Olive Garden Italian Restaurants

Devendra Banhart at the Gothic Theatre, 5/5/13

DEVENDRA BANHART @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 5/5/13 Devendra Banhart marches to the funkiest army ever, a fact that was prominently displayed during his abbreviated set at the Gothic Theatre last night. The man does not know how to keep still. By turns joking and serious, Banhart showcased an array of attitu ... More >>

Yard House goes the extra yard with its Eat Late options

Yard House is known for its massive beer lineup and almost as massive menu, but its new Eat Late menu, offered from 10 p.m. to close in all 43 locations, focuses on a handful of serious dishes -- including a black truffle cheeseburger and Monte Cristo pops -- priced well under $10. Yard House serves ... More >>

Competitive skiing kept Army veteran Joel Hunt from going downhill

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Reader: Make the Best Italian Restaurant competition really stiff -- add the Olive Garden!

For the first time, we're doing our Best of Denver Readers' Poll voting in two rounds -- and last week, after we closed out the first round, we revealed the leading vote-getters. Some of the results were eye-opening (and wince-inducing). for example, the finalists for Best Italian Restaurant? Maggia ... More >>

David Payne, exec chef of Jelly, on losing your authority, Rick Bayless and gross sticky goo

David Payne Jelly Cafe 600 East 13th Avenue, 303-831-6301 1700 East Evans Avenue, 720-596-4108 www.eatmorejelly.com This is part one of my interview with David Payne, executive chef of Jelly Cafe; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. My mom," sighs David Payne, "wasn't a good cook. At all." Pep ... More >>

Yard House taps an exclusive beer from California's Firestone Walker

Yard House is celebrating a mutual sixteenth anniversary with Firestone Walker Brewery -- both California-based businesses got their start in 1996 -- by tapping a limited-edition IPA brewed exclusively for the beer-centric restaurant. The "hopped-up" ale -- which is made with seven varieties of hop ... More >>

Patsy's Italian Restaurant has a rich, colorful, unbeatable history

Patsy's Italian Inn -- timing is everything

Anyone can make a plate of spaghetti -- but in this town, only Patsy's Italian Inn has been serving plates of homemade Italian spaghetti for more than nine decades. That was back in the days when celebrities had to sing, dance and have talent to be famous, back before The Olive Garden was even a ru ... More >>

Yard House sells to...owner of Olive Garden?

Former local boy Steele Platt has made very, very good: Darden Restaurants -- an Orlando-based company that operates Olive Garden and Red Lobster, among other chains -- announced today that it has agreed to buy Yard House USA Inc. for $585 million -- cash, according to Nation's Restaurant News. The ... More >>

Hazel Dell mushrooms provide Colorado's 'shroom service

This is the first in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products...and what some local restaurants do with them. In rows and rows of old shipping containers in dark, dank buildings, fungi grow are growing in neatly stacked and sealed plastic bags. These modest mushrooms will soon be shipp ... More >>

Photos: Pizzeria Di Olinto opens in Centennial

"It's my husband's fault," declares Terri Lack. "All of it." Still, there could be worse things than getting the blame for your wife's infatuation with Italian food, to which Lack admits a serious addiction. "My husband comes from an Italian family, and when I first went to his parent's house, they ... More >>

A newbie's guide to John Waters movies

Half the fun of John Waters fan-dom is initiating newbies into the dark, sexually inappropriate cult of worship. The other half is watching Waters virgins become violently ill and/or mentally unhinged. But we don't want you poor, deprived noobs going into a John Waters-fest with a completely empty ... More >>

Five things Applebee's is already doing right

Applebee's just hired hot Boulder-based Crispin Porter Bogusky -- the same creative outfit that Arby's recently signed -- to give the ubiquitous American meat-starch-veg spot an image boost of some kind. But here's the rub: Unlike Arby's, Applebee's doesn't really need a facelift. If the chain's g ... More >>

Reader: Who goes to Marlowe's for Denver Restaurant Week?

​Eric Uffelmann, the executive chef at Marlowe's, is no fan of Denver Restaurant Week. As he tells Lori Midson in this week's Chef and Tell, what he'd like to see less of in Denver is Denver Restaurant Week -- at least in its current configuration. "Stop the hand-shackling during Denver Resta ... More >>

Hooters, IHOP and McDonald's among the Denver restaurants on Healthy Dining Finder

​When you think of healthy restaurants in Denver, one of the healthiest cities in the country, a couple of spots whose menus are rife with the terms "organic," "sustainable" and "local" come to mind: WaterCourse Foods and Root Down, for example. You won't find them on Healthy Dining Finder -- ... More >>

The Game on touring and connecting with fans

​Known almost as much for controversy as he is for his husky vocals, The Game (due tonight at the Ogden Theatre with Menace, Juice, and BLKHRTS) came onto the scene with a lot to say and even more to prove. The L.A. native has an unflinching loyalty to the West Coast, and he brings an intensit ... More >>

Mormons: A shallow yet helpful guide to see if you should hate them or not

Tip skippers need a Sharpie lesson

​ Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle has generously agreed to give me a shift or two on this column. I've been in the food-service industry for eighteen years, back and front of the house. Waiting tables is one of those jobs that make you want to gnaw on the end of a shotgun. Here's just one of the ... More >>

TAG's Brian Melton loves the restaurant industry. Here's why

You can find Brian Melton behind the bar at TAG.​All the talk about "In the Weeds" inspired Brian Melton to send in this missive about the restaurant industry. It's our New Year's Eve gift for everyone in the business --and anyone out on the town tonight who benefits from exemplary workers in ... More >>

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Best of Westword 1991 Winners

Meat of the Matter

There’s good reason to call Denver a cow town.

Fish Story

Get fresh at Oceanaire.

Westword Music Showcase 2007

Saturday, June 16

The New Revolution

Today, Piatti. Tomorrow, Olive Garden.

True Crime

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Greatest Hits

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All Things to All People

Magnolia has something for everyone -- and that includes me.

Mama's House

For Ghanaian immigrants, there's no place like home.

Kokoro Bebop

At Sushi Sasa, what's old is new again.

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Cafe Star's sibling

Taco the Town

Bite Me

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This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

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Dear Santa...

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The ghosts of Christmas pasta bring in the green with the red.

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Kelly's Lune Eclipse

Slice of Life

Same Old, Same Old

Three Sons, you're showing your age.

Will to Power

Mr. Ferrell comes into his glory in Old School.

Home Sweet Clone

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From the week of September 28.

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