"While Sushi Den, Denver’s foremost pioneer of Japanese food, remains closed to all but takeout customers for the time being, its adjacent sibling Izakaya Den offers a similar menu in its more spacious, serenely appointed dining rooms upstairs and down. The list of specials is always the best place to start a meal here, featuring seafood from as far as Scotland, Croatia, and Greece as well as Japan; the banana cream pie, believe it or not, is always the best place to end." - Gigi Sukin, Ruth Tobias