Here comes Denver Restaurant Week: Feb. 26-March 11. Nearly 300 area restaurants are in on this year’s jamboree, each offering a multicourse menu for two for $52.80. (Or, 26.40 for one.)
Your first move: Check for a list of participating restaurants. You can search by cuisine, neighborhood or name. Then, make some reservations — tables fill up fast.
Many of the metro area’s biggest, most popular restaurants are on the list, but dozens of smaller neighborhood eateries are offering great deals, too. Here are 12 of them:
Armando’s
9964 S. Twenty Mile Road, Parker, 720-851-6770, .
Such Italian-American staples as minestrone soup, baked ziti and eggplant parmesan.
Cafe Terracota
5649 S. Curtice St., Littleton, 303-794-6054,
Eclectic: Sweet chili buffalo calamari, cornmeal-crusted walleye.
Citron Bistro
3535 S. Yosemite, 303-771-5800,
Mediterranean-ish dishes like hummus, oven-roasted feta and lamb skewers with lemon and oregano.
Farro Italian Restaurant
8230 S. Holly St., Centennial, 303-694-5432,
Italian food, twisted. Pork chop with sour cherries, pistachios and cheesy polenta.
Jonesy’s EatBar400 E. 20th Ave.,
303-863-7473,
Drink microbrews, dine on gastropub favorites, play pool.
Le Mistral
5970 S. Holly St., Greenwood Village, 303-770 5664,
Get French with frog’s legs, escargots, cassoulet and tarte tatin.
Locanda del Borgo
5575 E. 3rd Ave.,
303-388-0282,
Contemporary Italian like burrata cheese, pappardelle with a wild boar ragu and pannetone bread pudding.
McGrath’s Fish House
14035 W. Colfax Drive, Lakewood, 303-279-3839,
Fill up on the Captain’s Plate: Fried prawns, halibut, cod, scallops, clam strips and steamed crab legs.
Phoenician Kabob
5709 E. Colfax Ave.,
303-355-7213,
Feast Phoenician-style: Lentil soup, saffron shrimp and baklava. Glass of Lebanese wine included.
Sansone’s Bistro
5969 S. University Blvd., Greenwood Village, 303-794-4026,
Get cozy with baked brie, braised pork shanks and portabella ratatouille.
Vita Bella
4550 S. Kipling St.,
303-904-8482,
Big menu includes eggplant rollatini and chicken piccata — and couples get a free bottle of wine during Restaurant Week.
The Weber
233 Clayton St.,
303-377-8577,
A sweet Cherry Creek North hideaway. Menu includes roasted chicken and corn chowder, broiled red snapper.
