Pandemic Donuts

Maybe naming your doughnut business after a worldwide airborne disease is a little irreverent, but Pandemic Donuts was born of the difficult times created by COVID-19 and the ensuing restaurant restrictions. Gabrielle Henning and Michael Milton were laid off from their restaurant-industry jobs when the pandemic hit in March 2020, so they turned to doughnuts […]

Pantaleone’s New York Pizza

During its nearly three decades in business, Pantaleone’s has survived boom and bust cycles — but when the southeast Denver pizzeria failed to really bounce back from the last recession, owners Pete and Paulette Fafalios contacted Kitchen Nightmares — and in summer 2013, show host Gordon Ramsay came to town to turn the restaurant inside […]

Panzano

This is not your usual hotel restaurant. The culinary team at Panzano has as its motto “Chi mangia bene, viva bene” (Those who eat well, live well), and although we can’t guarantee how you’ll live, or even sleep, at the Hotel Monaco, you can certainly live it up in the elegant, yet comfortable dining room […]

Papa Frank’s

The Rizzi family runs Papa Frank’s, and they do a swell job. While the entire menu is a great deal, sample the heavy, flavorful red sauce Sunday and Tuesday nights at the all-you-can-eat-spaghetti special, which also includes homemade noodles, a salad and garlic bread. And the ever-changing roster of homemade pies is a delight — […]

Paradise Asian Cafe

Paradise Asian Cafe is an austere, simple place, tucked away in an Aurora strip mall that caters to a mixed bag of Asian families, American families, Asian-American families and anyone else who happens to stumble across this restaurant amid all the big-box hardware and grocery stores, insurance offices, beauty parlors and liquor stores way down […]

Paramount Theatre

Since being built by Temple Buell in 1930, the gorgeous art-deco Paramount Theatre has had a storied history. The theater originally showed silent films, and it has a one-of-a-kind Wurlitzer twin-console organ that was designed to produce a variety of sound effects to accompany the films. And while the Paramount had a long run as […]

Parisi

Parisi has gone through many iterations in its 26 years, but one constant has been owner Christine Parisi’s passion for sharing Italian fare. The business originally opened in 1998 as a market and deli before moving to Tennyson Street and leaning into serving prepared foods, including fresh pastas and panini. While its fine-dining downstairs sibling, […]

Park and Co.

The former Bump & Grind space has been beautifully rehabbed, with now-exposed brick mounted with long mirrors and ebony banquettes, a small lounge area with a drink rail, and an L-shaped bar featuring a community high-top table. A.J. Lafond, the former chef of North (and briefly, the Cherry Cricket), commands the kitchen, and although the […]

Park Burger

The first Park Burger opened in an underserved neighborhood in the middle of one of America’s worst recessions, with a simple menu that didn’t exactly undercut fast-food prices but appealed to families looking for a night out that wouldn’t break the bank. It was an instant success, and today is still packed to the rafters […]

Park Burger

The homegrown Park Burger is growing into a mini-chain; it’s turning into the grill next door. The original was opened in Platt Park by Frank Bonanno’s one-time right-hand guy, Jean-Philippe Failyau, who stuck with a simple formula that proved so winning, he’s opened several more locations in neighborhoods around town. Park Burger doesn’t keep a […]

Park Burger

The homegrown Park Burger is growing into a mini-chain; it’s turning into the grill next door. The original was opened in Platt Park by Frank Bonanno’s one-time right-hand guy, Jean-Philippe Failyau, who stuck with a simple formula that proved so winning, he’s opened several more locations in neighborhoods around town. Park Burger doesn’t keep a […]

Park Center Lounge

Park Center Lounge in Westminster — which touts itself as “the Cheers of North Denver” — is definitely a step back to a time when lounges were carpeted, wood-paneled and not dominated by plasma screens. There are TVs, yes, but the focus here is on the simple cocktails, big menu and well-worn dance floor. A […]