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May 25, 2012
Video: Johnny Ballen, the bionic man behind the Squeaky Bean, promises "bigger, better and tastier"
If you're a product of the '70s, and spent your spare time eating a salisbury steak TV dinner while glued to Lee Majors flexing his bionic implants on the Six Million Dollar Man, then you and that goofball, Johnny Ballen, the tall, lanky bean who owns the Squeaky Bean, have at least one thing in com ... More >>
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May 14, 2012
Reader: Squeaky Bean videos have viewers hungering for more
A year after it abruptly closed its original location in Highland, Squeaky Bean will bloom again next month at 1500 Wynkoop Street. And thanks to a series of videos with owner Johnny Ballen, you can get a taste of what's to come: a Casa Bonita for adults, he promises. "Opening a restaurant can be a ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
Video: Johnny Ballen, head bean of the Squeaky Bean, gives us a sneak peek of the new space
For those of you who have been begging for an update on the re-sprouting of the Squeaky Bean -- and there are a lot of you -- we've got that and more, thanks, in part, to quirky king bean Johnny Ballen, who, we now know, may have been a used car salesman in a previous life. For the past few weeks, ... More >>
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February 14, 2012
At Pinche Taqueria, an irreverent cocktail program complements the food
As Kevin Morrison drew up plans for Pinche Taqueria, a brick-and-mortar version of his Pinche Tacos food truck, he gave a lot of thought to how to best use his newly acquired liquor license, creating a beverage board that would embody the cheeky nature of his brand.
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January 12, 2012
Guess where I'm drinking?
While the sign outside doesn't state the joint's actual name -- and there's a good story behind that -- you'll definitely find delicious drinks inside. And if you're lucky, your cocktail will be created by Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen. Can you guess where I'm drinking? Special bonus: Anyone w ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Year in review: Denver's biggest food stories in 2011
Denver foodbeasts who eat up the city's culinary scene had plenty to chew on in 2011: Big-name chefs who abruptly closed their restaurants; other chefs who walked out; a restaurant that burst into flames -- and rose from the ashes; a very public divorce; and sadly, unfathomably, a beloved restaurate ... More >>
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December 21, 2011
Eleven favorite dishes from 2011 -- and one more to usher in 2012
Lori MidsonIt hasn't been a good year for our economy, but it's been a stellar year for the Denver restaurant scene, which continues to produce culinary heroes and push the envelope. I can't even begin to guess how many meals I've eaten in restaurants over the past year, but I'm fairly certai ... More >>
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December 12, 2011
Max MacKissock and the Squeaky Bean bunch wow diners at the Work Options for Women benefit
Lori MidsonChef Max MacKissock from the Squeaky Bean.After a series of pop-up dinners at Cafe Options, which played host to chef Max MacKissock and several squad members of the soon to reopen Squeaky Bean on Friday and Saturday night, the staff celebrated by shotgunning beers in the kitchen. ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Behind the bar with Brian Smith at Pinche Taqueria
Brian Smith, the barman at Pinche Taqueria who will also be behind the stick at the resurrected Squeaky Bean when that restaurant opens next year, began his love affair with the bar before he was even legal. "I've been bartending at home since I graduated from high school," he admits. "I got ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Now We're Cooking
Brian Smith, the barman at Pinche Taqueria who will also be behind the stick at the resurrected Squeaky Bean when that restaurant opens next year, began his love affair with the bar before he was even legal. "I've been bartending at home since I graduated from high school," he admits. "I got ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Readers: Squawking about the Squeaky Bean
Love it or hate it, there's no shortage of opinions about the Squeaky Bean. And yesterday, when the announcement came down that the restaurant had found a new home in LoDo -- in a renovated warehouse (above) where owner Johnny Ballen can put an actual kitchen for chef Max MacKissock -- people ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
The Squeaky Bean signs a lease on a new space...Where is it?
Lori MidsonJohnny Ballen, Max MacKissock and the rest of the Bean dream team have inked a deal on a new space. UPDATE: We have the full scoop on the new Squeaky Bean -- including its location -- right here. They're baacckkk! Johnny Ballen, owner of the Squeaky Bean, which closed several ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
The Squeaky Bean will reopen in late spring in the historic Saddlery Building downtown
The Saddlery building is the new home of the Squeaky Bean.Our prayers to the gods and goddesses of things that squeak have been been fulfilled: After shuttering in June, following a break-down in lease negotiations between Squeaky Bean head bean counter Johnny Ballen and his landlord, the own ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Foodography! Pinche Taqueria opens today in Uptown
Lori MidsonIt may be Halloween, but today also marks the opening (finally!) of Pinche Taqueria, Kevin Morrison's taco-hustling brick-and-mortar -- the follow-up to his taco wagon, which was one of the first mobile street food slingers to hit the streets of Denver.
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September 30, 2011
Local star chefs Jennifer Jasinski and Max MacKissock tie the knot
Last weekend, Jennifer Jasinski and Max MacKissock, two of Denver's best -- and most beloved -- chefs got hitched in California. Jasinski, who owns Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and Rioja, where she's the executive chef, and MacKissock, the exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, met several years ago, and the ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Williams & Graham withdraws liquor-license application -- and reapplies for a new one
Williams & Graham, a new speakeasy that's the vision of Todd Colehour, a former head honcho at Kona Grill, was slated to open in June with cocktail-tender Sean Kenyon, who, up until just recently, was the star-tender at the Squeaky Bean, which is now closed (but looking for a new home), spea ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
Sean Kenyon joins the talented bar crew at Euclid Hall -- for now
Lori MidsonStar-tender Sean Kenyon had all of his cocktail recipes ready to go for the late July opening of the Occidental, a cocktail bar that would have taken over the Squeaky Bean, which closed last month when owner Johnny Ballen and his landlord -- ARV Holdings, the entity run by the Agu ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
Colorado Cocktail Project will leave you shaken, possibly stirred
Café Society's obsession with the quest for a Colorado cocktail dates back to the day when Rich Grant of Visit Denver got a call from a reporter for a national magazine who was looking for the quintessential Colorado drink to include in a story about landmark libations. But while some towns ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
My last supper at the Squeaky Bean...in photos
Lori MidsonOn Sunday afternoon, following brunch service, the Squeaky Bean, one of our favorite restaurants on the planet, closed -- not because the joint was in the toilet, or the entire kitchen crew walked out, or owner Johnny Ballen told one too many bad bean jokes. That had nothing to do ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
The Euclid Hall pig heist: The final smackdown in photos
There was no brawl, no last-minute demands, no squealing and no bloodshed. Instead, at 5 p.m. on Sunday at Euclid Hall, two monkey-masked men jumped out of a van, raced up the stairs and delivered a pig -- a pig for ransom that had been stolen in broad daylight just over a week ago at Union ... More >>
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May 20, 2011
Calling all sinners: Five Denver restaurants where you must eat before the world ends tomorrow
Even if you haven't come up for air this week, we assume you've still heard the farcical prediction by crazy Christian radio host Harold Camping -- namely that tomorrow is doomsday (some call if heaven) for at least 200 million of us. God forbid, it could be you! Or worse, me (although I'm in ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Food lust from last night's Chefs Up Front Denver dinner
Lori MidsonLobster, enoki mushroom and tenderloin carpaccio hand roll from Jonesy's Eat BarLast night, Denver's who's who of chefs congregated at the Colorado Convention Center for Chef's Up Front Denver, a fundraiser that benefited Cooking Matters, a nonprofit that fights childhood hunger a ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Squeaky Bean ditches breakfast and lunch to concentrate on dinner and brunch
Lori MidsonThe Squeaky Bean's Max MacKissock and Johnny Ballen Beginning today, the Squeaky Bean, the wickedly cheeky stamping ground in Highland that turns out some of the best food in the city, is cutting back its noshing hours, eliminating breakfast and lunch altogether to concentrate on b ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Soup for the Soul bowls over with Denver's best chefs
Lori MidsonHundreds of foodniks with big hearts made the trek to the downtown Sheraton hotel last night for one of the year's most heartwarming events: Soup for the Soul, a benefit that provides bowlfuls of comfort to patients of Porter Hospice and St. Anthony Hospice, both of which provide ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
100 Favorite Dishes: Italian wedding soup from the Squeaky Bean
Lori MidsonLast December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City -- one hundred, to be exact -- as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we're back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred more of our fa ... More >>
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October 8, 2010
Sean Kenyon is the new king bean behind the bar of the Squeaky Bean
Lori MidsonSean Kenyon slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky BeanSean Kenyon, who recently left his bar manager post at Steuben's, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, just snagged a new gig slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky Bean, Johnny Ballen's irreverent food temple and wateri ... More >>
Dining
July 1, 2010
The Squeaky Bean gets ready to expand its kitchen
Lori MidsonSean Kenyon slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky BeanSean Kenyon, who recently left his bar manager post at Steuben's, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, just snagged a new gig slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky Bean, Johnny Ballen's irreverent food temple and wateri ... More >>
Dining
July 1, 2010
Happy days are here again at the Squeaky Bean
Lori MidsonSean Kenyon slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky BeanSean Kenyon, who recently left his bar manager post at Steuben's, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, just snagged a new gig slinging drinks behind the bar of the Squeaky Bean, Johnny Ballen's irreverent food temple and wateri ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
Squeaky Bean's first anniversary party was all wet with top Denver chefs getting dunked for charity
Lori Midson Pageant contestant Max Mackissock strutted flowersIf you missed out on the Squeaky Bean's first anniversary party, yesterday's porkstravaganza and birthday bash that put the fun back in Monday, then you also missed Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen baring his buttocks, exec chef M ... More >>
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May 31, 2010
Today: Squeaky Bean celebrates its first birthday with a block party
Squeaky Bean opened a year ago this weekend at 3301 Tejon Street, and against all odds in the twelve months since, this little restaurant with the much littler kitchen has managed to turn out big meals and attract big crowds. There should be as big crowd today, when the Squeaky Bean will hos ... More >>
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December 9, 2009
Chef and Tell with Max Mackissock of Squeaky Bean
Lori MidsonSqueaky Bean executive chef Max Mackissock "After all that nonsense at Primebar -- those guys are the biggest scumbags ever -- it was unbelievably refreshing to get a job at a restaurant that's owned by one of the nicest guys I've ever met," Max Mackissock says during our interview ... More >>
Dining
October 22, 2009
An evening rolls smoothly at the Squeaky Bean
Lori MidsonSqueaky Bean executive chef Max Mackissock "After all that nonsense at Primebar -- those guys are the biggest scumbags ever -- it was unbelievably refreshing to get a job at a restaurant that's owned by one of the nicest guys I've ever met," Max Mackissock says during our interview ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Squeaky Bean squeezes out a test run on Friday
Lori MidsonSqueaky Bean, the new Highland restaurant at 3301 Tejon Street that's been serving breakfast and lunch since the second week in May, will open for dinner Wednesday, June 8, but you can get a sneak preview at the night time menu during a test run on Friday, July 3, when exec chef Max Macki ... More >>
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June 5, 2009
The Squeaky Bean adds a non-squeaky Greek rotisserie
As Jason Sheehan reported yesterday, sometime this summer Yanni Stavropolous will move Yanni's, his Greek taverna, from the strip mall at 2223 South Monaco where it's been for eighteen years to the Landmark development in Greenwood Village. But not all of the equipment is making the move. The Squea ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Squeaky Bean opens Monday
Lori Midson Johnny Ballen, owner of The Squeaky Bean, which opens Monday morning at 3301 Tejon Street in the former Mondo Cafe space, finds it amusing that everyone seems to think his new spot is a java joint. "I'm having fun with all the guesswork," he told me yesterday over Squeaky spritzes, a p ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Former Primebar chef Max Mackissock makes his move...to the Squeaky Bean
Yesterday, I told you all about Max Mackissock's sooner-than-expected departure from Primebar, the restaurant at 1515 Arapahoe Street that opens to the public on Friday night. What I didn't tell you is this: Come May 28, Mackissock will be the new exec chef at The Squeaky Bean, which opens Monda ... More >>

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