The Rest of Denver

Sheehan (Mr Anthony Bourdain wannabe)

Can you or will you ever give a true review w/stars, forks, diamonds, pokadots, liquor bottles, etc? I've been in the business a long time and have never seen anyone like you kiss so much ass for chef's in a town and not actually critically review them. I mean christ, you wrote about how great and talented that chef from Stuebens/vesta was and then ripped on him a few weeks ago for being on his 3rd or 4th job in a couple of months and now he's in new mexico or somewhere.

Bottom line stop kissing every chef's ass in town and grow up. Be an actual critic! Be like anthony bourdain instead of acting like a disgraceful half-a-sissy version of him.

Your reviews are always so entertaining.

Don't waste your time with Il Posto. My wife and I live in the Uptown area and have been loyal supporters of Il Posto since it first opened. For a while we were happy with the restaurant, but now the neighborhood feeling is gone and the customer service is horrible. I made reservations a month ago for my wife's birthday and when we arrived, we were shown to a lovely seat.....at the bar!?!? What respectable restaurant takes a reservation and then offers bar seating? Do I also have to order chicken wings and potato skins? The excuse I was given was that they took too many reservations for four and thus had to slide available tables for two together to accommodate those parties. Um, yeah, isn't that why I made a reservation in the first place? To quote a classic Seinfeld, they can TAKE the reservation, they're just not great at HOLDING the reservation, which is really much more important when you think about it. The hostess attempted to console us with the fact that "well, it is some of the best bar seating in Denver." Needless to say she missed the point. Most reputable establishments would bring out the manager immediately. Instead, we couldn't even talk to the manager and we left. We went to another restaurant where they laughed at the idea of a reputable restaurant placing people at the bar for "reserved seating." Once service quality starts to slide, can food quality be far behind? The neighborhood feel is officially gone, as apparently now it's about churning through customers. The bottom-line is that if you are ever considering going here as a party of 2, keep in mind even if you have a reservation you may not actually have a table. All depends on who else makes reservations for that night, according to the brilliant hostess. So if it's an important evening like a birthday, anniversary, date, etc., don't waste your time. There are much better places to go that actually respect reservations.