Great place to slip in and have a cocktail or glass of wine. First time in. The waitstaff are fun…read moreand helpful. We had a combination of cocktails and wine between us and they were all delicious.

Stopped by for a drink while waiting for our dinner table to be ready at the restaurant next door…read more The bar area was full so they said we could stand and get a drink. Luckily a group of people left right when we got there so we got there seats. The place is super cute and they have both wine and cocktails. I also like how they offer 3oz and 6oz wine pours. The staff were all super nice and quick.

Super cute place with attentive service. Salads and paninis were wonderful and healthy, very fresh.read more

We had fun trying different bruschettas; it was quite the culinary adventure! Prickly Pear…read moreMargaritas were a fun complement taste-wise, but were small, weak, and not worth $15 each. Other than that, all good - the service was perfect and the atmosphere was very enjoyable. We would totally go back.

Williams & Graham is probably the most memorable bar I've been to in Denver. We were next door at…read morethe Occidental and only found out about it thru the server. Ambiance is everything you expect a speakeasy to be. It's dark and intimate. The menu is big with a lot of creative options. Service is extremely friendly! I got the Stay Golden cocktail with malt gastrique fries. Both of which were CHEF'S KISS! Too bad I had a flight to catch in the morning or I would've been there all night to try more drinks!

Kenny was such an amazing server! We loved the drinks and food they were all so good. Very calm…read moreatmosphere and the volume wasn't too loud. Very lounge-y had a great time

My girlfriend and I recently went to Sunday Vinyl for dinner during the weekend. I made a…read morereservation and we got to our seats very quickly. Shout to the team for having our table ready when we got there even though it was very busy that day. We started off with the Fall Salad and I think it was one of my favorite things we ordered. I had no idea beets can be that delicious! After that, everything else came out: roasted carrots, barramundi, and wagyu flank steak. They also put in an order or pommes frites (French fries) on accident and decided to give it to us on the house. Thanks! The roasted carrots were really good and sweet. You could tell they were quality carrots. The barramundi was another one of my favorites. I'm a fan of fish and they did an excellent job of cooking the barramundi with a great sauce(?) that tasted great with it. I found the wagyu steak flank overcooked and really salty which was disappointing given the price. The pommes frites were cooked well but also extremely salty. Overall, I would recommend Sunday Vinyl if you are trying to take someone to a place that is unique and don't mind paying a bit extra. It is a bit loud in there (we had to raise our voices a bit to hold a conversation) but it is also a vinyl place so you would expect them to show off their music.

Had to try Sunday Vinyl before they close at the end of the month, and I was so glad I did. I'm sad…read moreI won't be able to dine here again, the music, service and food were excellent. The Mccaviar was so good, I never thought of pairing lebneh with caviar and now I think I'll have to replicate this at home. The drinks were delicious as well. I wish I got photos of everything as everything was presented so lovely. Shout out to our server Taylor, she was a joy. Maybe once it reopens in Boulder I'll take the drive to visit again.

I live closer to the smaller RiNo location- we finally decided to visit the LoHi location and could…read morenot be happier. This spot is not only bigger, but it gives you much more of a calm, sit down Italian restaurant feel compared to the smaller sister location. This location also takes reservations which is a plus! I love that the menu here is expanded and has rotating butters and local collaborations. The seasonal menu is fresh and fun and I can't wait to try more. The meatball pizza is one of my favorite pizzas I have had!

I heard about Cart Driver's pizza from multiple separate groups of people, so I knew I had to try…read moreit. My friend and I walked in on a summer Wednesday evening and got spots on their patio bar seating. We ordered the Mafalde Carbonara and Peppers pizza. The Peppers pizza was cooked to perfection and delivered on all the toppings. I absolutely understand why there is so much buzz around their pizza! My biggest gripe was the amount of pasta we got. It was way less than I expected with minimal pancetta. What we did have was good though. They had the misting fans on to keep us cool, so you probably don't want to be a super slow eater and have the mist spray onto your food for longer than it has to.

Such a great experience at El Five! The atmosphere is intimate, and sitting at the chef's bar with…read morebeautiful views of downtown Denver made it even better. The smoked burrata was delicious, especially with all the toppings it came with. The sea bass completely surprised me, in the best way. Sweet, spicy, savory, crunchy, with so many different textures and flavors happening at once. The lamb skewers were another favorite. The meat was thinly sliced and secured on the skewer, which made every bite incredibly tender. They were just bomb overall! The drinks were also very well put together and complemented the food perfectly. The server was outstanding. Definitely a place I'm eager to come back to and try more dishes from the menu!

From arrival to departure was exceptional. The amuse bouche really set the tone at the chef's…read moretable. It truly blew me away. And from that point on, from first taste, I knew my experience would be exceptional. The service was attentive without being overly attentive, and the chef's were so kind, answering every one of my weird questions about what they were preparing or ingredients that I noticed. I ordered the smoked burrata to start. The balance between the candied pistachio, artichoke pesto, and wagyu cecina really created a well balanced and unexpected dish. The burrata was creamy and the salty and sweet components balanced the aged sherry gastrique and made for an incredible intro to a beautiful performance by the chefs. Next was another small dish, which I wish I remembered the description for (I need to bring a little notebook with me), but it was a perfect segue into the next course, the ibérico presa. Wow. Just wow. White asparagus has got to be one of my favorite vegetables next to artichokes, when done exceptionally well, as they most definitely were. The piquillo peppers and pickled shallots complemented the pork, which was so soft, perfectly. I definitely died and went to heaven at this point in the meal. This is probably when I should've stopped eating because after this point, still pure delight, but my poor stomach was soooooo full. Next was another small bite to lead into my next course, also incredible. Wish I could describe it. My next course was the European sea bass. Now, sea bass is my favorite fish of all time. The perfectly crisp skin, the red onion jam, the spicy sweet balance was perfection. I loved every bite. The olive oil potatoes were a perfect complement. And at this point, I was bursting at the seems... but I still ordered dessert, because you only live once and food is one of the great joys of life. For dessert, I had the crema. The honeycomb on top, the cherries, all leading to a perfect finish. A time was had. Thanks El Five

Friendly staff, great music, and creative, tasty drinks. The bartender made me a fantastic black…read moreManhattan with their house amaro blend. I wish this place were in my hometown, I'd for sure be a regular. Highly recommend.

Stopped by Lady Jane for a drink just to pass some time, but I'm actually really glad I ended up…read morehere! For some reason, my expectations were low, but I was pleasantly surprised. The cocktail menu has some really solid options, and my drink was great. The staff was also knowledgeable and helpful. Definitely a nice unexpected find.

Tidbit!!! The Dirty Martini Bucatini is the anchor of the menu at the spirited sister restaurant of…read moreOdie B's. Loved the perfectly chewy ropes of bucatini tangled with crumbled blue cheese, Castelvetrano olives -- and vodka sauce? This should've been a weird disaster, but wound up being our table's favorite dish. Every dish is a commitment to the genuinely unexpected. There was something delightfully more than just salt, pepper and fry behind the eggroll-sized mozarella sticks. Then there was the fig gelato, flanked by warm pear -- and oh my gosh, the apple tart! We had to go back and reread the menu to realize that the caramel really was spicy! This kitchen really finds the funky note in a dish and leans into it. Come ready to share. Every item comes in a "single" and a "mingle" size, which was great for our table of four. We would order 1-2 mingle-sized items, pass them around, and argue about who gets the last forkful. The rough edge is perhaps the service, but this spot is new and finding its rhythm. We found the handoff between counter and floor to be clunky, since it felt like pressure to order in order to be seated, not to order drinks and wait for a table. Maybe this works in a larger space. Maybe they just need to smooth out the flow. Either way, the people are sweet, and the food delicious.

We came here for a nice dinner night out after hearing great things about the restaurants and I was…read moresomewhat disappointed. Coming into it, I know Boombots has an eclectic restaurant with a fusion pasta menu, and I was fully on board with trying some weird, funky pasta. The restaurant was nicely laid out and decorated, and the vibes are great. The drinks are delicious and they have one of my favorite non-alcoholic cocktails (What the Hellyante). However, the mains come and the wheels fell apart. We got the congee risotto, the bucatini primavera, and the gyros cavatelli. Let's start with the positive. The bucatini primavera was tasty. The pasta was well cooked and everything ate very well together, albeit a little dry. Overall, a good dish. The congee risotto was also not bad. It was definitely one of the dish I was looking forward as someone who followed their Instagram, but the execution was off. The rice was well cooked but it ate just a tad bland. The 63 degree egg was just a tad over and unfortunately, the told was on the cold side. That said, it was tasty nonetheless. My least favorite part was the amount of toasted seeds on top. There was simply too much and it knocked the balance of the dish towards overly crunchy, which is not necessarily what you expect in a risotto or a congee dish. Finally, the gyros cavatelli was just not it. In my opinion, the dish just didn't work for me. It's a dish with za'atar pasta, gyros, cherry tomatoes, pickled red onions, crispy chickpeas, dill, nad tzakiki. The warm tzakiki sauce along with the picked red onions and cherry tomatoes ensure the dish eats on the sour side. For me as well, the warm tzakiki was off putting in smell and taste. The pasta was also undercooked and grainy. It wasn't al dente, just undercooked. And with everything, the gyros is kind of lost. Overall, just a really odd dish in terms of conception and execution, and one that I didn't enjoy. Overall, I will be generous and give 3/5. I think service was pretty good, the drinks were delicious, and the price was acceptable. Other dishes, such as the lumache and the salads, looks pretty good as well. But based on what I got today, I cannot recommend the dishes we got at Boombots.

Absolutely loved the food and drinks. The burrata dish was honestly one of the best burrata…read morerenditions I've ever had. The green sauce was vibrant and fresh and really a balanced the rest of the dish. The tuna empanada like thing was also good. Love the blue corn shell. The sauce had ants in it though which kind of freaked me out, but it did taste good. Although I knew this was a tuna dish, I didn't know what to expect. Kind of wish the tuna was maybe seared or was something different, but I did like the dish. The short ribs were so tender and delicious. The tortillas were fresh and wonderful as well. The tres leches dessert was also really tasty and had the perfect ratio of cake to milk without it all falling apart from being too wet. In terms of drinks, the corn sour and beet spritz were absolutely amazing. The Negroni was good as well but I think I prefer a classic Italian one. Service was good although sometimes I felt like our server was watching us too closely and I felt weird. In addition on two separate occasions, the cooks that brought the food out touched the food on our plates to make it look nicer. I want to trust that they are clean, but in this day and age of new food poisonings happening all the time, and the fact that they had to open the door since we were outside, I just felt kind of gross about it. Nevertheless the food was absolutely delicious and honestly was worth the price for sure. The food here was much better than some top restaurants in nyc for a fraction of the price. Waited 45 minutes as walk in on Friday night around 8 pm and was definitely worth it.

A few years ago my friend Kelly and I hit up Alma Fonda Fina (pre-Michelin) so this time,…read morenaturally, we had to visit the little sister, Mezcaleria Alma, located next door. Dreamy Chef Owen took care of us at the Chef's Table, encouraging us to start with a Clover Club (her) and a Colada (him), both of which made our first dish, the Tostada de Tora, taste smoove like velvet. From there it was a cacophony of flava', from Mollete de Mejillones to Carne Apache, and from Flautas de Pollo to Barriga de Cerdo. Because Kelly and I are Monarch alumni, we also paired a Carajillo with our dessert of Tres Leches, just like Brother Aquinas taught us. Excellent from start to finish, I live by the rule that if you're gonna do one, you might as well do the other, as is the case with both Alma Fonda Fina and Mezcaleria Alma, two pillars of the Denver dining scene.

In the middle of all the craziness with COVID-19 I decided to do a beer and cookie pairing to keep…read moremy occupied and sane. I've been staying at home, but was out of some of the beer I wanted to use. I went out for another errand and happened to pass by Cask and Craft. Hmmm...this sounds interesting. Plus it's a local shop, and I'm all about supporting local, particularly during this time. I pulled up Cask and Craft's website and was super happy to see the list of precautions they are taking to keep their customers safe. Some of these precautions include only 2 people in the shop at a time, use provided hand sanitizer when you enter, and even curbside pick up/delivery. Since I was sitting in front of the store, I figured I'd just go in, get what I needed, and quickly head home. I was greeted and asked to use the hand sanitizer upon entering - yes, thank you. I then explained from a distance that I was looking for a dark beer, preferably a stout. I was escorted to the back of the store and shown the fridge with all the dark beer. WOW! big selection. I had the choice of 6 packs, 4 packs, or mix and match. This was perfect for me because I needed 5 beers. I ended up selecting Jackie O's Java the Stout. When I brought up my 5 pack, the owner told me it was a great beer (one of his favorite dark beers) and that it was a solid choice. He was not wrong. This beer is awesome, and paired so well with my peanut butter cookie pairing. So good. I will definitely be back to Cask and Craft. Their shop is filled with all different types of wine, liquor, and beer. It's organized so nicely, and the shop itself has this comforting vibe when you walk in. I'm so appreciative of everything they are doing to keep customers safe and for the recommendations they give.

This store is located next to the Italian restaurant we went to eat. The staff named BB King made…read moreme feel like home. Watch out! I'll bring my pillow next time! The store staff practices social distancing and makes sure all customers use fh sanitizer provided at the entrance. Awesome! Never ever shop and touch anything with unsanitized hands. The store is immaculate and organized! I got two bottles as a gift to Hubby's niece.