Italian in Denver
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Parisi has gone through many iterations in its 26 years, but one constant has been owner Christine Parisi’s passion for sharing Italian fare. The business originally opened in 1998 as a market and deli before moving to Tennyson Street and leaning into serving prepared foods, including fresh pastas and panini. While its fine-dining downstairs sibling, […]
More than 25 years after the Pasquini family opened its first restaurant on South Broadway, the original Pasquini’s Pizzeria is in the hands of daughter Melinda Pasquini. She’s definitely gone her own way, updating the look of the place to that of a building straight out of the family’s home town of Lanciano, Italy. She’s […]
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
This Cherry Hills Village eatery reopened in July 2016 after an expansion and remodel – of both the space and the menu. Not only does chef/owner Pino Saverino’s kitchen turn out nearly 25 different pizzas (don’t miss the Burrata Nuova, boasting pecorino, mozzarella and burrata cheeses), but it executes classic Italian fare like risotto packed […]
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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, […]
At Prima, uber-chef Kevin Taylor’s restaurant in the Hotel Teatro, the menu showcases many of the best tricks in Taylor’s repertoire. The menu balances brilliant modern paraphrases on traditional Italian cuisine with more plainspoken hotel dishes, offering plates like soft, egg-filled ravioli. The room is chic, somewhat more laid-back than Restaurant Kevin Taylor across the […]
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 […]
Matt Jansen, owner of Mateo, opened Radda in the midst of north Boulder’s low-rise sprawl, and it’s a welcome addition. This is an Italian restaurant, a small-plates restaurant, a comfortable and casual restaurant where the food serves as hearty sustenance, stimulus for conversation and an excuse to gather together with friends. Everything here, from the […]
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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 […]
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.
Elliot Strathmann and his wife, chef Cindhura Reddy, took over this intimate Italian eatery over a decade ago, expertly guided it through the pandemic and came out the other side – somehow with even more vigor for offering a dining experience that’s hard to beat from start to finish. Dishes are often infused with unexpected […]
For the past fifty years, Subway has been serving pizzas and meatball sandwiches to loyal fans. While the food coming from the kitchen isn’t exactly cutting-edge — the half-thin New York style red-and-whites hit with dry oregano and the Dago Dog (Italian sausage with cheese and chiles deep-fried inside a pastry jacket) are the best […]
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After a long run on the second-floor corner of 15th and Champa streets, Tarantula Billiards moved to street level a block east in early 2012, giving the pool hall much more visibility. The new space has a sleek and classy look, closer to that of sister pool hall ZanZibar Billiards and Grill, which is owned […]
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 […]
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 […]