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.

People eat dinner at a new location for the restaurant Work & Class in Englewood on March 5, 2026. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

These Denver restaurants grow their own ingredients from on-site gardens

May 28, 2026 at 5:45 a.m.

These Denver metro restaurants have on-site gardens, greenhouses and urban plots that allow chefs to harvest herbs, flowers and vegetables just steps from the kitchen.

Pigeon, 1431 N. Ogden St. in Denver, is a new listening bar that focuses on cocktails and analog activities, like vinyl and chess. (Sara Rosenthal/Special to The Denver Post)

New Cap Hill listening bar trades screentime for the analog pleasures of vinyl, chess

May 5, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

Everything about Pigeon is analog. Turntables spin a rotating collection of records, tables light up to reveal chess boards, and old-fashioned sodas are stirred by hand with house-made syrups.

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

These far-flung Colorado restaurants could be Michelin contenders

April 27, 2026 at 11:26 a.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...

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