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The Rustic Tavern is happy to be what it is: just a bar. Opened more than 53 years ago by JoAnn Turner and her husband, the simple neighborhood beer joint doubles as a comforting abode for regulars and strangers alike. The original Formica bar top has seen thousands of happy elbows, and the wooden booths […]
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Sabor Latino’s feel-good ambience makes this decades-old northwest Denver joint easy to love. The dining room is comfortably rustic, with an atmosphere that hangs somewhere in that inviting, tender middle ground between aging white-tablecloth class and neighborhood eclecticism. The menu is half-Mexican standards and half-greatest hits of Central and South American cuisines (some holdovers from […]
From her first store in Brighton to a Front Range flotilla of Mexican fast-food outlets, over the past 27 years, Santiago’s owner Carmen Morales has helped make breakfast burritos and green chile into Denver’s most iconic dishes. Cheap, hearty, fresh and filling are what Denverites crave in their Mexican eats, and Santiago’s fulfills all of […]
This Highland coffee shop opened in the summer of 2018 and has been serving the neighborhood coffee and tea (including seasonal “concept drinks” like sweet waffle-inspired lattes and chai apple cider) and pastries from Rebel Bread along with whole beans in a sleek, airy space since then.
Independently-owned children’s bookstore
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The shtick at Sexy Pizza is the re-creation of the archetypal New York thin: A solid version of the classic outer-boroughs red-and-white pie with a hand-tossed crust, a sweet handmade sauce and toppings laid on thick. But the kitchen also does calzones, stromboli, meatball sandwiches and — in a stroke of genius — the “Ball […]
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Sloan’s Lake Tap & Burger, which opened in the West Colfax neighborhood in summer 2016, is the sister restaurant to the ridiculously popular Highland version. This Tap is bigger in almost every respect. Higher ceilings, an enormous bar, more TVs, massive windows – even the menu has been beefed up with the addition of barbecue. […]
Bar manager Grant Williams bought the Coral Room from his boss in the winter of 2014, then closed it for a few weeks for a remodel and menu revamp. Only a few months after that did he decide to relaunch the restaurant, as Small Wonder Food and Wine, a neighborhood bistro specializing in organic, local […]
