We all have a knife or two in our kitchen cabinets, but it’s tough to wield a blade effectively. And you’d rather keep ten fingers, right? Cook Street School of Culinary Arts is providing an essential tool for your cooking repertoire with a knife skills class tonight at 6 p.m…
Local burger chain Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard has taken umbrage with Carl’s Jr.’s “banned” Super Bowl commercial that claims it has the first all-natural fast-food burger. Since Good Times has been serving natural beef since 2003, the homegrown chain decided to give its flashier rivals a good-natured ribbing…
Lower48 Kitchen is letting fans in on a new tasting menu every single Tuesday. Tonight, the kitchen celebrates the wonders of potatoes, showing off their talents with the tubers. At Tuesday Tastings, $36 gets you two amuses, a first course, second course and dessert; and beverage pairings are $21 extra…
There’s still time to find a date for Valentine’s Day, and this week’s culinary events could give you a nudge in the right direction. Or instead, you can simply fall in love with Tuscan wine or Mexican tequila..or a free frozen yogurt today. Keep reading for a taste of what’s…
We’ve already brought you a six-pack of Super Bowl parties to check out this Sunday, but the football fun just keeps on coming. Whether you want to see the Seahawks and Patriots battle it out, watch cheerleaders do their thing, or just enjoy a quiet dinner, these Denver Super Bowl…
This weekend you can step into Denver’s culinary past at the historic Casa Mayan, learn how to make your own kimchi and sample tons of local stouts. Oh, and we hear there’s a big football game on Sunday. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See…
Denver has lost touch with its grungy roots. The city’s pre-boom years may not have seen as many amazing eating experiences as we have now, but what we had was character, damn it! At least, that’s what the old timers tell me. City, O’ City, the unofficial vegan capital of…
Billing itself as “the greatest wine event to have ever been presented in Colorado,” Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux Vintage Wine Tasting promises a special evening filled with some of the most prestigious French wines. Sixty wine makers from the Bordeaux region will be presenting their best 2012 vintages,…
Ding! Ding! Tonight at Boone’s Tavern in the University of Denver neighborhood, Whiskey and Beer will go mano a mano in a boozy battle for supremacy. It’s a friendly contest between the craft beers of California’s Bear Republic Brewing and Charbay Distillery whiskey from Napa Valley. In addition to these…
This year’s Super Bowl puts two of the most hated teams in the NFL together in a battle for pigskin supremacy — the Seattle Seahawks (loathed for their embarrassing victory over the Broncos last year) and the New England Patriots (loathed for… gosh, just about everything). But forget the hate…
Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery, the burgeoning microbrewery in the Ballpark Neighborhood, is joining forces with Sleep Tight Colorado tonight to celebrate the local organization’s fourth anniversary. Sleep Tight Colorado is dedicated to providing the homeless with sleeping bags and support, and to date it’s donated over 1,000 sleeping bags to…
Celebrate sustainably raised cows, get down with fellow service-industry folks, and watch The Bachelor get down and dirty — and that’s just tonight. From celebrity chefs to comedian chefs, from a battle of the booze to a Battle of the Bands, this is a wild week for food and fun…
It’s not easy to find a happy hour that doesn’t just make you feel full and happy — but one that challenges your palate. Leña, the new spot on the block on South Broadway, manages just this feat. Exploring the cuisine of Central and South America through a hipster-friendly glass,…
I’ve passed by LoDo’s Venice Ristorante and Wine Bar many, many times over the years, writing it off as a generic expense account Italian restaurant — or hardly noticing it at all. It took the retro-chic revival of Union Station across the street and the promise of a great happy…
It’s a crisp winter day at the Bark Bar, and the wind carries the sounds of light conversation and animal happiness. A few muted barks are heard as the dogs in the yard roughhouse and roll in the dirt while their owners look on, beers in hand. Dogs running free…
El Chingon fits well on the newly-revitalized Tennyson Street in Berkeley. A badass concept that relocated from a strip mall in Arvada to a converted cottage, it’s a potent stew of classic Mexican cooking (from the recipes of executive chef David Lopez’s grandma, who shares his title) and bistro-style elegance…
It’s winter; now all we need is a wonderland. Might I suggest Beatrice & Woodsley, the venerable purveyor of whimsy on South Broadway? For years, its Nosh & ‘Tails cocktail hour, every weekday from 5 to 6:30 p.m., has been a mix of sophisticated soiree and playful bar time. With…
The Star Bar in Ballpark proudly serves no food whatsoever, paying more attention to compiling a robust list of local brews and spirits — and a pile of regulars. It’s been successful enough that it seems like a decades-old juice joint despite its relative youth, perhaps because that’s exactly what…
Sure, Rob and Karin Lawler know cheese. The Truffle Cheese Shop on 6th Avenue became a foodie destination with the two forces of the Lawler’s friendliness and their knowledge of good cheese and practices. But is it easier to go from being a cheesemonger to a dinnermonger than it is…
Lower48 Kitchen has gotten a lot of attention for refined food served in an accessible way. The “Each” menu, with small bites on offer for only a few bucks apiece, helped capture our imagination and snag Westword’s Best New Restaurant award this year. In ideology and presentation, this approach isn’t…
Even though the endlessly acclaimed Linger does beaucoup dinner business, Executive Chef Justin Cucci says happy hour is vital to his culinary mission. “I think it’s the gateway drug for restaurants. People come and “smoke” a little happy hour so they can go on to the harder dinner drugs,” he…
True sophistication can be in short supply at happy hour. We usually go for early evening snacks and drinks for a taste of what a restaurant has to offer, not for an all-consuming experience. La Cour Bistro & Art Bar, a French restaurant with a distinct lack of pretension, offers…
