Les Delices De Paris

Walking into Les Delices de Paris is like walking into another world: one of pure sensation, of cream and sugar, fine flour, yeast and butter and salt. The little pastry shop occupies what could be the most inconvenient location on Leetsdale, but on its best days, this is the best-smelling spot in the entire city […]

Mateo

Mateo’s regulars include men in suits and women in sparkling tops twisting stemware between manicured fingers, transplants from the coasts who have an appreciation for the Colorado lifestyle. This restaurant right on the bustling Pearl Street Mall in Boulder serves French bar fare that includes decadently creamy macaroni and cheese gratin, a croque-monsieur, and a […]

Mimi’s Cafe

Tucked behind Park Meadows Mall, this is a family place that scores high with both kids and parents with its activity-filled menus, inviting atmosphere and top-notch food for all ages. The California-based chain offers a great chicken pot pie, pot roast, salmon and, perhaps best of all, triple-croissant bread pudding for dessert.

Mizuna

Mizuna was the first restaurant from chef Frank Bonanno, whose empire now includes restaurants, bars and even a food hall. The flagship, which specializes in French cooking techniques, has served as a training ground for some of the city’s best chefs, and is a much-loved neighborhood spot. Without Mizuna, Denver’s culinary landscape would be far […]

Noisette

Noisette opened in 2022 in a revamped restaurant space that’s distractingly elegant – though not in a stiff, white-tablecloth kind of way. The white decor with pops of pastel and a mix of modern and vintage is inviting and transportive. Small vases of flowers on each table add a romantic touch, as do the mismatched […]

Opus Fine Dining

In June 2012, Opus left its original home in Littleton and moved to Cherry Creek, where it joined forces with Aria to become Opus Restaurant & Wine bar. Since then, renovations have merged the two entities and expanded the bar area. The menu at Opus emphasizes elegant preparations of local produce (some from the restaurant’s […]

Pierre Michel Organic French Bakery Cafe

Although it opens relatively early every morning – and 7 a.m. is reasonable for a bakery — Pierre Michel Organic French Bakery Cafe doesn’t always close at the same hour, and that’s because there are days when hordes of locals and clued-in out-of-towners who are addicted to the pastries, croissants, quiches and French baguettes churned […]

Z Cuisine and A Cote Bar a Absinthe

Patrick DuPays opened Z Cuisine in lower Highland in 2006, just before the hot, hot neighborhood became better known as LoHi. The tres charmant bistrot for hipster Francophiles and displaced Parisians peddles plates that are nearly too pretty to eat, not least among them a gorgeous charcuterie board stamped with French and local cheeses, pate […]