Restaurants

No. 13: Limoncello Wings at Racca’s Pizzeria Napoletana Although this nine-year-old Italian joint, owned by Mark and Kristy Dym, earned our Best Pizza award last year, the menu has so much more to offer than just a tasty Neapolitan pie. Take the limoncello chicken wings, an appetizer of great potential…

Joseph Strelnik was the baron of breakfast for nearly six years as the executive chef for Snooze, Colorado’s favorite stop for a morning meal. But now he has teamed up with John “JD” Daniel to start his own breakfast revolution and is nearly ready to open Morning Collective at 2160…

When Hong Lee first contemplated bringing a Japanese restaurant to Lower Highland, he envisioned a fine-dining concept — but he soon realized that white tablecloths weren’t quite the right vibe. “I picked this neighborhood and changed my concept,” he says. The result? Mizu Izakaya.

No. 14: Sardine Toast at Ash Mobile Kitchen Basta chef/owner Kelly Whitaker rolled out Ash Mobile Kitchen last summer for a series of pop-ups at the Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery. Now Ash has found a semi-permanent home, serving wood-fired pizza and other bites at Comal, 3455 Ringsby Court, every…

We’ve all been faced with the “Where should we go?” question. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times we need help. Whether it’s finding the perfect place to celebrate the right occasion, determining what kitchen can accommodate an unusual dietary restriction, or maybe just discovering a new place to…

At Dio Mio, a small eatery that opened in RiNo last fall, Alex Figura and Spencer White are trying to correct pasta’s second-class status one handmade noodle at a time in a minimalist fast-casual spot.

Rocker Spirits opened as a distillery and bar at 5587 South Hill Street in Littleton last August, adding something new to the mix just off the town’s main drag. And now Rocker’s guests have a food option, too: Sprezzatura Pizza is serving pizzas and snacks from a new trailer and…

No. 15: I’m Peach Mint Sorbet at High Point Creamery If you’re feeling feisty about the current political climate, you can make a statement while enjoying a refreshing new sorbet flavor at High Point in the Hilltop neighborhood or at the Denver Central Market. Owner Erika Thomas mixes nothing but…

If you weren’t already there at 2 a.m. this morning, getting some emergency to-go food to soak up the alcohol, it could be time to head to the Original Chubby’s Burger Drive-Inn, which is not in the original Chubby’s building (that disappeared earlier this week), but in a new structure that opened in December in the former parking lot of the original Chubby’s. For fifty years, people would jam the tiny waiting area of the one-time burger joint, waiting for something, anything, smothered by Stella Cordova’s hot green chile.

This week we rounded up restaurants serving food from five of the seven countries listed in Donald Trump’s travel ban — but we couldn’t find a single Libyan or Yemeni restaurant. Just a couple of days later,  though, a banner went up at 2353 South Havana Street in Aurora announcing…

No. 16: Aborrajados at Antojitos Colombianos “Aborrajado’ is quite a mouthful if Spanish isn’t your native tongue, but just call these deep-fried treats plantain fritters and you’ll have the general idea. At Antojitos Colombianos, tucked into the far corner of a barely noticeable shopping strip at 6625 Leetsdale Drive, the…

County clubs are generally pretty exclusive joints, but a new venture in south Denver will cater to a different kind of crowd. The South Broadway Country Club will open at 2265 South Broadway this spring, with high-tech golf simulators for instruction and entertainment. Owner Kelly Huff promises to add a…

Since January 27, I’ve been searching for restaurants that serve the food of the countries listed in Donald Trump’s executive order restricting travel and immigration for citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Eating my way around town for a month, I found five of the seven —…

The original Chubby Burger Drive-Inn is no more. But Stella Cordova’s green chile lives on.

The Halcyon Hotel in Cherry Creek is already home to one elaborately decked-out dining space in Departure, with its retro-futuristic decor that evokes a luxury liner headed straight for the stars. And then there’s the semi-secret B & GC in the basement, a poshly appointed art-deco bar for hotel guests,…

February was one of the slowest months for restaurant openings in recent memory, with only ten new establishments opening their doors to customers, compared to an average over the past two years of some twenty a month. But there were some noteworthy newcomers, with both first-timer Annette — from chef…

Jeffrey Wall was looking for a reason to come to Denver when the executive-chef position at Hearth & Dram popped up on his computer screen. It was a perfect match: The restaurant’s concept called for an ambitious whiskey collection, one he could match with a menu piled high with charcuterie, wood-fired proteins and unusual vegetables, as well as whole-beast feasts. We sat down with Wall to chat about whittling potatoes, why it pays to put in time as a line cook, and why French chef Alain Passard’s life is the gold standard for a chef.

If all goes well, come April 20 you can expect to sink your teeth into Glazed & Confuzed’s stoner-inspired doughnuts at a new space inside the Stanley Marketplace. Unfortunately, the new location comes on the heels of owner Josh Schwab’s decision to close his original shop at 5301 Leetsdale Drive, something…

Walking the short block from the Westword offices at Tenth Avenue and Broadway to the strip of retail spaces between Ninth and Tenth on Lincoln Street has become a regular adventure of discovery over the past few of years. Restaurant business in particular seems a tricky proposition, even with a…

Here’s a look at five Denver restaurants serving the cuisine of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Iran, all countries named in Donald Trump’s executive order severely restricting travel, immigration and refugees from those countries.