Restaurants

Readers debate whether out-of-state chains are hurting the Denver dining scene.

Here’s our complete list of Denver restaurant and bar openings and closings for the week of April 16 through 22, 2018.

Mariscos El Licenciado brings Sinaloan seafood and live music to the former home of A-Town Pizza in Aurora.

Colorado Plus Brew Pub has focused on craft beer for the last five years, but co-founder Eugene Kahng will soon open a second Colorado Plus devoted to cider in Golden.

Coors Field has some new options this year.

The creative restaurateur started WaterCourse twenty years ago. Now he’s ready for the next chapter.

We must have paused a little too long when the server at DMZ Pub set the platter of semi-dry squid on our table. The sight was intimidating: Flat like a deflated football and at least a foot long from tentacle tips to the top of its head (if squid actually…

Nile Ethiopian Restaurant brings a taste of Ethiopia’s food and culture to Havana Street.

This sprawling, sunny spot at the edge of LoHi bills itself as an all-day eatery and marketplace.

Old Major hosts an all-star lineup of women in the Denver food and beverage industry on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

Just Be Kitchen is one of Denver’s only completely gluten-free, grain-free restaurants, and it’s now open for dinner seven days a week.

Blue Sparrow Coffee packs a ton of good stuff into a tiny RiNo space. Small-batch roasters from around the world, eight tap handles of cold brew coffee and other chilled beverages, an an upcoming liquor license are all part of the program.

Shack Shack opened the same week that the Campus Lounge closed.

Here’s our complete list of Denver bar and restaurant openings and closings for the week of April 9 through 15, 2018.

Stop by April 16 through April 22 for half-price deals.

Chef Nick Shankland will launch his barbecue food truck and catering company, Gypsy Q, in May on Brighton Boulevard.

The summer tradition returns on May 1.

Brightmarten is slated to open on April 27 in the former home of 730 South in Denver’s Bonnie Brae neighborhood.

Rage Against the Sandwich was founded by Denver chef Jonathan Merrill to help feed the homeless while providing other chefs with work-life balance.

Wayward has only been open since last August, but will close on April 15 in the former Zengo space at Riverfront Park.

Grammy’s Italian Goodies makes a savory meatball or sausage cannoli that’s our dish of the week.

The Budlong Hot Chicken truck and BBQ Supply Co. will both launch in May, from chef/restaurateur Jared Leonard.