Restaurant Recs near City Park/Downtown in Denver

[Diane in Bexley]

Will be visiting DD and new boyfriend who live near City Park in Denver. Will have car. Looking for restaurant recs where I can take everyone out for a "treat" dinner. They both eat meat, however gluten free. Any cuisine except Indian. Good value for money desired. Thanks in advance for your help!

[jenwhit]

17th Ave/Uptown area has great food. My personal favorite is il Posto, a small Italian place with a young, inventive chef. Italian with a modern flair. Not sure about gluten-free but this is a common request in Denver and likely can be accomodated there. I have head Olivea is great too but have not been there yet. Downtown I would suggest The Kitchen, Rioja, Osteria Marco, or Tag.

[rlm]

Olivea's owners are moving and it closed earlier this month. A new restaurant called Beast and Bottle is opening in that space: http://blogs.westword.com/cafesociety...

[tesnjen]

I'd highly suggest Panzano, they have a full gluten free menu in addition to their regular menu, great food, fun location in Lodo.

http://www.panzano-denver.com/menu.php

[juliejulez]

I've eaten at Panzano many times for both brunch and dinner and for private events and I can second this recommendation. Get the fried brussels sprouts.