Santa Fe Tequila Company

Interstate Kitchen & Bar offers excellent versions of American classics

Jack-n-Grill now has a Jill

Lori MidsonThe second outpost of Jack-n-Grill is now open at 2630 W. Belleview Ave.​ "We had a super soft opening on Monday and it went well," says Jack Martinez, referencing the second, much larger location of Jack-n-Grill that took up residence at 2630 West Belleview Avenue in the space that had ... More >>

Denver's newest road trip: Interstate Kitchen & Bar

Lori Midson​Interstate Kitchen & Bar made its debut on Thursday, September 10, at 901 West Tenth Avenue (the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space). It's a kitschy urban roadhouse bedecked with utilitarian shelving -- a la Home Depot -- and a psychedelic robin's egg blue paint palette. In the ... More >>

A trio of restaurant openings

Lori Midson​Interstate Kitchen & Bar made its debut on Thursday, September 10, at 901 West Tenth Avenue (the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space). It's a kitschy urban roadhouse bedecked with utilitarian shelving -- a la Home Depot -- and a psychedelic robin's egg blue paint palette. In the ... More >>

Jack-n-Grill makes a move up the hill to Littleton

Lori MidsonThe future home of Jack-n-Grill dos ​Just got word from Jack Martinez, the patriarch behind Jack-n-Grill, the New Mexican joint at 2524 Federal Boulevard, that he's opening a second outpost of his chile shrine at 2630 West Belleview Avenue. That's the vacated space bordering the banks o ... More >>

Interstate Kitchen & Bar gears up to gas up the Golden Triangle

First, El Taco de Mexico spruces up its digs with a new patio, and now, two blocks up the street at 901 West Tenth Avenue, brothers Aaron and Andre Lobato and their good friend Joseph Newman are turning the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space, which dried up late last year, into an ass-kickin', fo ... More >>

Will the bell toll for Buzz Geller's Bell Tower?

First, El Taco de Mexico spruces up its digs with a new patio, and now, two blocks up the street at 901 West Tenth Avenue, brothers Aaron and Andre Lobato and their good friend Joseph Newman are turning the former Santa Fe Tequila Company space, which dried up late last year, into an ass-kickin', fo ... More >>

Denver Post all wet on Santa Fe Tequila Company

We know it's tough to track all the restaurant openings and closings in town, but given the level of vehemence in the comments following our December 29 Santa Fe Tequila Company blog, a follow-up on this post from December 16, you'd think everyone in town would know by now that ... More >>

Happy Holidays from the Santa Fe Tequila Company

A couple weeks back, I looked into the bloody implosion of the Santa Fe Tequila Company's two-outlet chain. And while talking with partner William Kennedy and getting the inside story on exactly how and why this concept had failed so spectacularly and so quickly, I also got from him a persona ... More >>

The more things change, the more some restaurants stay the same

A couple weeks back, I looked into the bloody implosion of the Santa Fe Tequila Company's two-outlet chain. And while talking with partner William Kennedy and getting the inside story on exactly how and why this concept had failed so spectacularly and so quickly, I also got from him a persona ... More >>

Another night at Table 6

I have done my time at Table 6.  Under the old owner and old chef and with the new kids in place.  I've been there for drinks when, already drunk, I've worn out my fun elsewhere and stopped in for a hit of warmth and comfort.  I've seen [Aaron] Forman on the floor--pressing the flesh, ... More >>

Is second Santa Fe Tequila Company drying up?

Last month, the Santa Fe Tequila Company at 901 West Tenth Avenue (shown above)abruptly closed its doors -- shortly after opening a second outlet in Littleton. Although Jason Sheehan wasn't a big fan of the original spot, which was close to empty when he visited it this summer, he's no fan of clo ... More >>

Update: Answers from Santa Fe Tequila Company

I knew the news was going to be bad as soon as I got William Kennedy, one of the two partners at Santa Fe Tequila Company (along with Joe Falco), on the blower this afternoon. It was in his voice, in the defeated slump of his shoulders that I could actually hear over the phone. I asked him how ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, December 16 edition

Only eight blogging days until Christmas. Today in Cafe Society: • The List: Best hotel restaurants. • Happy fifth birthday to Mezcal, which will soon get a sibling. • Is the second Santa Fe Tequila Company drying up? • Smashburger is a smash in Wichita. Today in Backbeat Online: • Eri ... More >>

Believe it or not, Ruby Tuesday has a good burger

Only eight blogging days until Christmas. Today in Cafe Society: • The List: Best hotel restaurants. • Happy fifth birthday to Mezcal, which will soon get a sibling. • Is the second Santa Fe Tequila Company drying up? • Smashburger is a smash in Wichita. Today in Backbeat Online: • Eri ... More >>

Santa Fe Tequila Company closes in Denver

  Tough times have hit the Denver location of the Santa Fe Tequila Company. The restaurant, at 901 West 10th Avenue, has closed temporarily, according to its website, just about a year after opening and just five months after a review in Westword.   But a manager at the restaurant's secon ... More >>

Santa Fe Tequila Company takes a shot at Littleton

  Tough times have hit the Denver location of the Santa Fe Tequila Company. The restaurant, at 901 West 10th Avenue, has closed temporarily, according to its website, just about a year after opening and just five months after a review in Westword.   But a manager at the restaurant's secon ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 9 edition

  Tough times have hit the Denver location of the Santa Fe Tequila Company. The restaurant, at 901 West 10th Avenue, has closed temporarily, according to its website, just about a year after opening and just five months after a review in Westword.   But a manager at the restaurant's secon ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

Letters from the week of 7/17/2008

El Noa Noa

Order in the courtyard.

Borrowers

Cheeseburger! Cheeseburger!

Santa Fe Tequila Company

An empty restaurant leads to idle thoughts.

Drink Up!

Lawmakers introduce a liquor loophole.

Tusk Safari Lounge

Take a run through the jungle.

Grizzly Rose

Country with a capital C.

Purple Haze

Santa Fe Tequila Company