Sara Rosenthal

Sara Rosenthal is a freelance writer based in Denver focused on hospitality, restaurants, real estate, and art. In her spare time she enjoys cooking, hot yoga, hiking, and hanging out with her dog, Lucy.

The pink banana squash bisque at Soupcon in Crested Butte. (Photographer: Stephanie Kelly)

These far-flung Colorado restaurants could be Michelin contenders

April 22, 2026 at 12:23 p.m.

With the guide expanding its reach, restaurants like Soupcon, Marigold and Rootstalk could get recognition.

At the Up NXT launch party on March 1, 2026, BearLeek sous chef Benjamin Carolan , Will Harris of Denver Mussel Club, Jesse Albertini of Sfoglina, Matthew Drazick Halip of domi and Josh Bednar of Workbench, interact with guests. (Sara Rosenthal/Special to The Denver Post)

Dining series is an incubator for Denver’s next hot chefs and restaurants

March 30, 2026 at 1:19 p.m.

Up NXT pop-ups will take over Bear Leek every Sunday from March through October.

Uchiko opened in February 2026 at 299 Fillmore St., in Denver's Cherry Creek. (Jimena Peck/Feed Media)

Fire meets fish at brand new Uchiko in Cherry Creek

February 25, 2026 at 8:40 a.m.

After four years in the making, Uchiko has finally opened in the former Ginny Williams Gallery in Cherry Creek.

The tortellini en brodo at Dear Emilia, a new Italian restaurant in the RiNo Arts District in Denver. (Photo by Austin Carson/Provided by Prim + Co)

That’s amore: Denver is having a love affair with Italian food right now

February 4, 2026 at 1:49 p.m.

Denver can't stop, won't stop eating pasta.

Florence Supper Club opened in December 2025 at 375 S. Pearl St. in Denver, serving old-school Italian classics. (Sara Rosenthal/Special to The Denver Post)

Denver lands an East Coast-style Italian red-sauce joint

January 21, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Florence Supper Club opened its doors in the Washington Park neighborhood last month.

The Burgundy escargot at chef Ludo Lefebvre's Petit Trois in Aspen. (Capra Photography)

Aspen dining scene levels up with new restaurants from renowned chefs

December 10, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Petit Trois, Mawita and Yuki are must-try restaurants during the 2025鈥�26 ski season.

The Dirty Martini Bucatini is on the menu at Boombots Pasta Shop, which opened in Nov. 2025 in Denver. (Provided by Boombots Pasta Shop)

Pasta is everything, and anything, at new restaurant from Odie B’s owners

November 19, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Wild and worldly, Boombots offers dishes like Dirty Martini Bucatini, Samosa Agnolotti and Pasta Water Martinis

Huitlacoche, seen here in chef Jose Avila's hand, is a fungus that grows on corn kernels, transforming them into bulbous, black and gray clusters. (Provided by Jose Avila)

Is a savory corn fungus the secret to Michelin success?

September 30, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Hidden amid the glitz and glamor of Colorado's latest Michelin awards, which were announced in late September, is an unexpected ingredient common to several of the honorees: a fungus called...

A line forms outside of Leroy's Bagels on Platte Street. (Sara Rosenthal/Special to The Denver Post)

A new bar, a bagel shop and a cafe bolster Platte Street’s revival

August 27, 2025 at 7:11 a.m.

Leroy's, the Devil's Drink and Kaffe 脜re are the first of several new businesses to open there.

Olive & Finch opened its newest location in May 2025 in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. (Payton Perani)

Olive & Finch doubles down on downtown Denver

June 10, 2025 at 6:00 a.m.

Mary Nguyen: 鈥淚鈥檓 a Denver native. If I want to see a vibrant, activated downtown, then I鈥檓 going to help make that happen. I鈥檓 not waiting for someone else to...

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