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  The Ten Best International Markets in Metro Denver

  September 30 at 9:55 a.m.

  Earlier this week, writer Laura Bond took us on a tour of King Soopers Store 124 in Glendale, one of the most diverse major grocery stores in the Denver metro area. And while it's encouraging to find small pockets of specialty goods within big-name supermarkets, where do we turn to...

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  Got Wood? These Denver Pit Masters Are Redefining Colorado Barbecue

  September 20 at 6:51 a.m.

  Colorado barbecue: two words that many smoked-meat enthusiasts think just don’t go together. This state lacks the tradition, they explain, arguing that all of the barbecue in Colorado is inspired by barbecue from somewhere else. There’s some truth to that: In Denver and the surrounding suburbs, we can find Texas brisket,...

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  Garibaldi Mexican Bistro: A Room With a View...of a Car Wash

  September 14 at 10:01 a.m.

  Last month I stopped by Garibaldi Mexican Bistro at 3298 South Broadway in a lead-up to Tacolandia, Westword's celebration of Denver's Mexican street food. I was on a mission at the time, and made a beeline for Garibaldi's unique queka: a cross between a taco and a quesadilla on a thick, fried...

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  Northside Story: Carl's Pizza Keeps Denver Italian Traditions Alive

  September 13 at 5:55 a.m.

  Patsy’s, Pagliacci’s, Carbone’s, Longo’s Subway Tavern: They’re all gone. These were just a few of the Italian eateries that helped define — and feed — the quadrant of Denver known for over a century as northwest Denver, the Northside or simply north Denver. But the area bounded roughly by I-70,...

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  What Is Thai Hot — and Should You Order It?

  September 8 at 9:30 a.m.

  You know the drill at the majority of Thai restaurants in Denver: You pick your entree and the server asks how spicy you want it. You can even call out a number from a scale printed on the menu in many cases. And at the top of that scale are...

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  Denver Will Soon Have Its First Puerto Rican Restaurant: El Coqui D Aqui

  August 30 at 11:55 a.m.

  Puerto Rican cuisine is nearly impossible to find in the metro area. Native Puerto Rican Alex Rivera made it just a little easier when he started serving pasteles, alcapurias, arroz con gandulez ,pernil, mofongo and other traditional dishes earlier this year from his food truck, El Coqui D Aqui, which...