Kokoro Restaurant

Kokoro is a Japanese restaurant at 2390 S Colorado Blvd in Denver, part of a family-owned brand that says it has been cooking since 1986 and also has a location in Arvada. The restaurant describes itself as a quick-and-casual spot, with counter seating for solo meals as well as room for lunch with friends or dinner with family.

Its signature dish is the beef bowl, made with thinly sliced USDA Choice beef and onions slow cooked in their own juices and served over steamed rice. The kitchen says it uses never-frozen chicken from Red Bird Farms and Colorado-grown vegetables cut by hand each day. Catering is available with sushi trays and bento boxes, and online ordering is offered for both regular and catering orders.