Little Arthur’s

Denver diners first got a taste of AJ Shreffler’s Philly-inspired eats via his popular hoagie pop-up, but since moving his operation into a permanent home inside Out of the Barrel Taproom in August 2024, he’s proven that his culinary prowess goes far beyond sandwiches. Although the hoagies on housemade sesame-seeded rolls are still a menu […]

Luciano’s Pizza and Wings

Kris Ferreri grew up in Buffalo and came to Denver with a plan to introduce the Rocky Mountain West to the true, two-note cuisine of his hometown: the Buffalo chicken wing and thick-and-sweet, Buffalo-style pizza. While the menu also includes sandwiches, salads and boasts several derivations of the pizza-and-wings combo (including BBQ and jerk wings, […]

Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House

Like skinny jeans and narrow ties, food is trendy. What was fashionable last year — burgers, say, or tacos — might be as out tomorrow as the boot cut. What’s a chef to do? If you’re Joe Troupe, executive chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Taphouse, which opened under his direction in Louisville in 2010 […]

Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House

Like skinny jeans and narrow ties, food is trendy. What was fashionable last year — burgers, say, or tacos — might be as out tomorrow as the boot cut. What’s a chef to do? If you’re Joe Troupe, executive chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Taphouse, which opened under his direction in Louisville in 2010 […]

M.C.’s Brooklyn Pizzeria

This place hits all the requisite marks, setting itself up as one of those straight-outta-the-boroughs New York pizza joints the minute you walk through the door. And even before that, the minute you hear the name: M.C.’s Brooklyn Pizzeria. But the food lives up to that name: a solid and serious board of New York […]

Marco’s Coal Fired

While many local pizza pros credit Cart-Driver for being a catalyst for upping the quality of Denver’s pizza scene, Marco’s Coal Fired has been churning out Neapolitan-style pies on Larimer Street since 2008. After a brief attempt to rebrand to avoid confusion with a chain by a similar name, Marco’s returned to its original moniker […]

Marco’s Coal Fired

While many local pizza pros credit Cart-Driver for being a catalyst for upping the quality of Denver’s pizza scene, Marco’s Coal Fired has been churning out Neapolitan-style pies on Larimer Street since 2008. After a brief attempt to rebrand to avoid confusion with a chain by a similar name, Marco’s returned to its original moniker […]

Mellow Mushroom Downtown Denver

The Atlanta-based pizza chain trumped more than hundred locations nationwide, including one in Tabor Center and another in the Streets at SouthGlenn. The pizza here is Southern-style and stone-baked; the restaurant offers late-night dining, nightly live entertainment and a temperature-controlled covered patio.

Mellow Mushroom Streets at Southglenn

The Atlanta-based pizza chain trumped more than hundred locations nationwide, including one in Tabor Center and another in the Streets at SouthGlenn. The pizza here is Southern-style and stone-baked; the restaurant offers late-night dining, nightly live entertainment and a temperature-controlled covered patio.

New York Pizzeria

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 […]

Nicolo’s Chicago-Style Pizza

If you want a slice of Chicago-style deep-dish pizza but don’t feel like trekking all the way to the Windy City to get it, Nicolo’s Chicago-Style Pizza has six Colorado locations, including the Capitol Hill store, which boasts a full bar and fountain sodas. Nicolo’s offers customers a choice of thin-crust or its signature hand-rolled […]

Oblio’s Park Hill

Open since 1996, this neighborhood pizzeria in Park Hill has gone through a couple of changes in ownership. In 2014, it was purchased by one of its original founders, Dawn McKay, and her daughters, Morgan and Tegwin. Known for great kid programming, family-friendly atmosphere and pizza, it’s recently shifted its offerings to include housemade pasta […]

Odell Brewing Sloan’s Lake

Odell built its lake-side location in 2021 and along with plenty of room inside, it boasts a rooftop patio with ample space, quintessentially Denver views of the lake, and a delicious variety of beers that are brewed beneath your feet. It’s also the first Odell location to offer housemade dining options, including pizzas topped with […]

Old Chicago

In this day and age, Old Chicago locations are common enough across the country that many diners have forgotten this chain’s humble beginnings: It got its start not in Chicago — or anywhere else in Illinois, for that matter — but in Boulder, in 1976. Old Chicago is part of the Rock Bottom line of […]

The Oven Pizza E Vino

Mark Tarbell, owner of the Oven, is one of those great chefs who understands that he’s cooking dinner for friends every night. And when you’re cooking for friends, you want to take care of them. At the Oven, this translates to handmade pizza dough, organic ingredients and locally sourced stock, artisan sauces, housemade mozzarella that […]

Pantaleone’s New York Pizza

During its nearly three decades in business, Pantaleone’s has survived boom and bust cycles — but when the southeast Denver pizzeria failed to really bounce back from the last recession, owners Pete and Paulette Fafalios contacted Kitchen Nightmares — and in summer 2013, show host Gordon Ramsay came to town to turn the restaurant inside […]