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Reader: When I Want to Sit at a Counter, I Go to Pete’s Kitchen

Chef's counters are becoming increasingly important features at local restaurants, including Brazen Neighborhood Eatery, the new restaurant in northwest Denver that Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week. In fact, Brazen rates our list of the twelve best chef's counters in Denver, which we rolled out yesterday. But did we miss one?...
By Patricia CalhounJanuary 30, 2015
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Chef’s counters are becoming increasingly important features at local restaurants, including Brazen Neighborhood Eatery, the new restaurant in northwest Denver that Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week. In fact, Brazen rates our list of the twelve best chef’s counters in Denver, which we rolled out yesterday. But did we miss one?

See also: The Twelve Best Chef’s Counters in Denver

Says Joe:

I love a great dining experience and watching experienced chefs execute their craft. With that being said, if I want to be in the middle of the action and sit at a counter, I’ll go to Pete’s Kitchen.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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