What’s on your essential Denver eats list? Here are our 30 picks.
Director operations and owner Ryan Fletter pours a glass of wine at Barolo Grill in Denver on Thursday, April 11, 2024. How does one measure the quality of a restaurant? Is age a factor? What about the style of its cuisine or the number of awards it has won? Does it capture the moment, or is it timeless? And what makes it essential to the people who live nearby?
Bakery Four garnered a cult following for its naturally leavened sourdough and laminated croissants when it opened in 2020. But constant demand — people sometimes line up at 6 a.m. — has helped it grow from owner Shawn Bergin’s basement during the pandemic to a sprawling space on Tennyson Street. Get there early to secure some monkey bread made from croissant scraps, cinnamon-dusted morning buns and chocolate croissants made with European butter.
Green chile is one of Colorado’s most famous dishes, and its history is rooted in Denver’s north side where the late Stella Cordova founded The Original Chubby’s Burger Drive-In in 1967. Today, the restaurant, which expanded in 2016 and is a melting pot of communities and local culture, continues to dish out burgers, fries and Mexican food covered in that oh-so-spicy green stuff.
Chef Jose Avila has created a rollicking, vibrant atmosphere with exquisitely crafted Mexican-style street tacos served on tortillas made with corn that has been nixtamalized — an ancient way of grinding that preserves flavor and a piece of culture. Avila is part of a wave of chefs who are harkening back to their Mexican heritage in Denver. Take things further with one of a rainbow of posoles or street taco specials.
Pete’s Kitchen is many things to many people. A hangover-breakfast spot, a lunchtime diner, an after-hours, after-show, after-party hangout where you can soak up the booze with a patty melt, breakfast burrito or a gyro with fries. But it’s also a vestige of Colfax Avenue’s neon-lit past when all-are-welcome Greek restaurants dominated this section of the street. Open 24 hours on Fridays and Saturdays, Pete’s is a tradition for multiple generations in Denver.
This upscale diner always welcomes you with open arms, leather booths and heaping portions of comfort food — and when Steuben’s opened in 2006, it made waves by redoing many American classics with a chef-forward spin. But the nostalgia you’ll get when ordering a milkshake or digging into an ooey-gooey cheese pull after a bite of a patty melt, comes straight from the collective heart of Americana.A chef prepares an assortment of fish at Izakaya Den in Denver on May 23, 2024.
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