Steuben’s Food Truck

Steuben’s was the first restaurant in town to jump on the mobile-food bandwagon, retrofitting an old lunch truck and sending it out onto the streets of Denver in the summer of 2010. The kitchen is tiny, but the flavors coming out of it are big. The crew serves up many of the specialties that are […]

Strange Craft Beer Company

Strange Craft Beer Company opened in 2010 as the first beer-only taproom in Denver; it both pioneered and has withstood the taproom explosion that’s taken over the city since then. But the times, they are a-changin’, and so in December 2017, owner Tim Myers renovated the taproom and opened the doors to allow buddy Scott […]

Strings

Noel Cunningham, who founded Strings in 1986, passed away on December 1, 2011. He was more than a cook; he was Denver’s culinary conscience. For well over two decades, he made very good food at Strings, his new-American restaurant and a true community institution. But he also funneled much of his energy into good works […]

Su Teatro at the Denver Civic Theatre

Su Teatro got its start forty years ago as a student operation at the University of Colorado Denver. After that, it moved to numerous facilities around Denver, before finally settling in the Denver Civic Theatre, at the heart of the Arts District on Santa Fe. This is an ideal base for the company, since it’s […]

Sweet Action Ice Cream

Who’d have thought that the hottest spot on SoBo would serve ice cream? When Sweet Action opened in 2009, it served up homemade ice cream using milk and cream from local dairies and spices from Savory Spice Shop to create dozens of truly cool new flavors – including the incredible Stranahan’s Whiskey Brickle. In the […]

Sweet Cooie’s Ice Cream and Confectionary

This sweet shop in Congress Park neighborhood is the sibling of Little Man Ice Cream. It offers scoops you won’t find at Little Man; housemade chocolate truffles; and ice cream sandwiches built on doughnuts, eclairs or Stewart’s shortbread (a Colorado original). Get a little sweeter yourself with floats, shakes, malts, banana splits and other old-fashioned […]

Swift’s Breakfast House

Both Swift’s Breakfast House and Swift’s Kitchen are the sort of no-nonsense, street-side diners that seem to invite you in to have a seat and eat heartily – and it also serves Pete’s Coney Island red chili (named after a classic downtown restaurant that was demolished in 1990). If you were a fan of the […]

Table 6

There have been many changes at Table 6 since the cozy eatery opened in 2004, and the latest came in 2023, when owner Aaron Forman passed away. The neighborhood favorite is now in the very capable hands of general manager Amanda Davis and chef Aniedra Nichols, who became its owners in June of that year. […]

Tacos Los Compas

A former Chubby’s spinoff reopened in 2017 as Tacos Los Compas, this spot offers an assortment of burritos, tacos, enchiladas, tortas and – most important – carne asada fries, a late-night must for after-hours diners. The hefty order of loaded fries will test the limits of a plastic takeout bag, so carry that precious cargo […]

Taita Peruvian Cuisine & Bar

There’s more to Peruvian cuisine than ceviche and lomo saltado, and that’s why Taita was such a welcome addition to the Denver dining scene when it opened just off Colfax in 2012. While this contemporary Peruvian restaurant does serve all the fare commonly associated with that country, it also offers plenty of other dishes that […]