Aurora in Denver
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Dân Dã has deep roots in Denver’s Vietnamese restaurant scene: Chef-owner An Nguyen is the sister of Thoa Nguyen, who owns next-door sandwich shop and bakery Banh & Butter; their parents were the original owners of the late, lamented New Saigon restaurant. Now An, who shuttered her last restaurant, Savory Vietnam, in late 2023, is […]
Chef and restaurant owner Caroline Glover opened her second concept in December 2023, just steps from her first restaurant, Annette. This cozy upstairs lounge that’s hidden from the crowds at Stanley Marketplace is one of the best places to catch a sunset. The menu is concise – just a handful of thoughtful items with a […]
The Aurora outpost of CD’s has room for a lot of wing fans – which is a good thing, since it tends to draw a big crowd regularly. And for good reason: Its deep-fried wings are available tossed in over twenty sauce options that range from totally mild choices like lemon pepper and teriyaki to […]
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Prolific local restaurateur J.W. Lee brought the metro area another hit when he introduced Tofu Story next door to one of his longtime establishments, Seoul Korean BBQ & Hot Pot. After debuting the concept in New York (that outpost is run by Lee’s aunt), he replicated its success in a strip-mall spot that’s been buzzing […]
Pastry chef Thoa Nguyen dreamed of running her own Parisian-style Asian-fusion bakery for years. One of the daughters of the former owners of New Saigon, she grew up in the restaurant business. Now she’s running the show at this spot, which excels not only in sweets such as crepe cakes and croissants, but savory options […]
This hopping spot filled with people speaking both Korean and English is just plain fun. While it’s often filled with families digging into meals during the early evening hours, as the night grows later they’re supplanted by groups of all ages focused on knocking back tiny glasses of soju and enjoying everything from steamed sea […]
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Founded in Indiana by a father-and-son team, Parlor Doughnuts made its way to Denver (and eventually Aurora) when a family friend of the original owners who lived in Colorado took an opportunity to ditch his sales career and opened locations here. Parlor’s signature layered doughnuts are plump, tall, fully draped in icing and made with […]
The Porklet, with its adorable porcupine logo, is so named because pork cutlets are the specialty, jacketed in an almost painfully crunchy breadcrumb shell and dripping juice with each bite. But you’ll also find two kinds of fried chicken on the menu at this little joint, which is small on space but big on flavor. […]
Tiny Seoul ManDoo opened in the summer of 2020 with only two menu items: fried or steamed mandu dumplings (similar to Japanese gyoza or Chinese potstickers) and bigger wang mandu (called giant dumplings) that immediately impress with their immense size (bigger than the palm of your hand) and snow-white steamed wrapper. All of the dumplings […]
The name of this transplant from California, where parent restaurant Luscious Dumplings has been steaming, boiling and frying good things for twenty years, tells you nearly everything you need to know. But beyond the pot stickers, soup dumplings and chive pockets, Mason’s Dumpling Shop has a tempting roster of other handmade eats, such as pork-belly […]
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