Temporarily closed: Part market, part sandwich shop, Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli almost always has a line of people in front of the counter. In 1974, Rosa Lonardo and her husband, Nick, bought this place from Dominic Carbone, who taught the pair how to make sausages and meatballs the old-fashioned way before turning over the keys […]
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There are two Carnitas Estilo Michoacan locations in southwest Denver, and both of them offer the same lineup of condiments that won the restaurant Denver’s Best Salsa Bar in 2012. While the dining areas can be a little close and cluttered, we’ll camp out on a bar stool and wait for an order of chilaquiles […]
Chai & Chai opened in the fall of 2013 in an unlikely stretch of fast-food restaurants at the heart of the Anschutz Medical Campus. Owner Venu Alla, an Indian architect and tech consultant, was inspired to start a restaurant by Chez Panisse — but his place is very different from that legendary spot. Chai & […]
“Do you like whole fish?” “How about fatty pork?” These are the questions you’ll get when you start asking your server about the non-translated menu at Chef Liu’s; ultimately, it might just be easier to ask that server to put together a feast for you and not to skimp on the Szechuan specialties. Liu Zeng […]
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China Jade occupies a little space in a forgettable east Aurora strip mall, surrounded by French bakeries, barbecue restaurants, Eastern European groceries, nail salons and coffee shops. From the outside, it isn’t much to look at. Inside, it’s small, with ten tables, a register, a Buddha here, a good luck cat there, and one of […]
From his wholesale bakery building in north Denver, Michael Bortz supplies many of Denver’s best restaurants with bread and desserts. He gets up early and works long hours to keep rolling in the dough. But you don’t have to own an eatery to enjoy these treats: The public can pop in and make purchases, too. […]
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Country Time BBQ owners Lawrence and Jennifer Barkers, onetime partners in life but now divorced and just business partners, remain true to one style of barbecue: their own. And it’s so good that friends begged them for years to start a ‘cue restaurant. Finally, the two relented and opened up a BBQ joint in Sheridan. […]
Jessica Scott is the woman behind the magic at this downtown Denver dessert spot, and she’s crafted a melange of indulgences that we’re happy to nibble at teatime and after dinner. Smaller cookies and tarts fill out Crave’s daytime selection, while nights finish with molten chocolate cake, sticky toffee cake and a swoon-worthy peanut butter-chocolate […]
Cured, which won our Best New Cheese Shop award in 2012, offers a hand-picked selection of cheeses, cured meats, table wines, fresh made daily sandwiches and other unique and gourmet grocery items that food nerds can splurge on with impunity. Owners Will and Coral Frischkorn, a cyclist and yoga instructor, respectively, caught the foodie bug […]
The kitchen at DaLat Vietnamese Cuisine is run by Ha Tran, a mother of five who infuses a home-cooked feel in every dish listed on the behemoth menu — make that menus. This embarrassment of riches can make ordering a challenge, if only because there are so many dishes that beg for your attention. Still, […]
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Tony Terrones and his family have had a Mexican restaurant in Pueblo for years, and now they’ve brought the authentic taste of that city to Denver. Diego’s Mexican Food and Cantina is located in the lower level of a building right off the 16th Street Mall, but it does its best to create an island […]