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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6 extreme Denver food challenges, from 3-lb. grilled cheese to ultra-spicy wings
If you had to sign a waiver before a meal, would you? Raina Huang does it for sport.

Apple Blossom will close after two years in downtown Denver hotel
Goodbyes are never easy, especially a second time around.

This Denver institution makes 18,000 tamales per day — by hand
The restaurant uses 900 pounds of pork and 40 pounds of cheese daily to make its signature dish.

Does Denver have fine dining restaurants? Yes — but they might not look how you expect.
There have been rumblings in the past few years that fine dining is dead, but plenty of people are willing to spend $500 on a fancy dinner, even if the...

Former Greenwich executive chef cooking up his own pizzeria
Justin Freeman will use a sourdough starter he has kept alive for 10 years.

Snooze opening its 13th Colorado location next month
Arvada has a new brunch spot to set its alarm clock for.

New Jersey native opening bagel shop in former Denver Bread Co. space
The shop’s other specialty will be house-smoked salmon, trout and whitefish.

Denver’s first permanent food truck park rolls out on West Colfax
Inspired by food truck parks in Austin and Portland, entrepreneur Danny Newman decided instead to create Full Tank Food Park at 4200 W. Colfax Ave.

TikTok star downs a 7-pound burrito and 7 pounds of noodles in the same day in Colorado
Huang was invited to be the first to finish the 7-pound ramen challenge at Chi Lin, which she did in 14 minutes and 29 seconds.

Empanada restaurant owner offers heartfelt apology to customers for high prices, lower quality
"You can make mistakes as a business owner, and itap important to communicate that to your customers."