Tokyo Joe

At at Joe's...Tokyo Joe's

Apocalypse 2006

At at Joe's...Tokyo Joe's

Apocalypse 2006

Super Bowl

Tokyo Joe's has Denver turning Japanese.

Colorado's fast-expanding, fast-improving, fast-casual world

A few days ago, I was a food nomad. Mindlessly searching for sustenance, I wandered along Colorado Boulevard looking for something cheap yet nourishing -- with nourishing almost immediately eliminating most fast-food joints. But not all. The spots that really piqued my 'buds were pla ... More >>

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 16, 2001

Letters to the Editor

From the week of September 6, 2001

Best Dinner Under $5

Tokyo Joe's
Seven metro locations

The List: Six fast-casual concepts that work

After my disastrous meals at Beaucoup Burrito, I thought it might be helpful to list for its owners, employees and customers six local fast-casual concepts that actually work.  They are, in no particular order: Chipotle: Founder Steve Ells gets credit for inventing the entire fast-casual concep ... More >>

The Bite

Barry Fey mouths off.

XO is finally a go at the Jet Hotel

Barry Fey mouths off.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 10/4/07

Letters to the Editor

From the week of 11/23/2006

Kokoro

First, and still fast.

Icky Mickey

My McDonald's lunch was fast, but a flop.

Fast Times

My McDonald's lunch was fast, but a flop.

The Bite

A judge's ruling beefs things up in the West University neighborhood.

The Bite

Locals get vocal about their favorite neighborhood joints.

An early peak at the Streets of SouthGlenn restaurants, including a new place from Mark Tarbell

Spent this past week chasing down the restaurants and watering holes that will join Whole Foods Market at the new Streets of SouthGlenn (Arapahoe Road and University Boulevard), which will hold its grand opening Thursday, August 27 through Sunday, August 30. The majority of restaurants are familiar ... More >>

Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda is a strange brew

It's not the real thing, but you may think it is​Stoners, beware! Mary Jane's Relaxing Soda does not contain pot. But 28-year-old soda jerk Matt Moody, the drink's inventor, insists that Mary Jane lives up to its name. "It's not a high, but it would be close to draw a comparison and that was ... More >>

Barely open a month, kaTcH Fish House is already thinking big

​KaTcH Fish House may have opened just a day shy of a month ago, but its owners are moving forward on plans to open additional Colorado locations and more. In fact, the restaurant's director of operations, Ian Rubinstein, says he and owners Chris and Emily Deutschman -- who also own Magnolia ... More >>

Restaurants go urban in the suburban Streets at SouthGlenn

​The first shops and residences in the Streets at SouthGlenn opened a year ago -- the development will celebrate its first anniversary on August 28 -- giving the southern suburbs a sparkling outdoor shopping district in place of the decrepit mall that once stood in its place. With that develop ... More >>

Boulder's Modmarket is branching out to Denver

Lori Midson​ModMarket, the wedding white fast-casual space that hawks healthy, brick-oven pizzas, sandwiches, soups and salads at 1700 28th Street, in the Boulder's Twenty Ninth Street outdoor mall, is adding a second ModMarket location, but not in Boulder. The restaurant, owned by Rob McColg ... More >>

ModMarket now open in Denver

​ModMarket, the healthy, fast-casual concept that debuted in late 2009 at 1700 28th Street in Boulder, has now invaded Denver -- a month later than owners Rob McColgan and Anthony Pigliacamto had originally envisioned, but residents of the area around 1000 South Colorado Boulevard say the Denv ... More >>

Occupy Denver has an on-site kitchen: Welcome to the Thunderdome

J. WohletzThe Thunderdome kitchen.​People driving by the Capitol building at Broadway and Colfax will notice many things about the Occupy Denver demonstration site, including energetic protesters chanting and waving signs, a Hooverville-style collection of tents and tarps for the 24-7 campers ... More >>