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Get to know 5 emerging restaurant brands in DenverGet to know 5 emerging restaurant brands in Denver

Come along with the NRN team as they discover restaurant chains that started in the Colorado capital

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

October 25, 2022

Denver, the mile high city, is where Nation’s Restaurant News held CREATE: The Future of Foodservice this year. It’s also where NRN editors got a chance to sample some of the best food in the country, both at the event and outside of it across the city.

In the latest edition of NRN’s Cities series, we’re going to take you through Denver on some epic food adventures from Native American cuisine to Hawaiian to Argentinian – all in Colorado’s capital city. NRN editor-in-chief Sam Oches will act as your tour guide through five local restaurants that all got their start in Denver and have expanded to more than one unit, some with growth plans on the horizon, some who have already begun to franchise and expand across the country.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

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