Rolls by Chubby Cattle

Where a pizzeria once held down the corner of Broadway and Ellsworth Avenue, one of Denver’s most unusual restaurants has taken over. Chubby Cattle combines traditional Japanese and Chinese fare with high-tech gadgetry to deliver a unique experience in a gorgeous setting. The restaurant added sushi and ramen at the beginning of 2019 and changed […]

Rome’s Saloon

Known for its gorgeous, scantily clad staff and sports-bar-like atmosphere, Rome’s Saloon is very much a gentlemen’s club, sans the poles. Family owned and operated for over thirty years, the southwest Denver hangout begins serving booze and food at 7 a.m. every day, with an extensive menu offering the usual fried goods, as well as […]

Roosevelt

Greg Gallagher knows bars — he owns Gaslamp and the Front Porch — and he knows the part of town (the edge of LoDo) where both of those bars are located. So he knew what he wanted, and what would work, when he decided to open Roosevelt right next to the Front Porch ? in […]

Rooster & Moon Coffee Pub

It was a beautiful day in the Golden Triangle neighborhood when Rooster & Moon moved in. This is a coffeehouse that takes care with its beverages, creating lovely designs in the foam as the barista pours milk into the espresso. But coffee isn’t the only drink here; Rooster & Moon also has a full bar. […]

Root Down

DIY decor with industrial elements and roll-up garage windows have become the norm in Denver restaurants, but it was awe-inspiring and new, as was the menu, when chef/restaurateur Justin Cucci opened Root Down in an old garage in 2009. Bold mashups of international influences, along with a commitment to pleasing vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free customers, […]

Root Down at DIA

Over the past few years, Denver International Airport has worked hard to make sure that travelers can get a true taste of the city. And their efforts paid off in 2013 when several excellent hometown restaurants opened at DIA. The best of them? Root Down, which not only offers many of the “field-to-fork” menu items […]

Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar

David Schneider opened Row 14 in the Spire, a hip condominium high-rise, in March 2011, creating a New American concept well-suited to the upscale theater-district neighborhood. The deep, high-ceilinged dining room isn’t ostentatious, but it’s richly appointed and luxurious, with dark-wood tables, a massive bar beneath dark-gray walls, and gold curtains that divide more intimate […]

Roxy on Broadway

The music never really stopped when Syntax Physic Opera transitioned to the Roxy on Broadway under new ownership in the summer of 2019. Owner Paula Vrakas brightened up the space and added a slate of reasonably priced, retro-inspired classic cocktails to accompany variety shows, comedy, open-mic nights and plenty of live music. Go early if […]

Roxy Theatre

Since it first opened as a movie house eight decades ago, the Roxy Theatre in Five Points has gone through many incarnations; the 4,800-square-foot space was a dance club before becoming a live-music venue in 2011 and getting a remodel, a new sound system and a new lighting rig. While the 500-person Roxy brings in […]

R&R Lounge

This location has been a bar since the 1950s, when it was known as the Coral Lounge and was considered a “mixed” bar, which is basically what people called an incognito gay bar back then. In the ’70s, the bar was renamed the R&R Lounge, which stood for Rick and Roger, the owners at the […]

RT Cafe

RT Cafe is a modest breakfast-and-lunch place with plenty of Dazbog coffee and a Baltic bent to its fare. Eastern European dishes, including borscht, latkes, stroganoff and pierogi, highlight the lunch menu. Sandwiches are of the croissant variety, in cold, hot and sweet versions. There’s also a pastry case with cake by the slice, macarons, […]