New York Times names 3 Colorado restaurants among best in country

DENVER ( KDVR ) — Three restaurants in Colorado were named among the top 50 best restaurants in the country in 2024, and two are in the Denver area.

The New York Times released a list of America’s Best Restaurants in 2024 . Among the 50 restaurants decided throughout the year by its editors and reporters, three Colorado restaurants made the cut.

New York Times Best Restaurants in 2024

Here are the Colorado restaurants on the list:

Yuan Wonton

The Asian restaurant in the North Park Hill neighborhood serves wontons along with other Chinese cuisine. New York Times said the Denver spot opened about a year ago after spending four years as a food truck business. The list specifically names Yuan Wonton’s homemade dough and the “hero,” was the jok, a Chinese congee with chicken, ginger and pickled bird’s-eye chile.

Sap Sua

The modern Vietnamese restaurant in the Congress Park neighborhood has won several awards since it opened in 2023. Sap Sua was named among Esquire and Bon Appetit’s best new restaurants . It was also a semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in the 2024 James Beard Awards .

The New York Times specifically mentioned their trứng và trứng which is described as a soft scrambled egg, brown butter, fish sauce, trout roe and rice.

Meander Eatery

The farm-to-table restaurant is the only other spot in Colorado on the list that’s not in Denver. The establishment in Pagosa Springs opened in 2022 and has since reached the eye of the New York Times.

In 2023, only two Colorado restaurants made the New York Times list . The restaurants included were La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal and Molotov Kitschen + Cocktails , which were both located in Denver.

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