Restaurants

Chef Alon Shaya is planning on opening a restaurant, Safta, in the Source Hotel that’s slated to open later this spring at 3350 Brighton Boulevard.

Brother and sister duo Aileen Reilly and Paul Reilly are coming up on the five-year anniversary of their Uptown eatery, Beast + Bottle. The restaurant’s birthday falls on Friday, March 16, so the siblings are planning a celebratory bash — and they’re inviting friends to pitch in. The dinner will…

The fourteenth annual Denver Restaurant Week kicks off this Friday, February 23, with two weeks of discounted menus at more than 250 restaurants through March 4. The celebration of the city’s culinary scene offers special multi-course menus for either $25, $35 or $45. If you’re a vegan, you don’t have…

The smells of sizzling meats and spices spill out of the compact headquarters of Beltran’s Carniceria & Grill at 11920 Washington Street in Northglenn. Two things will almost certainly happen when you pass through the front door of the immaculate butcher shop: Someone will say “hello” (most likely the clerk…

When the Way Back first opened on West 38th Avenue in the spring of 2016, it quickly captured an enthusiastic audience, who applauded its localavore ethos, ambitious bar and inventive menu, which was even more remarkable for the fact that all dishes came out of a food truck parked behind…

Chef Goose Sorensen has been the heart and soul of Solera Restaurant & Wine Bar (5410 East Colfax Avenue) since the restaurant opened in 2002; he eventually bought the building and became the sole owner and proprietor, adding a welcome taste of upscale Spanish/Mediterranean cuisine to a stretch of Colfax that…

Friday is the only day of the week that La Fiesta is open for dinner, but that wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1960s when the place first opened — converted from a Safeway by founder Michael Herrera in 1964 — La Fiesta was packed to the rafters (or…

If you’re looking for a unique tea house that captures the spirit of its neighborhood, look no further than the just-opened TeaLee’s Tea House & Bookstore at 611 22nd Street in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Located in newly refurbished 105-year-old Melbourne building, TeaLee’s provides a traditional tea experience in a…

Denver diners love fried chicken, but they didn’t love the takeout operations from White Fence Farm.

What decade is this again? With the opening of Tony Roma’s downtown (in one of the biggest restaurant black holes in the city), we’re having flashbacks to the ’80s — when baby back ribs were one of the hottest restaurant trends. The 46-year-old restaurant chain make its first appearance in…

“I shouldn’t like this!” I said to myself as I bit off huge, hasty mouthfuls of the torta Cubana at Taqueria El Gallito (403 Havana Street). I’ve never bothered with any kind of sandwich when visiting Mexican eateries in the past, since baguette-like bread doesn’t (at least to me) seem…

Huckleberry Roasters became the newest addition to Dairy Block at 18th and Wazee streets when it opened on January 31. Huckleberry, a staple in Sunnyside since 2011, made a name for itself as a neighborhood gathering place with quality coffee. Owner Koan Goedman made the decision to add the second…

This morning, the James Beard Foundation released its 2018 list of James Beard Award semi-finalists, an annual occurrence that always has us excited and proud of Colorado’s restaurant scene — at least until the winners are announced (which will be on May 7 in Chicago this year) and we’re blanked…

You don’t have to cross the Continental Divide to visit Colorado’s 2018 Winery of the Year; Creekside Cellars, at 28036 Bear Creek Road in Evergreen, is just a half hour from metro Denver. Awarded the distinction by the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), the cozy winery on Evergreen’s…

The Newman family promised to keep things business as usual when they bought My Brother’s Bar.

While the original restaurant is going strong, the takeout locations that opened over the last few years are all closed.

Eating out with little kids can be tough — on both parents and other diners. While older kids tend to have dining out down pat, a restaurant trip with the younger set can prove a challenge. But what if there was a place you could bring your child where you can enjoy…

Two Denver restaurants are expanding in different direction to accommodate customer demand and show off some kitchen favorites. The Kitchen Table is adding lunch hours, while Stowaway Kitchen is taking on dinner three nights a week. The Kitchen Table has been a favorite since 2013 for Midwesterners and others seeking…

The new restaurant at the Kimpton Hotel Born has a spot for you.

Grits aren’t exactly a common find in Denver’s Mexican restaurants, but the flavor of ground corn is one of the anchors of Mesoamerican cooking, so fried rectangles of white grits feel right at home with other Mexican flavors at Que Bueno Suerte (1518 South Pearl Street). Chef Vicente Sosa makes…

Fractured Prune, a chain with an awful name but good doughnuts, just opened at 9696A East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village. But some readers are pushing other spots.