The burrito wars are heating up on North Federal Boulevard, with a new Santiago's and Jack-n-Grill duking it out in the 2500 block, and Taqueria Mi Pueblo offering $1.99 breakfast burritos, as well as other authentic Mexican fare, just two blocks away at 2300 Federal.
And Mi Pueblo could soon have another big draw -- alcohol -- if today's liquor-license hearing, slated for 9 a.m. at the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses, goes well.
Mas cerveza, por favor.
​Last week's review? All about a particularly good green and organic restaurant in Denver. The column? More about the green movement. I wrote blogs about green eateries, made lists of them, and basically spent a week obsessing over the buzzword-heavy culture that has invaded the modern restaurant marketplace.This week, my mind is still on green--but green of a different kind. Now it's chile--straight Colorado verde--and it's on my mind because I've been eating a l
One of my first columns was about the way green chile changes on the way from southern New Mexico to Denver -- from the pure verde kick in Hatch to the thin, soupy sauce of Albuquerque, and the steady thickening as you travel north along the green chile trail until you reach the gelatinous goop of Denver, studded with pork, completely missing the original vegetable sweetness of the fruit and encompassing varying levels of heat, from granny-safe to scorching. At the time, I could not stand
Lori Midson​It's only Tuesday, and already we've seen a green chile smackdown between El Taco de Mexico and Santiago's and a shout-out to all you vegheads for meatless verde recommendations that won't make the PETA terrorists people pissed. And now, strictly by coincidence, comes the above photo of three rolled enchiladas smothered with -- what else? -- green chile (and, yeah, there's some red tossed on there, too, because that's the way I roll) taken at a local restaurant whose chef actually
What you might have missed this week while chowing on some Nut Poppers...Green chile mania! Jason ranked the top ten green chile joints in Denver, and even got some input on the best vegetarian versions. We pitted El Taco de Mexico's chile against Santiago's and found a surprise victor.We took a look at the pizza battle brewing in Belmar. Oh, the drama!We found out how Ky Belk, bartender at Elway's, really feels about chocolate martinis.Hey guys, Twilight Sweethearts too frou f
