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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Little Man Ice Cream’s latest, Constellation, starts scooping in Stapleton
Nearly 20 years after Stapleton International Airport closed, Paul Tamburello, the owner of Little Man Ice Cream, and his team have installed a 74-foot aluminum airplane wing, propellers and all,...

Little Man Ice Cream to open shop in Denver International Airport, bring soft serve to Oneida Park
Little Man's West Colfax Factory will open to the public soon.

Little Man Ice Cream’s latest, Constellation, starts scooping in Stapleton
Nearly 20 years after Stapleton International Airport closed, Paul Tamburello, the owner of Little Man Ice Cream, and his team have installed a 74-foot aluminum airplane wing, propellers and all,...

Let’s be frank: Six places near Coors Field to get a hot dog on game day
Take me out to the ballgame for some better food.

New Boulder bake shop from two of Colorado’s top chefs will mill its grains on site
On an unlikely East Boulder corner, two Colorado chefs with a pair of 2019 James Beard Award nominations between them are opening a neighborhood mill, cafe and bakery.

2019 James Beard Award finalists include just one from Colorado
The 2019 nominees for the James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Oscars of food -- were announced Wednesday morning, and only one from Colorado made the shortlist.

Denver food hall Avanti will not add restaurant from “Top Chef” winner who faced assault charges
Avanti Food & Beverage has pulled out of a deal to bring to Denver a restaurant from an award-winning Austin restaurateur who faced assault charges in Texas.

7 new downtown Denver lunches that are better than whatever you packed
From French food to French dips and dim sum, here are seven new lunch menus and some suggested occasions to try them out.

“Top Chef” winner who faced assault charges in Texas is expanding his Japanese street food to Avanti
Austin restaurateur Paul Qui, a winner of "Top Chef" and a James Beard Award recipient, has picked Denver for the next location of his Japanese street food concept, East Side...

Popular Southern breakfast and lunch spot Sassafras moving from Jefferson Park to Highland
With two locations near downtown and one more in Golden, Sassafras American Eatery is packing up its original Jefferson Park restaurant and starting fresh in Highland.