The Madden Museum of Art

The Madden Museum of Art may be located in a Denver Tech Center office building, but its exhibits can be over-the-top eclectic. The collection includes works by the likes of Thomas Hart Benton, Robert Rauschenberg, Thomas Moran and Jackson Pollack; there are also special, themed exhibits.

Modmarket

The first Modmarket opened in 2009 in Boulder; the town seemed ideally suited to the eatery’s seasonal ingredients and farm-to-table philosophy set off by a sleek, fast-casual setting. Now those behind the Modmarket concept are setting their sights on anywhere in the nation that people crave quick, fresh food. Salads, pizzas, sandwiches, platters and even […]

The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House isn’t your average chain restaurant: It’s been family-owned (with that family now into its third generation) since 1953. In that time, it’s won a James Beard award for outstanding regional restaurant, and racked up minor kudos and baubles everywhere it goes. Every kitchen makes its own batters and its own sauces, […]

The Palate Food + Wine Bar

The interplay between food and wine is a passion for Vivek and Sanju Beri, owners of the Palate Food + Wine Bar in Greenwood Village. “Wine pairings can be such magical experiences,” says Sanju, a certified sommelier who honed her hospitality skills as general manager at fine-dining restaurants in Longmont and Lake Tahoe. “If you […]

Pho Lee

Pho Lee opened in Greenwood Village in 2012 and brought authentic Vietnamese cuisine to the Denver suburb. The restaurant space may be small, but the food is always fresh and the staff friendly and helpful. The founder had worked at the original Pho 95 with his brother before deciding to open his own restaurant; the […]

Sazza

It’s a well-established fact (among a certain subset of pizza lovers, that is) that the best pizza in the world is New York-style thin crust, dripping with orange grease, topped with nothing but double cheese and pepperoni. But if you’re one of those people who simply must have pineapple or Peruvian mountain potatoes on your […]

Shanghai Kitchen

This southeast suburban eatery’s exterior is strip-mall boring, but it belies a recently remodeled dining room that evokes 1920s Shanghai with its dark wood and brickwork. The menu covers a range of American Chinese favorites, but there’s also a Chinese menu (with English translations) that features other dishes less familiar to typical takeout customers. Traditional […]

Slattery’s Irish Pub

After opening the Irish Snug on East Colfax and McLoughlin’s near LoDo, the McLoughlin brothers opened Slattery’s in the Landmark development in Greenwood Village. The guys clearly know a thing or two about running an Irish pub, and Slattery’s was designed as a public house that one might find on the streets of Dublin’s City […]

Spice Trade Brewery & Kitchen

Spice Trade Brewery has unusual roots: It was born inside Arvada’s Yak & Yeti Restaurant, brewing beers made with herbs and spices to complement the Indian and Nepalese food. So it made sense that when the brewery opened its own distinct location in May 2020, it would push these flavors even further. The new Spice […]

Sushi Katsu

The sushi here is excellent, the service friendly and inviting. And the restaurant is justly famed for its all-you-can-eat lunch and dinner, a screaming deal served every day. But the best thing about Sushi Katsu is that it has the feel of a place where it’s easy to become a regular – a sushi bar […]

Tavern Tech Center

Like the other Taverns, the Tavern Tech Center draws a sizable nightly crowd from the surrounding neighborhoods. Those twenty- and thirty-something professionals pack into the dark bar and expansive back patio for drink specials, televised sporting events and socializing. While many come just for the beers and the party, this Tavern also does a substantial […]

Tokyo Joe’s

Tokyo Joe’s is all about fast-food Japanese done well. The food really does arrive fast, and the rice bowls are cheap, nutritious and delicious. (Best-bowl honors go to the mahi-mahi bowl, served with lemongrass and macadamia nuts.) Check out the sushi, too: It’s starter sushi consisting almost entirely of rolls, but in a welcome twist, […]

Torchy’s Tacos

This Texas import continued its crusade into Colorado throughout 2016, and opinions about it grew as quickly as the lines out the door. It’s a big, loud, flamboyant and insanely popular spot, so people love it or hate it with an intensity that matches its dazzling sign, which lights up the night like a marquee. […]

The Wooden Table

The view through the Wooden Table’s windows might not be much, but Brett Shaheen’s food is a stunning sight. Shaheen, who’d worked in the kitchen at Osteria Marco, opened the Wooden Table in September 2011 with business partner Jane Duncan Knauf; the two had met years earlier at a LoDo restaurant. But instead of inking […]

Yanni’s Greek Restaurant

When the wind is right, when owner Yanni Stavropoulos has the outdoor rotisserie grill fired up, the odor of roasting meat and garlic and wine will draw you from a mile away. Outside Yanni’s, you’ll see Stavropoulos standing over that grill like a minor laughing spirit from an expurgated chapter of the Iliad – the […]