Four Friends Kitchen

Four Friends Kitchen, a family-friendly breakfast-and-lunch spot that opened in early 2015 in what is now Central Park (formerly Stapleton), isn’t a place to see and be seen. It isn’t around the corner from the art museum or Union Station or anyplace you’re going to spend the rest of your day, unless you’re headed to […]

Four Seasons Hotel Denver

This towering downtown hotel boasts 239 rooms and suites, excellent views, fitness facilities, a pool and 24-hour access to its business center. Four Seasons is also home to Edge Restaurant & Bar, a sleek restaurant with a game-focused menu — filled out with steak, lamb and bison, with sides and sauces to match — and […]

Fourleaf Chopped Salads

Those in the know in the Denver Tech Center area have one destination in mind when they’re looking for a quick salad made with quality ingredients. That’s why there’s always a line at Fourleaf Chopped Salads, which is tucked away in a strip mall off an I-25 frontage road in a below-street-level storefront that you’d […]

Fractured Prune Doughnuts

The doughnut shop out of Maryland with the memorable – some would say cringe-worthy – name reappeared in Greenwood Village in early 2018 after a ten-month absence from the Centennial State, returning fried-to-order breakfast cakes to their rightful place. Not that there aren’t other options: The newly pared-down menu includes fifteen creations, and customers can […]

Frasca Food and Wine

Twenty years ago, master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson created a restaurant that elevated the dining scene not only in Boulder, but across the state. Frasca is a truly special place that’s earned many accolades over the years, including its first Michelin star in 2023. During its run, dozens of notable names in […]

Freedom Street Social

With no other food and drink options in the immediate vicinity of Freedom Street Social save for a Wendy’s and a Starbucks, this collection of eight dining options is poised to be a huge draw for those who live in the neighborhood. The food style is more functional than hip, but there’s still enough character […]

French 75

Restaurateur Frank Bonanno revamped French 75 in November 2021, turning what had originally opened as a rigidly French brasserie into a fun, un-stuffy joint with an inviting happy hour menu that marries Gallic bites like mussels and fries with Asian-influenced fare such as steamed pork dumplings. The dinner menu also incorporates entrees from sister eateries; […]

Freshii Fast Casual

This storefront on the 16th Street Mall makes no bones about its mission: Freshii is a lunch spot for the working crowd who want their food fast, casual — and fresh. Wraps, salads, rice bowls, soup, yogurt — you’ll find all of them here. (Freshii also offers breakfast in the morning with choices like eggs […]

Fritz Family Brewers

Warm season is Kölsch season. No, not the spiced and/or fruited ales that too often unnecessarily use the name, but the delicate, clean, crisp, slightly hoppy pale beers served in 200-milliliter (6.7-ounce) cylindrical glasses called stanges. In Cologne, servers (or köbes) will pour an endless stream of these fresh beers, one after another, while marking […]

Fruition

It’s been seventeen years since James Beard Award-winning chef/restaurateur Alex Seidel opened Fruition, and if you think this spot is only for fancy nights out, it’s time to visit again. Despite its reputation as a celebration spot, Fruition has always aimed to be more of a neighborhood bistro. Its current chef, Jarred Russell, came from […]

Full Afterburner Calzones

While basic pizza dough is made with flour, water, yeast, salt and olive oil, the dough at Full Afterburner Calzones is made with five additional (top-secret) ingredients. The result is a super-thin, slightly crisp exterior that eats more like a sandwich and is ideal for grabbing on the run or downing late-night after drinks at […]

Funny Plus

This spot is one of the best beer halls – Korean or otherwise – in town. You won’t find the words “Funny Plus” in English anywhere on the exterior of the restaurant, though the word “Hof” – a standard word used in Korea to designate drinking establishments – glows prominently on the eatery’s sign, and […]

Gaby’s German Eatery

Step inside the dining room of this tiny, quaint Lakewood eatery and you’ll feel as if you’re in small-town Germany, where family cooks turn out humble, hearty plates sided with a little conversation. Gaby Berben has been peddling her homestyle cooking for years at Denver festivals and special events, and in 2018 she settled into […]

Gaetano’s

Most of the red-sauce joints that once proliferated in northwest Denver have dried up, but Gaetano’s is now more than seventy years old. Of course, it’s gone through some changes over the decades after being founded by the Smaldone mob family, who installed bulletproof glass in the front door and ran illegal poker games in […]

Gaia Masala & Burger

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: […]

Gaia Masala & Burger

This is the second Denver outpost of Gaia Masala & Burger, a fast-casual restaurant offering 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 : neon-orange tikka masala cheesesteaks (made with beef at the […]

Gala Gardens

Commerce City is hardly a restaurant utopia, and Gala Gardens isn’t exactly the first joint that floats into your head when you’re lusting after a brick of beef. But it should be, because the steaks — of which there are several, including a hefty 25-ounce porterhouse, a 22-ounce T-bone, a couple of New York strips […]

Gallo Supper Club and Bakery

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, […]