This “modern steakhouse” concept with design-minded theatricality is the latest move by local mover-and-shaker Troy Guard, whose restaurants in town also include TAG, Los Chingones, and Sugarmill.

Website: guardandgrace.com

Number of seats: 280

Average per-person check: $75

Popular dishes: Oak-fired octopus with white bean and celery salad, sherry vinaigrette and red pepper sauce; Filet Mignon Flight: A tasting of grass-fed, Angus beef, and prime beef; beef short rib braised and grilled with honey mustard glaze, oak-fired carrots and crispy scalloped potato.

What people come for: Hand-crafted cocktails and the eclectic wine list in the walk-in wine cellar with 4,000 bottles.

Address: 1801 California St.

Phone number: 303-293-8500

Squeezed into 650 square-feet with a design inspired by pizza stops along the Italian highway, this small but formidable favorite slings refined pies from the city’s hip RiNo arts district.

Web site: cart-driver.com

Number of seats: 49

Average per-person check: $30

Popular dishes: Tuna or chicken liver mousse on toast; Cart-Driver pizza with sausage, kale, mozzarella and chili flake; Four Season pizza with Brussels sprouts, pear, ham, potato and burrata.

What people come for: Batched cocktails, Prosecco on tap, and happy hour in the afternoons and after 10 p.m.

Address: 2500 Larimer St., #100

Phone number: 303-292-3553

“No ocean, no worries” says an automated telephone greeting at this seafood destination (with fresh shipments daily, it touts) in the LoDo entertainment district.

Website: stoicandgenuine.com

Number of seats: 60

Average per-person check: $40

Popular dishes: Lobster roll with “damn near half a lobster shoved into a New England style bun” and potato salad; Paella Moderna with Hawaiian game fish, mussels, shrimp, squid, house made sausage, rice socarrat, smoked tomato broth and parsley; oysters on the half shell.

What people come for: Unique granite cocktails and the lengthy grower champagne list.

Address: 1701 Wynkoop St.

Phone number: 303-640-3474