Shin Sa Dong Korean BBQ, Denver

Small, white bowls of Banchan—Korean side dishes such as fermented spicy radish or chive onion pancakes—surround the circular stoves at the center of each of Shin Sa Dong Korean BBQ's tables. Diners cook beef bulgogi, marinated ribs, and other meats to their liking on those stoves, or opt for dishes such as bibimbap with black rice, fresh mango, and ginger-marinated tofu. There's one dish, naeng myun cold noodles, that can only be eaten within the restaurant's walls, according to an Aurora Sentinel writer: “no take-out or leftovers, to keep it from being copied elsewhere.”