Restaurants

Restaurateur Troy Guard’s decade-old Guard and Grace landed at number 47 on the list.

The restaurant, which got its start in Arvada in 2010, moved from Berkeley to LoHi in early 2023.

It’s home to eight food concepts serving everything from barbecue and pizza to shawarma and Japanese street food.

Taste some of the dishes from Cocina Libre: Immigrant Resistance Recipes at its launch party at Raíces Brewing on May 21.

It’s the newest concept from Nicholas Kayser and the team behind the recently-shuttered Rooted Craft American Kitchen.

Brunch returns to a neighborhood favorite, a top sushi spot is now open for lunch, and a daytime eatery is adding dinner service.

A chopped cheese concept is replacing one of the best poke places in town.

“I love to cook, man. It’s my passion,” says owner Rodrigo Ordaz, who is originally from Oaxaca.

The latest concept from Shawn Bergin will operate out of his bakery’s Tennyson Street space.

The popular stoner-themed sandwich chain had been open in that location for nearly fifteen years.

“Due to low guest counts and revenue, we will be closing Palace Arms indefinitely after the dinner service on May 4, 2024,” read the internal email.

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Making that menu special permanent hit the company’s bottom line hard.

The law was previously set to expire in 2025.

Owners Andrew Bergeron and Rob Bessett both worked for Ursula Brewing before taking over its space and debuting their own concept.

The list also includes the indefinite closure of our 2024 Best New Coffee Shop pick.

Owner Brittney Iten launched Saucy Chops in 2020. “Food tastes better with sauce,” she says.

First Ed Sheeran, now Birdman. Which celeb will visit the pink palace next?

Staff training has begun but it won’t fully open by the original planned comeback date of May 15.

“We’re not abandoning you, we’re just finding room to grow.”

“I came with exactly the same aspirations that right now Venezuelans have. I came for a better life,” says owner Lorena Cantavorici.

This Aurora community staple has found its footing after a tumultuous couple of years.