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Woody Creek Distillers takes spirits to another level in Basalt

In March, Mary and Pat Scanlan and Mark Kleckner of Woody Creek Distillers opened the doors of their 10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art distillery and tasting room in Basalt, unveiling five ultra-premium American spirits, each distilled and bottled in the Aspen Valley using spring water from Basal ... More >>

Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle, on yakitori, Yelp and stinky tofu

Tommy Lee Uncle 2215 West 32nd Avenue 303-433-3263 uncledenver.tumblr.com This is part one of my interview with Tommy Lee, exec chef of Uncle; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. At 4:45 on a Saturday afternoon, a swarm of restless ramen geeks congregates around the door of Uncle, Tommy Lee's ... More >>

Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain goat cheese

Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy -- and last month ditched its national cheese purveyor in favor of a new partnership with Haystack Mountain. Its chevre is now used exclusively in Mad Greens's eleven locations along the Front Range, and anyone who's tried even a taste of Haystack ... More >>

Jeremy Thomas, chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, on simplicity, spoons and Sheehan

Jeremy Thomas Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar 1512 Curtis Street 303-534-1155 www.legranddenver.com This is part one of my interview with Jeremy Thomas, chef of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Colorado native Jeremy Thomas spent a lot of time at the dinne ... More >>

Eight craft beer trends to look for in Colorado in 2013

One of the best parts about Colorado's craft beer scene is that it changes constantly. From one week to the next, beer geeks can hit a new taproom, try an innovative new brew, head to a packed festival and generally make friends in other states jealous. The last year saw a lot of big news -- some ba ... More >>

The Wynkoop's Belgorado Belgian IPA is Colorado loud and proud

The Wynkoop Brewing Company will debut its newest canned beer next week -- one with some unusual Colorado ingredients. No, it's not Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout -- although two-packs of that ballsy beer will also be released in cans soon. The beer is called Belgorado and it's made almost entirely wit ... More >>

Ski season deaths: James Lindenblatt's is among two that won't count toward Colorado total

As we reported last week, calculating ski-area deaths in Colorado is tricky, since Colorado Ski Country USA applies a strict criteria to those included in overall figures. Cases in point: Olathe, Kansas resident Stuart Brownlee and Summit County's James Lindenblatt died while skiing in recent days, ... More >>

Patrick Hartnett, exec chef of Kachina Southwestern Grill, on chiles, chiles and chiles

Patrick Hartnett Kachina Southwestern Grill 10600 Westminster Boulevard, Westminster kachinagrill.com 303-410-5813 This is part one of my interview with Patrick Hartnett, exec chef of Kachina Southwestern Grill; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. The restaurants at a Holiday Inn will never m ... More >>

James Mazzio's Supper Club will intrigue and entertain this weekend

Amuse-bouches, those tiny morsels of goodness offered by a chef to kick-start a meal, can be made of nearly anything -- salmon tartare, cucumber gazpacho, asparagus mousse, etc. What they have in common is size (small) and design (creative). But what about an overstuffed sausage-and-cheese burrito o ... More >>

Who's keeping local hop farmers in business?

Great Divide joins growing list of brewers using fresh Colorado hops

Great Divide Brewing will tap its first-ever beer made with fresh Colorado hops tomorrow at 2 p.m., joining a growing list of brewers who use locally grown hops. Sticky Icky is a pale ale that has been soaked in a firkin with fresh Crystal hops from Misty Mountain Hop Farm in Olathe. But the brewery ... More >>

Photos: Big Denver Barbecue Block Party

The Big Denver Barbecue Block Party took place this past weekend for its first event outside of New York. "I'm really excited that we're hosting a festival in a place where we actually have restaurants," said Dave Robinson, executive chef for the Jim 'N Nick's barbecue chain, which boasts locations ... More >>

The Denver FIVE culinary stars will cook at the James Beard House on September 19

Last September, I spent a whopping 24 hours in New York City, mostly in the kitchen of the James Beard House, where the FIVE, a coterie of local chefs and cocktail kings, strutted their talents to a sold-old cognoscenti of foodniks -- one of whom claimed that it was the most fun she'd ever had at a ... More >>

Go Whole Hog

Round two with the Trinity Grille's Patrick Canfield

Patrick Canfield Trinity Grille 1801 Broadway 303-293-2288 www.trinitygrille.com This is part two of my chef and tell interview with the Trinity Grille's Patrick Canfield. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Edwardo's in Westcliffe, Colorado. Going there always rem ... More >>

Denver omelet deserves an update -- and here's a sunny option

​Mayor Michael Hancock will learn to flip a Denver omelet today at a photo opp pushing Denver Restaurant Week. A Denver omelet? That may be the dish that's been labeled with this city's name, but it's hardly the best example of this city's cuisine. Former restaurant critic Jason Sheehan was s ... More >>

John Hickenlooper's bucket list for experiencing Colorado in 2012

​In recent decades, this state has been the focus of numerous doomsday predictions that Colorado -- if not the world itself -- was in imminent danger of disappearing. The most recent furor involves the Mayan calendar's prediction that the world will end on December 21, 2012 -- a prediction deb ... More >>

Contest alert: Win two tickets to an EatDenver Harvest Week pop-up dinner or brunch

Tickets are going fast for EatDenver's Harvest Week, the local, independent restaurant organization's annual celebration of Colorado produce, livestock and products, including wine, beer and spirits. This year's tribute to the state's bumper crop of foodstuffs will feature a series of multi-course ... More >>

Six kick-ass Denver chefs, a stellar mixologist and one meaty sausage slinger: Foodography from the James Beard House dinner in New York

Lori MidsonTop from left to right: Tyler Wiard, Matt Selby, Bryan Dayton and Paul Reilly. Bottom from left to right: Mark DeNittis, Brandon Biederman, Jamey Fader and Enrique Socarras​When six Denver chefs, one bartender and, for good measure, a muscled and tatted sausage emperor all trotted ... More >>

dish's Jenna Johansen thanks the universe for supplying the world with pig

​ Jenna Johansen dish 56 Edwards Village Boulevard, Edwards 970-926-3433 www.eatdrinkdish.com This is part one of my interview with Jenna Johansen, co-owner/chef of dish restaurant in Edwards. Part two of this interview will run in this space tomorrow. "I can talk about an apple for an ho ... More >>

A taste of Denver International Wine Festival 2010

Photo: J. WohletzWine sediment draining at Balistreri​The Denver International Wine Festival celebrated year six with a VIP tour of Front Range wineries and Roundhouse Spirits -- a tour that began Saturday with plenty of wine, ended with plenty of gin, and stuffed the middle with gourmet nibbl ... More >>

Marijuana election round-up: More losses than wins for MMJ in Colorado

​While the big weed setback last week might have been the defeat of California's Proposition 19, marijuana didn't fare too well in Colorado, either. As per the state's new medical marijuana laws, local officials are now allowed to ask voters whether or not their communities should allow dispen ... More >>

Medical marijuana election: 26 cities and towns vote on new MMJ rules next week

​While a move to follow California's lead and put the legalization of marijuana on next week's state-wide ballot didn't come to pass, many Colorado voters will still asked to vote about pot issues on November 2. That's because many cities, towns and counties put measures dealing with medical m ... More >>

The Denver FIVE host their last bash of the year tonight at the James Beard House

​Tonight, while the rest of us will be grubbing and imbibing at Dish, Westword's annual bash dedicated to Denver's dining culture, the chefs who comprise the Denver FIVE -- Jamey Fader, Troy Guard, Brian Laird, Matt Selby and Tyler Wiard -- will be bringing down the storied James Beard House i ... More >>

Celebrate Colorado's harvest with the perfect wines

​ We just finished celebrating EatDenver's Harvest Week, where more than 40 independent restaurants fêted the harvest of the summer season's very best produce, alongside some outstanding Colorado meats, fish, and cheeses. Each participating chef put his or her own unique spin on the event, pr ... More >>

Tiny Bubbles

EatDenver Harvest Week kickoff party at Balistreri Vineyards

Chef Matt Selby (Vesta/Steuben's) preparing Il Mondo Vecchio Bresaola with Colorado melon and Verde Farms micro basil​Denver's third-annual Harvest Week begins Saturday, August 21 and runs through August 27, when nearly forty of Denver's best independent restaurants will be offering special me ... More >>

Dan Maes: First-day proclamations of the new administration

"There's no 'UN' in Colorado!"​This is shaping up to be one lively governor's race, what with GOP hopeful Dan Maes suspecting a UN agenda behind Denver's bicycle program, promising layoffs of state workers and an unshackling of the energy industry -- and claiming to have driven 5,000 miles a m ... More >>

Lala’s Hops on Hops

Art Institute to host annual Best Teen Chef competition

​Calling all young chefs: If you think you've got what it takes to be the next Best Teen Chef, then sharpen your knives and fill out the entry form here by February 5. The contest starts April 17 at the Art Institute of Colorado, 1200 Lincoln Street; at the cook-off, participants' creation ... More >>

This weekend's featured events: Harvest Week loves that good, old-time home cookin'

​Last night, I ate at the Washington Park Grille, an old standby where you maybe have to watch what you order, but where it's always pleasant, kinda like Cheers with Italian-ish food. Like a slew of Denver eateries, WPG has a special Harvest Week menu, served either as a pricey multi-course pa ... More >>

Home Cookin'

Tonight: A chorus of wines and courses at Encore

​At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Encore, at 2550 East Colfax Avenue, is hosting a party-on-the-patio winemaker dinner showcasing all carbon-neutral, organic and sustainable wines from Parducci and Paul Dolan Vineyards. The eight-course menu, created by exec chef Paul Reilly, is a smorgasbord of Colorado ... More >>

Drinking Goat at the Goat

For the last few weeks, I've been searching for Colorado's best artisan liquor. I've searched high and I've searched low. I've gone to the ends of the earth (or at least to the end of the block) to find those bars brave enough to stock and serve the products of Colorado's micro-distilleries. And now ... More >>

Andrew Schutt takes his heavenly menu to new heights

A peach of a bourbon, made in Colorado

Enjoy Olathe's Annual Cob Hob Nob

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Oceanaire Seafood Room

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