Coperta
Denver
Southern (Italian) comfort.
Coperta has a sense of humor: If you order the “power lunch,” you get a soft drink and cookies with your pollo alla diavola, bucatini all’Amatriciana or panini. But don’t mistake its charm and casual, though sophisticated, atmosphere as lightweight. Serious cooking is going on here thanks to chef Paul Reilly, who co-owns the restaurant with his sister, general manager Aileen Reilly. The two were raised in New York’s Hudson Valley, came to Colorado for college and opened up Denver’s popular farm-to-table Beast + Bottle in 2013. Coperta is their take on Roman and southern Italian cuisine, and Denver’s tech, environmental and civic leaders are making it their lunchtime home.
Contact: 400 E. 20th Ave., 720.749.4666, copertadenver.com
Cost: $8 to $19 for pasta and entrées; $14 to $26 for “power lunch” prix fixe
The Classics: Elway’s, Ocean Prime, the Palm
