Lucile’s Creole Cafe

Open daily for breakfast and lunch only, this Louisiana-inspired favorite got its start in Boulder in 1980 and now has six locations in Colorado. Your experience here comes with a dash of Creole country kitsch, with knickknacks hanging from the walls and silverware wrapped in brightly colored fabric. Start with powdered sugar-covered beignets and your […]

Lucina

In 2022, Create Cooking School co-owners Erasmo “Ras” Casiano and Diego Coconati opened this Latin eatery that specializes in the food on which the two were raised – which includes dishes inspired by Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Miami. Named for Casiano’s mother, the restaurant is a labor of love, with a bright […]

Lucky Noodles

Inspired by the food she missed from her hometown of Bangkok, Kamolrat “Ploy” Limpapath opened a cozy neighborhood restaurant off East Colfax in 2020 – despite delays caused by the pandemic and with the help of the community. In 2025, she moved her lineup of Thai hits to the Baker neighborhood, dishing up favorites such […]

Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House

Like skinny jeans and narrow ties, food is trendy. What was fashionable last year — burgers, say, or tacos — might be as out tomorrow as the boot cut. What’s a chef to do? If you’re Joe Troupe, executive chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Taphouse, which opened under his direction in Louisville in 2010 […]

Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House

Like skinny jeans and narrow ties, food is trendy. What was fashionable last year — burgers, say, or tacos — might be as out tomorrow as the boot cut. What’s a chef to do? If you’re Joe Troupe, executive chef of Lucky Pie Pizza & Taphouse, which opened under his direction in Louisville in 2010 […]

Lucky Strike Lanes

Located on the third floor of the Denver Pavilions, Lucky Strike is part bowling alley, part retro restaurant, part nighttime hangout. The hip venue delivers full-scale fun as ’50s kitsch meets 21st-century technology, with the kitchen serving up respectable bar chow like poutine, mini-corn dogs, and bacon-and-egg burgers. Rounding things out are sandwich cookies with […]

Lucy’s Burger Bar

This small burger joint serves up molten cheese-stuffed burgers for the masses. The spot’s founders hail from Minnesota – the birthplace of the OG Juicy Lucy – and brought their hometown’s creation to the Mile High City in 2021. It also serves up standard single and double burgers (with or without cheese), a chicken sandwich […]

Luigi’s Bent Noodle

The menu at Luigi’s Bent Noodle issues a challenge: “If this isn’t the best minestrone recipe you’ve ever tasted, we want your recipe.” We doubt anyone this side of Italy has anything to beat this minestrone; the bewitching brew has an appropriately rough-edged flavor and is available by the cup, the bowl and the really […]

Luigi’s Italian Restaurant

The Littleton location of the Luigi’s brotherhood (the other restaurant is in Aurora) features photos of celebs such as Marlon Brando with fake testimonials (“Your lasagne is to die for,” Don Corleone wrote), and shelves on the painted exposed-brick walls that overflow with old clocks, plastic flowers and Chianti baskets. During the day, this Luigi’s […]

Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery

Dorothy Tanner’s Lumonics Light & Sound Gallery features unique sculptures, fountains and structures all designed around her medium of choice — light. Nearly every weekend, the gallery hosts a variety of events, from DJs to workshops to parties to live performances.