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.
Featured Stories

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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Oven explosion at Reunion Bread temporarily shuts bakery
The owner hopes to reopen this weekend serving Portuguese and Venezuelan pastries, croissants and cookies baked in small convection ovens.

3 new — and insanely Instagrammable — dessert shops around Denver
If you didn't take a picture of it, did you really even ingest all those calories?

Why these local restaurants aren’t afraid to open on the 16th Street Mall
Mary Nguyen remembers the 16th Street Mall’s glory days, when she would ride the tram up and down the block as a child.

Tocabe is closing one of its restaurants and converting it into production facility
What started as a passion project for Ben Jacobs and Matt Chandra during the pandemic has since become a full-time job.

Grabowski’s Pizzeria closes in The Source after four years
Grabowski’s Pizzeria has checked out of The Source Hotel.

New three-story restaurant and bar with rooftop views opening on South Broadway
BurnDown is South Broadway’s newest watering hole.

Carbon Café and Habit Doughnut Dispensary closes on Platte Street
Carbon Cafe & Bar has fizzled out.

American Elm reopening Friday, two weeks after double homicide
It will be open on Mother's Day and will also offer to-go brunch offering.

16th Street Mall Thai food cart opens brick-and-mortar space in Broomfield
Jaepop Pagdee wishes his mom could see him now.

Hungry for pickleball? Chicken N’ Pickle opening two Colorado locations next year
Pickleball is America’s fastest growing sport, and Chicken N’ Pickle wants to keep up. The Kansas City-based restaurant and pickleball venue plans to open its first two Colorado locations in...