Khazana

The best time to visit Khazana is not for lunch, when the buffet at this off-the-eaten-path Lone Tree Indian restaurant looks all too familiar. But if you come for dinner, you’ll find delicate, bronze-tinged dosas paved with a beguiling mix of curried potatoes and onions; Indo-Chinese dishes like cauliflower slicked with infernal chiles; intensely spiced […]

Lotus Vegetarian

Thuy Pham, who opened Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant with her husband in late 2013 in the former home of the award-winning Vietnam Grill, has a story about how she became a cook. She remembers cooking at her mother’s side in Vietnam, but it wasn’t until she moved to California fifteen years ago and began spending time […]

Yaffa’s Savory

Many people dream about doing something different with their lives. Yaffa Hanouna, chef-owner of Yaffa’s Savory, actually did it. After fifteen years as the director of two preschools in Aurora, in early 2013 she opened Yaffa’s Savory, a Mediterranean cafe and market at 2200 South Monaco Parkway. The jump was not as sudden as it […]

Tortisimas

Tortas aren’t as common in Denver as burritos, tacos and enchiladas, the dominant symbols of this city’s defiant obsession with Mexican food. But the mighty torta, Mexico’s sandwich star, is the focus of Tortisimas, which opened on Federal Boulevard in 2013. The bread — called birote — is procured from a local bakery and serves […]

Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill

Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill joined LoDo’s lineup of restaurants in spring 2013. The 1500 block of Blake Street may have more restaurants per square foot than any other stretch in the city, and many restaurants have come and gone: Indian restaurants, Mexican restaurants, hot dog restaurants, Moroccan restaurants, Caribbean restaurants, sushi restaurants. But chef/owner […]

Las Saltenas

You may not even know that Denver has a Bolivian restaurant, much less what kind of food you’ll find at Las Salte