Jim Pittenger

Local chefs dish on Denver's dining scene

Biker Jim busts out a bread haiku, bemoans boba and spills details on a new brick-and-mortar

This is part one of my interview with Biker Jim, chef-owner of Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs. Part two of our banter will run in this space tomorrow. Jim Pittenger Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs 2148 Larimer Street 303-550-8231 www.bikerjimsdogs.com "I'm too young to have this much history," quips the 54- ... More >>

Food Truck Renegades: We brake for mobile vendors

Although there was no Biker Jim's truck at the Food Truck Renegades event Friday night, Jim Pittenger was there, checking in on some of his favorite mobile vendors -- and also accepting accolades from a visitor from Orlando, who'd stopped by his Biker Jim's restaurant for a vegan dog earlier that da ... More >>

James Mazzio hosts an inaugural pop-up dinner series at Studio F

By 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, the crew was on its sixth dinner in three nights, the wine was flowing, and everyone was getting giddy. But then, James Mazzio had reason to celebrate: He'd just taken over the space in the Icehouse that was formerly occupied by Mise en Place cooking school a little over ... More >>

Biker Jim's brick-and-mortar celebrates one year in the wiener business with a bash on Sunday

At last night's one-year milestone bash at Row 14, chef Jensen Cummings managed to throw one of the best stoner food parties we've ever seen: carne asada fries, rabbit nachos, hellaciously hot chicken wings slicked with sauce killing us softly with ghost chiles, and tempurara-battered meatball slide ... More >>

It's been a banner year for Denver restaurants... and restaurateurs

Reader: Biker Jim's going national? We never sausage a thing!

​ Jim Pittenger, aka Biker Jim, already had an eponymous brick-and-mortar restaurant on Larimer Street, along with gourmet hot dog carts on the 16th Street Mall and at the Auraria campus. Now he's added a food truck to his sausage empire, and it won't be long before he rolls the business out a ... More >>

Biker Jim gets his first food truck -- and has plans to go national

Biker Jim now has two hot dog carts, a brick-and-mortar and a new food truck that will go national.​The text from Biker Jim simply read: "Tired. Taking a nap." The sultan of sausages and high-priest of hot dogs had just returned from a food truck show in Las Vegas, where he pimped frankfurters ... More >>

Reader: Bite me, Ludo!

Biker Jim's joint on Larimer Street.​We never sausage thing! On Tuesday, Ludo Bites America took on Colorado, , with a segment featuring Biker Jim's -- and fans of Jim Pittenger and his dogs are ready to take a bite out of host Ludo Lefebvre. Here's Jake's take: It was cool to see Biker Jim ... More >>

Denver episode of Ludo Bites America premieres tonight; viewing party at Biker Jim's

Kristine LefebvreLudo Lefebvre ​ Four months ago, in April, French-born, Los Angeles-based chef Ludo Lefebvre took a road trip to eastern Colorado, where he shot, skinned and butchered a bison. To show his respect for the beast, he then dropped to his knees and took a bite of its heart, stil ... More >>

Justice League of Street Food rolls into RiNo

Jenny AnFried chicken biscuits from the Biscuit Bus.​ Denver's Wayfarer-wearing set descended en masse on RiNo, just north of Fuel Cafe, for Saturday's Justice League of Street Food party, the first of the season. Within two hours of the 5 p.m. start, the Biscuit Bus had already run out of pu ... More >>

Food porn! Money shots! The pictorial essay of celeb chef Ludo Lefebvre at Biker Jim's!

Lori Midson​It had just gone 6 p.m., when light driblets of rain began to drop from the clouds, but the dozens of people with their noses to the window, peering in to catch a glimpse of the famous French chef, didn't seem to notice. Some, determined to be one of the first through the doors, h ... More >>

Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs won't open on St. Paddy's Day, but it will host a St. Paddy's Day party - on the Paddy-o!

Lori Midson​To the electrician who completely fucked up Biker Jim's opening, you pretty much suck. Jim Pittenger, aka Biker Jim, was all set to fling open the doors of his new brick-and-mortar, Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs, on St. Paddy's Day, but thanks to a half-ass electrician, the sausage sla ... More >>

Food porn, crowd shots and outtakes from the Justice League of Street Food's second shindig

Where were YOU last night? Unwinding after a hard week at work? Taking a yoga class? Getting wasted at the GABF? How about getting your street food on at the Justice League of Street Food's second party? If you missed out -- or if you'd like to relive the magic -- we've got you covered. Behold, ou ... More >>

Biker Jim finally gets his own wiener restaurant -- not cart, restaurant!

Biker Jim, aka Jim Pittenger in his new hot dog space​ "So who's got two thumbs and the keys to the first Biker Jim's restaurant?" read the text message from Jim Pittenger, who picked up the phone on the fist ring and answered with a "Yep. Jesus. Finally." Pittenger, who already peddles two ... More >>

Brava! Pizzeria and Biker Jim's lead the evolution of street food on the 16th Street Mall

​It's hot on the first day of June, and the vast courtyard at the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street is crowded. Business people in A-line skirts and pleated khakis are eating their to-go lunches at sunny tables, soaking up a few minutes of real weather outside of the air ... More >>

Tony Bourdain in Denver: Another convert of Biker Jim and his dogs

Lori MidsonTony Bourdain meets his true love: Biker Jim's sausages​ "Look, when I was here in 2002, I walked for what, eight hours, all over downtown and you know what I found? I found chicken wings -- chicken wings and fried fucking mozzarella sticks. I didn't see anything that looked like it was ... More >>

Dog Days

You never sausage a thing.