Hot and Savory

Fried Chicken

Sandwiches

Jabroni & Sons Sandwiches
Jabroni & Sons chicken cutlet sandwich. Photo courtesy of Jabroni & Sons

Boxed Meals

Grain Bowls

  • Flavor Dojo: Nourishing midday meals made with local heirloom grains and greens at Rioja

Cold and Savory

Giardiniera & Pickles

CSA With Benefits

  • Ollin Farms Pop-Up: Local fruits and veggies for Saturday pickup at Beast & Bottle, paired with recipes from chef Paul C. Reilly

Cheese Plates & Soup

  • Turtle Boat: Cheese flights sourced from Rocky Mountain makers, plus free soup for souls in need

Bakery-Plus

  • Moxie Bread Co.: Breads and baked goods, sure, but also seeds for planting, books for baking, and face masks for being responsible
  • Dry Storage: Pastries, loaves, heirloom flours, whole grains, onigiri, and booze

Kimchi

Kream Kimchi
KREAM Kimchi. Photo courtesy of Stephanie Minior
  • KREAM Kimchi: Spicy-tangy perfection in a jar from hospitality vet Virgil Dickerson’s mom’s recipe

Hot and Sweet

Pie

  • Il Posto: Classic iterations of deep-dish heaven, in apple, peach, and blueberry
  • The Pie Queen: Six-inch beauties made with local fruit from a pastry chef who often delivers in drag

Baked Goods

  • Fox Run Café: Rising star bakers making banana bread, cream puffs, and briochelike buns for flawless sandwiches

Cakes

  • Lala’s Bakery: Spring Fling Cakes by alums of the dearly departed Market on Larimer Street

Doughnuts

Pandemic Donuts
Pandemic Donuts. Photo courtesy of Tori Buehner

Cold and Sweet

Gelato Bars

  • HipPops: Miami-born food truck peddling create-your-own gelato or sorbet bars

Ice Cream

  • MyKings Ice Cream: 12 rotating flavors (a few from Magill’s) and cereal milkshakes
  • Pint’s Peak Ice Cream: Pastry chef Caitlin Howington’s from-scratch fantasy flavors (smoky s’mores, whiskey butterscotch)
  • Right Cream: Inventive pints (looking at you, vegan coconut pandan with sesame candy and coconut caramel), delivered
  • RoseBud Ice Cream: Small-batch, high-butterfat, pure and simple flavors—with or without CBD

Denise Mickelsen
Denise Mickelsen
Denise Mickelsen is 5280’s former food editor. She oversaw all of 5280’s food-related coverage from October 2016 to March 2021.
Patricia Kaowthumrong
Patricia Kaowthumrong
Patricia is 5280’s former food editor. Follow her food reporting adventures on Instagram @whatispattyeating.