GREAT TASTE IS IN THE DETAILS. Everyone has a favorite dish at N., where we prepare irresistible Italian meals in a welcoming environment brimming with neighborhood charm. Each day we start from scratch to serve exceptional pasta, pizza, and vibrant flavors from the garden, farm, and sea. We’ve created an atmosphere that offers everything from…
Head here for Italian food with some Colorado charm. Pick from salad, pasta, and—of course—pizza options. Try the burgers, which feature Harris Ranch beef on Grateful Bread buns. Also try the Washington Park location.
Enjoy quick, casual dining, including wood oven pizzas, homemade pasta, gelato, and espresso.
Enjoy authentic New York style pizza such as the Manhattan Pesto pizza or the Upstate Chicken, a buffalo chicken pizza. Choose from 50 craft brews on draft, and for dessert try the School Yard, a deep-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich topped with vanilla ice cream, fudge, and caramel.
Italian doesn't get more authentic than this (both the chef and the manager are native Italians). Try the Cappellacci di Zucca.
This restaurant offers a variety of made-from-scratch Italian meals, from inventive pastas and to vibrant pizzas. Try the Bolognese or Short Rib Radiatori.
Named for the famous white roads in Tuscany, Strade Bianche Cafe features homemade pastas and is adorned with bicycling memorabilia.
Festive, comfortable atmosphere offering traditional faves like chicken parm and baked ziti, with the occasional Tuscan pot roast.
An offshoot of the Highland location, this old-school Italian restaurant serves dishes such as savory cannoli (dough pockets stuffed with sausages and meatballs) and buckets of spaghetti and marinara sauce. Multiple locations.
A perfect combination of family recipes and modern style. Serving salads, pizza, panini, and pasta in a quick and casual atmosphere. Dine-in, carry-out, catering, and delivery within three miles.
This Italian eatery specializes in fresh, local ingredients and seasonal dishes. Try the meatball sub or the prosciutto vodka sauce.
This neighborhood nook dishes up tasty grilled oysters as well as pastas and pizzas. Try the lobster gnocchi. Also try the Littleton location.
This casual tavern features deep-set wooden booths and a spacious bar. The menu lists approachable eats, such as fresh house-made mozzarella and rustic pizzas.
The team behind Barolo Grill brings hand-rolled pastas and comforting Italian plates to LoDo. Try the agnolotti with sage-butter sauce.
A family-owned restaurant since 1964 serving simple, traditional Italian food. Enjoy a generous portion of pasta with one of the three house-made red sauces or a delicious pizza like the margherita. Be sure to try one of the specialty giant meatballs.
A traditional Italian menu, featuring decadent pasta and meat dishes.
Italian-American food with flair. The cozy dining room is decorated in warm Mediterranean style and complements the lively flavors in the dishes.
Dine on homemade pastas and other delights at this colorful Italian restaurant. Take the kids in before 6 p.m. and get their meals for $2.
With classic items like garlic knots, calzones, and caesar salad, you'll think you're in a pizza shop in Manhattan. Try the house-made meat lasagna and fresh mozzarella at this family-friendly restaurant.
This old-school Italian joint has been serving its special savory cannolis (dough pockets stuffed with sausages and meatballs) and buckets of spaghetti with marinara sauce since 1961. Multiple locations.
This family-style Italian restaurant serves up red-sauce favorites in a casual setting. Enjoy classic dishes including spaghetti with meatballs, stuffed manicotti, and more.
This pizza joint serves made-to-order, brick-oven-baked pies with toppings such as artichoke hearts and all-beef pepperoni. Try the kale caesar salad.
Family owned since 1951, this is one of Denver's oldest restaurants. Charming ambience with authentic Italian food.
Fresh and original Italian staples. Try the nine-topping King pizza or the Diavola. Enjoy more than 50 wine options, hand-picked from small wineries in Italy.
This homestyle Italian restaurant serves up classics like jumbo shells, chicken Parmesan, and manicotti.
This family-style Italian restaurant serves huge platters of hearty food on a year-round patio.
The menu boasts Italian classics like salsiccia pizza with house-made fennel sausage, sea scallop risotto, or veal parmigiana.
Snack on sweet potato fries or a Rusty's Sicilian burger, grilled salmon with onions and mushrooms, at this Italian cafe. There is an atmosphere to please everyone, grab a seat at the bar and see the kitchen or watch TV while you dine, or sit in a comfy chair by the fireplace.
Serving pastas, paninis, seafood, and pizzas with inspiration straight from Naples. Try the chef's favorite: the white pizza made with arugula, prosciutto, shaved parmesan, and extra virgin olive oil.
Parisi's answer to upscale Italian, this restaurant is located downstairs from the popular Berkeley spot and offers a savory Tuscan experience.
Reminiscent of a New York-style supper club serving southern Italian cuisine in grand proportions. Have a large group? Book one of the banquet areas for your gathering. Multiple locations.
With wine offerings including Sauvignon Blanc, rosé, Pinot Noir, and Cabernet Sauvignon and shared plates such as charcuterie and salmon crudo, this winery (which is connected to the Littleton location of Angelo's Taverna) is the perfect happy hour spot.
Like its sisters Bacco Trattoria and Parma Trattoria, Sforno serves hearty, family-style Roman fare. Try the house-made paperdalle bolognese or the bison ossobuco alla Romana, served with house-made gnocchi.
This Tuscan-inspired Englewood eatery offers comfort food staples. Start with an order of the meatballs and move on to a classic pizza or pasta dish. Indulge in the panna cotta for dessert.
Enjoy the robust flavors of authentic Italian cuisine. Try pizza from the wood-fired oven, house-made pasta, fresh seafood, and tiramisu.
The menu at this Lowry restaurant is based on Sicilian cuisine with house-made pastas and sausages. Enjoy wood-fired pizzas and dinners along with a glass of wine from an extensive list. Drop in on Sunday for brunch.
A celebration of Italian food, bringing together the sights and sounds of an Italian piazza.
Rooted in Italian tradition, this welcoming hot spot offers local brews and street food options including prosciutto grilled flatbread, carpaccio, and pork puttanesca.
This comfy neighborhood hangout features old-school favorites, such as chicken Parmesan.
Reminiscent of a New York-style supper club serving Southern Italian cuisine in grand proportions.
Tuck into wood-fired pizzas and comforting pastas from chef-owner Max Mackissock and executive chef-owner Carrie Baird at this casual gathering spot.
This modern setting offers authentic house-made pasta and entrées cooked on a wood-burning grill.
After years of working the festival circuit, Grammy's Goodies has hunkered down at a brick and mortar to continue dishing up Italian mainstays like lasagna, garlic knots, and Sicilian pizza. Don't leave without one of the sweet treats baked from the owner's grandmother's recipes.
Homestyle Italian restaurant serving classics like jumbo shells, chicken Parmesan, and manicotti.
Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and master sommelier Bobby Stuckey’s fine-dining mecca has racked up scores of accolades over the years (including nods from the James Beard Foundation). The elegant Friulano cuisine always wows.
Enjoy the locally sourced menu at this Italian-inspired spot. Try the seasonal pasta or any dish with Southern Indian influences. Don't miss the house-made gelato for dessert.
Find homestyle Italian classics, including a wide variety of pastas, at this cozy Cherry Creek spot.
This wood-fired eatery offers bold flavors and interesting wine. Try the lasagna with seasonal ingredients.
This speakeasy-influenced eatery (attached to Zig Zig Smokin’ Burger) promises diners 12,376 different ways to get their meatball fix. Try the meatball-centric charcuterie board, which comes with creamy mozzarella cheese, seared olives, and garlic bread.
The owner of Dolce Sicilia brings his authentic Italian cuisine to Highland. Start with the crispy arancini (fried risotto balls stuffed with cheese) and don't miss the pasta carbonara.
Convivial hospitality and classic Italian dishes greet you at this spot. Don’t miss the house-made burrata cheese.
Josh Pollack of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen takes on the Tri State Italian deli with this takeout-only spot. Try the Louie, a classic sub packed with three types of sliced-to-order meats and provolone cheese.
Grab a seat at the exhibition kitchen and enjoy rustic northern Italian cuisine.
Tuck into comforting Italian fare at this restaurant, which celebrates the cuisine of Rome and Southern Italy. Try the pollo alla diavola or the rigatoni carbonara.
This quaint eatery has been serving Italian classics for more than half a century. Try the jumbo cheese ravioli with the house-made red sauce.
Lo Stella is the sister restaurant to the acclaimed original of the same name in Portofino, Italy. Don't miss the authentic, ingredient-driven Italian dishes like house-made ravioli with walnut sauce, or the scratch-made desserts.
Dine on homemade pastas and other delights at this colorful Italian restaurant. Take the kids before 6 p.m. and you'll get their meals for $2.
The brainchild of Rome-born restaurateur Alex Liberati, this combination brewery/eatery serves scratch-made Italian fare and grape ales.
Fast-casual restaurant offering wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, entree salads, and undiscovered Italian wines. On Sunday kids eat for $2.
Great New York-style pizza, as well as pastas, calzones, and salads.
Enter a classic Italian eatery and try the roast beef carpaccio with arugula and marinated Roman-style artichokes. Pizza lovers will dig the hand-tossed pies with scratch-made sauces.
With its high ceilings, wooden floors, and rich gnocchi and ravioli, this restaurant is elegant Italian.
One thing you can count on at Alex Figura and Spencer White's fast-casual Italian eatery: perfect pasta. Try the cacio e pepe.
Get a taste of Italy at this casual, neighborhood-oriented restaurant with dishes like sausage and peppers, and grilled salmon filet with spinach risotto.
Specialties include house-made pasta, wood-fired pizza, grilled fish, authentic risotto, rotisserie meats, and artisanal breads.
This homey, upscale Italian restaurant serves soul-warming Italian dishes. Try the Veal Braciole.
The menu is inspired by the classics of southern France and northern Italy.
Dedication to authenticity translates to the food and extensive wine menu at this elegant eatery focused on the cuisine of northern Italy's Tuscany and Piedmont.
This Cherry Creek North staple serves multiregional Italian food with flair. Fresh pastas, game, fish, and poultry round out a menu that uses fresh, local ingredients.
Although related to Brasserie Ten Ten and the Mediterranean Restaurant, Via Perla is its own breed, serving Italian cuisine inspired by the many regions of Italy. Specializing in house-made pasta, go for the tagliatelle Bolognese or ricotta gnocchi with tomato sugo.
A perfect combination of family recipes and modern style. Serving salads, pizza, pasta, panini, and more in a quick and casual atmosphere. Dine-in, carry-out, delivery within three mile, and catering.
Hasten to this restaurant for classic Italian fare, like the rigatoni pomodoro with crumbled sausage. Be sure to try one of their unique drinks, such as an Italian margarita or a lemoncello martini.
Order a simple and fresh salad, pizza, or panini at this bistro. Try the pollo pesto panini, chicken breast with arugula, roasted red bell peppers, basil pesto and goat cheese. Stop in before work for a veggie frittata.
This restaurant satisfies with Italian as well as steak house fare. Begin a meal with roasted red pepper bruschetta, then dig into grilled salmon fresca, carbonara, or filet mignon. The large banquet room can accommodate parties of up to 60.
Enjoy made-from-scratch sauces and great desserts in a friendly, fun environment.
This wine bar offers an approachable list of vinos paired with casual fare, including bruschetta, panini, and small plates.
An upbeat dining room, bar, and patio are a great backdrop for this menu of contemporary Italian food.
Hot and cold sandwiches and calzones prepared with Italian bread baked fresh daily. Try a sandwich with capocollo, mortadella, sopressata (cured salami), and provolone.
This authentic Italian restaurant serves house-made pastas, soups, and more. Stop into Sarto’s Pantry—the adjacent market—for grab-and-go sandwiches, salads, and pizzas.
Make sure to try the pasta Felese: chicken, artichoke hearts, and sun-dried tomatoes in a white wine cream sauce.
This kiosk on the 16th Street Mall dishes out Lechuga's famous savory cannolis, which are stuffed with sausages and meatballs. Multiple locations.
Denver's only New England-style pan pizza with a unique crust and the best ingredients.
Stop in at this modern Italian spot for lunch or dinner, and stay late for cocktails and more. Try the prosciutto di parma pizza and sip on a signature cocktail after your meal.
A more casual offshoot of Denver's popular Barolo Grill, Chow Morso serves Italian street food and fresh pastas. Dig into the fritto misto and beef agnolotti with sage brown butter. Finish with the house-made pistachio gelato.
This restaurant satisfies with Italian as well as steakhouse fare. Begin a meal with roasted red pepper bruschetta, then dig into pasta alla vodka, filet mignon, or shrimp Mediterranean. Also try the Cherry Creek location.
This three-tiered restaurant was designed after the famed Roman Colosseum and serves made-to-order selections. Try the Marsala wine sauce, breads, and tiramisu.
This gorgeous LoDo eatery expands on traditional Italian fare by incorporating unexpected, seasonal ingredients.
Settle into an intimate evening meal at this hole-in-the-wall bistro. Try carefully crafted Italian dishes, like house-made ricotta and spinach gnudi (fluffy dumplings) in a light Parmesan broth.
Italian doesn't get more authentic than this (both the chef and the manager are native Italians). Try the Cappellacci di Zucca.
Lon Symensma’s upscale, European-inspired eatery features table-side preparations and a roving cheese cart.
This family-owned bistro offers both northern and southern-style Italian cuisine. Enjoy scratch-made, traditional pizza, antipasti, and pasta.
This quaint bistro offers a dose of Chicago and Italy in a cozy, Tuscan-style dining room. Favorites include the delicate marinara, homemade meatballs, and rustic ciabatta. Don't miss the live musical entertainment.
Casually elegant contemporary ristorante serving classic northern and southern Italian dishes. In-house creperia bar features made-from-scratch desserts.
Enjoy pizza and pasta in a cozy setting. Multiple locations.
Sample Andrea Frizzi’s imaginative Italian cuisine in sleek, urban environs. Don't miss the seasonal risotto.
This Boulder hotspot offers simple Italian fare in a funky space (think hand-tiled mosaic floor and chandeliers). Order the saliche pizza: fennel sausage, rapini, ricotta, and house-made mozzarella.
This neighborhood nook dishes up a selection of raw and fried oysters alongside elevated Italian cuisine. Try the lobster gnocchi served with leeks and a lobster tomato sauce. Multiple locations.
Since 1985, this casual, family-friendly restaurant has served up Italian classics like pizza, lasagna, and spaghetti. The owner/chef is Greek, so also try the Greek salad.
Vero got its start inside RiNo’s Denver Central Market, and now its sharing its authentic Italian fare with Boulder diners. Choose from 12 wood-fired pizzas or get the mussels with white wine and garlic.
This modern pizza shop serves more than just pies. Traditional Italian dishes such as chicken Marsala and ravioli are also on the menu, as are panini and salads.
The team behind Boulder’s acclaimed Frasca Food and Wine offers the same attention to hospitality at their more casual Denver restaurant. The charming space is home to dishes from across Italy and a deep wine list.
This authentic Italian spot offers generous portions of good food (try the gnocchi). A relaxed atmosphere and moderate pricing make it perfect for family dining.
Chef Elise Wiggins offers rustic, wood-fired Italian fare from a sprawling chef’s counter. Go for grilled oysters, seasonal pizzas, and fresh pastas.
Hand-crafted wooden tables set a welcoming tone at this elegant restaurant. Dig into the veal osso buco, a braised veal shank served with potatos, parsnips, hedgehog mushrooms, pine nut gremolata, and a fresh horseradish purée.
This inn has been family owned and operated for more than 50 years. Try the Howdy Pizza, a combo of sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, and jalapeño peppers.
Carbone's Italian Sausage Market & Deli has joined forces with the Monkey Barrel. This bar and restaurant duo will be your go-to spot for a beer and an Italian sandwich.
