Urban Cafe & Restaurant got its start in 2020 serving food under a tent in a parking lot on Santa Fe Drive, but luckily for Denver Health employees (as well as the dining public), it now has a brick-and-mortar home in a space connected to the hospital. The line moves quickly, with customers ordering smoothies […]
Mediterranean in Denver
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Former Safta chef David Schloss opened Sonny’s in 2023 after what seemed like an interminable wait (but was actually two years after he signed the lease for the former music store). With a simple menu built around three main categories – giant pita sandwiches heaped with toppings, salads and mains centered on falafel, mezze and […]
A fast-casual restaurant that started in Boulder and now has two Denver outposts, Gaia Masala is a savior for anyone seeking late-night eats. It offers straight-up Indian dishes, a smattering of Mediterranean entrees like falafel and shawarma, and a handful of burgers. But dig deeper into the menu and you’ll find the really exciting stuff: […]
Chef/owner Justin Cucci didn’t build El Five just as a restaurant, but as an experience. It debuted in 2017 atop a five-story building in LoHi, with breathtaking views of downtown and the mountains. But the food – a variation on Mediterranean tapas – is dramatic enough on its own, making dinner a fascinating journey through […]
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What neighborhood wouldn’t want a Sean Kelly restaurant as its local spot? Lucky Park Hill is home to chef Kelly’s latest offering, a spacious and inviting neighborhood eatery that feels like it’s been here all along – even though it opened in December 2015. Park Hill resident Kelly – long ago the opening chef for […]
Manned by Israeli Itay Gal and wife Leah, this Mediterranean food cart makes some of the best handheld food on the 16th Street Mall. In its semi-permanent home off Arapahoe, office workers and the curious enjoy reasonably prices, hot and fluffy pitas stuffed with veggies and meats dripping with authentic spices. Don’t forget to stop […]
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Many people dream about doing something different with their lives. Yaffa Hanouna, chef-owner of Yaffa’s Savory, actually did it. After fifteen years as the director of two preschools in Aurora, in early 2013 she opened Yaffa’s Savory, a Mediterranean cafe and market at 2200 South Monaco Parkway. The jump was not as sudden as it […]
In the fall of 2012, restaurateur Frank Bonanno took over one of the town’s most notorious watering holes: the Lancer Lounge, located right between Mizuna, the flagship of Bonanno Concepts, and the current location of Salita. At the Vesper, there’s no fuss over housemade bitters, no two-hour wait, no specially chipped ice – just reasonably […]
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 […]
No matter how gloomy the weather might be, Cafe Byblos has walls the color of sky and sunshine, with blue mosaic tiles that glint like light dancing on waves. The service is equally cheerful at this Mediterranean spot. And just a look at the menu — full of creamy dips and pita, seven-spice blends, marinated […]
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When Brasserie Felix closed the doors on its prime piece of real estate on Tennyson, the location was quickly snatched up by Telly Topakas, a veteran restaurateur who also owns a Greek spot in Colorado Springs. Topakas wanted a more upscale restaurant in Denver, and the menu at Axios Estiatorio captures the joy of Greek […]
Named after a fictitious, jet-setting socialite whose favorite food, favorite design trends, favorite art and favorite music the club embodies, Chloe is a 6,600-square-foot space that’s divided into Chloe’s Mezze Lounge, Garden and Discotheque. The super-deluxe venue, which is part of Francois Safieddine’s Lotus Concepts group of nightclubs, features exotic snakeskin wallpaper, an under-lit onyx […]