Mac Nation Cafe

Mac Nation Cafe features a long, long list of mac and cheese dishes – upwards of twenty versions of the iconic dish. All are tasty, filling, and loaded with add-ons. It also turns out typical cafe fare: coffee, pastries and breakfast and deli sandwiches.

Farmer Girl Community Bistro

Chef Tim Payne teased us with a food truck and a fast-casual counter inside Avanti Food & Beverage before landing a brick-and-mortar for his farm-fresh fare in Lyons earlier this year. Farmer Girl’s cozy dining room on the town’s Main Street is like a miniature display case for Payne’s colorful creations built from seasonal vegetables […]

Topgolf Centennial

Topgolf is the only entertainment center of its kind, offering competitive golfing games for all ages and skill levels that you can play year round. Players hit golf balls containing computer microchips that track each shot’s accuracy and distance while awarding points for hitting targets on the outfield. Each facility offers an upscale and playful […]

Masterpiece Kitchen

The team behind Masterpiece Deli and Culture Meat & Cheese opened Masterpiece Kitchen in the spring of 2016. Located on the quieter side of Lowry’s Hangar 2 development, the restaurant boasts big picture windows and a patio bounded by native grasses and a container garden. With couches around a fire pit, strings of white lights […]

Kline’s Beer Hall

Housemade sausages and a smattering of Eastern European small plates are the primary dinner offerings at Kline’s, which makes sense for an old-world beer hall. But Kline’s keeps from sliding into oompah-band kitschiness with its austere, DIY decor and comprehensive list of craft beers divided into “featured friends,” rarities on rotation, staff picks and seasonal […]

Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery

In a world where fast-casuals are proliferating faster than rabbits, Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery stands out from the crowd. The restaurant opened in the summer of 2015 behind Union Station, and with long community tables, whitewashed planks on the walls, loud music and barrels as light fixtures, it strikes a trendy balance between industrial and […]

The Pint Room

Beer-and-burger specialist the Pint Room got its start in Dublin, Ohio, in 2012, offering 101 beers on tap. A second spot with 126 taps opened two years later in Carmel, Indiana. And in the spring of 2015, the company opened its third Pint Room in Littleton, in the former home of the Celtic Tavern on […]

Two Penguins Tap & Grill

Two Penguins Tap and Grill, which opened in Centennial in April 2015, has 36 rotating beers on tap – the focus is on Colorado craft versions – and serves a decent selection of locally distilled spirits. The kitchen serves up American fare, including appetizers, burgers, pizzas and salads, as well as specials like barbecued pulled […]

Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge

Once home to both O.P. Baur Confectionery Company (in the late 1800s) and Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar (in the early 2010s), the building at 1512 Curtis Street has a long history. In spring 2015, the Baur’s name got a reboot with Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, a multi-concept restaurant and music venue that […]

First Draft

Are you new to craft beer? Want to try an ounce or two of different styles — from the standard to the exotic — without committing to an entire glass? What if you’re a beer geek and want to ensure that you get a sip of that special release? This RiNo tap room offers the […]

Wee Katie’s

Six years after opening Katie Mullen’s on the 16th Street Mall, the bar’s owners took over the former biker-friendly Rockstar Bar and transformed it into the more upscale watering hole Wee Katie’s, which opened in early 2015. The 99-seat (not including two patios) Wee Katie’s has some of the feel of Katie Mullen’s, with a […]

Mozart’s Denver

In the 1800s, the original Mozart Hall was a social center and bar for German immigrants downtown. The bar, including the sign, moved to the Mayfair neighborhood in 1955. The Mo, as it’s known to regulars, was a favorite for decades before being rebranded as the Aqua Lounge for a time. But in 2016, new […]

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

This bar and restaurant near Coors Field is a favorite for its rooftop, collection of over ninety whiskeys, and its signature fried chicken. There’s also a great selection of shareable plates making this an ideal place for pre or post Rockies game meet-ups.

The Farm House Restaurant at Breckenridge Brewery

The Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery, the 8,000-square-foot restaurant on the twelve-acre, $36 million Breckenridge Brewery campus in Littleton, is nothing like the tap houses of yore. If not for the barn-like architectural elements – a vaulted ceiling, big windows and corrugated metal on the walls – the main dining room could pass for a […]

Will Call

The folks behind the Little Pub Company opened Will Call in late 2014 in the Industry development on Brighton Boulevard; the eatery features Venezuelan-style arepas as its main menu attraction. Little Pub Company head Mark Berzins says the concept was the result of several different factors: the need to provide high-volume lunch service to employees […]