Angelo's Taverna

620 E. 6th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203

Central Denver

303-744-3366

http://angelosdenver.com

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Price:$, $$
Serving: Lunch, Dinner, Late Night
Alcohol: Full bar
Features: Delivery, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout
Parking: Parking Lot Available, Street Parking
Reservations: Reservations Accepted

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Angelo's Taverna bills itself as Denver's original pizza and oyster bar — and given that it's been serving central Denver since the Nixon administration, it's safe to say that it's the longest-running restaurant of its ilk. While it was refurbished by new owners in 2013, Angelo's is still all dark woods and stained-glass windows, with the kind of labyrinthine floor plan that suggests the restaurant was built before breezy, cavernous dining rooms became the norm. Oysters still anchor the menu here, and Angelo's offers a rotating menu of mollusks that changes with what's fresh. We're half-shell people, but the restaurant makes a compelling argument for a char-grilled preparation: Your order of a half-dozen can be dressed up with garlic butter or bacon and Gorgonzola. Belly up to the bar during happy hour for $1 East Coast or West Coast oysters, or have them grilled for a dollar more.

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