Ajax Downtown
American restaurant · Union Station
1899 16th St Mall, Denver, CO 80202
Highlights
Wood-fired cooking, craft beers, and cocktails in a stylish space
Wood-fired cooking, craft beers, and cocktails in a stylish space
"From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Christmas Eve, this spiffy new restaurant in Union Station’s Limelight hotel will augment its regular menu of contemporary American fare — don’t miss the sea scallop udon with Dungeness crab, fermented black radish, and macadamias in mushroom-shoyu broth — with a few specials to mark the occasion. From noon to 8 p.m. on Christmas Day, it will go all out with a three-course prix fixe, featuring appetizers such as coal-fired oysters or ember-roasted wild mushrooms with garlic confit, black garlic molasses, and rice crackers; entrees like truffled chicken ballotine or mokum carrot cannelloni; and butternut squash pie, pear tatin, or white chocolate cheesecake for dessert (the meal runs for $115 per adult, $35 per child under 12)." - Eater Staff
"One of Aspen’s top après-ski spots now has an all-day sibling in LoDo’s Limelight Hotel, where it has retained some elements from its predecessor, Citizen Rail — sleek interior, dry-aging locker, live-fire cooking technique — while developing its own intriguingly bold style, especially evident at dinner. Recent examples include a composed salad of Campari-spiked tomatoes with black garlic cream, basil bavarois, and bee pollen garum; a savory tart featuring three squashes (spaghetti, kuri, and butternut), goat cheese mousse, and candied pepitas; and noodles made from sea scallop in a mushroom-shoyu broth with Dungeness crab and fermented black radish. Cocktails from the adjacent bar, still a happy hour go-to, skew seasonal too: the Night Court with 15-year Scotch, apple brandy, fir eau de vie, and maple, for example, is as autumnal as they come." - Ruth Tobias, Eater Staff
"From 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., chef Christian Graves’ LoDo spot is serving up a three-course prix fixe ($105 per person) with numerous options for each: Think wild mushroom velouté with puffed rice or baked oysters in cilantro-garlic butter; smoked turkey breast roulade and confit leg with roasted butternut squash frisee salad or dry-aged New York strip in sauce bordelaise; and pumpkin pie with white-chocolate mousse or roasted-fig bread pudding with bourbon cream. It’s also selling takeout Thanksgiving dinners for four ($200); for details and to order by November 20, contact alicia.adrien@hotelborndenver.com." - Ruth Tobias
"From 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., chef Christian Graves’ LoDo spot is serving up a three-course prix fixe ($105 per person) with numerous options for each: Think wild mushroom velouté with puffed rice or baked oysters in cilantro-garlic butter; smoked turkey breast roulade and confit leg with roasted butternut squash frisee salad or dry-aged New York strip in sauce bordelaise; and pumpkin pie with white-chocolate mousse or roasted-fig bread pudding with bourbon cream. It’s also selling takeout Thanksgiving dinners for four ($200); for details and to order by November 20, contact alicia.adrien@hotelborndenver.com." - Ruth Tobias, Eater Staff
"Lined with windows on one side and a series of mirrors above the open kitchen on the other, the sleek, narrow dining room of Citizen Rail, a New American hotspot in the Kimpton Hotel Born , subtly evokes a train car, in homage to the Union Station platform just around the corner. But your average commuter line doesn’t have a wood-burning range or a glassed-in dry-aging room chock-full of chops and ribs galore—or a talented chef like Christian Graves to oversee them." - Ruth Tobias
