Postino Broadway — Restaurant in Denver

Postino (wine bar) is a regional chain that started in the Phoenix area. Locations have expanded to Denver and Houston. In Denver, there two open locations – one in LoHi (17th and Tejon) and one in the former gay bar “The Compound” off of 1st and Broadway. Another location is opening at 8th and Colorado Blvd. near Trader Joes. I have not been able to dine at any of these locations; however, I recently was able to partake in a bulk delivery drop for residents at the apartments where I work. A discounted menu had been created for this bulk delivery. The menu offers appetizers and smaller plates. The menu is broken down into categories called “Snacky Things and Boards”, “Salads”, and “Paninis”. They also have several bottles of wine to choose from for $15. We tried the “skewers” which consisted of two meat skewers, one was petite filet and the other chicken. They came with Sicilian garlic yogurt and olive oil. They were “OK”, but the textures were a little off. ($12.75) For a salad we chose the “Raspberry Chicken” which was an organic chicken salad with pecans, apples, gorgonzola and mayo with mixed greens and raspberry vinaigrette on the side. It was fresh and creamy! ($11.75) This would be perfect inside of a croissant. =) The best thing we had was the bruschetta. Remember to pronounce this “broo-skeh-tuh”, which is rarely done correctly. You are asked to choose four different types of bruschetta for one order. We tried the “Sweet and Spicy Pepper Jam with Goat Cheese”, “Burrata, Bacon, Arugula and Tomato”, “Warm Artichoke Spread”, and “Roasted Peppers with Goat Cheese”. The two goat cheese options were our personal favorites. Other choices available include: “Brie and Apples with Fig Spread”, “Prosciutto with Figs and Mascarpone”, “Ricotta with Dates and Pistachios”, “Salami with Pesto”, “Almond Hummus & Chopped Tomato”, “Fresh Mozzarella, Tomato & Basil”, and “Smoke Salmon & Pesto”. This along with one of their bottles of wine is only $25. I think it would be fun to dine-in for a light meal or before a night-out once the world opens up again, even to give homage to the late “Compound”…if those...

My wife and I are regulars, and decided to bring my out-of-town parents to Postino on Broadway for a meal before they left town. We initially sat down and had appetizers and drinks, server was great. However, when our entrees arrived - my mother's meal had multiple fruit flies crawling within the bowl. Our server was busy with another table, so we called over the host and he was extremely polite, acknowledged the bugs, and took the bowl away.

The manager, Michael, returned with the bowl and looked extremely irritated with us. They said "What do we have to do to make this right?" We just said, we're not asking for anything free, just would like a new meal. Michael then said, "Just so you know, I've had my garage doors open all day. So, if I fire you a new one and I walk out here and there are more fruit flies, what are we going to do then?" We let them know we'd just like a new dish, but our jaws nearly hit the table. Firstly, we were sitting by the front door. Second, are we to assume if that location has their garage door open, we should just be ok with bugs crawling in our meals? The manner that we were spoken to, the brashness of the interaction left us speechless. We had to just laugh it off. My parents are very sweet people, we weren't being combative, so we were just kind of shocked by the encounter.

15 minutes later, a new bowl arrived, and all was well with the rest of the meal. Even though we did not request it, nothing was comped on our meal, no apology from Michael, and they made the ordeal seem like it was our fault. Maybe they had multiple complaints about the same thing? Maybe a bad day? Overall, my wife and I felt so embarrassed and do not think we'll be back to this location or using it for...

Mixed bag on our trip to this particular location. This is a brunch review. We go to the Highlands Postino's location (and love, love, love everything about that location), but met at this one today. First of all, I still say the Meatball Shakshouka (pictured) is to die for and get it with extra bread for dipping in the leftover sauce. Second, the atmosphere is great at this location, as they have one of those half inside, half outside bars and patio seating in the shade (and dog friendly). Third, our server, Mac, was fantastic and did her very best to make our experience good. Wish she would have been our only point of contact. They were out of my wife's favorite wine, out of pretzel for the Nick's board, and brought out our food before our appetizer board. Apparently, that was all our fault for the rest of the visit, and a girl in a black hat and a guy in a colorful shirt brought us stuff with no dialogue, and looked like they were attending a fire drill leaving before we could ask for anything else at that time. My friend had to eat her salmon without the bread she ordered and we had glasses all over the table with no bussing. Perhaps we caught them both in a bad mood on a holiday, but I am ex-industry for 14 years, and you need to check your attitude at the door. I watched them work for the second half of my brunch and noticed multiple eye rolls when they were not in front of a customer. I will still give it a 4 instead of a 3 because of the pleasantness of Mac and because it is under the Postino's umbrella and will hope the next time is better at this location, but for today, we had a very odd experience with extremely aloof food and...