James Mazzio

Colorado Via Chicago

A Date at 8 Rivers

Boulder Lucky to Have Radda

Boulder Lucky to Have Radda

A Date at 8 Rivers

Colorado Via Chicago

Il Posto was worth the wait

Take one: Cinebarre opens in Thornton

The Spain Course

James Mazzio shows why he's the tapas.

Via con dios, Via

James Mazzio shows why he's the tapas.

Chill: Icehouse Tavern is opening later this month

James Mazzio had hoped that the Icehouse Tavern, the replacement that the Momo brothers are putting into the former home of Via at 1801 Wynkoop Street, would be ready to go by June 1. But the place is going through a complete overhaul -- with award-winning chef Mazzio doing some of the construction ... More >>

Best New Restaurant

Triana

The Bite

After a year on the outside, Sean Kelly is back in the kitchen.

The Bite

Toque Talk

Bite Me

Coming In Under the Wire

Bite Me

Star Trek

Bite Me

Class Acts

Slice of Life

Class Acts

Bite Me

American Dreams

Pure Magic

You scream, I scream, we all scream for this ice cream.

Movie Tavern

Fried and frazzled.

Why Neighborhood Flix went dark

Fried and frazzled.

One more night at Black Cat

Fried and frazzled.

An Affair to Remember

Fried and frazzled.

Via shows the way for consistent Italian cuisine

Fried and frazzled.

Tapas the Rockies

Creative combinations and intense flavors make Triana the area's best new restaurant.

Bite Me

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Action at the Icehouse

No, Via's not coming back (although AOL sure made it look that way the other day, when it LoDo restaurant -- defunct for many months -- on its home page). But we hear the Momo family, which didn't find the commercial success with Via, even with famed chef James Mazzio in the kitchen, that they have ... More >>

Neighborhood Flix Cafe & Cinema

There will be grub!

Boulder Bites

In a town filled with good restaurants, Prima couldn’t cut it.

Via

Chef James Mazzio brings Via back from the brink.

The Rules

When you’re ready, you’re ready.

Mouthing Off

When you’re ready, you’re ready.

Delicious Designs: Eat this restaurant, part four

Photo by Jonathan Shoup To celebrate Colorado Architecture Month, the state chapter of the American Institute of Architects has paired up with local chefs for the Delicious Design program, creating desserts inspired by specific buildings in Colorado. Thursday's dessert was from Steuben's, Friday's ... More >>

James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern

James Mazzio couldn't keep Neighborhood Flix from going dark.The action is heating up at the Icehouse, 1801 Wynkoop Street, where the Icehouse Tavern could open as early as June 1. It's another project by the Momo brothers, who'd owned Via, the previous occupant of the space, and run Cucina Colore i ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, May 6 edition

Photo by Mark Manger Hungry yet? Today in Cafe Society: • Up Close: Cracovia. • MiniBAR mini-opening; grand opening this weekend. • James Mazzio set to open the Icehouse Tavern. • Eat Your Beer With Old Chub Bread. • Our Weekly Bread: Snarf's, mmmm, Snarf's. • Win $500 from El Monterey ... More >>

Colore Pizzeria Moderna set to heat up South Broadway

Lori MidsonColore Pizzeria Moderna, the latest in a line of Italian cafes owned by the folks who run Cucina Colore at 3041 East Third Avenue and Cafe Colore at 1512 Larimer Street, is scheduled to open June 15 at 2700 South Broadway. When I dropped in on Friday and spoke with co-owner Caroline Momo- ... More >>

Icehouse Tavern has an opening date

This just in: The Icehouse Tavern at 1801 Wynkoop Street will be opening June 22, according to James Mazzio, the award-winning chef who ran the kitchen at the space's previous incarnation, Via, and who's taken a very active role in its transformation into the Icehouse Tavern.It's still owned by the ... More >>

Say hello to two new debuts: LoHi SteakBar and Icehouse Tavern

What will you eat at LoHi SteakBar? We've just gotten word that LoHi SteakBar, the new restaurant spearheaded by Joe Vostrejs and chef-partner Sean Kelly, is opening tomorrow evening at 6 p.m. in the former home of North Star Brewery at 3200 Tejon Street, which is exactly seven hours (that would be ... More >>

IceHouse Tavern opens with a few kinks, but the food makes a good first impression

Lori MidsonHerb-roasted rib eyeEarlier today, while walking out the door of the Icehouse Tavern (only a mere seven hours old at the time of this writing), Highway to Hell, the 1979 cult ACDC album title and hit of the same name, was blaring over the speakers. And in the kitchen, the crew, headed by ... More >>

Jason Sheehan is ready to face his critics

Lori MidsonHerb-roasted rib eyeEarlier today, while walking out the door of the Icehouse Tavern (only a mere seven hours old at the time of this writing), Highway to Hell, the 1979 cult ACDC album title and hit of the same name, was blaring over the speakers. And in the kitchen, the crew, headed by ... More >>

Mazzio exits from Icehouse Tavern

Lori Midson​James Mazzio poured his heart and soul -- and a lot of elbow grease -- into Icehouse Tavern, the comfort food restaurant at 1801 Wynkoop Street that took the place of Via and opened in July, after Mazzio had done much of the renovation work himself. "I redid the deck, I'm redoing ... More >>

Update: Mark Berzins talks about Icehouse Tavern

​ If you read yesterday's post about chef James Mazzio's exit from Icehouse Tavern and the uh...unusual changes taking place there, you already have the background for this story. But for those of you who might've missed it (and are too lazy to click on the link above), here are the basics. ... More >>

James Mazzio has a new ooh la la chef gig at Le Chateau

​"I've just become the chef of Le Chateau," writes James Mazzio, one-time Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef winner and until recently the exec at the Icehouse Tavern, 1801 Wynkoop Street. But that stint ended early this month when the "high-powered" Mazzio was turned loose by powers higher th ... More >>

Staffing Up: My dream team for Ondo's

​Yesterday I kicked off "Staffing Up," with some free advice for how Mark & Isabella can get its act together. But the idea doesn't have to be confined to restaurants that need a swift, motivating kick in the ass; reading through these blog posts for the last few days, I realize that we can a ... More >>

Chefs for the Cause canceled

Sergio Romero will not be cooking dinner at Chefs for the Cause -- and neither will anyone else.​Chefs for the Cause sounded like a philanthropic foodie's delight -- six of Denver's top chefs creating delicious food to help raise money for the Denver affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. J ... More >>

SkyBox is open at SouthGlenn, and it's no gastropub

​Originally, Hollywood Theaters was boasting that SkyBox Lounge, the restaurant that's part of the new Southglenn Stadium 14 in Centennial, would be a "gastropub." But now that the place has opened, that label has been dumped in favor of "a creative twist on American cuisine." Although it's ... More >>

Chef and Tell with James Mazzio

Lori Midson​James Mazzio sneaks a look at his ticker. He's doing a dinner for a hundred people in less than three hours and his cooks need him on the line. It's the final hurrah in his three-month stint at Le Chateau, the French restaurant where he's been cooking since last October. "They let ... More >>

A few seats still available at Sunday's pop-up dinners with HUSH and James Mazzio

​If you don't have dinner plans on Sunday night, and want to experience a HUSH rush of dishes from James Mazzio, chef of Pickles Deli and Olive Oil, and a Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef star, plus lots of wines from the Infinite Monkey Theorem, then you should consider booking one of the ... More >>

J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's, on destroying candy bars and shi*tin' and spittin' up

Lori Midson​ J. Michael Melton Zydeco's 1730 Wynkoop Street 303-293-2887 www.zydecosdenver.com This is part one of my chat with J. Michael Melton, exec chef of Zydeco's. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. I got the gift of the Southern double name," drawls J. Michae ... More >>