Most anticipated Denver restaurants opening in 2025

Dozens and dozens of eating places will open their doorways for the primary time in 2025 — most of which we don’t even learn about but (though their house owners are certainly planning away). However we do have particulars of a few of them, and it makes us hungry. Here’s a record of eight of essentially the most anticipated openings of 2025 — together with two extra with out addresses which are within the works.

Amorina

Chef Max Mackissock of the Culinary Artistic Group plans to open Amorina, a cocktail bar and small-plates restaurant in Cherry Creek, on Jan. 7. Along with cocktails, it’ll characteristic a hand-stretched mozzarella bar, pizzas, crudo, prosciutto and pasta. The cheese bar will provide a selection of both burrata, mozzarella di bufala (made with buffalo milk), or fresh-pulled fior de latte (mozzarella made with cow’s milk) and varied sides, oils and accompaniments.

231 Clayton St., Denver; theculinarycreative.com

Boombots Pasta Store

If anybody could make pasta style higher than it already does, it’s Cliff Blauvelt, whose sandwiches at Odie B’s (previously Bodega), just like the Soiled Denver, made with inexperienced chile-braised quick rib, cheese curds and crispy onions, are considerably of a non secular expertise. Boombots will take a equally “playful” strategy with dishes like Soiled Martini Bucatini, made with a vodka sauce puttanesca; Pastrami Agnolotti, impressed by a Reuben sandwich; and Smoked Duck Inexperienced Chile Mac. The fast-casual spot may have a patio; it’s slated to open in the summertime.

2647 W. thirty eighth Ave., Denver; instagram.com/boombots_pastashop

Cerebral Brewing/Outdoors Pizza

Cerebral Brewing is one in every of Denver’s most beloved and revered breweries. Outdoors Pizza, from Ashley and Ryan Grillaert, has an ardent group of followers for the Neopolitan-style pies they serve from a classic trailer. Collectively, they plan to open inside a 4,000-square-foot, high-profile former church off Highland Sq.. The house, Cerebral’s third metro-area taproom, will embody a built-in pizza oven, a second-story mezzanine and a sunny patio. It’s going to be very busy.

3257 Lowell Blvd., Denver; cerebralbrewing.com/location/west-highlands/

Denchu

Brothers Toshi and Yasu Kizaki will add to their South Pearl Avenue empire this spring after they open Denchu, an omakase-style Japanese restaurant the place Toshi Kizaki will have the ability to exhibit his abilities at getting ready sushi and different dishes. Denchu will be a part of Sushi Den, Ototo and Izakaya Den, that are thought-about to be among the prime Japanese eating places in metro Denver.

1551 S. Pearl St., Denver; sushiden.internet

Emilia

Companions Ty Leon, Austin Caron and Heather Morrison, who landed on the Michelin Information’s record of really useful eating places in Denver for the previous two years with their first spot, Restaurant Olivia, will open a second idea known as Emilia in 2025. The three,700-square-foot house shall be on the bottom ground of The Present workplace constructing. Emilia takes inspiration from the Emilia-Romagna area of Italy — dwelling to Parmigiano Reggiano, balsamic vinegar and prosciutto di Parma. One menu merchandise to maintain your eyes out for: bison mortadella, which we profiled right here.

3615 Delgany St., Denver; instagram.com/emilia_ristorante/

Leven Downtown

Leven Downtown (to not be confused with Leven Provide, which opens in January) is a brand new, full-service restaurant coming from Leven Deli proprietor Anthony Lygizos. Will probably be on the bottom ground of the 30-story Block 162 improvement. The menu attracts from Italian and Mediterranean delicacies and consists of cured and aged meats, dry-aged steaks, stuffed pasta with house-made pastrami, sourdough crust pizzas and salads. It’s focusing on a summer season opening.

1520 California St., Denver; eatleven.com

Reunion Bread

Ismael De Sousa and his employees already end up superb breads, pastries and different confections inside a virtually empty market corridor with an oven that isn’t made for what they do. So when Reunion Bread strikes right into a model new, flagship location on busy South Pearl Avenue subsequent summer season, De Sousa will lastly have the ability to actually showcase the skills (together with muffins, tarts and creampuffs) that acquired him named to Bon Appetit’s 2019 record of the most effective new eating places in America.

1250 S. Pearl St., Denver; reunionbread.sq..website

Risica

Tremendous eating chef Andrea Frizzi — who ran Il Posto from 2007-2024 — is taking a special strategy with Risica, which he plans to open in Edit, a luxurious condo constructing in RiNo. Along with Neapolitan-style pizza baked in a Marra Forni brick oven, the informal spot will characteristic small plates like beef carpaccio, seasonal crudo, crostini, oysters and white cannelloni bean hummus. Frizzi additionally plans a drinks menu with cocktails beneath $12 and glasses of wine beneath $8.

3463 Walnut St., Denver; instagram.com/risica_denver/

And two to develop on…

Spencer White, Alex Figura and Lulu Clair — the house owners of Dio Mio in RiNo, and Denver darling Redeemer Pizza — introduced in late December that they’re planning to open a pasta restaurant within the spring of 2025 someplace within the Washington Park neighborhood. The spot shall be known as Johnny Bechamel’s. Extra particulars are anticipated in January.

And Bakery 4, which has been wowing prospects at its flagship store on Tennyson Avenue and its bagel outpost, Wealthy Spirit, in Wheat Ridge, hinted on Instagram that it’s planning one other location — this one on the east aspect of central Denver. Extra to return in 2025.

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Initially Printed: January 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM MST