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100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway Denver, CO 80204

303-534-1455

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Recommended
Best dessert menu
Award Winner 2000

Cuisine(s): American, Continental

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat 11am-4pm, Fri 5pm-9pm

Price: $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, American Express

Features: Banquet Facilities, Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Prix Fixe, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Lunch
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Garage, Lot Available, Street

Description

At first blush, Palettes is one of the coldest, least inviting rooms in the city. Everything that isn't white is gray -- gray-blue, silver-gray, slate gray -- and everything that isn't gray or white is art, which is worse. But the food is wonderful. Owner Kevin Taylor handles the big-picture stuff, but the chef who handles the day-to-day ops (which means lunch seven days a week plus Friday dinner), is a true craftsman, one who brings the skills and sensibility of a French/Italian/American blue-collar cook to the white-on-white world of fine-dining.

YSL Retro-French Prix-Fixe Menu

Daily from March 25 until July 8

A celebration of the Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective exhibit. Includes bottomless bubbles!

2000 | Best dessert menu

A haven for ladies who lunch, lawyers who linger (and drive up that billing) and bohemian types with lots of Daddy's money, Palettes makes a fine art of fancy food -- as well it should, since it's connected to the Denver Art Museum. But nothing on exhibit next door is more elaborate than Palette's desserts, each one a masterpiece featuring its own distinct palette of flavors. Both the light lemon-curd tart and the warm apple and marzipan tartlet with caramel ice cream pack plenty of fruit... More »

Boulder bashes and fashion-inspired food on this week's menu

By Patrick Langlois | Mon, April 2, 2012

Boulder may have been knocked out of our Street 16 neighborhood tournament (look for the winner later today), but it was Cafe Society's pick for the Best Food Neighborhood in our Best of Denver 2012 -... More »
Palettes' macaroon ice cream confusion

By Liz Kellermeyer | Fri, April 23, 2010

We've been jealously eyeing the French macaron trend as it spreads like wildfire through culinary hot spots like New York. Our search for these delicate almond meringue confections in the Mile High Ci... More »
Palettes

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 20, 2007

In the food world, a war has long been waged over what, exactly, it is that cooks and chefs produce. In the galleys and the prep kitchens, on the hot lines and in the bars after work, there have been discussions, arguments, names called, the occas... More »
Cleansing the Palette

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 03, 2006

There's Restaurant Kevin Taylor at Hotel Teatro (see Second Helping), Kevin Taylor at the Ellie, Kevin Taylor's Rouge at the Teller House, Prima here in Denver (see review), Prima in Boulder, and catering operations working out of at least three o... More »
Check, Please!

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, September 20, 2001

Q: You may be tired of calamari, but it's one of my favorite foods. Who makes the best in Denver? A:Although I've eaten more than my fair share of squid in this town, it's always been a pleasure at three Kevin Taylor joints: Zenith (815 17th Stre... More »

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Palettes Contemporary Cuisine

100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway Denver, CO 80204

303-534-1455

Description

Daily from March 25 until July 8

2000 | Best dessert menu

By Patrick Langlois | Mon, April 2, 2012

By Liz Kellermeyer | Fri, April 23, 2010

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, September 20, 2007

By Jason Sheehan | Thu, August 03, 2006

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, September 20, 2001