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Press Mentions

5280 - March 2009

Top Chef - Matt Selby "Selby is a rocking role model and benevolent community leader"

Denver Life - September/October 2009

I've brought every kind of diner to Vesta Dipping Grill and Vesta has won them all over and then some.

Colorado Restaurant Association - 2009 Winner

Small Business Restaurant Neighbor Award

Westword - June 2009

Twelve years after it exploded on the local dining scened, Vesta is still surprising us and supporting the community.

5280 - Top of the Town - July 2009

Top First Date - Reader's Choice

National Philanthropy Day - 2008 Winnner

Outstanding Small Business

Zagat Survey - 2008

America's Top Denver Area Restaurants. "A clever concept that still has legs after 10 years"

5280 - Top of the Town - July 2008

Top First Date - Reader's Choice

Colorado Expression - October 2008

Vesta ranks among Denver's sexiest and most enduring hot spots

Denver Channel 7 - A-List

Best Romantic Restaurant in Denver - 2008

Westword - August 2007

Vesta still hs the buzz of a fresh, new restaurant. It's never lost its edge, and though others have tried, no one has replicated its balance of apps and entrees, meats and sauces, hipness and approachability.

5280 - Top of the Town - July 2007

Top First Date - Reader's Choice

Architect Colorado - summer 2007

Predictable I slikely the last adjective to come to mind on a visit to either of Wolkon's acclaimed restaurant's.

Best of Westword March 2007

Best Way Out West Restaurant. "Amazingly, ten years later, the place remains the absolute definintion of a hip, sharp, trendy and groundbreaking restaurant."

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS 2007 DINING GUIDE

One of Denver's Top Twenty Restaurants "Selby's original LoDo eatery boldly jolts your taste buds for a cool, roller coaster ride."

5280 - May 2007

The food is inventive and tasty, the atmosphere funky, and the theme fresh....Vesta should be a Denver hotspot for years to come.

DINING OUT - WINTER/SPRING 2007

Vesta Dipping Grill and Steuben's are the furture of Denver Dining

Rocky Mountain News Top of the Rockies September 2006

Best Chef - Matt Selby - People's Choice
Best Bartender - Jan Ebersole - People's Choice
Best Service - Vesta Dipping Grill - People Choice

5280 Top of the Town July 2006

Year after year, our readers tell us LoDo's ubercozy, warm-hued, booth-filled, sauce-serving eatery is the place to take that new hottie for that ultra-important first date. Listen to them. It works.

Best Restaurant Ambience - Reader's Choice

The goddess of the hearth in Roman mythology, Vesta infuses this incarnation with plenty of warm curves, from the seductively wavy bar to the circular booths in the rear.

Best of Citysearch Editorial Winner - Best Date Spot 2006

Best All Around Restaurant in Denver

Avid Golfer Spring 2006

Chef Matt Selby thinks big, cooks bold and refulse to succumb to culinary rules or guidelines. He's a gutsy freethinker who does his own thing, and his wonderfully eclectic menu is always an adventrue in food culture.

Westword February 2006

A guaranteed winner for any first date.....Meat, fire, and sauce were all it took to make something totally and wonderfully new.

Best of Westword March 2006

The dipping grill concept was both innovative and billiant when Matt Selby and Josh wolkon launced Vesta a decade ago, and both descriptions still apply"

Best Legs

Vesta Dippng Grill has been here almost nine years, and it still feels as fresh as it did the day it debuted in Lodo. Night after night, it fills seats and truns tables as though it were a brand-new hot spot

One of Denver's Top 20 Rocky Mountain News 2006

Selby's Passion for flavor mating guarantee taht even humble side dishes like ginger ale-sauteed mushrooms will make you smile

Number One Reserved Restaurant in Colorado OpenTable.com

One of Denver's Ten Best Restaurants

Rocky Mountain News 2004, 2005, Denver Post 2005

Best Place to Impress a Date

Westword 2004, 5280 Magazine 2004, Rocky Mountain News 2004, Citysearch 2004

New York Times 2004

"...a hip little restaurant..."

Citysearch 2004

Best Group Dining, Special Occassion, Bar Scene, Upscale Casual

AOL City Guide 2004

Best Romantic Restaurant

Rocky Mountain News 2004 Dining Guide

One of Denver's Ten Best Restaurants

Westword 2004

Best Place to Impress a Date

Avid Golfer - 2004

One of Denver's Top Nine

Citysearch 2003 Editorial Winner

Best Group Dining

Westword 2003

Best Grill Crew, Best Cheese Course, Best Dinner After 10pm

Rocky Mountain News - Top of the Rockies 2003

Best Restaurant for a First Date

Best Restaurant for Groups

Best Restaurant for Groups

One of Denver's Ten Best Restaurants

One of Denver's Ten Best Restaurants

America's Top Restaurants

America's Top Restaurants

5280- Top of the Town - June 2001

Best Chef in Denver - Matt Selby, Best Place for a First Date, Most Sinful Dessert - Matty's Daffy Apple

Rocky Mountain News - April 2001

Vesta tickles the palate. It remains atop the short list of places we recommend to visitors who need to be convinced that Denver is home to distinctive dining

The Wall Street Journal - January 2001

"A fledgling eatery with buzz and big expectations ...this restaurant provides a sauce fix."

5280 Magazine - October 2000, 1999 (honorable mention), 1998

One of Denver's Ten Best Restaurants

Denver City Search - Voters Choice - October 2000

Denver City Search - Voters Choice - October 2000

Hemisphere's Magazine - United Airlines - July 2000

Day two dinner of "Three Perfect Days in Denver"

Westword - July 2000

"Best Roast Duck in Denver"

Westword - March 2000

"good service, eye catching space.....weird and wonderful"

INSite Denver Magazine - 2000, 1999, 1998

"Best Place for a First Date"

Zagat Survey 1999

America's Top Restaurants

Travel and Leisure - November 1999

A saucy and spirited answer to the ubiquitous sports bars and proliferating chain restaurants of Lower Downtown

Washington Post 1999

Locals Favorite

Food and Wine - June 1999

Vesta Dipping Grill is the sexiest (in Lodo) with its super contempo design.

Colorado Expression - Fall 1999

A satisfying balance of casual coziness and elegant artistry

5280 magazine - November 1999

It's the closest thing we have to San Francisco chic

Bill St. John - Denver Sidewalk - June 1998

By far and away the classiest, most delicious restaurant in Lodo" Four stars

Denver Post - June1998

The Best Restaurant in Lodo

Nation's Restaurant News - August 1998

What's Hot in Denver

Diane Gould - Denver Post Restaurant Critic - May 1998

This spot tingles with excitement, aiming to make eating out what, ideally, it should be - a treat for all the senses.

Design Award 1998

Winner American Institute of Architecture