Josie Sexton
Josie joined The Denver Post in 2019 and worked as the food reporter, covering the restaurant, bar and beer beats until mid-2022. She continues to freelance for The Post on occasion, offering travel content and other features news.
Prior to joining the Post in 2019, she worked for Eater and The Coloradoan. Outside of Colorado, her work has appeared in outlets from Sunset to The New York Times.
Josie is currently completing a master's degree in literature from Middlebury College. In 2009, she graduated from The Ohio State University with degrees in Spanish linguistics and international relations. She speaks Spanish and can muddle through Catalan when pressed.
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These classic Denver restaurants never get old, even after decades in business
Not quite historic but not new either, these 10- to 35-year-old spots are the ones we keep going back to.

The Hatch and Pueblo chile feud is heating up. Why is Colorado losing?
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the Southwest chile war.

Where has Denver’s soul food gone? In a historically black neighborhood, the last restaurant of its kind turns 20
Five Points only has one soul food spot still standing. But is a comeback in Denver's future?
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“South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker say they’ve bought Casa Bonita
The "South Park" creators may have fulfilled their promise of buying Colorado institution Casa Bonita.

These 10 restaurants quietly opened in 2020 and are too good not to know about
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Denver’s best sandwiches are actually — gasp — in Boulder
Owners Coral and Will Frischkorn and their team offer around six different daily French bread sandwiches wrapped up in deli paper, to be taken at the counter.

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Handful of Colorado restaurants, music venues begin requiring vaccination — but many want government to act first
For restaurants, bars and entertainment venues, state and city support is crucial to implementing any vaccination requirements now, operators say.

Three new Denver ice cream shops to try before summer ends
Actually, one sells gelato.

Now the creators of “South Park” want to buy Casa Bonita, too
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Renaissance on Welton Street: New dinner spot draws crowds as cafe welcomes back diners
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After closing one beloved dinner spot, these Denver restaurateurs are going bigger
Paul and Aileen Reilly will open Apple Blossom in the fall after closing their flagship farm-to-table restaurant Beast and Bottle.

After closing one beloved dinner spot, these Denver restaurateurs are going bigger
Paul and Aileen Reilly will open Apple Blossom in the fall after closing their flagship farm-to-table restaurant Beast and Bottle.