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1529 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0500

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Westword
Recommended
BEST NEW AMERICAN RESTAURANT
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): New American, Seafood, Small Plates

Hours: Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-10pm, Sun 10am-9pm

Price: $$$, $$$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express, cash, ATM/Debit

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Fireplace

Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Street

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Timing, company and appetite make all the difference when dining at Black Pearl. But mostly, it's appetite. Because the cuisine is rigorously New American, you have to be in the mood for deconstructed clam chowder, for a menu that mixes classical French (such as Black Pearl's moules et frites in Pernod broth) with mac-and-cheese, but Black Pearl's kitchen executes these ideas with fresh grace. The dining room is hip and modern, the wine service is excellent and the place does a booming business on this booming block of Old South Pearl.

Culinary Connectors South Pearl Walking Tour

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. every other week Fri.

Journey down South Pearl street in Denver for visits to four area restaurants. Enjoy exclusive access, food and drink.

2006 | BEST NEW AMERICAN RESTAURANT

The menu at Black Pearl is studded with dishes like an "unassembled" clam "chowdah" (the quotes courtesy of the house), Asian-influenced seared tuna and a truffled mac-and-cheese, all trend-humping examples of the culinary smart-assitude that makes New American food so laughably stupid. And yet that unassembled clam chowder is absolutely delicious. And that seared tuna -- one of the most archetypal workhorses in the entire New American stable -- is so good and so thoughtfully assembled that... More »

Today: Wine up your week with four vino events

By Amber Taufen | Thu, May 6, 2010

How would you prefer to kick off your weekend -- at a wine dinner, a wine-tasting benefit or a full-blown, three-day wine experience? You're spoiled for choice tonight with four different wine-centric... More »
Tonight: Margerum wine dinner at Black Pearl

By Lori Midson | Tue, April 6, 2010

Tonight, at 6:30 p.m., Black Pearl, 1529 South Pearl Street, is hosting a wine dinner with winemaker and grape guru Doug Margerum. The Santa Barbara-based, private winery produces three primary wines... More »
Pearl Bucks

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, February 16, 2006

Just up the street from their Black Pearl restaurant (see review) Sean Huggard and Steve Whited will soon have a new neighbor. Lola is scheduled to depart its spot at 1469 South Pearl Street on February 28 (with a closing bash on February 27); by ... More »
Another Kind of Comfort

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, February 16, 2006

I hated Black Pearl. I hated it before the place even opened. I hated the hype, the website, the menu. Even the building -- the old Oodles space getting an expensive makeover to house the new restaurant -- bothered me on some level I couldn't... More »
Black Pearl Cosmo

By Nancy Levine | Thu, September 22, 2005

Black Pearl is the newest gem on Old South Pearl, a street full of jewels. The restaurant is beautiful, highly stylized, sleek and modern, with Zen-like enhancements -- the wall of backlit bottles in the bar, for example, and the patio with a comm... More »

Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$7.00

Shishito Peppers
sesame paprika salt

$6.00

Truffle Fries
parmesan, herb aioli

$12.00

Calamari
toasted garlic, aged soy, scallions, pistachios

$12.00

House Cured Salmon
corn blini, gravlax, jalapeño dill cream cheese

Oyster
Oysters On The Half Shell Are Also Available With Cocktail Sauce And Lemon

Half Dozen $15.00

East Coast
green olive relish

Half Dozen $15.00

West Coast
champagne mignonette

Half Dozen $15.00

Ancho Chili Fried Oysters-east Coast
saffron aioli, chive

Cheese Plate
Served With Honey, Port Glazed Figs, Crackers. Sampling Of 4 For $18.00