Allyson Reedy

Food Writer

Allyson Reedy

Allyson Reedy is first and foremost an eater. While her affinity for food was detrimental to her dreams of modeling swimwear, it helps her tremendously when writing about local restaurants for the Denver Post. She's so obsessed with desserts that she wrote the treats-centric cookbook, 50 Things to Bake Before You Die.

A doughnut at Habit Carbon Five Points is being injected with CBD cold brew coffee. (Victoria Gonzalez, provided by Habit Carbon Five Points)

Liquor- and CBD-injected robot doughnuts come to Five Points

February 6, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

Sometimes it抖阴ap hard to find the hook when writing restaurant opening stories, that thing that sets it apart and makes it different from everything else out there. This is not...

Liquor- and CBD-injected robot doughnuts come to Five Points

November 17, 2021 at 1:06 p.m.

The robot doughnut-maker is set up behind the bakery counter, so yes, you can watch.

A roast beef Po'Boy. (Allyson Reedy, Special to The Denver Post)

New Orleans comes to RiNo with Pirate Alley Po鈥橞oys

January 31, 2019 at 11:47 a.m.

The trio of po'boy options are roast beef with sweet potato chips and gravy, fried shrimp with pickled green tomato and smoked turkey with celery slaw and smoked grapes.

New Orleans comes to RiNo with Pirate Alley Po’Boys

November 17, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

The trio of po'boy options are roast beef with sweet potato chips and gravy, fried shrimp with pickled green tomato and smoked turkey with celery slaw and smoked grapes.

Options (used to) abound at the Whole Foods by Denver’s Union Station to fill a mac and cheese craving. (Georg Beyer, Provided by Whole Foods)

R.I.P. Denver Whole Foods mac and cheese bar

January 29, 2019 at 2:51 p.m.

The Union Station location hosted the chain's first-ever mac and cheese bar.

Famous Original J's meat lovers pizza. (From the Hip Photo, provided by Famous Original J's)

From Chicago deep dish to Brooklyn-style, here鈥檚 where to find the best regional pizzas in Denver

January 16, 2019 at 8:24 a.m.

The Front Range may not exactly be ground zero for pizza, but a multitude of regional varieties are well-represented.

From Chicago deep dish to Brooklyn-style, here’s where to find the best regional pizzas in Denver

November 17, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

The Front Range may not exactly be ground zero for pizza, but a multitude of regional varieties are well-represented.

People on the upstairs patio at Avanti Food + Beverage on August 4, 2016 in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)

Second Avanti location opening in former Cheesecake Factory space on Boulder鈥檚 Pearl Street

January 14, 2019 at 8:42 a.m.

The Boulder version of Avanti will also have bars -- two of them -- along with six different food stalls and a rooftop deck.

Chubby Cattle’s spicy hot pot broth. (Allyson Reedy, The Know)

Broadway鈥檚 Chubby Cattle pivots away from conveyor belt hot pot concept after less than a year

January 7, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

The restaurant will instead spin sushi rolls on the belt and deliver a DIY ramen bar.

Brunch is now being served at Stoic & Genuine. (Provided by Stoic & Genuine)

Four new Denver brunches to try in 2019

January 4, 2019 at 3:50 p.m.

We'll take 2019 one Benedict, pancake and mimosa at a time.

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