AURORA
AMERICAN
Annette
American · Hearty · Aurora
$$$
Caroline Glover's wood-fired neighborhood restaurant in Aurora's Stanley Marketplace — the James Beard Best Chef: Mountain winner cooking seasonal, hearth-driven American food built on Colorado farms and a near-religious devotion to local ingredients. The menu changes constantly with what's good; the room is warm, communal, and unpretentious. Just outside Denver's Michelin coverage for now, it's nonetheless one of the metro's most quietly beloved tables — a chef's-farmers-market sensibility served without fuss.