The Best Bites Our Food Editor Had in February
Highlights include a clam pizza, a mortadella melt on Colfax and ice cream nachos topped with Fruity Pebbles.
Highlights include a clam pizza, a mortadella melt on Colfax and ice cream nachos topped with Fruity Pebbles.
The month ended with more closures, including a beloved Aurora dive bar and a barbecue joint.
“We’re looking into how we can continue to have a presence in LoDo.”
The fast-food chain had nineteen outposts in the state; only the Grand Junction spot is still open.
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We’ve lost a lot of favorite restaurants since 2020 – and we’re still hungry for what they were cooking.
More new restaurants are now serving on Colfax, including a banh mi joint.
Dubbed Haute Chocolate, it’s served at the Remedy Bar inside the Four Seasons Vail.
The south Denver staple has been in business for nearly sixty years.
Its comeback marks a reset for the ten-year-old downtown restaurant that nearly closed for good.
“The cost of labor, food, rent and property taxes has created a situation where the small guy can’t compete.”
The price for the actual most expensive meal: $295 per person.
A spot in the Denver Tech Center is the only spot in the state that made this year’s cut.
Other highlights include the brick-and-mortar location of a popular Golden food truck.
This fourth location will open on Wednesday, February 19.
“The decision to close comes amid significant challenges facing Denver’s restaurant industry.”
The food truck-turned brick-and-mortar is making its debut on East Colfax on February 14.
“We probably only have a couple of weeks left,” says co-owner Casey Keller, who has run the business with her husband, Roy Benoit, since 2020.
“The business itself is not sustainable in the current landscape of what LoDo has to offer.”
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Other new additions include a crepe cart on the 16th Street Mall and three food concepts at Gaylord Rockies.