Briar Common Brewery receives a special pandemic award. Just hours before the first lockdown in Denver due to the virus, the Brewery presented you with a free roll of toilet paper as most shelves at the local store was barren.

Mile High Dining has selected the 4 best vegetable-forward dishes of 2020. Highlighting some great smaller plates from this year and trying to improve our eating habits. Quality Italian has a spicy crab and avocado salad with marinated tomatoes. The large pieces of spicy crab are softened with the avocadoes. It was large enough for … Continue reading Best Vegetable Dishes of 2020 →

Mile High Dining recommends three restaurants for a meal under $25 this year. 1. Shake Shack for the green chili cheddar cheeseburger with all the fixings. It's affordable and has a unique green chili kick to the burger. 2. Chicken Rebel has the best chicken sandwich right now. The Classic sandwich has jalapeño slaw and … Continue reading Best meal under $25 in 2020 →

Mile High Dining's favorite dishes for 2020, in alphabetical order: Annette's roasted one-half chicken was sitting in juices and sauteed kale in the takeaway box. The chicken was moist, warm, and tender! It was rated very good. Hillstone has the best grilled artichokes in Denver that we have found. For the second year in a … Continue reading Best dishes of 2020 →

Shake Shack opened its newest outlet in Cherry Creek and Mile High Dining could not resist. Shake Shack is a fast-casual restaurant centered around hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, fries, and milkshakes based in NYC and has more than 200 locations around the world. A fourth Colorado location opened at the Edgewater Public Market on December 19. … Continue reading Shake Shack →

The Blue Bonnet is one of the oldest family run restaurants in Denver. The same family has operated it for 52 years. It serves Mexican food from its South Broadway location. The name Blue Bonnet is from the state flower of Texas. Mile High Dining ordered takeaway meal #37. It was just starting to snow … Continue reading Blue Bonnet →

Bar Dough is a casual Italian restaurant located in the Highlands. It’s part of the Max Mackissock’s empire of local restaurants such as Senor Bear , Morin, and others. Mile High Dining enjoyed curbside pickup for takeaway meal #36. We ordered online and arrived a few minutes early as there was no traffic. The outside … Continue reading Bar Dough →

Cherry Creek Grill is a well-established American fare restaurant. Mile High Dining enjoyed takeaway meal with curbside pick up and it was a breeze. Only disappointment, there was no opportunity to provide a gratuity when ordering. If you prefer, there is an outdoor heated patio, just make sure to pick a sunny day! We ordered … Continue reading Cherry Creek Grill →

Readers- Please make an extra effort to support your favorite restaurants, now that they may not have indoor dining this winter. Mile High Dining truly appreciates our local Denver restaurants. Mile High Dining enjoyed Mexican Birria Tacos from Frasca Food and Wine on lockdown Sunday. Even a fancy restaurant will serve street food once in … Continue reading Frasca Food and Wine →