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Blue Moon's Sandlot brewery at Coors Field will open on non-game days starting in May

For the first time in more than a decade, the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which has been open only to Colorado Rockies ticket-holders -- and then only on game days -- will be open to the public on non-game days beginning May 2. The news means that revelers in LoDo will have another ta ... More >>

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Chef Tom Coohill on food snobs, foie gras, fishy fish and food bloggers

Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part one of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part two of my chat with Coohill will appear in this space tomorrow. "This," confides Tom Coohill, "is too good to be on the menu. It's like buttah." ... More >>

The Rodeo Wagon is no Wok in the Park -- or is it?

Bringing a food truck to the National Western Stock Show is no Wok in the Park. That's because when Aramark, which handles food/beverage concessions at the Denver Coliseum, decided to add food trucks, including Biker Jim's, to its side of the Stock Show, right under the I-70 viaduct, it changed the ... More >>

Stock Show corrals a herd of food trucks, including Biker Jim's

​The National Western Stock Show is rolling into town, which means there will be almost as much beef on the hoof as on the plate in this cowtown, although steakhouses definitely anticipate fattening up. And this year, in addition to the usual funnel cakes and turkey legs and pork chops on a st ... More >>

Reader: Mile High fumbles its beer choices...where are the craft brews?

For obvious reasons, the Denver Broncos are unexpectedly fun to watch this year -- but unfortunately, the beers available at Sports Authority Field are decidedly less so to drink. We may live in the Napa Valley of beer, but the Mile High Stadium crew definitely fumbled the brews available there. A ... More >>

Tailgate Roadhouse moves into former Brauns space

​Brauns closed its doors at 1055 Auraria Parkway this spring after nine years; the Pepsi Center, which owns the building, did not renew the lease. Now the space is getting ready to pour again: Aramark, which has the concessions contract at the Pepsi Center, is in charge of the kitchen at what ... More >>

Competing pizza joints will soon try to take a slice of the Wazee Supper Club's pie

The loft of the Wazee Supper Club has overlooked LoDo for 37 years.​Any way you slice it, LoDo is soon going to be rolling in pizza dough. Charlie Palmer, the New York-based chef and restaurateur whose portfolio of restaurants across the country includes such big names as Aureole, Charlie Palm ... More >>

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Five things you didn't know about the Sandlot brewery at Coors Field

​The Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot has been Denver's most unusual brewery since it debuted inside Coors field in 1995. Only open to the public during baseball season, and only to Rockies ticket holders during games, the brewery actually runs year-round, making Blue Moon and other sea ... More >>

Coors Field rolls out Wok in the Park, the first food truck inside a baseball stadium

​The latest food truck to hit Denver will either have you shaking your head because the craze has gone mainstream, or nodding it for the same reason. On Thursday, Aramark Corporation, which runs the food venues at Coors Field, rolled out Wok in the Park, a truck serving noodle bowls and egg r ... More >>

Brauns has closed Auraria Parkway location, but is alive and well on Blake Street

Britt ChesterInside the original, now-closed Brauns Bar and Grill.​Brauns Bar and Grill, which had been a prime hangout for Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets fans since it opened in 2002, has left its giant warehouse spot on the Auraria Parkway; the Pepsi Center, which owns the building, d ... More >>

Will a nearby school put a halt to Welton Street's resurrection?

The Rossonian Hotel is just beyond the 500-foot, no-liquor line.​As we reported yesterday in Cafe Bites, there have been numerous roadblocks to the redevelopment of the strip of Welton Street that's at the heart of Five Points -- some anticipated, some surprising. The most recent? The Tubman H ... More >>

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Top five food favorites at Coors Field -- and other hits and misses

​ The Rockies are heading back to town, which means Coors Field is stocking up. In ascending order, here are the five most popular food items at the Denver ballpark (not including beer): 5. Peanuts 4. Nachos Supreme 3. Foot Long Brat 2. Super Dog 1. Rockie Dog The Rockie Dog is so popular ... More >>

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