A hip crowd packs the tables in the small dining rooms and, in good weather, fills the patio that faces Sixth Avenue. Pop music blasts from the speakers, and cocktail waitresses too young to be jaded sling cocktails – and lots of them. Welcome to Lime XS, where Americanized Mexican plates rule the menu and […]
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Jeff Osaka’s twelve derives its name from its focus on monthly menus that highlight seasonality as far more fluid than just spring, summer, fall and winter. Seasonality wasn’t all that hot when Osaka opened twelve in late 2008; neither was the Ballpark neighborhood, where he turned an old storefront into a spare, elegant dining room […]
Mici Handcrafted Italian is located in a sunny spot on Colorado Boulevard. It’s a quick-service eatery, especially popular during the lunch hour, when shoppers and professionals with offices in the area stop by for carry-out or to enjoy one of the weekday specials. The menu features such classic Italian dishes as pizza on housemade crusts, […]
International chef/entrepreneur Richard Sandoval’s first restaurant in Denver was the “modern Mexican” Tamayo, but he didn’t stop with that flagship spot in Larimer Square. He opened the very urban Zengo, then Al Lado, in the heart of the Platte Valley. But for more far-flung, suburban locations – in Park Meadows and Northfield/Stapleton – he had […]
A pair of high-heeled legs dangles above the door of this eclectic breakfast-and-lunch cafe near Confluence Park, named for the Mona Lisa mural of a long-gone gallery that once occupied the space. Inside, well-worn floors hold well-worn tables and booths, inhabited by a mix of neighbors, families and hipsters, who all come in for lazy […]
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Omni Interlocken Resort sits right off the highway between Denver and Boulder. But once you’ve parked your car and entered into this stunning complex, you feel like you could be a world away – especially when you’re dining at the Meritage, a casually elegant restaurant with a stunning setting. The menu features a wide range […]
Like T-shirt shops on the boardwalk, every tourist town has to have a Raven Hill: a simple, friendly, non-threatening family restaurant where everyone from Grandpa to Junior to your weird foreign-exchange student can find something to eat. It’s just a single dining room with a bar to one side, but owner/operators Ken Gustafson and Gwen […]
Bluepoint Bakery, founded in 1987 by chefs Fred Bramhall and Mary Clark, was once one of the town’s top retail bakeries, with a storefront that exuded good smells up and down Sixth Avenue. Today, Bluepoint continues to bake from its wholesale spot in north Denver, delivering breads, rolls, muffins, Danish, pies, cakes and tortes to […]
Matt Jansen, owner of Mateo, opened Radda in the midst of north Boulder’s low-rise sprawl, and it’s a welcome addition. This is an Italian restaurant, a small-plates restaurant, a comfortable and casual restaurant where the food serves as hearty sustenance, stimulus for conversation and an excuse to gather together with friends. Everything here, from the […]
This is the kind of neighborhood joint that everyone ought to have in his neighborhood, a place that’s both casually friendly and aggressively social, that serves both PBR on tap and super-call whiskey, and that offers the menus of both a champion barbecue restaurant and a decent locals-only steakhouse. Carolina pork shoulder, closed-pit Texas brisket, […]
This vibrantly decorated, fern-draped eatery boasts the town’s top baba ghanouj, as well as killer kabobs and heavenly hummus.
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A bit of New Mexico in Colorado, Little Anita’s is run by an Albuquerque family with a 30-year history in the restaurant business. The red and green chiles are multi-layered and flavorful, and the food features plenty of Southwestern touches, such as blue corn in the enchiladas and a roster of stuffed sopaipillas. The carne […]
Locally owned and operated, Bruno’s Italian offers diners a cozy bistro experience. Open for lunch and dinner, this comfortable Italian restaurant features hot soups, cool salads, handmade thin-crust pizzas and imported pastas, as well as delicious chicken, veal, steak and seafood entrees and a signature slow-simmered osso buco. Pair your meal with a selection from […]
Based in Austin, Fire Bowl Cafe hasn’t expanded its reach too far beyond Texas – but Colorado has a single location, in Centennial, that fills up quickly with cubicle warriors during weekday lunches. And it’s easy to see why: The primary feature at Fire Bowl is a build-your-own-stir-fry concept, which lets you pick your protein, […]
In LoDo, where 8 Rivers moved in October 2008, chef/owner Scott Durrah has a decent-sized space — not huge, but maybe three times larger than his old spot in Highland. He has a bar set with bottles of Mount Gay and Appleton Estate rum, and decorated with album covers from reggae and dub bands. He […]
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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At this funky restaurant, the solid Asian fare — always fresh and well cooked — boasts some fun touches, including rice molded into the shape of a fish. With few exceptions, meals are priced for families and frequent dining.
It’s not easy being green. When Manuel Silva was forced to close down his original Casa de Manuel at 20th and Larimer streets — an address he’d occupied for forty years — the town worried that we’d never see his green chile again. But then he found another spot eleven blocks to the north, in […]
Owner Jose Acevedo watches the front of the house, standing post behind the short bar, overseeing service and talking soccer and food with his regulars. In the back, chef Ulises Santiago and his crew cook up seasonal menus from Latin America, changing the globe-trotting lineup several times a year. This casual, comfortable place has been […]