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711 Grant St. Denver, CO 80203

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711 Grant St. Denver CO 80203

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  • Italian
    Tue-Sat 5pm-10pm
    $$$$ $$$$
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash
    Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible
    Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended
    Valet
Description

Frank Bonanno doesn't cook anything that's not memorable. What's more, he's fearless. And Luca's menu is designed for gluttonous abandon, arranged for wild flights of pairing and sharing, set up in an attempt to make people eat the way the Italians do -- with several courses of small plates leading up to the entrees. The portions are small, the combinations divine, and while you may get lucky and hit some of the best choices following the old app-entree-dessert structure, it works better just to eat and keep eating until you can't hold anymore.








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    | Parker, CO | 156 Reviews

    4
    | Sat, March 20, 2010

    Authentic Italian, fresh flavors.

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    | Lakewood, CO | 124 Reviews

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    | Thu, May 20, 2010

    Luca

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    | Louisville, CO | 46 Reviews

    4
    | Mon, March 9, 2009

    This is the way I love Italian food, kept simple so the tastes & ingredients shine through. The homemade salumi, cheeses and breads are delicious (a lot of work goes into these) and the homemade pasta is delicate and light. I had agnolloti stuffed with veal in a simple brown butter herb sauce. I could hear Frank Bonanno speak all day about his love affair with food and wine and the Barbera d'Alba washed down well too!

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  • 2010 | Best High-End Italian Restaurant

    By this point, we all pretty much know that just about everything coming out of Frank Bonanno's four kitchens -- Osteria Marco, Mizuna, Bones and Luca D'Italia -- makes our heads whirl like a spinning top. But just when you think Bonanno and his enormously talented kitchen crew couldn't possibly have any more culinary stunts up their sleeves, they add suckling pig -- which is nothing like any suckling pig you've ever had -- to Luca D'Italia's menu, which was already an... More »

  • 2007 | Best Return to Form

    Frank Bonanno's been dealing with a lot, and his load was starting to show at Luca d'Italia. It's not that dinners here were ever bad; they were just less amazing than they'd once been, less effortlessly blissful. But over the past year, Bonanno has put his legendarily obsessive focus back on Luca, and the restaurant has come back strong. Once again, the deliriously complicated farmhouse entrees -- dishes like truffle-scented rabbit three ways and pan-roasted black cod with ravioletta -- are... More »

  • 2006 | BEST FREE SNACKS

    The amuse-bouche, though overdone in some places and simply ridiculous in others, is always a sight to behold at Luca d'Italia. Here, Frank Bonanno and his crew use flavors that will no doubt repeat in the coming meal to construct a one-bite masterpiece perfect for putting guests in the proper frame of mind to appreciate the brilliant, complicated simplicity of Luca's wonderful Italian cuisine. Truffled egg salad, slips of marinated octopus -- each one is a tiny jewel-box presentation meant... More »

  • 2006 | BEST ITALIAN RESTAURANT

    Since the moment it opened two years ago, Luca d'Italia has turned out Denver's best high-end Italian food, no contest. Since its very first day of service, since the first plate hit the rail, Luca has been doing the most overdone cuisine in the food world better, smoother, sharper and with more obsessive precision than anywhere else in town. Even the least of the plates on chef/owner Frank Bonanno's discursive menu -- the pappardelle or the bricked chicken, say -- beats out the competition.... More »

  • 2005 | Best Last Supper

    There's this game cooks play when they get together. It doesn't have a name or any rules, but the crux of it is this: You're dying -- fatal disease, on death row, whatever. There's time for one last meal, anything under the sun. What's it going to be? No one wants to waste his last night on a tasting menu, wrapped up in a jacket and tie in some murmuring tomb of a fine-dining restaurant. You want something fun, something memorable, something incredible and comforting at the same time. And... More »

  • 2005 | Best Italian Restaurant

    Frank Bonanno wants people to think of one thing when they hear his name: authenticity. He wants everything he touches, every plate that comes out of his kitchen, to be absolutely authentic, and that's what he's accomplished at the splendid Luca d'Italia. Although the dishes on the menu may seem unfamiliar, it takes just a bite to know you're eating food that would be right at home back in Italy. Straightforward flavors, impeccable ingredients, perfectly executed stocks and sauces -- Luca... More »

  • 2004 | Best Italian Restaurant

    With Luca d'Italia, chef/owner Frank Bonanno has done what most transplanted East Coasters would have thought impossible: He's brought good Italian food to the Rocky Mountain region. No, not just good. Great Italian food. Wonderful, vital, superlative Italian food that's absolutely without equal on the Denver scene. Luca's menu is designed for gluttonous abandon, arranged for wild flights of pairing and sharing, set up in an attempt to make people eat the way the Italians do -- with several... More »

  • 2003 | Best New Use of an Old Chinese Restaurant

    Once upon a time (actually, just a couple of months ago), the space at 711 Grant Street was home to China Hill -- a small Chinese restaurant known in the neighborhood for its reasonable prices and flaming pu-pu platters. But now, thanks to a little good luck and a lot of hard work by Frank Bonanno and Doug Fleischmann, what was once a humble Asian hangout has been transformed into the much-anticipated Luca D'Italia. In these funky, colorful digs, customers are treated to rustic Italian... More »

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Dinner Menu
Antipasti
$14.00
Spanish Mackerel Crudo
crispy potato, green apple, horseradish, sea lettuce
$14.00
Grilled Baby Octopus "romesco"
marcona almonds, red peppers, salsa verde, crispy trotters
$14.00
Carnaroli Risotto
santa barbara sea urchin, cauliflower, sea vegetables, egg yolk, chili
$14.00
Braised Meatballs
caramelized onion, tomato sugo, parmigiano-reggiano
$14.00
Sicilian Calamari
capers, crushed calabrian chili, sultanas, house marinara
Verdure
$10.00
Soil Roasted Beets
goat's milk yogurt, broken oranges, buckwheat gnoccho
$10.00
Tuscan Kale
shaved pecorino, roman gnocchi, pickled raisins, crispy guanciale
Primi
$14.00
Ricotta Cavatelli
duck sausage, kale pesto, pecorino romano, corona beans
$14.00
Blue Crab Ravioli
crispy sweetbreads, celery root, meyer lemon, bottarga
$14.00
Acorn Squash Agnolotti
brussels sprouts, brown butter, sage, cranberry conserva
$14.00
Tagliatelle Fra Diavola
poached maine lobster, spicy tomato sugo, basil ($4 supplement)
$14.00
Mafalda
wild boar ragu, castelvetrano olives, orange conserva, pecorino sardo
Secondi
$34.00
Roasted Black Bass
candied olives, kumquat, cresta de gallo, salsify variations
$34.00
Colorado Lamb Loin
rye-lamb shoulder gnudi, braised red cabbage, shaved apple, mustard
$34.00
Prosciutto Wrapped Monkfish
cauliflower, basil, black mission figs, marsala-fig reduction
$34.00
Suckling Pig Porchetta
black walnut agrodolce, red pear, charred frisse
$34.00
Duo Of Duck
red grapes, sunflower, sunflower seed risotto, soft cooked quail egg, smoked leeks
Contorni
$7.00
Roasted Cauliflower
pepperonata, mint, pinenuts
$7.00
Roasted Brussels Sprouts
horseradish, pancetta, cream
$7.00
Braised Kale
toasted garlic, lemon
Dolci
$9.00
Dark Chocolate Budino
parsnip mousse, espresso dolce de leche, peanuts, graham crumbs
$9.00
Carrot Cake Bombolini
cardomom mascarpone, amaro smoked sultanas, candied carrot
$9.00
Honeycrisp Apple Millefoglia
amaretto zabaglione, brown butter torta hazelnut granola
$9.00
Toasted Almond Cake
cinnamon caramel sauce, vanilla semifreddo, marcona almond brittle
$9.00
Selection Of Italian Cheeses
seasonal mostardas, crostini
$9.00
House Made - Gelati
chocolate, vanilla, pistachio, brown butter-local honey, spiced pumpkin. choose three
$9.00
House Made - Sorbetti
colorado cider, coconut, lemon-sage, apricot. choose three

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