Past Restaurant Winners | RARE Steak Fest Denver

Past Winners

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

STK Steakhouse

Still Gin

Elway's Downtown

Terlato

Ranch House Restaurant

La Pulga

People's Choice

STK Steakhouse

Still Gin

Old Hickory Steakhouse

Montanya Distillers

Guard & Grace

Tullamore DEW

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

Guard & Grace

801 Chophouse

G-QUE BBQ

People's Choice

STK Steakhouse

Guard & Grace

G-Que BBQ

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Noble

Harry's at Magnolia Hotel

AJAX

People's Choice

Noble

Simms Steakhouse

Ranch House Restaurant

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

801 Chophouse

Hendricks Gin

Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse

Laws Whiskey

Old Hickory at Gaylord Rockies Resort

Maker’s Mark

People's Choice

Great Divide Brewery & Roadhouse

Laws Whiskey

STK Steakhouse

Diageo (Kettle One Vodka)

801 Chophouse

Hendricks

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

Seasoned Swine BBQ

G-Que BBQ

801 Chophouse

People's Choice

STK Steakhouse

G-Que BBQ

801 Chophouse

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Great Divide Brewery and Roadhouse

EDGE Restaurant and Bar

Urban Farmer

People's Choice

Great Divide Brewery and Roadhouse

Urban Farmer

EDGE Restaurant and Bar

VIP SURF, SEAFOOD CHALLENGE

Judge's Choice

Mizuna

Water Grill

A5 Steakhouse

People's Choice

Jack's On Pearl

Le Bilboquet

Water Grill

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

Old Hickory Steakhouse

Garrison Brothers

Corrida

Monkey Shoulder

Ranch House Restaurant

Distillery 291

People's Choice

801 Chophouse

Milagro

TStreet

Bruichladdich

Corrida

Monkey Shoulder

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

G-Que BBQ

Jack's On Pearl

801 Chophouse

People's Choice

Jack's On Pearl

EDGE Restaurant & Bar

801 Chophouse

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Ranch House Restaurant

Chez Maggy

Urban Farmer

People's Choice

TStreet

Monarch Chophouse

Chez Maggy

VIP SURF, SEAFOOD CHALLENGE

Judge's Choice

Water Grill

Kini's

Le Bilboquet

People's Choice

Le Bilboquet

Denver Poke Co

Water Grill

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

The Fifth String

Flor De Cana

Forget Me Not

William Grant and Son

STK Steakhouse

Diageo

People's Choice

STK Steakhouse

Diageo

Great Divide Brewery and Roadhouse

Kona Grill

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

Permanently Closed

Citizen Rail

G-Que BBQ

EDGE Restaurant & Bar

People's Choice

801 Chophouse

STK Steakhouse

EDGE Restaurant & Bar

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Guard and Grace

Permanently Closed

Avelina

Ultreia

People's Choice

Great Divide Brewery and Roadhouse & Urban Farmer

Eddie Merlot's

Monarch Chophouse

VIP SURF, SEAFOOD CHALLENGE

Judge's Choice

Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar

A5 Steakhouse

Mizu Izakaya

People's Choice

Denver Poke Co

Mizu Izakaya

Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

The Fifth String

Flor De Cana

Room For Milly

Buffalo Trace⁣

STK Steakhouse

Código

People's Choice

STK Steakhouse

Código

Guard and Grace

Ron Zacapa Rum

The Fifth String

Flor de Cana

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

Permanently Closed

Avelina

G-Que BBQ

801 Chophouse

People's Choice

Guard and Grace

G-Que BBQ

801 Chophouse

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Guard and Grace

HESHER BBQ

The Fifth String

YEAR OF COVID

Rare Event Not Held

BEST COCKTAIL

Judge's Choice

Elways

Ketel One

Corrida

Hendricks Gin

Steakhouse No. 316

Suerte Tequila⁣

People's Choice

Corrida

Hendricks Gin

Old Hickory Steakhouse

Stranahan's

Permanently Closed

The Palm

Código

Best Traditional Steak

Judge's Choice

Elways

EDGE Restaurant & Bar

Old Hickory Steakhouse

People's Choice

Steakhouse No. 316

Guard and Grace

Elways

Best Creative Steak

Judge's Choice

Mizu Izakaya

Corrida

Eddie Merlot's

People's Choice

Señor Bear

Mizu Izakaya

Corrida

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