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Yuan Wonton
Chinese
Penelope Wong's Park Hill lunch spot keeps limited hours, which only seems to sharpen the crowd's focus. The menu rotates around dumplings, wontons, and potstickers, with daily specials pulled from her Chinese and Thai background. Wong won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mountain, and the New York Times put this on its restaurant list, which for a weekday lunch counter is the kind of attention that makes Tuesday feel like a reservation you forgot to make.
Twelve honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best Chef: Mountain · Penelope Wong
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mountain · Penelope Wong
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mountain · Penelope Wong
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- 5280 The 25 Best Restaurants in Denver
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Denver
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Denver
- Westword 2024 · Best Rotating Dumpling Menu · Best of Denver
- Westword 2026 · Best Modern Chinese Restaurant · Best of Denver
- Westword 2023 · Best Dumplings · Best of Denver
- Eater The Best Chinese Restaurants in Denver
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mountain · Penelope Wong
One number, weighted & current 93
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Garlic-chile wontons Westword, 2023
- Pan-fried soup dumplings Westword, 2023
- Egg-and-cheese-stuffed scallion pancakes Eater
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