Piatti Locali in Denver Colorado

Piatti Locali

Address: 190 St. Paul St.

Cross Streets: 2nd Ave. and St. Paul

Phone: 303-321-1919

Price: $$

Reservations: Yes

Hours: L-D:Mon-Sat, D:Sun

If you want terrific Italian food in a wonderful atmosphere, Cherry Creek's Piatti Locali fills the bill. The warm and bright room features an open kitchen, huge fireplaces, a great bar and covered patios. Divine baskets of bread from La Brea in California and homemade focaccia arrive with an addictive balsamic oil and garlic dip. The focus of the food is on fresh, local ingredients. Start with fried calamari, bruschetta or cozze-steamed mussels in white wine, garlic and citrus. Soups that change daily, mozzarella and tomato salad or a perfect Caesar salad could be your next course. Pizzas straight from the wood-burning oven make a great entrée or appetizer. Dinner entrées feature a marvelous half chicken, chicken breast with risotto, veal dishes, fish and beef. The outstanding seafood stew is packed with goodies, while buffalo osso buco draws raves. It is worth checking out pastas that include ravioli in lemon cream, rigatoni, risotto and capellini. Leave room for sweet endings of tiramisu, chocolate cake, panna cotta and gelati. The children's menu is terrific, drawing top ratings with good reason. The staff caters to even the youngest diners, paying attention to detail that brings dining to a new level. Affordable prices, a terrific lunch menu and complimentary valet parking keep guests coming back to Piatti Locali.