Food Reporter
Lily O'Neill
Lily O’Neill was The Denver Post's food reporter from 2022-2024. She covered all things food in the Mile High City, whether thatap a new restaurant, a roundup of some of the top spots to visit around town or a glimpse at whatap making foodies drool these days in Denver. Before The Post, she reported on the restaurant industry, real estate market and startup world for BusinessDen and previously worked as an intern for 5280. She is a Kansas City native and a University of Missouri Journalism School graduate with a minor in Spanish, and has previously won an award for business reporting at the Kansas City Star.
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Meet the private chef who can turn your home into a five-star sushi restaurant
At Fish On Rice, Dinh provides an experience that includes multiple courses of sashimi, tempura, cooked fish, wagyu, sushi and dessert.

How Denver’s hottest food truck is shining a spotlight on the local AAPI food scene
Penelope Wong was prepared for an angry mob. It was Yuan Wonton's first day of service, and her food truck was parked outside Seedstock Brewery on a hot August afternoon...

The 7 best barbecue joints in Denver, in the opinion of a Kansas City native
As a Kansas City native, I’ve been spoiled with a plethora of good barbecue options growing up.
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A LoDo restaurant closes and its owner takes to Yelp: “Cry me a river about your dinner reservations”
After eight years, Avelina's flame has been extinguished.

Hard lessons from the 16th Street Mall: Ana’s Norwegian Bakeri closes after just three months
"We had really low sales that day. We hadn’t even made $100 yet, which was a very accurate picture of what the last couple of months looked like for us.”

Popular wing spot opens second, bigger location in Golden
"Wheat Ridge can fill up fast with 20-person lines, and having two locations will alleviate some of that pressure on the weekends."

RiNo Italian restaurant closes after 17 years
Chef Andrea Frizzi originally opened Il Posto in Uptown in 2007 before moving it to its RiNo spot in 2017.

House-cured pastrami meets a living wage at this growing Denver deli
“We want restaurant employees to buy that dream house and see longevity in this career."

A restaurant within a restaurant: Hop Alley adds 6-seat chef’s counter with separate menu
Tommy Lee wanted to take advantage of Hop Alley’s remodel last year and open a “ little restaurant within a restaurant,” he said.

Denver gluten-free restaurant opens first Boulder location
Boulder was the first place Jennifer Peters considered opening a gluten-free restaurant before moving from London to Colorado. The owner of Just BE Kitchen strolled down Pearl Street on a...

Former Frasca, Bellota chef will compete on “Top Chef” Season 21
Manny Barella is now the culinary director of Camp Pickle and Jaguar Bolera, "eatertainment" concepts from Punch Bowl Social founder Robert Thompson.

Michelin-recommended Italian restaurant reopens with new menu items and refreshed look
Dio Mio has added a new squid ink fettuccine and smoked ricotta agnolotti.

Union Station adds basement jazz bar while swanky lounge closes for renovations
The renovations include the remodeling of 112 rooms in The Crawford Hotel and the addition of a new lobby space.