McCormick’s Fish House & Bar

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 […]

Ocean Prime

Ocean Prime has sailed into the last major space in Larimer Square, and things are going swimmingly for this “modern supper club,” the latest from Cameron Mitchell, an Ohio restaurateur who launched the progenitor of Ocean Prime in Columbus in 2006. The concept may come from the Midwest, but it fits right into Denver, with […]

Pesce Fresco

This charming, Italian-themed wine bar has wonderful food to match its extensive, reasonably priced wine list. The emphasis is on quality ingredients and rich sauces that pay off big-time on the pasta and fish entr

Sonoda’s Sushi

Come for the Midwestern Benihana-style decor, stay for the sushi — because Sonoda’s prepares some of the finest, freshest fish in the city. At any of this local mini-chain’s four locations, you can be sure of getting the good stuff, assembled by a kitchen that’s spent years trying to get a virtually changeless menu exactly […]

Vietnam Bay

The pristine white facade and nautical blue logo of Vietnam Bay, an unassuming joint on South Federal, don’t begin to hint at the collision of cuisines within. Like its predecessor Red Claw, Vietnam Bay specializes in Cajun-tinged seafood platters, odd mash-ups of Louisiana flavors with Vietnamese ingredients, and straight-up drinking food accented with delta spirit […]

Water Grill

Water Grill, which opened a 200-seat eatery in Union Station neighborhood in February of 2022, definitely serves special-occasion fare, and it’s priced to match. But its commitment to sourcing (it’s owned by family-run distributor King’s Seafood Company) means you won’t be left high and dry by low-quality seafood. Many ingredients, such as spiny lobster and […]

Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks

Located on Denver’s bustling 16th Street Mall, Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks is a quiet, classy oasis with an upscale-steakhouse atmosphere. But its lively patio, at the corner of 16th and Lawrence, was just made for people-watching, so settle in and eat, drink and gawk to your heart’s content. Willie G’s is part of the […]