Greenwood Village

Kitchen Table is now cooking in its new home -- you could be, too

Kitchen Table Cooking School is now cooking in its new location, at 6380 South Fiddler's Green Circle in Greenwood Village. The new spot is close to light rail, but also has plenty of parking as well as a new incarnation of Espressolé Caffe, where you can enjoy a cup of handcrafted coffee as well a ... More >>

Photos: Parry's is open in Greenwood Village -- and getting ready for a "Big Ass" tap takeover

The fourth location of Parry's Pizzeria & Bar opened this month at 5970 South Holly Street in Greenwood Village. This new outpost started service just in time to partake in the homegrown chain's massive tap-takeover event -- a collaboration with Avery Brewing Co. featuring a total of over ninety bee ... More >>

Marijuana business ban in Lafayette includes cannabis-friendly coffee shop

Lafayette City Council unanimously voted last night to pass an eight-month moratorium on all marijuana-related businesses, including the city's lone cannabis-friendly coffee shop. Veronica Carpio, owner of the Front Tea and Arts Shop -- which allows adults 21 and over to use vaporizers during certai ... More >>

Round two with Matt Lewis, exec chef of Bones

Matt Lewis Bones 701 Grant Street 303-860-2929 www.bonesdenver.com Part one of my interview with Matt Lewis, exec chef of Bones, ran yesterday. This is part two of our conversation. Favorite restaurant in America: My experience at Bouchon was amazing, even more so because the chef de cuisine cam ... More >>

Has Chicken Kabob flown the coop?

For the past four days, Chicken Kabob -- the fast-casual Persian joint that Foad Aftahi opened last fall at 9678 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village -- has been mysteriously closed. The phone mailbox is full, and there's no message posted on the place to indicate Chicken Kabob's status -- beyond ... More >>

Reader: Review of Red Robin, a hamburger chain, is not okay

Jenn Wohletz is on the chain gang -- and last week reviewed Red Robin's Burger Works, a homegrown concept from the Greenwood Village-based chain that debuted at the Shops at Northfield Stapleton last November. But not everyone enjoyed the culinary history lesson.

Superfood salad from Modmarket lives up to its name

The concept behind Modmarket is fresh, seasonal, farm-to-table food served up fast. And it's caught on fast: After the original outpost opened in Boulder two years ago, the company quickly opened two more locations. We stopped by the restaurant at 8575 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village yesterd ... More >>

Sushi Bay will open where the Hole closed

If you've been following this blog, then you've no doubt read about the endless parade of pizza joints that are sweeping across the Denver landscape: Toppings started slinging pies in LoDo last Friday; Right Coast Pizza began tossing dough two weeks ago in Wheat Ridge; and Fired Up will open in the ... More >>

Kitchen Table has two meat-free classes on today's menu

The Kitchen Table Cooking School is doing double duty on meatless Monday. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, it will offer a cooking class on "The Incredible Edible Egg"; from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight, the course is "Meatless Monday: Contemporary Mexico." Each class is $80, and includes food; the school is l ... More >>

Ten Colorado companies strut their stuff at the Consumer Electronics Show

otterbox.com​ The Consumer Electronics Show, that yearly technology bacchanal, kicks off today in Las Vegas. It's an orgy of smartphones, tablets, Justin Bieber and ... gospel singers belting out tweets? You better believe it. A host of Colorado companies are there, showing and telling and (ho ... More >>

Restaurant Roll Call for 2011

Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area last year -- and with that much action, perhaps it's not surprising that two of them are named Cebiche, and two of them are named Chinook. But the local dining scene also lost a surprising number of mainstays: the 29-year-old Pearl Street Grill, ... More >>

Meatless Monday options at Olivea, Duo and the Kitchen Table

A Flickr photo.​It's no secret that we're fans of Meatless Monday, and today you can join the movement with minimal effort by eating at Olivea (719 East 17th Avenue, 303-861-5050) or Duo (2413 West 32nd Avenue, 303-477-4141), which offer vegetarian specials every Monday. If you're interested i ... More >>

The Blake will be the latest establishment to open at 1434 Blake Street in LoDo

Restaurant roll call for September

Restaurant openings far outweighed closings last month, with the long-awaited Charcoal heating up the scene. Here's our Restaurant roll call for September:

Review Preview: Tao Tao Noodle Bar

Mark Manger​Chopsticks China Bistro held down the corner of Federal and Mississippi for four years, turning out stellar Chinese cuisine that spanned Szechuan specialties, Taiwanese soup dumplings and sandwiches. We loved the place, and we were sad to see it go when it ditched its digs on Feder ... More >>

Amid the new frozen yogurt boom, TCBY makes a Denver area comeback

TCBY of Greenwood Village​When I was growing up in the southern suburbs of Denver, the TCBY in a Greenwood Village strip mall was a go-to family treat spot, where we'd grab a sticky table and order up parfaits layered with hot fudge and cookie dough after every dance recital and tee-ball game. ... More >>

Larkburger's Wash Park location starts flipping burgers today

​After the finishing touches are made to those reclaimed-cypress walls, the latest addition to the Larkburger family will open at 11 a.m. today at 340 East Alameda Avenue. If you've been to any of the other Larkburger locations -- in Greenwood Village, Boulder, Fort Collins or the original in ... More >>

Hep-No-Tized

Larkburger looking to add a fifth beef barn in West Washington Park

Lori Midson​Larkburger, the gourmet burger barn that started in the high country -- specifically, Edwards -- and spawned siblings in Greenwood Village, Boulder and Fort Collins, is bringing its Black Angus beef to West Washington Park, taking over part of the behemoth square footage that belo ... More >>

Larkburger sells 1,700 $2 burgers on Saturday

​This past Saturday, the Larkburger at 8000 East Belleview Avenue offered $2 burgers -- for one day -- as a thank-you to the Greenwood Village community. And what a thank-you: The lines stretched out the door, and before the day was done, the store had served up 1,700 Larkburgers.

Saigon Landing closed after fire

South Metro Fire District​Business has been hot at Saigon Landing, which opened last November in Greenwood Village, but no one wanted it this hot: Late Sunday, the building at 6585 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard caught fire -- firefighters suspect lightning -- and was heavily damaged.

Asian restaurants around town are offering $16.80 meal deals through mid-June

​You're in luck: A number of area Asian restaurants are offering prix fixe menus at a great price in honor of Asian Restaurant Month. It's sorta like Denver Restaurant Week, but just for Asian restaurants. Whereas Denver's restaurant week features two-person meals for $52.80, restaurants pa ... More >>

Tom Tancredo serves no sour grapes

​Yes, that's Tom Tancredo's name on a "Save the Date" invitation for a VIP opening celebration at the new Water 2 Wine winery in the Shops in Greenwood Village next month. But don't think the former congressman is trading rabble-rousing for a career as a mild-mannered businessman. Once Tancred ... More >>

Don't know how comforting Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre's new name is, but it certainly has teeth

Aaron Thackeray​How do you take a venue that's already not all that appealing in the first place and make it even less so? How about hanging a handle on it that fans can't say (or even think about, really) without spitting out their soda? If you haven't heard yet, word came down this morning t ... More >>

Chinook could be gone with the wind

​When the Georg family closed Chinook, their longtime restaurant at 265 Detroit Street, in the summer of 2008, they promised to relocate within a few months to the new Landmark project. But now, more than eighteen months later, it looks like Chinook will never open in Greenwood Village. The ... More >>

Beer pong and backless chaps are the draw at Hiccups 1

New menu for Chad Clevenger at Mel's

​ I had a rough time of it when last I found myself under chef Chad Clevenger's care at Mel's Restaurant in Greenwood Village. But my experience was nothing compared to how Clevenger and his crew must've felt once my review of the restaurant came out. Still, I have to give the guy credit fo ... More >>

Heaven on Earth

Jet South takes off in the DTC with something for everyone

Zpizza opens today in Greenwood Village

It's too late to grab the free pizza that Zpizza was handing out last night, but you can buy a pie today, when Zpizza officially opens for business at 4940 South Yosemite in Greenwood Village. Lori Midson got a taste of the chain when she was in California a couple of weeks ago.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 14 edition

Open wide... Love bites. Today in Cafe Society: • Zpizza to open z doors in Greenwood Village. • Uncork at Four Mile Historic Park tonight. • Get a job! Jesse Morreale's job fair. • Our Weekly Bread: Jersey Mike's. • Drinking with Pete at Union Station. • The Maker's Mark Mint Julep: D ... More >>

Jet's Pizza Republica ready for takeoff

After a few delays, Jet Entertainment Group is slated to open Pizza Republica, its restaurant in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village, on May 8. According to the optimistically present-tense description on Jet's website, "Pizza Republica focuses on homemade cooking using local and organic produ ... More >>

Today's featured event: Dip your toes into a wave of Spa Week bargains

We're all in the same boat here, ladies: The Spa Week website is off the hook! Hotter than Kilauea when it blows its top! Just be prepared to stand by for information, because the glorious week in spring when spas across the nation, including several here in Denver, offer introductory treatments o ... More >>

If you're looking to build an office building, read this blog

Photo courtesy of Flickr. What's that? You want to build an $8.3 million, 51,000-square-foot office building somewhere along the Front Range? And you're wondering about building permit fees and estimated plan approval times in various cities and counties? Why, it's your lucky day! Colorado State ... More >>

Brats for a good cause, and other Saturday events

Today, March14, Sunflower Farmers Market at 1980 East County Line Road in Highlands Ranch is hosting March Madness, firing up the grill and selling brats to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. For info, call 303-243-5060. The Kitchen Table Cooking School at Landmark in Greenwood Village will put out ... More >>

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 >>

Blue Ocean celebrates one year of new ownership

  Happy anniversary to Blue Ocean Asian Cafe! The restaurant, located at 8101 East Belleview Avenue in Greenwood Village, was purchased by current owner Guodong Hong in January 2008, but has managed to keep the same chef, Ji Gang Li, and the menu is relatively unchanged since Jason Sheehan's ... More >>

Cracking the Egg Shell on Blake Street

The Jet Entertainment Group may be the busiest boys in chow business. They picked up Nine75 (975 Lincoln Street) right after Jim Sullivan closed it this fall, and reopened it in a matter of days. They're finishing up a project at the Jet Hotel, at 1612 Wazee Street, to make room for XO, a noodle ba ... More >>

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Chinook: Gone With the Wind

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