Rosa Linda

Update: Rosa Linda's reopens after electrical problems

Rosa Linda's reopened today after electrical problems caused the restaurant to close last Friday. Here's the word from Oscar Aquirre on Facebook: Wooohhoo! We are open! The city of Denver and Xcel energy, as well as our contractor came together and got us open! Contrary to any rumors, Rosa Linda's ... More >>

LoHi goes from 22 bars and restaurants to 55 -- in just six years

I live in the belly of the beast, Denver's hottest restaurant neighborhood last year: Lower Highland, or LoHi, as developer Paul Tamburello dubbed it when he started work on the Olinger project. (In response, I refer to my particular block as SoLola -- south of Lola, which moved into the corner of t ... More >>

Jezebel's opens today in LoHi

Over a year after Wanda James and Scott Durrah closed 8 Rivers in LoDo and returned to Highland, home of Denver's original 8 Rivers and also the couple's own home, they're finally ready to open Jezebel's in the corner space at 3301 Tejon Street. Those who enter that space will find it expanded from ... More >>

Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe gives thanks election is over, now on to Thanksgiving!

There were sighs of relief across the country when the polls closed yesterday (followed, in some quarters, by cries of anguish). But nowhere were the sighs more heartfelt than at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, which had landed in the center of the storm after word went out that the family-run restaurant ... More >>

Mitt Romney has an invitation to family meal at Rosa Linda's

If Mitt Romney comes back to Colorado before election day on November 6 -- and he will, since this state is still in play -- he has an invitation for a "family meal" with the Aguirres at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe. But if he accepts this invitation, he can leave the cameras, and the campaign, at th ... More >>

Thanks to their no-thanks, Rosa Linda's business is booming

See also: Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe becomes a campaign hate stop after Mitt Romney turn-down

Reader: Who leaked the Romney/Rosa Linda story to Westword?

I stopped by Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe last night, and the place was packed. Packed full of TV cameras, full of people who'd heard about the controversy that erupted after Cafe Society first reported that the family that owns the restaurant had declined to let Romney supporters use their place as a ... More >>

Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe becomes a campaign hate stop after Mitt Romney turn-down

In the crazed build-up to the presidential debate, I stopped by one of my favorite neighborhood spots for food and fellowship: Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe. Turns out, I missed the news right under my nose. Back at the office, we were reporting that Mitt Romney had lunched at Chipotle -- but at one po ... More >>

Reader: Aguirre family at Rosa Linda's are true Americans

An artist who lived in northwest Denver clued me in to the little storefront burrito joint that had just opened in his neighborhood in northwest Denver, a spot decades away from being tagged with the nickname "LoHi" or labeled a "hippest hipster neighborhood" by Forbes. I've been eating at Rosa Lind ... More >>

Reader: Romney visits Chipotle to support Latinos? Gotcha

Campaigning in Colorado yesterday in advance of his appearance at tonight's debate at the University of Denver, Mitt Romney stopped at the Chipotle in Stapleton -- where he ordered extra guac with his burrito. He also got a side of sarcasm from our readers. - See also: Photo: Mitt Romney at Stapl ... More >>

Mitt Romney stopped at Chipotle this morning -- but is not invited to Rosa Linda's

Y'all, Mitt Romney ate at Chipotle earlier today. According to hungry and expert sources, the GOP's main man stopped by the Stapleton location of the Colorado staple and chowed down on a burrito with black beans, pork and pico de gallo. He even added guac -- which, as you know, costs extra. But, hey ... More >>

Jezebel's will bring Southern comfort to LoHi next month

Jezebel's should finally open next month in the original location of the Squeaky Bean, at 3301 Tejon Street, right next to Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe. In fact, Jezebel's is taking over 900 square feet from Rosa Linda's, so that they could put in the "real restaurant kitchen, complete with hood" tha ... More >>

Reader: Alamo Placita is the poor, working-class neighbor of Country Club

Highland isn't the only neighborhood going through an identity crisis. While the debate over the changes in Highland continues, the name game has spread south, to the area northwest of Washington Park, where Cafe Byblos Mediterranean Grill will soon open. What, exactly, should this area be called? ... More >>

Local deals on National Margarita Day

Happy National Margarita Day!​It's National Margarita Day, and although that's not an official holiday, several local restaurants are getting into the celebration with specials today. Among the party places:

Rosa Linda's offers 27 percent off today -- 27 years after it opened

​Twenty-seven years ago today, Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe opened its doors at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. The area has changed a lot since then -- this part of Highland is now the best restaurant neighborhood in the city -- but the Aguirre family still runs Rosa Linda's. Here's an e-mail from oldes ... More >>

Reader: Jezebel's deal could cool down hot Highland restaurant scene

​The news that Wanda James and Scott Durrah, the owners of the just-shuttered 8 Rivers, will be opening Jezebel's, a new Southern restaurant, in the former home of the Squeaky Bean at 3301 Tejon Street, next to Rosa Linda's Mexican Restaurant, did not inspire the roll-out of the welcome wagon. ... More >>

Jezebel's will take over former Squeaky Bean space

When the Squeaky Bean abruptly left its spot at 3301 Tejon Street in June, it left a hole in fans' hearts -- and also in the hot, hot restaurant neighborhood of Highland. But now the corner space next to Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe has a new tenant: Jezebel's, the next venture by Scott Durrah and Wand ... More >>

Thanksgiving meals, beer dinners and more on this week's culinary calendar

Have somewhere to spend Thanksgiving? Don't worry: Check out our Thursday page for a list of every feast we know about in the metro area. And that's not all; there are also cooking classes, beer dinners and more on this week's culinary calendar. See what's on the menu:

Rosa Linda's will have a special chef/server today: James Mejia

It's patio weather at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe.​Back in 1985, when the Aguirre family opened Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe at 33rd and Tejon, the neighborhood was looking a little run-down (to be kind). But just as the restaurant has grown, and the Aguirre kids have grown up, so has the neighborh ... More >>

Cold-weather deals to warm the heart...and stomach

Little Man always looks cool.​Two nearby spots in northwest Denver are offering diametrically opposed cold-weather deals. At Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, 2005 West 33rd Avenue, Rosa Linda Aguirre has decided to fight the cold by making homemade chicken soup -- and the rest of the family is volu ... More >>

Tomorrow: Local restaurants serving Thanksgiving meals

A Flickr photo.​The Cafe Society blog will be closed tomorrow -- but the following restaurants will be open and serving turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and all the other traditional Thanksgiving favorites:

Today: Taste of Colorado opens in time for lunch

​The Taste of Colorado, which opens at 11:30 a.m. today in Civic Center Park, serves up much more than turkey legs, snowcones, kettle corn and roasted nuts -- although those classic snacks are available, too. But there are also restaurants, gourmet carts and other culinary companies with bo ... More >>

The Squeaky Bean gets ready to expand its kitchen

Guess where I'm eating?

​No, these aren't strips of cactus from Rosa Linda's vegetarian menu for Lent. They're slices of green chile, flash-fried and served hot. Very, very hot. Can you guess where I'm eating?

Cafe Society: Week in review

Lori Midson​What you may have missed this week on Cafe Society while you were weighing in on twelve's Jeff Osaka, the restaurant's exec chef and owner who's at the center of this week's Chef and Tell interview -- and some controversy surrounding his comment regarding his most critical customer ... More >>

Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe turns 25

The Aguirre family, in a rare moment of rest.​One day back in 1985, one of the Westword artists who lived at the edge of Highland -- we called it Barbaria then -- called with a tip about a great storefront burrito at this new place, Rosa Linda's. He was right, and we quickly became lifetime fa ... More >>

Get your 2010 calendars now (and some green chile, too)

​How do you know it's December? Not just by the holiday lights popping up all over town. No, you know the end of the year is near because as you exit your favorite Mexican restaurant -- El Tejado, Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, Mexico City Lounge -- you get a calendar, usually one with some illu ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead

Look overwhelming? Check out the places in Denver to get your feast on -- without having to cook.​As always, our online Food & Drink listings contain dozens of culinary events across Colorado, including where to eat Thanksgiving dinner if you don't feel like cooking but still want to feast. A ... More >>

It Takes a Village

Rosa Linda's welcomes the Squeaky Bean

The long-delayed Squeaky Bean finally made its debut Monday -- and no one was happier to see the open doors than the folks at Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe, right next door at at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. "It has been a rough road for all involved, but it's now open and it looks great," says Oscar Aguirre ... More >>

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