My friends and I were in Denver a few weeks ago for a wedding (congrats, Jamie and Austin!). And while they were pumped to hike the Rockies or go clubbing (lol), I was way more excited about all the restaurants, coffee-shop-turned-wine-bars, breweries, and bakeries that I had been researching and slotting into my itinerary. I have no chill when it comes to travel: I MUST TRY EVERYTHING. How could I live with myself if I didn’t sink into some Venezuelan sticky buns crowned with cotija?! What would I have missed if I didn’t check out those little-known Colorado natural wines? And there’s no way I could show my face in the office without having eaten at this year’s No. 10 best new restaurant The Wolf’s Tailor? Thankfully, I don’t have to imagine that alternate universe (phew), because I ate it all, and more. Here are all the places I hit up (and loved) in Denver.