Osteria Alberico, which is owned by Frasca Hospitality Group, opened in an unlikely location in July 2024: the King Soopers shopping center at South University Boulevard and East Hampden Avenue in Englewood. It’s more casual than Boulder’s Frasca or Denver’s Tavernetta, but more upscale than Pizzeria Alberico in Boulder. Here, diners will find pizza served […]
Italian in Denver
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There are practically endless combinations of tomato sauce and dough, and the expansive menu at Brooklyn’s Finest Pizza boasts at least 85 percent of them. Meatball Parmesan sandwich? Check. Sausage and pepper stromboli? Check. Create-your-own calzone? Double meatball pizza? Garlic knots and pepperoni pinwheels? Check, check and check. The most recent outpost of Brooklyn’s Finest, […]
Chef/restaurateur Lon Symensma is best known as the person behind one of the city’s most beloved dishes, ChoLon’s French onion soup dumplings. But in March 2024, he proved he still has plenty of culinary curiosity with the introduction of Gusto, his first Italian eatery. This sleek spot near Sloan’s Lake has a smartly concise menu […]
This Englewood eatery may not be decades old, but despite debuting less than five years ago, it has all the markings of a classic. The family behind Gallo is from Sicily, and splits the space between a bakery counter and a sit-down dining area complete with a full bar. Like many red-sauce joints in town, […]
Tucked into a strip mall on East Alameda Avenue, Cucina Bella, which opened in 2022, is easy to overlook. But don’t, because its owners, brothers Luis and Heriberto Gutierrez, have some serious culinary skills. The plain exterior belies the fine-dining-style take on the food, and the kitchen’s commitment to quality comes through with every bite. […]
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Chef Aiden Tibbetts was just 22 years old when he helped open this restaurant inside LoHi’s Life House hotel in 2020. In the years since, he’s settled into his role leading the kitchen, creating impressive dishes – often using flowers and produce from his mother’s garden – that manage to evoke the whimsical spirit of […]
Pasta is at the heart of this Italian restaurant that opened in 2020. The dough master is chef Ty Leon, but what really sets Olivia apart is the symphony of teamwork that makes every aspect of dining here sing, from the skilled front-of-house crew led by Heather Morrison to the exceptional beverage program headed by […]
Jovanina’s long, narrow dining room is lively even on weekdays, thanks to its standout execution of Italian classics. If you can, try to snag a seat at the chef’s counter, either to take advantage of the occasional chef’s tasting menus or simply to watch plates of mouth-watering pasta and perfectly topped wood-oven pizzas being delivered […]
Husband and wife Chris and Lindsay Lyons purchased the three-decade-old Deli Italia in 2018 and saw the potential to transform it from an Italian market to a full-service restaurant with an expansive menu that includes subs, appetizers, salads and a retooled version of pizza. In August 2022, the couple rebranded the eatery as Pizzeria Leopold, […]
A zero-waste mission with an emphasis on grain drives this Michelin-starred tasting-menu restaurant from Kelly Whitaker’s Id Est Hospitality group, which includes its own milling operation, Dry Storage. In the fall and winter, the menu is spurred by a focus on fermentation and other preservation methods inspired by centuries-old techniques from around the world, while […]
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Dan Dunne always wanted to open a casual pizzeria. But Vi
It’s been more than seven years since the talented team behind Boulder’s Frasca added its first (but not last) restaurant in the Denver metro area, but this Union Station spot for Italian fare often feels like it’s been around much longer than that. A more boisterous and lively experience than Frasca’s subdued elegance, it excels […]
Mici Handcrafted Italian’s Highlands Ranch locations is a quick-service eatery, especially popular during the lunch hour, when shoppers and professionals with offices in the area stop by for carry-out or to enjoy one of the weekday specials. The menu features such classic Italian dishes as pizza on housemade crusts, pastas loaded with hand-rolled meatballs, and […]
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Chef Elise Wiggins opened her dream restaurant, Cattivella (“naughty girl” in Italian), on the eastern edge of Denver in 2017, creating a place that reflects her many experiences traveling, working and eating in Italy. The wood-fired pizza oven is used for far more than pizzas, and an adjustable charcoal grill gives meats (many of them […]
The Denver outpost of the NYC-based eatery opened in early 2017 and has been holding down its Cherry Creek spot with housemade pasta and decadent steaks since then. Diners can get bistecca “Italian style,” topped with truffle or Gorgonzola and horseradish butter, but the spot’s claim to fame is an enormous circular chicken parmesan, topped […]
They don’t make them like they used to – but Lechuga’s marches on anyway, an old-school Italian joint where you can order pasta by the bucket and square pizzas (with green-chile strips, like a true Denverite!). This second, (much) newer outpost is located in Lakewood, though the original Lechuga’s is one of the last red-sauce […]