Ondo’s Spanish Tapas Bar

After a five-year stint cooking in San Sebastian and Barcelona, Curt and Deicy Steinbecker moved back to Denver and decided to start a restaurant. They picked up the subterranean space in Cherry Creek North that had been French 250, gave the perpetually dark spot a shot of warmth with golds and reds, and opened Ondo’s […]

Onefold

If you’re over Benedicts and scrambles, Onefold is ready to make eggs interesting again. The original Uptown location opened in 2015 and quickly gained a following for such dishes as bacon fried rice (or a Chinese sausage version) topped with a duck fat-fried egg, and congee (a savory rice porridge) with rich duck confit and […]

Onefold

If you’re over Benedicts and scrambles, Onefold is ready to make eggs interesting again. The original Uptown location opened in 2015 and quickly gained a following for such dishes as bacon fried rice (or a Chinese sausage version) topped with a duck fat-fried egg, and congee (a savory rice porridge) with rich duck confit and […]

Opal Restaurant & Lounge

In the afternoons, you might have Opal all to yourself — which means all the more offerings for you. The laundry list of specials includes two-for-one deals on nigiri and hand rolls, two-for-one hot sake, four-dollar martinis, three-dollar champagne, big Kirins for just $2.50 — and the incongruous dollar Coronas. Don’t ask why, just enjoy. […]

Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox

Justin Cucci has already experienced wild success with Linger and Root Down, and Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, which opened in April 2015 in the Ballpark neighborhood, is even more ambitious. Cucci calls the space a “gastro-brothel,” since it occupies the ground floor and basement of the Airedale building, which has been a bordello, flophouse and peep-show […]

Opus

Pricey? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely. Chef Michael Long and company have taken fine dining up a notch in Littleton with their ever-changing menu and artistic presentations. And while the space itself seems strangely stilted and overly pretentious, you can easily forget all that when the food starts arriving. Brilliantly conceptualized dishes share the menu with […]

Opus Fine Dining

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 […]

Orange Crunch

A Filipino/American (among other influences) food cart, The Orange Crunch provides something that’s lacking in Denver restaurants-true Filipino street food. Inspired by co-owner Leshner del Rosario’s hometown of Batac, Philippines, the cart gets its name from its signature empanadas – bright orange dough surrounding egg, mung bean, green papaya and your choice of meats from […]

Original Chubby’s Mexican Food

Julian Cordova is the grandson of Stella Cordova, who bought what had been the Chubby Burger Drive Inn in 1969, added her Mexican specials to the menu and turned the place into Chubby’s, a national legend. Several of Stella’s grandchildren have gone into the family business, including Julian. In 1987, he opened the first Original […]

The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House isn’t your average chain restaurant: It’s been family-owned (with that family now into its third generation) since 1953. In that time, it’s won a James Beard award for outstanding regional restaurant, and racked up minor kudos and baubles everywhere it goes. Every kitchen makes its own batters and its own sauces, […]

The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House isn’t your average chain restaurant: It’s been family-owned (with that family now into its third generation) since 1953. In that time, it’s won a James Beard award for outstanding regional restaurant, and racked up minor kudos and baubles everywhere it goes. Every kitchen makes its own batters and its own sauces, […]

Origins Sports Bar & Grill

What was formerly the Sportsbook Bar & Grill and is now Origins Sports Bar & Grill in Wash Park feels like a hidden oasis, with a door opening to the alleyway and a descent down a flight of stairs. It’s always a great bar for watching any game, thanks to some of the best food […]

Osaka Ramen

Chef/restaurateur Jeff Osaka closed his labor of love, 12@Madison, in 2020, but his deft culinary touches can still be experienced through Osaka Ramen’s tight menu of Japanese small plates, bento boxes and, of course, steamy noodle bowls. Flavorful broths made from pork and chicken – or Thai-style green curry for a meatless option – bob […]

Oshima Ramen Of America

We’re very lucky. As a matter of fact, we’re the luckiest people in the whole USA, because this small, unprepossessing spot squashed into Tiffany Plaza is the only Oshima Ramen in America. Brought from Tokyo to the Rocky Mountain West by local noodle magnate Todd Imamura, this marks the beginning (and the end) of the […]

Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

The long, angled bar – fashioned from ruddy Colorado sandstone – makes the trip to Oskar Blues worthwhile. The mellow Lyons spot also serves the first-ever canned Colorado microbrew, Dale’s Pale Ale (6.5 percent!), and features a dark, cavernous corner stage that hosts some fine blues music Friday and Saturday nights.

Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids

The Oskar Blues Brewery makes some of the best beers in the state, selling six of them in cans and another handful on tap. But this Longmont-based brewer doesn’t keep all the glory for itself. At Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids & Solids, the company’s second restaurant in Boulder County, you’ll find thirty or so […]

Osteria Alberico

Osteria Alberico, which is owned by Frasca Hospitality Group, opened in an unlikely location in July 2024: the King Soopers shopping center at South University Boulevard and East Hampden Avenue in Englewood. It’s more casual than Boulder’s Frasca or Denver’s Tavernetta, but more upscale than Pizzeria Alberico in Boulder. Here, diners will find pizza served […]