Lily O'Neill
@LilyO_Neill
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Food Reporter for @denverpost //previously with @Business_Den // MU journalism graduate
Denver, CO
Joined June 2017
DREAM JOB ALERT: The Denver Post's venerable food reporter @LilyO_Neill is moving south, vacating her position. One prerequisite not listed in the job description -- this person must be willing to be my work bestie. food🤝bevs make one helluva team
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A fun story by @LilyO_Neill: Boulder chef used Michelin-star background to train Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear" https://t.co/BwnesovmXn via @denverpost
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Brian Lockwood is a Boulder native who built a lengthy resume by working in Michelin-star kitchens like The French Laundry in California and Eleven Madison Park in New York City.
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NEW: 3 Colorado restaurants/chefs advanced as finalists for the James Beard Foundation’s prestigious Restaurant and Chef Awards. Last year, only one Colorado nominee made it to the finals. via @LilyO_Neill @thknwco
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Two of the finalists were nominated in the 2024 Best Chef in the Mountain Region category.
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This Queens native likes three Denver bagel shops on this list. What's your favorite? https://t.co/g3n3PmkcUV by @LilyO_Neill
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“If you can please a New Yorker, then you’re doing a pretty good job.”
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Congratulations to the Restaurant and Chef nominees, Leadership Award honorees, and Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian of the Year honorees for the 2024 James Beard Awards presented by @CapitalOne! View this year’s list:
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Ever wonder what it takes to open a local restaurant at an international airport? @LilyO_Neill spoke with Denver restaurateurs about how they do it -- and why it's a great opportunity at @DENAirport, which sees 70M travelers per year. https://t.co/fmZ0UQITFb
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Travelers may not realize that none of the chefs or owners behind local restaurants run their airport locations. Instead, big concessionaires bid for the chance to operate multiple stores at DIA.
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What do you do when you earn a Michelin star? Take a damn break. Or in this case, travel the world and then take a damn break. Celebrated chef Michael Diaz de Leon leaves Michelin-starred Denver restaurant, via @LilyO_Neill
https://t.co/IZ7bz1Gcyi
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When chef Michael Diaz de Leon took over Bruto in 2020, he was handed “four walls, a hearth oven and a couple of induction burners,” he said.
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I'm mad at how good this little excerpt line is for @LilyO_Neill's story on Denver's upscale bakery boom.
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Where have all the white tablecloths gone? Fine dining in Denver has a new look. https://t.co/7ruRNEasHS via @LilyO_Neill
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There have been rumblings in the past few years that fine dining is dead, but plenty of people are willing to spend $500 on a fancy dinner, even if the staff aren’t wearing suits.
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Check out some Colorado-made #stockingstuffers from @ColoBeerMan @LilyO_Neill @tineywristwatch @BarbaraEllisDP (and me) for $35 or less. Weed and liquor, yes, but also sopaipilla-scented candles, local authors, and fresh gear. For @denverpost @thknwco
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Need help with your holiday gift list? The big stuff is all on you, but we’ve got a few ideas for stocking stuffers.
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"Six buddies walked into a gay bar and couldn’t hear the sounds of their own voices over the blasting DJ music. So, they decided to open their own." https://t.co/1SQSsSO5F7 via @LilyO_Neill
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Six buddies walked into a gay bar and couldn’t hear the sounds of their own voices over the blasting DJ music. So, they decided to open their own.
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Want to dine at one of Colorado's newly anointed Michelin star restaurants? Join the waitlist. via @LilyO_Neill
https://t.co/KplRUzYyXV
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Brutø and The Wolf’s Tailor only release reservations a month in advance, but they plan to open up reservations through the holiday season in November.
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Colorado now has 5 restaurants — in Denver, Boulder and Aspen — with Michelin stars, @LilyO_Neill reports
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Make your reservations quickly.
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🍔 This is how our food writer @LilyO_Neill survived judging and eating 20 burgers.
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I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to look at a burger again after biting into 20 different patties at this year’s Denver Burger Battle, which took place on Aug. 3.
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Will tipping disappear as Colorado restaurant service fees rise? https://t.co/P220jpMiCJ via @LilyO_Neill
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“My worry is that Denver restaurants may be straddling the two worlds and not committing to solely a service-fee model without tips.”
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Would you rather tip or pay a flat service fee at a restaurant? I spoke to restaurant owners, customers and servers to hear their thoughts for my story @denverpost @thknwco
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“My worry is that Denver restaurants may be straddling the two worlds and not committing to solely a service-fee model without tips.”
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The pandemic was a catalyst for restaurateurs who had been eyeing ways to diffuse inequities between guest-facing employees & dishwashers/cooks, who do a lot of the grunt work but don’t see a penny of the tip money unless servers share it via @LilyO_Neill
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“My worry is that Denver restaurants may be straddling the two worlds and not committing to solely a service-fee model without tips.”
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The Casa Bonita comeback story, labor strife edition. Via @LilyO_Neill + @denverpost
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The employee letter is asking the owners to revert to what was originally promised by ownership when they were hired months ago.
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New soul food spot owned by former NBA star set to open in Five Points next year https://t.co/iQLv7vCJ54 via @LilyO_Neill
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Fixins Soul Kitchen, which former Phoenix Suns point guard Kevin Johnson opened in Sacramento with his wife Michelle in 2019, pays homage to the soul food from his childhood with family recipes lik…
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