Trending Denver restaurants: Global village

Rhein House

Beer, brats and bocce serve as a sort of holy trinity at this lively German-style beer garden in an inviting 15,000-square-foot space downtown.

Website: rheinhausdenver.com
Number of seats: 632
Average per-person check: $23
Popular dishes: House-baked pretzel with choice of sauces: spicy honey mustard, Emmental-beer fondue, obatzda (Bavarian cream cheese-and-beer spread), horseradish cream cheese, salted caramel-peanut butter or chocolate ganache; Smörgåsbord — a full schweinschaxe (crispy braised pork shank), roasted bone-in chicken breast, Polish kielbasa, mashed potatoes, roasted sweet potato-celery root spätzle, sauerkraut and braised red cabbage; Grillwurstl Schmankerl — sausage sampler with sauerkraut, mashed potatoes.
What people come for: Expansive beer program with German imports and local brews, bocce courts
Address: 1415 Market St.
Phone number: 303-800-2652

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Lori Midson

From the team behind the beloved Brazen, Telegraph offers sophisticated new-American cuisine with a progressive mind toward artful presentation in an inviting space in West Washington Park.

Website: telegraphdenver.com
Number of seats: 65 the dining room and 65 outdoors
Average per-person check: $35
Popular dishes: Meatballs with cheesy polenta and tomato sauce; squid ink vermicelli with bay scallops, fresno chiles, tarragon salsa verde and egg yolk; tempura bass with daikon slaw and tobiko dressing.
What people come for: Creative bar program with distinctive ice cut outside, patio seating
Address: 295 Pennsylvania St.
Phone number: 720-440-9846

Bar Dough

Signore blanco pizza

Rhein House

An interior view

Telegraph

Lori Midson

Baked potato soup

Bar Dough

After making his name at the Squeaky Bean, chef Max MacKissock took time off and re-emerged in the trendy Lohi neighborhood with this Italian eatery inclined toward both the rustic and the refined.

Website: bardoughdenver.com
Number of seats: 77
Average per-person check: $40
Popular dishes: Coppa di testa — sliced pork terrine with charred frisée, lemon dressing, pear mostarda and parsley; garganelli pasta with spring garlic almond pesto, house-made fennel sausage, montasio, lemon and basil; signore bianco pizza with olive oil, stracciatella, Parmigiano, creamed leek, red onion, green olive, pickled Fresno chile and fennel pollen.
What people come for: Happy hour daily with house-made spritzes and snacks.
Address: 2227 W. 32nd Ave.
Phone number: 720-668-8506

These trendy Denver restaurants are taking one of two approaches to their food

Bar Dough

Agnolotti pasta

Rhein House

Smörgåsbord

Brider

Jennifer Olson

Roasted porchetta

Brider

Jennifer Olson

This fast-casual rotisserie concept on the bottom level of a downtown building filled with tech workers showcases elemental cooking by chef Steven Redzikowski (of Acorn and Boulder’s Oak).

Website: denverbrider.com
Number of seats: 75, plus 40 on the patio
Average per-person check: $18
Popular dishes: Rotisserie-roasted half chicken with chile wilted baby kale, roasted fingerling potatoes and au jus; roasted lamb leg with pearl couscous, harissa, tzatziki and naan; rotisserie roasted báhn mì sandwich with chicken liver pâté mousse and carrot slaw.
What people come for: Meals for all dayparts, happy hour every day
Address: 1644 Platte St.
Phone number: 303-455-3084

Telegraph

Lori Midson

An interior view of the bar

Brider

Jennifer Olson

Farro and beet salad