While owner Alessandro Carollo’s restaurant in LoDo gets most of the attention, his Venice in Englewood is almost always packed – and with good reason. Once you walk in the door of this elegant restaurant, it’s easy to forget that you’re in a strip mall. The surroundings are sumptuous, with white linen on every table […]
Italian in Denver
Showing 89 - 110 of 123Anthony’s got its start in 1984, when Henry Mann opened his first slice shop on the 16th Street Mall. As at any stereotypical pizza shop, the service has always been gruff, though not unfriendly. Know what you want when you get to the counter, order it, and you’ll have no problems. In addition to quality […]
Anthony’s got its start in 1984, when Henry Mann opened his first slice shop on the 16th Street Mall. As at any stereotypical pizza shop, the service has always been gruff, though not unfriendly. Know what you want when you get to the counter, order it, and you’ll have no problems. In addition to quality […]
Family-style dining is always better when you don’t have to wash the dishes, and at Italian cuisine chain Buca di Beppo, large parties are not only encouraged, but welcomed. Buca, whose sole Colorado location is on Flatiron Market Place Drive in Broomfield, takes the old adage “bigger is better” seriously, with huge, themed dining rooms […]
Family-style dining is always better when you don’t have to wash the dishes, and at Italian cuisine chain Buca di Beppo, large parties are not only encouraged, but welcomed. Buca, whose sole Colorado location is on Flatiron Market Place Drive in Broomfield, takes the old adage “bigger is better” seriously, with huge, themed dining rooms […]
Ski resorts are often havens of fine dining for starving skiers, and Cucina Rustica is exactly that ? an oasis of upscale Tuscan-inspired food located in the Lodge at Vail. Cucina Rustica offers in-room dining seven days a week; lunch and dinner menus that change with the seasons; and a formidable menu of
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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, square pizzas, and Denver-style cannoli, with your choice of a meatball, sausage or sausage-and-jalapeño combo wrapped in dough with a little bit of cheese in the mix, baked and […]
This charming, Italian-themed wine bar has wonderful food to match its extensive, reasonably priced wine list. The emphasis is on quality ingredients and rich sauces that pay off big-time on the pasta and fish entr
Tonti’s does not do a standard New York thin-crust pizza. The crust here has been allowed to rise slightly, the bone swelling to at least a blistered inch high. The sauce is sweet, East Coast-style, and the mozzarella cheese a delicious jacket melted thick and unevenly across the slightly chewy crust. Topped with a shake […]
Fat, overstuffed sandwiches made on thick, chewy Il Fornaio breads, along with interesting panini combos and snappy service, make the Pickle a top stop for the local lunch crowds. And, of course, everything comes with a spicy pickle.
In 2005 Mickey’s replaced its decrepit, decades-old home with a shiny, family-friendly new building on the same lot. The atmosphere is still casual and diner-like, though, and the menu is basically unchanged – which guarantees that you’ll get a whole lot of food for just a little bit of money. Most of the fare is […]
Frank Bonanno doesn’t cook anything that’s not memorable. What’s more, he’s fearless. And Luca’s menu is designed for gluttonous abandon, arranged for wild flights of pairing and sharing, set up in an attempt to make people eat the way the Italians do – with several courses of small plates leading up to the entrees. The […]
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Anthony’s got its start in 1984, when Henry Mann opened his first slice shop on the 16th Street Mall. As at any stereotypical pizza shop, the service has always been gruff, though not unfriendly. Know what you want when you get to the counter, order it, and you’ll have no problems. In addition to quality […]
California Pizza Kitchen originated in Beverly Hills in 1985, riding the “California cuisine” wave that would come to define the culinary decade; the company now boasts 250 locations of casual sit-down eateries with modern, neutral decor and a casual-yet-upscale feel. A pioneer of envelope-pushing fusion pizzas, the chain claims to have invented the now-ubiquitous barbecue […]
California Pizza Kitchen originated in Beverly Hills in 1985, riding the “California cuisine” wave that would come to define the culinary decade; the company now boasts 250 locations of casual sit-down eateries with modern, neutral decor and a casual-yet-upscale feel. A pioneer of envelope-pushing fusion pizzas, the chain claims to have invented the now-ubiquitous barbecue […]
The pizzas are the reason to visit this eatery owned by two Denver Italian families since the 1970s. The service is friendly and efficient, and while the red-sauce dishes can be serviceable but not particularly inventive, they satisfy if you’re in the mood for classic Italian-American comfort food. The pizzas, though, benefit from a sweeter […]
The Rizzi family runs Papa Frank’s, and they do a swell job. While the entire menu is a great deal, sample the heavy, flavorful red sauce Sunday and Tuesday nights at the all-you-can-eat-spaghetti special, which also includes homemade noodles, a salad and garlic bread. And the ever-changing roster of homemade pies is a delight — […]
Tom and Marna Sumners have doubled the fun with two locations of Trattoria Stella, their hip neighborhood bistro – one on the west side, one on the east. Both are comfortable spots, with eclectic menus that aren’t afraid to take chances – and regulars who appreciate the results. Sunday brunch is particularly popular, but be […]
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Angelo’s Taverna bills itself as Denver’s original pizza and oyster bar – and since it’s been serving central Denver since the Nixon administration, it’s safe to say that it’s the longest-running restaurant of its ilk, though it’s now on its second owners (who opened a second outpost in Littleton). Even if you love oysters raw, […]
This is not your usual hotel restaurant. The culinary team at Panzano has as its motto “Chi mangia bene, viva bene” (Those who eat well, live well), and although we can’t guarantee how you’ll live, or even sleep, at the Hotel Monaco, you can certainly live it up in the elegant, yet comfortable dining room […]
Romano’s opened in 1967 on a sleepy little street a few blocks from Littleton’s Old Town. For almost fifty years now, it’s been serving big plates of homemade spaghetti covered with a dense, garlicky red sauce that’s so good you’ll want it poured over just about everything else offered here. Like the neighborhood itself, nothing’s […]
Step through the doors of Denver’s New York Pizzeria and you’re stepping through the doors of a true New York pizzeria — and into the world of good pizza men. The smell of hot ovens, sweating dough, sweet tomatoes and charred baking flour is as unmistakable as it is universal. The pizzas are perfect New […]