Barbecuing and Grilling

Boney's Smokehouse gives a Southern tweak to Bahamian barbecue recipes

Frank Bonanno continues to heat up Larimer Square with the addition of Russell's Smokehouse

Lori Midson​Close to a year ago, chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, whose colony of collections already included Mizuna, Osteria Marco, Luca D'Italia and Bones, inked a lease on a mammoth, 6,000-square-foot down-reaching space in Larimer Square that soon became the dwelling pads to Wednesda ... More >>

Where There’s Smoke...

Lori Midson​Close to a year ago, chef and restaurateur Frank Bonanno, whose colony of collections already included Mizuna, Osteria Marco, Luca D'Italia and Bones, inked a lease on a mammoth, 6,000-square-foot down-reaching space in Larimer Square that soon became the dwelling pads to Wednesda ... More >>

Readers: Tiny buns, greasy burgers, and repeating lists

Just look at those tiny buns!​While comments about the ubiquitous butternut squash soup keep appearing, like the dish itself, at the end of Laura Shunk's Groundhog Day list of The Five Most Overdone Menu Items , a few notes about the equally ubiquitous sliders were particularly tasty: For exa ... More >>

Big Papa's BBQ uses Facebook and Twitter to sell ribs

Photo: Johnny MolfettaBig Papa's BBQ is all up in your Twitter.​If a truck pulling a large barbecue smoker pulls up next to you on the street, you might be in for some free food. As part of its new social media campaign, Big Papa's BBQ will be sending a mobile emissary to several locations aro ... More >>

Guess where I'm eating?

Lori Midson​Years ago, when I was writing for Sunset magazine, I did a roundup of Colorado's best barbecue joints, which included the spot whose sauces are spotlighted in the above pic. The pitmaster who oversees the joint takes as much pride in those sauces as he does the smoke in his meat. ... More >>

Tonight: Feed Your Face, Find a Place

A Flickr photo.​Tonight at the EXDO Events Center, 1399 35th Street, Hope Communities presents its thirty-year anniversary celebration and fundraiser, Feed Your Face, Find a Place. Some of Colorado's best barbecue chefs will provide samples of their food; there will also be a silent auction a ... More >>

The Bull & Bush's Smoke on the Lager will light your fire

​Smoked beers are something you either love or hate. They taste - as one beerdrinker recently put it to me - "like drinking a barbecue pit." I love them. I don't know why, but there is something about the way that smoky, barbecue pit flavor meshes with the beer that works for me, that makes ... More >>

Mike Bestor as suburban superhero Golden Grillzilla: Kenny Be's Hip TIp

​ Golden Grillzilla Real Name: Michael C. Bestor Occupation: City Manager Suburb of Operations: Golden, Colorado and sometimes Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria Hair: Extensive Eyes: Telescopic vision Known superhero skills: Golden Grillzilla can endow himself with Class 100 coordination, enabling hi ... More >>

Things are getting saucy in Denver

Lori Midson​Perhaps the third time's a charm. That's what Isaac Torres is betting on when he and his father, Raul, open Saucy at 2200 Market Street in the space that formerly held Otto's Grill (for a nanosecond) and before that, Brix. "We're doing a family-run barbecue joint where you can get ... More >>

Is Bobby Fitzgerald the nation's top griller?

​A couple months back, Bobby Fitzgerald -- ex of Cherry Creek Grill, currently exec at the White Chocolate Grill at Park Meadows -- brought honor to his home state by kicking ass and taking names in the oddest of possible locations: on LIVE! With Regis and Kelly.  He and his recipe for grille ... More >>

Get fired up for a hot weekend of food and wine events

From 5 - 10 p.m., Friday, July 3, the Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery, 931 West Fifth Avenue, is participating in the Golden Triangle's First Friday Art Walk by hosting "Art Under the Influence," a grape stomp in the courtyard that includes wines by the glass, great grub from Masterpiece Deli a ... More >>

Barbecue this weekend in Frisco, at Randolph's

Head to the hills of Frisco this weekend for the mountain town's annual two-day Barbecue Challenge, a heated event that brings together competitive grillers from across the country. The riotous pig races are always a big draw, as is the pancake breakfast, live music and parade of barbecue grills, b ... More >>

The Meat of the Matter

Get saucy at Frisco’s Colorado BBQ Challenge.

Big Papa's getting bigger

Andrew Besemer at the original Big Daddy'sBig Papa's BBQ is about to get bigger. Andrew Besemer's homegrown chain -- which Jason Sheehan raved about a few years ago, earning himself a "This I Believe" slot raving about barbecue on National Public Radio -- is about to get another link. Big Papa's, w ... More >>

Can you smell summer yet?

If winter is the new summer when it comes to firing up the backyard grill (as I reported last December), then the big snowfalls of the past few weeks mean spring must be the new winter - which is fine, since winter is summer anyway. I think. And summer begins for real the first day you smell those ... More >>

The Rib House is moving to Boulder

Since Kevin Taylor's Prima in Boulder closed in late 2007, its spot at One Boulder Plaza has housed only a "For Lease" sign. But now Tracy Webb, chef/owner of The Rib House, at 1920 South Coffman Street in Longmont, will turn this location into his second Rib House.Webb is from Kansas City and has ... More >>

Make a pig of yourself at Merle's

I finally got a chance to try Merle's, the new American restaurant made out of that most American of businesses, an old shock-alignment place. Merle's managers pimped their vinegar-based Carolina barbecue when I first talked to them, so I felt obligated to try the pork sandwich, topped with a t ... More >>

Grilling in a winter wonderland

Black is the new black, forty is the new thirty, and you know what? Winter is the new summer. Yeah, you heard me. Effin A. I didn't grow up with a barbecue grill in the back yard (well, there was technically a grill, but it was more of a spider habitat, since it was used about once every fifteen mo ... More >>

Live Review: The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band at Fox Theatre

Black is the new black, forty is the new thirty, and you know what? Winter is the new summer. Yeah, you heard me. Effin A. I didn't grow up with a barbecue grill in the back yard (well, there was technically a grill, but it was more of a spider habitat, since it was used about once every fifteen mo ... More >>

Making Raves

Black is the new black, forty is the new thirty, and you know what? Winter is the new summer. Yeah, you heard me. Effin A. I didn't grow up with a barbecue grill in the back yard (well, there was technically a grill, but it was more of a spider habitat, since it was used about once every fifteen mo ... More >>

Bobby Seale: The Eighth Man

Black Panther-turned-barbecue master Bobby Seale talks about what's worth re-creating from the 1968 DNC.

A Heavy, Doilied Dose of Soul Food

Black Panther-turned-barbecue master Bobby Seale talks about what's worth re-creating from the 1968 DNC.

A Heavy, Doilied Dose of Soul Food

Black Panther-turned-barbecue master Bobby Seale talks about what's worth re-creating from the 1968 DNC.

Pete’s Gyros Place

It's Greek to us.

Udi’s Bread Bistro

Man does not live by bread alone.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of May 19, 2005

Best Baby Backs

Big Papa's BBQ

Best Middle-of-Nowhere Restaurant

Bugling Bull Trading Post

Best Outdoor Festival

Cherry Creek North Gourmet Series

Best Off-Season Farmers' Market

Goodness to Go

Wild Denver

Predator Ridge transforms the Denver Zoo

Best BBQ Ribs

Cielo

Best Bottled BBQ Sauce

Brothers BBQ

Best BBQ Relief for Diabetics

Old West Bar B Que

Best Place to Get Head on the West Side

Taquería Patzcuaro

Best Taco

Jack-n-Grill

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

WaterCourse Foods

Best Smokers

Outdoor Kitchen

Best Smoked Turkey

Sam Taylor's Bar-B-Que

Best Turkey Legs

The Rib Shack

Best Chile Relleno -- Soft

Taquería Patzcuaro

Check, Please!

Readers give our food critic something to chew on.

Consumed

What Are You Smoking?

Best fajitas

Alamos Verdes

Best burnt barbecue

We're Smokin' BBQ

Best barbecued buffalo

Buffalo Corral

PRIME RIBS

Buffalo Corral

PIGGING OUT

Buffalo Corral

MOUTHING OFF

Buffalo Corral