Restaurants in Denver, CO
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Restaurants • Cafes, Coffee, and Coffee Houses • American Restaurants
3201 E Colfax Ave.,
Denver ,
CO
80206
UNITED STATES
303-320-8635
Based on 9 reviews
303-320-8635
What an amazing find!!
My wife and I were walking from the Tattered Cover when we stumbled on this little gem. Who knew that Denver could produce such great food!! My wife had the halibut which was delicious. I had the duck small plate on the advice of our server. The skin was perfectly crispy and the meat was nice and moist without being fatty. The service was relaxed but very well done and the wine list was filled with interesting, well priced options. The only drawback was that the mens room ceiling was dripping from a rainstorm and the tables were a little worn. Over all though, this was one of the greatest restaurant experiences that we've had in Denver.
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wonderful
My husband and I ate here recently after deciding to never again patronize their sister restaurant (Trattoria Stella). We were so pleased with everything, honestly, everything. Our server was this sweet girl from Chicago, she was so personable and helpful. We started with the tuna appetizer then I ordered the duck special and my husband ordered the pork. I also had a great Malbec which was truly fantastic. What can I say? Probably one of the best meals I have ever had, and my husband agreed. I'm sure that we'll be going again, and even if they are having an 'off' night, they are still worth the time and money.
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Really great food
My husband and I took some out of town friends to Cafe Star on Saturday. First off, we had to delay the reservation and the host was very polite about it all. We had two wonderful appetizers: fresh mozzerella and olives and a rissotto with a delicious basil sauce. Our server was very polite and was very helpful. We shared two bottles of wine which were great deals at $25. The manderin, fennel salad was super good. I had the mushroom gnocci, which I actually wouldn't reccomend, it was a little dry. But my friends had the crawfish potpie and a mint/pea ravioli which were both done quite well. The key lime tart and the panna cotta were both good, but the pannacotta would have been better without the nuts on top. Overall, we had a great evening. The price was very reasonable. The menu had changed a lot since the last time we went to Cafe Star, but we really liked the changes and the prices were better.
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Great food. Everything else: meh.
The food was great. I can't say enough about it. The reason for my rating is 2 things. 1) lack of a competent wait staff. Our waitress was flighty, she forgot things and seemed to be "absent" in the literal and figurative meanings. That wasn't so bad, but the biggest bummer was #2: No A/C; not even a fan. OK, look I get it: it's in an old building; maybe the A/C was on the fritz, who knows. The thing was they didn't even have a fan of some sort to circulate the air. My girlfriends and I ate our dinners as fast as we could, just to escape the heat. We opted to go someplace else for dessert, since no one could stand it any longer. Even my red wine was hot. I had to ask the waitress for a glass of ice, (blasphemy, I know), but just to make it drinkable. (Oh yeah, that might signal to some that the wine is too hot, or maybe even barely drinkable, but not our girl, she just gladly brought me a glass of ice.)
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Cafe Star, RIP
THIS JUST IN: CAFE STAR HAS CLOSED AND WILL BE REPLACED WITH STELLA'S. YUCK!!
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Cafe Star Has Lost Its Luster
Like Mizuna, Rioja and Barolo Grill, Cafe Star was an old reliable on our fine dining list. However, ever since Chef Rebecca moved to NYC in the fall of 2007, the food has really gone down hill. The steak was undercooked and over-sauced; the jus covered the entire plate and that's just not necessary. The shrimp appetizer wasn't noteworthy, just boring and bland. The salad with hot bacon dressing came cold and too early (right after we got the shrimp app); no, the dressing was not cold b/c we had to wait to eat it, it was cold on arrival. The salad came with mozzarella cheese, which was much too bland for the spinach and bacon dressing; would have been better with a strong blue or goat. And pickled onions on a spinach/bacon salad? No, raw red would have been fine. The whole combination just didn't work.
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Now Stella's. Not as good as Cafe Star or the old Stella's
I was a big fan of Cafe Star and went there the other night only to find that the restaurant had changed to mirror Stella's Trattoria, run by the same people. I always thought of Cafe Star to be a step up from Stella's (which I still love) and was disappointed by the change. And even with the same menu as Stella's,the food is not as good as the original, located in the Highlands. I hear the brunch menu is still the same as Cafe Star's old menu, but if the chefs have changed, I'm a little wary.
303-320-8635
Excellent Homemade Cuisine and Cozy Atmosphere
I have been to Stella's numerous times and had great experiences every time. We usually sit in the bar side (R Bar) and the servers are always extremely friendly and knowledgeable.
303-320-8635
Don't try just ordering a mimosa
I went to Trattoria Stella this morning with my sister to have a mimosa. We were seated outside and told by our waiter that if we wanted to sit outside that we needed to order food as well as a mimosa. He was quite unfriendly. We finished our drinks quickly and asked for the bill. As we paid our bill he told us that there was a legal issue with only ordering drinks... we were not aware that it is illegal to only order drinks at a bar. We will not go back to this place.Worldwide > United States > Denver, CO > American Restaurants