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.

Il Posto still serves not one, but two varieties of complimentary bread. (Annie Dent for Il Posto)

Remember complimentary bread or chips at Colorado restaurants? It’s becoming a thing of the past

September 14, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

RIP, free carbs. The days of free chips, bread or nuts are fading into history.

Where can you find the best pasta dishes in Boulder? At this strip mall Italian restaurant

September 1, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

This food writer's perfect dish can be found at Il Pastaio where you'll find the aurora sauce has all the tang of a tomato sauce but is cut with cream...

DACONO, CO - AUGUST 10: Tacos de Birria include three crispy red tortilla tacos filled with Birria and queso ranchero garnished with onions, cilantro and queso fresco and a consomm茅 dipping sauce at Casa Cortes on August 10, 2022 in Dacono, Colorado. Casa Cortes is a new family style Mexican restaurant in Dacono that offers traditional Mexican cuisine. A crowd pleaser are the restaurant抖阴ap Birria tacos. Birria, a Mexican dish from the state of Jalisco, is a traditional ancestral soup or stew made from a combination of chili pepper-based goat meat adobo, garlic, cumin, bay leaves, and thyme, and cooked at a low heat. Birria is slow-stewed in a pot, and differs from barbacoa, which is cooked underground. Ruben and Edith Urquizo own and run the restaurant. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)

Birria tacos take their place on Denver’s Mexican restaurant menus

August 24, 2022 at 9:09 a.m.

While birria recipes vary by region in Mexico, a common denominator tends to be goat slow-stewed with red chiles, avocado leaves, cumin and garlic.

Breakfast Banana Split at Sam's No. 3 downtown in Denver, on Aug. 11, 2022. The dish features vanilla yogurt, fresh fruit and granola. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Brunch is back in a big way in Denver, but how did we get here?

August 17, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

If a.m. meals were a mullet, breakfast would be the business up front and brunch the party in the back.

The team behind Point Easy, from left: Dan Phelps, Andy Bruch, and Denn Phelps. Denn Phelps died on July 22. (Joni Schrantz, provided by Point Easy)

New Whittier restaurant will remain despite owner dying just 3 weeks after opening

July 31, 2022 at 8:42 a.m.

鈥淗e was a huge believer in collaborating with the entire kitchen staff, the whole team. That抖阴ap how he believes in being in the kitchen."

A woman smiles with a mask half on her face

J’s Noodles and New Thai is a hidden gem tucked in a strip mall on Parker Road in Denver

July 27, 2022 at 12:51 p.m.

Most everything on the menu at J's Noodles and New Thai is $9.95. But note that it's takeout only and it's spicy.

DENVER, CO - MARCH 24: Sichuan Spicy at Ginger Pig on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post)

The Ginger Pig will bring its wildly popular Asian street food to a permanent location in Boulder

July 25, 2022 at 7:19 a.m.

This fall, the Pig will return to Boulder, opening a takeout spot on The Hill in the former La Choza space.

AURORA, CO - JUNE 1 : Fried chicken, fried okra, fried frog legs, mashed potato with brown gravy, macaroni and cheese, hush puppies (corn bread) photographed at CoraFaye's Cafe in Aurora, Colorado on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

Breaking the chain: New Denver area restaurants moving into old spaces

June 6, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

It抖阴ap not that chain restaurants are inherently bad; it抖阴ap more that they鈥檙e inherently uninteresting.

Why save pie for dessert when it could be the whole meal?

April 27, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.

鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to convince people pie can be an everyday thing and can be an every meal thing,鈥� Elias Lehnert, whose favorite savory pie is the bison bacon mushroom stout,...

A Double Goodtimes Burger, fries and a Strawberry Cheesecake Spoon bender shake from the Good Times Burgers and Frozen Custard in Thornton at the Larkridge Shopping Center. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Commentary: Forget In-N-Out. Why isn’t Colorado talking about the greatness of Good Times?

March 10, 2022 at 3:29 p.m.

Why aren鈥檛 we talking more about our homegrown drive-through hero?

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