Restaurants

The Chicago-born chain known for Italian beef, hot dogs and cake shakes first teased a Colorado debut over a year ago.

It’s coming to the West Highland neighborhood, and fans can get a sneak peek this month.

Magna Kainan is the new RiNo project from Portland chef Carlo Lamagna and Denver’s Culinary Creative Group.

It opened in March in the Denver Health building on Broadway and is an offshoot of a concept founded in Oahu.

It’s served 7.5 million oysters since opening in Boulder in 1994.

The family plans to reopen in Westminster.

Two seafood-centric places also closed this week, while Welton Street Cafe debuted its long-awaited new location.

“We’re really just trying to provide people with a hug in a bowl.”

Owner William Do is paying homage to his Vietnamese heritage with his mobile food business that has a permanent home at Crooked Stave.

The fourteen categories include Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year and Bartender of the Year.

Shiish Shawarma will debut in a space that’s been vacant over a decade, and plans to be open from 5 a.m. to 4 a.m. daily.

A location off I-25 and County Line Road is in the planning stages.

The new West Highland spot is an Italian-inspired spin on the now-closed Bones.

Reservations are now open for the return of the Five Points soul-food favorite.

This is the end of one chapter for the family-run business but its legacy will continue.

From margs at Illegal Pete’s to mystery shots at Adrift and pancakes at Snooze, voters can score freebies on November 5.

“It’s really exciting to be seen as an initiative that is worthy of these investments.”

Even as we said goodbye to a lot of old favorites, 28 new spots joined the scene, including Cocks on Colfax.

From an upscale octopus carpaccio to Uzbek specialties in Aurora.

Maine Shack is closing both its LoHi and Boulder locations, though it is planning a Colorado comeback.

After touring the globe for twelve years, he’s bringing the beats and the eats to his new venture, Electric Donut Factory.

Father-son team Alex and Silvio Villanueva emigrated from Mexico six years ago and are now first-time restaurant owners.