Done Deal isn’t the only downtown project that the local restaurateur has in the works.

Owner Namiko Eshima’s mother, the late Yuri Chandonnet, founded the business in 1988.

Catch up on the dining scene action from the first week of 2024.

A tomahawk steak with gold leaf, pink mole and truffle mac and cheese with salsa macha are all on the menu at this spot.

If you think the local dining scene sucks, you’re not doing it right.

It’s selling its stock of frozen pierogi before saying goodbye on January 4.

Get hungry!

Nearly 300 new spots debuted last year – more than in the boom times before the pandemic.

There are five new spots to check out, but two favorites are on pause temporarily – Cart-Driver LoHi and Illegal Pete’s DU.

It’s part of the group of bars and restaurants founded by the late Pete Contos, but it has an identity all its own.

Buzzy openings, sad closures and Casa Bonita (of course) captured the attention of readers this year.

These culinary sisters have big plans for the new year.

From Casa Bonita to the state’s first Michelin Guide, there was a lot of buzz in the local dining scene this year.

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More closures are coming before the end of the year…

It’s big enough to share and “dripping with hot oil and sex,” according to Stoned Appetit host Kip Wilson.

Dishes like chicken adobo, sisig, pancit and lechon kawali are hard to come by in Denver, and soon there will be one less option.

Owners Toan Le and Nhan Tran were able to purchase the restaurant’s building in 2020 and decided to revamp the space and menu earlier this year.

“This is my ‘What do I have to prove?’ menu. We wanted to make an Italian menu that was very much me, very much Denver, very much what the neighborhood wanted, but is very fresh.”

It started pretty predictably, with green chiles on nachos and bison sliders. Then we asked it to make it more delicious.