Range Brings a Taste of the Mild, Wild West to Downtown Denver

Range covers a lot of territory. The restaurant opened this past spring in the new Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel, and so it's designed to feed business travelers and offer solace to solo guests looking for a chance to unwind at the bar. But Range was also conceived as...

By Gretchen Kurtz

August 28, 2014

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Range covers a lot of territory. The restaurant opened this past spring in the new Renaissance Denver Downtown City Center Hotel, and so it's designed to feed business travelers and offer solace to solo guests looking for a chance to unwind at the bar. But Range was also conceived as a place for locals to gather, and so the menu features local ingredients that Denverites would appreciate. Can those two missions co-exist on the same stretch of turf? Read Gretchen Kurtz's review of Range on Cafe Society.

Gretchen Kurtz has worked as a writer for 25 years; during that time she's stomped grapes in Napa, eaten b'stilla in Fez, and baked with Buddy Valastro, aka the Cake Boss. Her work has appeared in publications including Boulevard (Paris), Diversion, the New York Times and Westword. Our restaurant critic since 2012, she loves helping you decide where to eat and drink tonight.

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