does Stout Street Social. Right across from the Big Blue Bear on the ground floor of the Embassy Suites, it’s the closest place to get a beer and a decent meal for the many…

The happy hour at Highland Tap & Burger is unstoppable, garnering Reader’s Choice awards in our Best of Denver section for Best Late-Afternoon Happy Hour two years running, as well as a host of other awards. Newer and more exotic happy hours pop up all the time, yet HTB enjoys…

If you can sit in the lounge of Guard and Grace and order well drinks and small plates without feeling outclassed, you’ve passed the test. Troy Guard’s paean to fine cuts and chops and 2015 Best Steakhouse winner certainly caters to the well-heeled crowd (literally — shoe game on point, ladies and gentlemen),…

On an unusually quiet evening on South Pearl, the patio at Session Kitchen announced itself from blocks away. While patrons of the district’s other establishments restricted themselves to muted chatting, this restaurant was booming with music and the laughs of happy customers. From its graphic design sensibility to its menu…

Richard Sandoval is still making waves in Colorado after helping put our state on the national plate by opening Tamayo on Larimer Square in 2002. Sandoval’s restaurants can seem like they’re stuck in time, rarely shifting with times and trends. But Sandoval’s newest venture, La Biblioteca, offers a happy hour…

Even though it’s been one of Frank Bonnano’s longest running restaurants, serving solid Italian food since 2003, Luca only just launched an afternoon happy hour in March, meaning it’s the new flavor on the block once again — a block already held down by happy hour heavyweights  Vesper Lounge, Benny’s,…

When the clock strikes four, restaurants all over the city start slashing prices and bringing out drinks and snacks to those looking for some mid-afternoon or late-night comfort. The happy hours arms race in Denver means that whether you’re headed to a dive bar or a chef’s flagship restaurant, you’ll…

You can throw off the checkered tablecloths and add a fresh coat of varnish, but you can’t erase the spirit of a good old Italian restaurant. Gaetano’s Restaurant has been ladling red and pouring white in North Denver since 1947, but a change of ownership in 2005 (when the venerable…

The eclectic chophouse LoHi SteakBar helped name and define the Lower Highlands before it became the gourmand destination it is today. Now, six years after opening and six months after the restaurant changed ownership and got a revamped menu, SteakBar is introducing a meaty new happy hour menu, served twice…

On the occasion of a certain green-hued, ethnically dubious drinking holiday, I expected to be safe from the craziness in the bamboo-walled space of Adrift, Denver’s only true tiki bar. But the popularity of this South Broadway misfit at happy hour is a sign that Adrift isn’t just a goofy…

The never-ending feud over whether or not the Cherry Cricket has the best burger in town won’t be slowing down anytime soon; the Cricket is one of the five finalists for Best Hamburger in our Best of Denver 2015 Readers’ Poll.  And you can test it for yourself the next time…

It’s considered a crazy idea to go to a nightclub for a decent meal. Certainly, whatever’s coming out of that kitchen in Boogie Nights doesn’t look so good. Dorchester Social Eatery, in the heart of Market Street’s nightilfe scene, is pairing a clubby atmosphere with a menu that name-checks all…

Everybody! Great news! It’s OK to open a taqueria now. Years after Pinche Tacos and its Mexican gourmet ilk caused a headache inducing frenzy for anything on a corn tortilla, the zeitgeist has turned its attention to other things. 1968 had the summer of love, 2011 boasted the summer of…

Shelby’s Bar & Grill is a highway roadhouse, a suburban hangout, a mirage you might see over the horizon — implausibly plopped down in the middle of high-rise office spaces. In a building dating back nearly to the turn of the 19th century, Shelby’s is a wood-and-brass neighborhood pub, the…

The Four Seasons — from Seattle to Bali — is a lodestar of luxury and comfort. You dine at the Four Seasons when an expense account has your back or when you want to spend an evening, however brief, in the cashmere-clad lap of luxury. That said, the happy hour…

Star power definitely influences our restaurant choices. Knowingly or not, names like Frank Bonanno and Jennifer Jasinski are big neon signs in our minds, flashing “Quality.” And there are few bigger stars in this town’s scene than Keegan Gerhard, by virtue of having appeared in millions of living rooms on…