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Monday 11am - 10pm Tuesday 11am - 10pm Wednesday 11am - 10pm Thursday 11am - 10pm Friday 11am - 11pm Saturday 10am - 11pm Sunday 10am - 10pm

rioja

Name: rioja
Address: 1431 Larimer Street, Denver, CO, 80202, US
Telephone: +13038202282
Price range: $$$
Rating: 4.6

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10/30/2026

Please join us in wishing a very happy birthday to our co-founder and front-of-house maestro, Beth Gruitch! From a profile of Beth in Made By Magazine:

“Beth Gruitch’s work sits in the durable end of hospitality: ownership, management, and the long memory of how a dining room actually functions. At Rioja in Denver, where she has been general manager and owner since 2004, and through her role as a partner at Crafted Concepts in Denver, her authority comes from time in the business rather than from style alone. The throughline is continuity—each step adding another layer to the way she runs restaurants, makes decisions, and holds standards.” Happy birthday, Beth! 💛

10/23/2026

In case you missed it: Chef Jennifer Jasinski is among the newest inductees into the The Culinary Institute of America Hall of Fame!

https://www.westword.com/food-drink/denver-jen-jasinski-rioja-award-40948334/

via Denver Westword

Rioja chef/owner Jen Jasinski was honored by the Culinary Institute of America, and added to the Culinary Walk of Fame.

10/15/2026

Chef Jennifer Jasinski was inducted into the The Culinary Institute of America Hall of Fame last week!

Thanks for the love, DiningOut Denver!

09/30/2026

Rioja has been serving diners on Larimer Square since way back in 2004, when Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch opened their first restaurant together. We don’t take it lightly that we’ve been around for 22 years. We’re grateful to everyone who’s dined with us, because there’s not much better than providing a delicious meal that people will enjoy and remember. 💛

09/18/2026

Earlier this summer in Lyon, France, our social media guy ordered a chilled vegetable soup and the couple beside him said they’d never tried a chilled soup before. “You’re missing out!” he declared a little too loudly. Chilled soup is a perfect refresher, and that’s one reason we recommend trying our cucumber gazpacho, which we serve with a crab and shrimp cannelloni, chili oil, and cherry tomatoes. The cannelloni is a mousse made with snow crab, shrimp, lime, fresno chili, egg, and cream, rolled in feuille de brik, and then fried. We think you’re going to like it. 💛

P.S. A fun fact: a feuille de brik is a thin, delicate pastry sheet originating from North Africa.

09/16/2026

Chef Jen’s on a podcast! Recently she sat down with Stacie and Madie of Your Best Friends In Business Podcast🎙️ to talk about, well, business! Give a listen at your preferred podcast outlet. 💛

09/10/2026

The word “dessert” comes from the French word “desservir,” which means “to clear the table.” Humans have been eating something sweet at the end of a meal for centuries. One of our favorite desserts right now at Rioja: our hazelnut tart, with Ela Farms peach jam, hazelnut frangipane, vanilla bavarois, and hazelnut tuile. 💛

08/28/2026

When the table’s full of this many delicious dishes it’s hard to decide what your first bite should be! 💛

08/26/2026

On Sunday our crackerjack pastry team participated in the Cooking for Culture bake sale and helped raise thousands of dollars for two vital Colorado nonprofits, . They took Japanese soy milk bread, a petite peach and hazelnut frangipane tart, and strawberry lemon snickerdoodle cookies. Thank you to the cookingforcultureco organizers and team, to Joyride Brewing Company for hosting, and to all our fellow restaurants and bakers who donated their treats and their time. We were happy to be there! 💛

08/24/2026

It's Dirty Drinks week, everybody, which means we're offering a special cocktail and donating $1 from each one sold to Zero Foodprint. They're a terrific organization. Funds from this program will go directly to farmers restoring our climate by building healthy soil. Bottoms up, carbon down!

✨ Weekend at Bernie's ✨
watermelon-infused tequila, watermelon, mint, basil, white balsamic shrub, Lychee liquor, lemon juice, celery bitters

Head to zerofoodprint.org/dirty to learn more about how we’re working with ZFP to make drinks more sustainable and more delicious.

Address

1431 Larimer Street
Denver, CO
80202

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 10pm
Tuesday	11am - 10pm
Wednesday	11am - 10pm
Thursday	11am - 10pm
Friday	11am - 11pm
Saturday	10am - 11pm
Sunday	10am - 10pm

Telephone

+13038202282

Website

http://www.riojadenver.com/

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