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The Essential Denver Restaurants, April 2012

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Welcome to Denver's first edition of Eater 38, your answer and ours to any question that begins, "Can you recommend a restaurant..." This elite group covers the entire city, spans myriad cuisines and collectively satisfies all of your restaurant needs. Every quarter, we'll update this list with any restaurants that were omitted, have become newly eligibly (all restaurants must have been open 6 months to appear on this list), or have improved and now warrant being included. So, without further ado (and in no particular order), we present the Denver's Eater 38.

For those of you readying the pitchforks because your favorite restaurant isn't on the list, wouldn't it just be more productive to nominate it for inclusion? State your cases for (or against) restaurants in the comments or in the tipline.

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Fruition Restaurant

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Luca D'Italia

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Root Down

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TAG Restaurant

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Z Cuisine

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Panzano

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Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen

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Twelve Restaurant

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Potager

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Queen of Sheba Ethiopian

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Pho Duy Restaurant

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New Saigon Restaurant

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Star Kitchen

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Vesta Dipping Grill

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ChoLon Bistro

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Biker Jims Dogs

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WaterCourse Foods

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Hops & Pie

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Sushi Den

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Fuel Cafe

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Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar

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Axios Estiatorio

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Bittersweet

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Il Posto

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Beatrice & Woodsley

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Olivéa Restaurant

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Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria

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Masterpiece Delicatessen

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Jonesy's EatBar

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El Camino

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Colt & Gray

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Park Burger

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Steuben's

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Fruition Restaurant

Mizuna

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Luca D'Italia

Root Down

Linger

TAG Restaurant

Z Cuisine

Panzano

Rioja

Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen