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1518 S. Pearl St. Denver, CO 80210

303-777-0691 

http://www.izakayaden.net  

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1518 S. Pearl St. Denver CO 80210

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  • Fusion, Japanese, Spanish, Sushi
    Sun, Sat 11:30am-2:30pm, Sun-Thu, Sat 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-11pm
    $$$ $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash
    ATM, Banquet Facilities, Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout
    Dinner, Lunch
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties
    Street, Valet
Description

Izakaya Den's menu is impossible, ridiculous, amazing, awe-inspiring and should never work in a million years, but somehow it does. At its core, it's a fusion menu. A Japanese-Mediterranean fusion menu (with hints of northern Spain and France and America shot through it like rogue strands of culinary DNA). The room is large and beautiful; the staff both competent and confident, knowing the menu, sake list and lore of the house inside and out. A night at Izakya Den can be so perfect, you may never want to leave.








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  • 2010 | Best Vegetarian Dish in a Non-Vegetarian Restaurant

    What do otherwise dedicated carnivores eat when they think no one's watching? Seaweed salad at Izakaya Den, a tide of flashy green algae, weeds and leaves, pink grapefruit wedges, pencil-thin rods of asparagus and sliced apples tossed in a stark white, square bowl, sprinkled with sesame seeds and dressed with a citrus-y spray. The salad is included on the vast menu among many other temptations -- sushi, sashimi, udon and unagi bowls, tempura, Kobe beef sliders and miso black cod --... More »

  • 2009 | Best Late-Night Menu

    Denver has always had a shortage of good late-night restaurants. Most places in town lock the doors around nine or ten and leave the late-night service to the drive-thrus, bars, diners and street-corner burrito vendors. So before the clock strikes eleven, head to Izakaya Den, which has a great menu for late-night snackers: a combination Italian/Mexican/French/American/Japanese board that offers both the lowbrow and the high-tone side by side. More »

  • 2009 | Best Fusion Restaurant

    Izakaya Den is a lot of things. It's a tapas restaurant, a small plates restaurant, a sushi restaurant, a sake bar. It does Mediterranean food and Italian food, re-envisioned American bar food and really, really authentic Japanese food. And sometimes, it does all of these together on a single plate -- to the delight and confusion and occasional horror of those fortunate enough to have happened into this South Pearl Street restaurant with the nondescript exterior and windows that look... More »

  • 2008 | Best Fusion Restaurant

    Miso soup? Check. Homemade Satsuma-age and nikumaki with burdock root? Check. For about thirty seconds, Izakaya Den seems like nothing more than a late-night version of Sushi Den, its sibling across the street. But then you see the panzanella salad on the menu, the roasted red and yellow beets with green tea-smoked mozzarella, the curried Maine lobster with apricot-shallot veloute, and you begin to wonder just what kind of restaurant you've wandered into. At Izakaya Den, the seemingly... More »

  • 2008 | Best New Restaurant

    Izakaya Den is a beautiful restaurant -- dimly lit, with a lovely, blonde-wood sushi bar and huge beams made from imported cedar, set and carved by Japanese craftsmen -- but that's not why it's the year's best new restaurant. The menu, designed by Toshi Kizaki and executed by one of the most talented crews in town, is ridiculous, a Japanese-Mediterranean fusion (with hints of northern Spain and France and America shot through it like rogue strands of culinary DNA) that's amazing,... More »

  • 2008 | Best Place to Pick Up an Off-Duty Chef

    Some people like cops, some go for doctors, others are only interested in bikers, punks or nerds. And there's also a distinct subset of the singles scene interested in food-service employees -- specifically cooks and chefs. For those whose tastes run a bit higher in the brigade than the Jäger-drunk commis or sullen, strung-out grillardin, Izakaya Den is a must-stop late on a Friday night. Izakaya regularly hosts a wide swath of Denver's exec-level talent -- loud fellows with... More »

  • 2008 | Best Late-Night Menu

    Funny thing about Izakaya Den: Owner Toshi Kizaki didn't write the menu for you. He didn't write it for the market, for the scene, for any specific demographic. He came up with the concept, the cuisine, many of the specific menu items to satisfy the wants and needs of one person only: Toshi Kizaki. See, Toshi, who also owns Sushi Den across the street, loves Denver, but he'd long felt that the city was missing a spot where people who work late (like him and cooks in general) could get... More »

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    | Denver, CO | 102 Reviews

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    | Wed, May 6, 2009

    Denver has always had a shortage of good late-night restaurants. Most places in town lock the doors around nine or ten and leave the late-night service to the drive-thrus, bars, diners and street-corner burrito vendors. So before the clock strikes eleven, head to Izakaya Den, which has a great menu for late-night snackers: a combination Italian/Mexican/French/American/Japanese board that offers both the lowbrow and the high-tone side by side.

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    | Denver, CO | 307 Reviews

    4
    | Tue, July 20, 2010

    Try their bowls. They have the perfect blend of flavors in them.

  • JamieK2
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    | Denver, CO | 131 Reviews

    4
    | Thu, July 29, 2010

    After finding that Sushi Den was a 45 minute wait, we went here and got right in. Great service, delicious sushi and saki. I will definitely be back!

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Dinner Menu
Soups And Salads
$4.00
Miso Soup
wakame, enoki, shiitake, tofu, negi
$5.00
House Salad
local organic greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, sunflower seeds, haricot vert, ginger-tofu dressing
$9.00
Baby Beet Salad
honey yogurt, roasted red, pickled yellow beets, arugula, radicchio, balsamic vinaigrette, agrodolce, candied pecans
$13.00
Grilled Panzanella Salad
jumbo lump crab, toasted focaccia, local goat cheese, pistachios, plum wine vinaigrette
$12.00
Tomato And Tofu Caprese
basil marinated japanese tofu, miso eggplant, avocado, beefsteak tomato, aged balsamic
Vegetarian
$13.00
Sautéed Mushrooms
shiitake and oyster mushrooms, avocado purée, roasted tomatillo and jalapeno sauce, parmesan cheese
$8.00
Organic Haricot Verts
sautéed with japanese mushrooms and garlic
$7.00
Organic Fingerling Potatoes
pan roasted with garlic butter and fresh herbs
$13.00
Crispy Buckwheat Gnocchi
sesame garlic, rainbow chard, mushrooms, tamari mustard
Meat
$11.00
Fried Brussels Sprouts
braised pork belly, parmesan cheese, soy glaze
$12.00
Kobe Beef Sliders
blue cheese aioli, sweet pepper jam, sweet soy
$11.00
Vietnamese Chicken Yakitori
caramel barbeque, kaffir lime sweet cream, scallions, cilantro
$10.00
Kalbi Glazed Pork Shoulder
mango mint slaw, easter radishes, rice
$19.00
Seared Wagyu Strip
black pepper crust, grilled onion jam, radish, kobe lardo, kaiware, young peppercorn ginger soy dressing
$15.00
Wagyu Beef Carpaccio
roasted hen of woods mushrooms, soy, yuzu, herbs, blue cheese, aged balsamic
$11.00
Hoisin Duck Crostinis
parmesan cheese, cilantro crème fraîche, cherry chutney, spinach, balsamic vinaigrette
Seafood
$16.00
Miso Black Cod
$12.00
Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes
jumbo lump crab, shredded romaine, caesar vinaigrette, chipotle hollandaise
$15.00
Pan Seared Scallops
parsnip purée, oven dried tomatoes, house cured pancetta, arugula, pickled fennel and celery
$12.00
Lobster Wonton
blanched bok choy, wasabi tobiko, lobster oil
Japanese
$12.00
Crispy Tuna
tempura sushi rice cake, spicy tuna, avocado, sliced jalapenos, tobiko, sweet eel sauce
$7.00
Sautéed Edamame With Bacon
$16.50
Jalapeno Sashimi
yellowtail, jalapenos, cilantro, yuzu soy
$16.50
Ginger Sashimi
bincho, japanese mushrooms, ginger soy
$16.50
Fresh Japanese Wasabi Sashimi
bincho, fresh wasabi, ponzu sauce
$16.00
New Style Sashimi
lightly seared salmon and whitefish, cilantro, ginger, yuzu soy
$9.00
Spicy Tuna Spring Roll
tuna, sesame seeds, cucumber, cilantro, wrapped in rice paper, sweet eel sauce
$6.00
Japanese Vegetable Appetizer
3 kinds of traditional preparations
$7.00
Agedashi Tofu
crispy tofu cubes in dashi broth
$8.00
Homemade Steamed Shumai
pork and seafood dumplings, mustard-soy and jalapeno-ponzu dipping sauces
$11.00
Salmon Collar
miso marinated salmon collar
$9.00
Yellowtail Collar
jalapeno-ponzu dipping sauce
$8.00
Crispy Calamari
thai chili and vietnamese fish dipping sauce
$8.00
Tempura Appetizer
shrimp and assorted vegetables
$14.00
Soft Shell Crab Tempura
vietnamese fish dipping sauce
$12.00
Nikumaki
asparagus & burdock root salad wrapped with thinly sliced beef striploin
$6.00
Gyozaq
pan-fried beef and pork dumplings
$12.00
Izakaya Den Short Ribs
sweet korean marinade, jalapenos, haricot vert
$12.00
Duck Udon Noodle Soup
served with cucumber roll
$12.00
Tempura Udon Noodle Soup
(2pc shrimp & 3pc vegetable), served with cucumber roll
Dessert
$7.00
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce
$7.00
Banana Cream Pie
$7.00
Twix Bar
salted caramel gelato, vanilla-toffee crumble
$7.00
Chocolate Mousse Cake
$7.00
Tiramisu
$6.00
Mochi Ice Cream
green tea, red bean and mango
$4.00
Ice Cream
green tea, red bean, belgian chocolate and vanilla

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