Maria Empanada

What started as a cottage-industry bakery working out of a tiny Lakewood storefront in 2011 has evolved into an empanada mini-empire, thanks to the recipes and dedication of founder Lorena Cantarovici. In 2014, the chef moved her Argentinian cafe to a corner on South Broadway, expanding her offerings and adding a liquor license to serve […]

Maria Empanada

What started out as little more than a cottage-industry bakery working out of a tiny Lakewood storefront in 2011 has evolved into an empanada mini-empire, thanks to the recipes and dedication of founder Lorena Cantarovici. In 2014, the chef moved her Argentinean cafe to a sunny corner on South Broadway, expanding her offerings and adding […]

Maria Empanada

What started out as little more than a cottage-industry bakery working out of a tiny Lakewood storefront in 2011 has evolved into an empanada mini-empire, thanks to the recipes and dedication of founder Lorena Cantarovici. In 2014, the chef moved her Argentinean cafe to a sunny corner on South Broadway, expanding her offerings and adding […]

Marion Street Tavern

Capitol Hill is changing quickly – or maybe not in the case of Marion Street Tavern, which took four years to open after the 2012 closing of the late, lamented Gabor’s in the same location. But there’s no doubt that those changes, slow though they were, are dramatic. The owners of Edgewater’s Providence Tavern took […]

Mario’s Ocean Club

Owner Mario Vega took over the South Broadway space that was formerly the Chowder Room in 2018, and his namesake venture has proved a worthy successor. One of landlocked Denver’s few neighborhood seafood restaurants, Mario’s Ocean Club serves up fresh, well-prepared domestic catches at prices lower than you’ll find at larger, fancier seafood joints in […]

Mariscos El Picudo

This Mexican seafood joint isn’t much to look at – it’s in the former home of the notorious Hart’s Corner – but keep an eye out for the distinctive heart-shaped sign all the same, because you’re in for a treat once you get inside. The menu is solid and well-executed, but the real reason we […]

Masalaa

One of the few restaurants around offering both gluten-free cooking and Jain-friendly options, Masalaa raises vegetarian cuisine to such a level that even the most dedicated carnivore will never miss the meat. And you can return again and again without repeating the same meal twice, because the menu is huge, a mishmash of dozens of […]

Mason’s Dumpling Shop

The name of this transplant from California, where parent restaurant Luscious Dumplings has been steaming, boiling and frying good things for twenty years, tells you nearly everything you need to know. But beyond the pot stickers, soup dumplings and chive pockets, Mason’s Dumpling Shop has a tempting roster of other handmade eats, such as pork-belly […]

Masterpiece Kitchen

The team behind Masterpiece Deli and Culture Meat & Cheese opened Masterpiece Kitchen in the spring of 2016. Located on the quieter side of Lowry’s Hangar 2 development, the restaurant boasts big picture windows and a patio bounded by native grasses and a container garden. With couches around a fire pit, strings of white lights […]

Masterpiece Luncheonette

Masterpiece Luncheonette is the streamlined version of Masterpiece Deli, relaunching in spring 2017 with a menu of bowls and sandwiches designed for shorter ticket times for the business crowd.

Mataam Fez Moroccan Restaurant

Leave your shoes at the entryway but bring your sense of adventure to Mataam Fez, a traditional Moroccan-style restaurant that’s given East Colfax some exotic culinary flair for decades. Diners sit on pillows and use their fingers to eat their way through five extravagant courses, which can include everything from game hen and rabbit to […]

Mateo

Mateo’s regulars include men in suits and women in sparkling tops twisting stemware between manicured fingers, transplants from the coasts who have an appreciation for the Colorado lifestyle. This restaurant right on the bustling Pearl Street Mall in Boulder serves French bar fare that includes decadently creamy macaroni and cheese gratin, a croque-monsieur, and a […]

Matsuhisa

Chef Nobu Matsuhisa brought everything we expected when he opened a branch of his namesake restaurant in Cherry Creek in 2016. The building is opulent and stunning, the plates executed with an artist’s skill and mastery of color and form, and the flavor pure and focused. Yes, Matsuhisa is destination dining for the most special […]

Mayan Manjar Yucateco

While we were waiting for our food at Mayan Manjar Yucateco, we glanced at the single television screen in this tiny Lakewood spot. It was playing a Spanish version of Rocky: an underdog movie in an underdog restaurant. And like Rocky Balboa, Mayan Manjar Yucateco, which moved into the former home of Maria Empanada in […]

MCA Cafe

The MCA Cafe, the restaurant at the Museum of Contemporary Art, is one of the coolest nosh joints around, thanks to a great selection of coffee and booze, surprisingly good sandwiches, pizzas, and charcuterie boards and spectacular views from the rooftop location. The rub? You have to cough up the museum’s $12 admission charge to […]

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant

At McCormick’s — an outpost of the McCormick’s & Schmick’s chain in the elegant Oxford Hotel — you can easily forget that you’re more than a thousand miles from a coastline. The restaurant’s extensive menu features a ton of fresh fish, prepared plain or fancy, as well as steaks, salads and more land-locked entrees. And […]