Mile High Dining went uptown to the Humboldt restaurant. It's located in the space that housed the iconic Strings restaurant. It has a large number of seats, high tops and a dining room area. It has a large bar and it’s in a beautiful old brick restored building but it needs a little bit of … Continue reading Humboldt Kitchen & Bar →

Mile High Dining found the most festive decorated bar the busy My Neighbor Felix, an upscale Mexican restaurant. They have lots of heated outside seating which surrounds the restaurant with some tables even having tiny open fire pits on the table. Once again, we were the oldest customers enjoying the evening. We started with the … Continue reading My Neighbor Felix →

The Ponti is a new restaurant opened in the remodeled Denver Art Museum last month. Operated by Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, Ponti is the newest star alongside their other stellar restaurants Rioja, Bistro Vendome, Stoic and Genuine, and Ulteria. The setting at the Art Museum is beautiful! The Ponti is the name of the … Continue reading Ponti →

Mile High Dining went searching for the best croissant in Denver. The search covered a large geographic area going to 7 different bakeries. At the beginning, we learned that you must arrive early as many places were sold out by 10 AM in the morning. Our requirements are the croissant had to be the traditional … Continue reading The Best Croissant in Denver →

Mile High Dining went to the Tech Center to enjoy Chinese food at Shanghai Kitchen. After eating French inspired fancy steaks, we wanted to eat vegetables. The restaurant is located in a large strip mall but it’s very inviting once inside. The menus are extra large in size. We had four dishes to share and … Continue reading Shanghai Kitchen →

One of Denver‘s newest restaurants, A5, is an upscale steakhouse with lots of seafood options. They even have a pop-up oyster bar manned by the award-winning shucker, Oyster Wulff. The restaurant is located in the remodeled Wazee supper club building. A5 is the symbol for the best Waygu Japanese steak. The restaurant is part of … Continue reading A5 →

Coohills is a dramatic bar and lounge serving French inspired food, owned and operated by a husband and wife team, Tom and Diane Coohills. It's been open about 10 years on a busy corner not far from the Ball Arena. We enjoyed a light dinner of crabcake, seafood board, roasted carrots, and house made bread. … Continue reading Coohills →

El Camino serves Mexican food sourced from local ingredients. The stylish bar and high-top table seating make it not the typical Mexican restaurant. They even donate a portion of their proceeds to support local public schools. The food centers on Denver’s favorite Mexican dishes and with a large option of flavored margaritas. It was a … Continue reading El Camino Community Tavern →

The Duo restaurant is one of the most familiar restaurants in Denver as it celebrates its 17th year in business. They specialize in Colorado farms and suppliers. It's in an old converted commercial building with high brick walls. With the wood floors and little steps, the building makes you feel like you’re going home to … Continue reading Duo Restaurant →

On the busiest night of the year, we had dinner at The Pig & The Sprout. The extra large crowd was due to a Halloween bar crawl and that chose this restaurant as their start. Nevertheless, we enjoyed the service and food but not the wall-to-wall people in costumes. We shared two small plates to … Continue reading The Pig & The Sprout →