Restaurants

The owner of Pepe’s Tortas and Burgers is originally from Mexico City and moved to Colorado with his family in search of the American dream.

A real-life enchanted forest, this is the best new restaurant of the year so far.

Eclectic enough to make sense on South Broadway but more elevated than nearby watering holes, this new addition fills a gap in the Platt Park neighborhood.

That’s not the kind of advice we were hoping for…

It’s bringing cured meats, breakfast burritos and more to the former Il Porcellino Salumi retail shop off Tennyson Street.

The chef and former owner of Old Major has been experimenting with meat, yielding some pretty delicious results.

The family feud continues for the Denver-based company that produces 85 percent of the pizza cheese in the world.

We’ve been bored of the requisite Brussels sprouts on every menu for years, but there are signs that its reign is coming to an end.

The new additions include High Society Pizza’s first brick-and-mortar after a six-year run as a food truck and a Mexican sushi spot in Aurora.

“It’s just me, and it’s all from scratch. It took everything to get here – it’s been a twenty-year journey to get here, to be finally happy.”

This new addition to downtown has teacup-shaped booths, fire pits, glittery cocktails and a DJ booth in the dining room.

Other recent standouts include dumplings, pizza and two fine-dining stunners.

The goal of the app is to help reduce food waste by partnering with businesses that offer surprise bags of surplus food at a discount.

The metro area’s newest bagel option comes from the owner of Bakery Four.

Located in the former home of the Elm, it also has a thoughtful wine list and local beers.

This sloppy specialty is a regional favorite from Rochester, New York and is on offer at this food truck’s new ghost kitchen.

Here are three you need to try, at Hop Alley, Alma Fonda Fina and Molotov Kitschen & Cocktails.

It’s not all doom-and-gloom on the hospitality scene as thirty new spots opened their doors last month.

Gibran Villarreal launched the business in 2019 and now runs four mobile food concepts and operates the kitchen at El Patio on Market Street.

“We decided that we wanted to help the other establishments and the residents and the visitors to a healthier downtown.”

This Asian fusion eatery and tiki bar opened last month, becoming the first concept to operate in the space in a decade.

When he opened the eatery two decades ago, owner Brian Swenson named it for his triplet daughters, who turn 21 this month.