Courier Market Bar Kitchen
denv.her. was invited in to Courier for dinner & we were eager to return and try out some new offerings on their menu!
Courier is located in the Grand Hyatt downtown and is a contemporary newspaper themed restaurant that pays homage to the site of one of Denver’s first newspapers. The ambiance is super cute and has a posh industrial feel. Courier's menu offers traditional comfort food dishes with some flare as well as numerous inventive cocktails to imbibe in.
Courier’s General Manager Linda, Sous Chef Andrew, and Waitress Dimitria took care of us throughout our meal and were gracious and informative about Courier and the menu.
I started off my meal with the cocktail - Page - which is made with patron, raspberry puree, lime, simple syrup.
I'm a sucker for a pretty cocktail - just look at the Page's color! #vibrantAF
For starters, our "First Draft" courses as Courier likes to call them (Courier's menu is newspaper inspired and you can see that in their menu titles!) we ordered the Gnocchi Mac & Cheese and the Heirloom Carrots.
The Gnocchi Mac & Cheese is made with small green gnocchi dumplings generously coated in mozzarella, basil & sundried tomatoes.
People when dining at Courier, you HAVE to get the gnocchi mac and cheese. It is SO freaking good. Ross and I were legit fork sparring for the final pieces lol.
#MINE
The Gnocchi Mac & Cheese is one of Courier's most popular dishes and we can attest to why - the delicious pillows of gnocchi wrapped in mozzarella are any cheese lovers dream come true! #moreplease
The Heirloom Carrots are served with harissa, tarragon crème fraiche, and fleur de sel.
Heirloom carrots are v pretty carrots that come in a variety of uncarroty (lol) colors; like purple and white (as seen above)! Heirloom carrots also tend to have a sweeter and sometimes more peppery flavor than a normal carrot.
Courier's Heirloom Carrots were tasty - they had been boilded but still had v nice crispness to them. The harissa, tarragon crème fraiche, and fleur de sel added some solid flavor notes to the carrots overall. This is a great healthy starter to go along with something heavier like the Gnocchi Mac & Cheese.
For entrees we had the Dry Aged Steak & Potatoes (a Headlines dish) and the Swordfish club (a Special Editions dish).
The Dry Aged Steak & Potatoes is a bone-in strip topped with bordelaise and a side of potatoes topped with blue cheese and asparagus.
The dry aged steak was rich and beefy with buttery texture - I was pleasantly surprised by this cut of meat as Courier isn't a steak house!
This dry aged steak was great and Ross thoroughly enjoyed it as seen below lol.
The Swordfish club is a club sandwhich with swordfish, jalapeno bacon, lemon sriracha aioli, arugula, tomato, avocado and comes with your choice of a side - I chose the tater tots with aioli.
The Swordfish club makes up one of the offerings on Courier's "Special Editions" which is a new selection on the Courier menu that boasts fresh sandwich and salad options.
This club sandwhich was great - I love me some swordfish and it was cooked nicely and had the perfect flavor combinations going on with the toppings. Jalepeno bacon?! I mean come on - #YUMMM.
The tots were nice and crispy (just how any good tot should be) & the lemon sriracha aioli drizzled on top of them was awesome.
For dessert, we had the Baked Alaska and the Not Your Birthday Cake.
WOAH!
The Baked Alaska is a head turner, am I right? Just look at those perfectly toasted marshmallow tips!
Not only was the presentation of this Baked Alaska on point. - this dessert’s taste was a 10/10. We’re talking hazelnut, ice cream, toasted marshmallow, and graham cracker in every deliciously textured bite!
Next up was the Not Your Birthday Cake.
The Not Your Birthday cake is a flourless cake paired with blueberries, blackberries & raspberries - v light and fresh!
Next time we dine at Courier, we definitely want to try out the Bread Pudding Fritters with salted caramel for dessert - this is one of Courier’s signature desserts and comes in a newspaper cone! S’cute.
Thank you to Courier and team for hosting us!
Courier
Located in: Grand Hyatt Denver
Address: 1750 Welton St, Denver, CO 80202
Menu: courierrestaurant.com
Phone: (303) 603-4171
Reservations: courierrestaurant.com, opentable.com