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 pandemic-popular po’boy joint has closed in LoDo
Pirate Alley was born during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for the Fosters to offer a takeout option after their Southern-comfort restaurant, Julep, closed.

Frasca parent company opening Italian restaurant in Englewood
It will serve Neapolitan-style pizzas, handmade pasta and other dishes seen on Tavernetta and Frasca's menus.

Is your tomato harvest really late this year? You’re not alone.
The sweet spot for tomato weather is around 75 to 80 degrees, but we haven’t had much of that this summer.

Longtime Italian bistro closes in Denver. “It just was not fun anymore owning a restaurant,” owner said
The Northern Italian restaurant's lease ended at the end of July and it has permanently closed its doors.

Bobcat Thai curry, venison gyoza are all in a day’s work for Colorado chef-turned-hunter
Two days into her first hunting trip, Rikki Folger sat still in a blind near a creek in Nebraska, preparing as the first turkey of the day started running towards...

Colorado will spend $135k a year to promote Michelin Guide to tourists
Michelin won't discuss commercial terms of its partnerships with cities or the state "for competitive reasons."

9 Colorado restaurants make the cut for Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand selections
They include Ash'Kara, Glo Noodle House, Basta, Hop Alley and A.J.'s Pit Barbecue

Denver’s only chocolate-centric restaurant closed due to unpaid taxes
Chocolate Lab’s closure last month was a result of unpaid taxes, according to a notice hanging on its door as of this week.

15,000-square-foot chicken-and-waffles palace opens in RiNo
Yardbird's signature is fried chicken and waffles with honey hot sauce and bourbon maple syrup.

Here’s how chefs at one of Denver’s best restaurants shop at the farmers market
Coperta’s chef de cuisine Kenny Minton could be using his Saturday morning to sleep in after a long week. Instead, he spends Friday nights prepping for the weekend, gets up...