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Our complete list of Denver restaurant and bar openings and closings for May 2021.

An onslaught of new bar and restaurant openings hit metro Denver, with more to come..

RiNo chef opening LoHi bar to feature tequila and mezcal brand she created Photos courtesy of Doña Loca) Chef Dana Rodriguez knows what it means to live la vida loca. She moved to Denver from her hometown of Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1998 and began her career in the local restaurant industry as a dishwasher, working her way up to become a James Beard-nominated chef with two popular restaurants under her apron. Now, Rodriguez has entered the hard liquor business. “Food always has a story to tell,...

Readers choice: Nola Jane Restaurant & Bar Thats just a taste of what youll find in the Best of Denver 2021. Ready for the rest? See it here. Keep Westword Free... Since we started Westword, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we would like to keep it that way. Offering our readers free access to incisive coverage of local news, food and culture. Producing stories on everything from political scandals to the hottest new bands, with gutsy reporting, stylish writin...

The new Lady Boss Festival celebrates women in the food, beverage and hospitality industries — those who take charge and rise up within their professions. The Colorado chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier International created the event in order to honor twelve female professionals in the state who are leaders in restaurants, agriculture, food retail and other fields. And while the inaugural event was virtual this year for approximately 45 members and sponsors, Les Dames already has the date p...

Open Brings Killer Sandwiches to American Bonded in RiNo Denver hospitality pro Jake Riederer tapped culinary royalty for recipes and is giving a dollar from every sale to Project Angel Heart.Denise Mickelsen •   March 5, 2021 Jake Riederer certainly doesn’t think of Open that way, his new sandwich shop located in the kitchen at American Bonded on Larimer Street in RiNo. “It’s a multi-use space, not a ghost kitchen” he says, “where there’s a baker and bar food and a focus on d...

Is an open-faced sandwich more than just a regular sandwich missing a piece of bread? Is it more than fancy toast? Jake Riederer thinks so, and he also thinks that sandwiches — open-faced or not — can be a good, and tasty, way to fund food-based nonprofit organizations. That’s why he’s opening a sandwich shop with the admittedly difficult-to-Google name of Open, which he chose because his original plan called for serving only open-faced sandwiches. Riederer is now aiming to launch Open ...

Will Denver’s 5 Star Certification Program Save Local Restaurants? The business-variance program could begin pre-certifying area eateries as soon as the first week of February—but increased indoor capacity will have to wait until pandemic metrics go down.Denise Mickelsen •   January 27, 2021 350 for seven days. That’s the magic marker that restaurateurs across Denver County are waiting for, the indicator that the county’s COVID-19 two-week incidence level is low enough, and has rem...

Two restaurants in Uptown operated by Aileen Reilly, chef Paul Reilly and JP Taylor are closing temporarily, joining many other eateries that are taking weeks — or the entire winter — off. "After much consideration, we have made the decision to temporarily close both Beast + Bottle and Coperta," Paul Reilly wrote in an email announcing the move. "The current restrictions are just not sustainable, and for the health of our long-term business, we are hibernating the restaurants until indoor d...

Dining rooms and bars are where we gather to share good food and drink and good times with friends, family and neighbors. And while 2020 made gathering together difficult, restaurants are still here for us, whether were able to eat their food inside, on a patio or in our own homes. Since eateries are doing everything they can to keep open and keep serving the dining community, we decided to move ahead with our annual Eat Here list of the 100 restaurants we cant live without – and hope we neve...