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Dave Query

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky's Cafe, on the weird people who don't want eggs in their omelets

    James Van Dyk Lucky's Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part one of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky's Cafe in Boulder. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Back in the '60s, when James Van Dyk was growing up on the East Coast with a single worki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Benefit dinner at Zolo Southwestern Grill

    Zolo Southwestern Grill, 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, will host a dinner tonight that benefits the Autism Society of Boulder County. Guest chefs include Dave Query and Mark Monette from the Flagstaff House, John Platt from Q's, Riff's, Top Chef winner Hosea Rosenberg and Jen Bush of Bitter Bar. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Win a three-day culinary sojourn to Boulder, courtesy of Big Red F Restaurant Group

    Lori Midson​There's a reason why Dave Query, the brains behind the Boulder-based Big Red F Restaurant Group, generates so much respect: The restaurateur, who owns West End Tavern, Zolo Grill, Lola, Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, Bitter Bar and three Jax Fish locations is, quite si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    Reader: Cafe Society is all about gossip...and we love it!

    Will Wild Catch reopen this week, as remaining owner Daniel Kuhlman has promised? Does Lou's Food Bar need a kick in the pants? And what qualifies as a chain restaurant in Boulder, anyway? SALT? Any of Dave Query's spots? These are all hotly debated issues on Cafe Society.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Happy reopens in Boulder as the Bitter Bar

    Lucy SchaefferSugar queen Jenn Bush is spearheading the sweets selection at Bitter Bar in Boulder. ​Dave Query, the founder of Big Red F, the Boulder-based restaurant group that encompasses the West End Tavern, Zolo Southwestern Grill, Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, a trio of Jax F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Zolo Grill's Brett Smith raps on pig, chile and a second Zolo Grill

    Lori Midson​ Brett Smith Zolo Grill 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-449-0444 www.zologrill.com This is part one of my interview with Brett Smith, the executive chef of Zolo Grill. Part two of my chat with Smith will run in this space tomorrow. "I know it's probably overkill, but we just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Dave Query, owner of Happy, is a happy man

    Mark MangerA happy Melissa Harrison back when she was at Happy, Dave Query's restaurant in Boulder.​Dave Query, the man behind the Big Red F restaurant group -- including the Jax Fish House outposts in Denver and Boulder (and, soon, Fort Collins), Lola, West End Tavern, Centro and, most releva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Dave Query and Jason Sheehan, so Happy together

    ​Monday was a happy day at Happy, the noodle house at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder that Dave Query's Big Red F group opened a year ago as Happy Noodle House. Over the months, Query and company have made a number of adjustments at the restaurant -- starting but not ending with the name -- and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Staffing Up: More ideas for Mojitos

    ​ Both readers and restaurateurs had a lot of suggestions for what to do with the former home of Mojitos -- which isn't surprising, considering that this spot at 1120 East Sixth Avenue is a good location just begging for a good operator to go into it. And while I've already reported the new ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 22, 2009

    West End Tavern delivers from any direction

    ​ Both readers and restaurateurs had a lot of suggestions for what to do with the former home of Mojitos -- which isn't surprising, considering that this spot at 1120 East Sixth Avenue is a good location just begging for a good operator to go into it. And while I've already reported the new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    It gets worse: A week in Italian food

    Mark MangerThe patio at Mark & Isabella is empty for a reason -- and it's not the cold.​ Of all the entrees, only one was even vaguely edible: a piece of swordfish, nicely cooked, napped with a chive crème fraiche - and mounted on a ratatouille that was like mush and bled oil like it'd been k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Don't worry. Be Happy

    ​ What's in a name? Apparently, not that much. Because while Big Red F honcho Dave Query has dropped the "Noodle House" portion of his Happy Noodle House restaurant's name, the menu hasn't changed a bit. Okay, maybe it's changed a bit since I was there last. But then, it'd already changed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Whiskey, it's what's for breakfast at West End Tavern

    Yeah, that's it... Right there at the bottom​ I love breakfast. It is, indisputably, one of my six favorite meals of the day. But I've always had a problem with breakfast, too: It generally doesn't come with enough alcohol. Oh, sure. There are bloody Marys. The beautiful people have their m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    H Burger has a date with the city

    ​ There's a promising sign posted at 1555 Blake Street, the future home of H Burger Lounge. Peter Pflum, the restaurateur (he's the former operations manager for Dave Query's Big Red F Restaurant Group and most recently the VP of operations for Quizno's) who came up with the idea of putting a ... More >>

  • Dining

    September 3, 2009

    Tyler Wiard talks about Elway's, lobster and why Denver needs a good diner

    ​ There's a promising sign posted at 1555 Blake Street, the future home of H Burger Lounge. Peter Pflum, the restaurateur (he's the former operations manager for Dave Query's Big Red F Restaurant Group and most recently the VP of operations for Quizno's) who came up with the idea of putting a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Chef and Tell: Tyler Wiard of Elway's

    Lori Midson​"I got my ass kicked, but man, did I learn a lot," recalls Tyler Wiard, talking about the early '90s and his days as a line cook for Dave Query and John Platt at Q's Restaurant in the Hotel Boulderado. He must have been up to the task, because Query pulled him off that line and int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2009

    H-Burger Lounge looks toward an early 2010 debut in the SugarCube Building

    ​Just got word that H-Burger Lounge is planning to open in the SugarCube Building, at 16th and Blake streets, in early 2010. The restaurant, a local concept from Peter Pflum, the former operations manager for Dave Query's Big Red F Restaurant Group and most recently the VP of operations for Quizno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    Chef and Tell: Jamey Fader of Lola and Big Red F

    Jamey Fader​I've kept company at the bar with Jamey Fader more times than I can count, laughing as he tells me stories about the hippies camped out in their caravans just outside Lola during the DNC, simultaneously shaking and nodding my head while he divulges his latest - and usually crazy - ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    The List: Big Operators

    Rough week for Big Red F. I wasn't all tht happy with Happy Noodle House; wasn't cuckoo for the Cocoa Puffs at Centro. But that doesn't mean I don't like some of Dave Query's other restaurants. Matter of fact, he runs two other joints that are among my favorites in the city.Which leads me to this we ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 4, 2009

    Happy Noodle House is trying — sometimes too hard

    Rough week for Big Red F. I wasn't all tht happy with Happy Noodle House; wasn't cuckoo for the Cocoa Puffs at Centro. But that doesn't mean I don't like some of Dave Query's other restaurants. Matter of fact, he runs two other joints that are among my favorites in the city.Which leads me to this we ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 4, 2009

    More Is Less at Centro Latin Kitchen

    Rough week for Big Red F. I wasn't all tht happy with Happy Noodle House; wasn't cuckoo for the Cocoa Puffs at Centro. But that doesn't mean I don't like some of Dave Query's other restaurants. Matter of fact, he runs two other joints that are among my favorites in the city.Which leads me to this we ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Get Happy at Happy Noodle House

    Adding something extra at Happy Noodle House.The noodle bar is big business these days. In Manhattan, David Chang has elevated the simple, neighborhood noodle bar to celebrity status (and turned himself into a minor rock star in the process) with his Momofuku brand. In Denver, we've got one of the o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2009

    Sweet talk from Keegan Gerhard and other tasty events

    There's quite a smorgasbord of food-related fun tonight. "Taste Test: Random Encounters in the History & Science of Food" returns to the Lab at Belmar, 404 South Upham in Lakewood, at 6 p.m. today, March 12, when the focus will be on...sugar. Keegan Gerhard, pastry chef, Food Network host,owner of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Big Red F ventures to Asia, by way of Happy Noodle House

    I walked into Happy Noodle House at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder, looking for a little happy-hour joy. And I found it. Another one of Dave Query's Big Red F Restaurant Group places, the noodle house has a clean, modern feel, with communal tables, warm hand towels, trays of condiments and dim lightin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Big Red F re-tools at Zolo

    Word just came down that Dave Query -- right in the middle getting his new noodle house project, Happy Noodle House, up and running in Boulder -- has brought some new blood into the kitchen at Zolo Grill, his least press-pimped address, at 2525 Arapahoe Avenue in The Republic. Actually, I guess that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    Oodles of noodles coming to town

    In Bite Me this week, I talk about a couple of noodle joints coming to town -- Bones and Happy Noodle House -- and a New Yorker piece that helped fuel the fad. But Frank Bonanno and Dave Query aren't the only local restaurant empire-builders getting in on this act. The Jet Entertainment Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Good times at Go Fish

        The space is simple, almost iconic Japantown nouvelle, with wood and steel and stone all polished to a high and gleaming gloss, mismatched walls in shades of lime and mustard, one of those trickling fountain things and abstract sculptures of fish on the walls done in shiny, candy-co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    Another local on Top Chef: New York

    The premiere episode has run, the first two chefs have been booted, and while I know everyone in town was excited about having two locals in the game (Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef at Jax in Boulder and Melissa Harrison, sous at another Dave Query joint, Centro Latin Kitchen), how ‘bout us having thr ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 9, 2007

    The Next Danny Meyer?

    Punch-drunk in love with Dave Query, Oceanaire...and Duy Pham's next venture.

  • Dining

    August 9, 2007

    Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace

    Dave Query is not a hack. In fact, he's a genius — and his latest restaurant proves it.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    The Centro of Colorado Cuisine

    Dave Query is not a hack. In fact, he's a genius — and his latest restaurant proves it.

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2007

    The Centro of Colorado Cuisine

    Dave Query is not a hack. In fact, he's a genius — and his latest restaurant proves it.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2007

    First, Do No Harm

    Dave Query is not a hack. In fact, he's a genius — and his latest restaurant proves it.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2007

    First, Do No Harm

    Dave Query is not a hack. In fact, he's a genius — and his latest restaurant proves it.

  • Dining

    December 28, 2006

    The Year That Was

    From a goose chase to a great chase, 2006 was one wild ride.

  • Dining

    November 24, 2005

    Mex and Match

    Will the real Lola please stand up?

  • Dining

    October 6, 2005

    Almost Famous

    The man, the legend, the ribs.

  • Dining

    June 16, 2005

    Second Helping

    Jax Fish House

  • Dining

    June 16, 2005

    Bite Me

    Tavern Talk

  • Dining

    June 16, 2005

    Dinner and a Show

    A meal at the West End Tavern is the living end.

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of May 1, 2003

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Seafood Restaurant

    Lola

  • Food & Drink

    March 27, 2003

    Best Seafood Cookbook

    Jax Fish House Book of Fish Dave Query and Jill Zeh Richter

  • Dining

    November 16, 2000

    It's a Small World

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    April 29, 1999

    Mouthing Off

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    September 3, 1998

    Think Big

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    March 27, 1997

    The Gill Next Door

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    July 18, 1996

    Mouthing Off

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    July 12, 1995

    FISH OUT OF WATER

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

  • Dining

    August 3, 1994

    HOW THE SOUTHWEST WAS WON

    Tiny and terrific, Emma's is off to a great start.

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