Before there was a Smashburger, before there was a Noodles & Company, before there was even a Chipotle, Colorado had another born-and-bred chain: Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard. Good Times was founded in 1987, six years before the first Chipotle went up on East Evans Avenue. The company was…
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard, a homegrown chain, is heating up this green chile season by rolling out a roster of chile-injected menu items: a green chile burger, a green chile chicken sandwich, green chile sliders and breakfast burritos, all smothered with New Mexico Hatch green chiles. The new…
Green chile season is now upon us, and this means the pervading aroma of burning chiles will soon fill the air as parking lots fill up with eager chile-philes waiting patiently, burlap bags in hand, for their turn to watch the roasters work their rolling, smoking magic. This season also…
When I’m walking into a Panera Bread , it’s hard for me to remember that I’m not headed into Starbucks. There’s the same wafting aroma of espresso and suburban MILF perfume; the same mellow, snoozy music; and the counter employees are so gleeful I wonder if they’ve been threatened by…
Your parents always warned you not to take candy from anyone in a van, but ordering fondue from a friendly couple in a lime-green, converted VW van is not only safe, it’s highly recommended. Taylor and Krystianne Vaughn have figured out a way to make gooey melted cheese and velvety…
We Americans waste food — and lots of it. A recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council’s food and agriculture program determined that Americans discard 40 percent of the food supply every year, and the average American family of four annually throws away an equivalent of up to $2,275…
McDonald’s has long had a bad rap for offering low-paying, entry-level work, spawning the pejorative term “McJob.” But Cody Teets recently authored a book, Golden Opportunity: Remarkable Careers That Began at McDonald’s, about her jobs under the Golden Arches, where she started as a cashier in 1982 and is now…
Wendy’s is currently the third-largest hamburger fast-food chain — behind Burger King at number two, and McDonald’s in the catbird seat — and the company taste-testers are rolling out a new breakfast menu in select locations, complete with breakfast sandwiches, biscuits & gravy and, of course, breakfast burritos…
Denver kinksters have great balls, as they’ll prove to anyone who ventures into tonight’s Exile Fetish Ball. Festivities will include live music, dancing, DJs, visual artists, and fashion and style demonstrations, as well as a show put on by the ladies of Denver’s premier dungeon, Pavlovia. “We’ll be doing demonstrations…
Denver kinksters have big balls — bouncing both to the left and to the right — as they’ll prove at the Exile Fetish Ball at Tracks this Friday night. The ball will also feature fetish demonstrations, dancing and other examples of darker artistry, including live musicians, DJs, stylists, visual artists…
Clever, market-savvy purveyors of food and drink have spent some serious Cheddar on making sure that we, the consuming public, buy whatever they are peddling. Sometimes their efforts work like Lucky Charms, and other times the slogans are so bad that people will go out of their way to avoid…
While I f*cking love California Pizza Kitchen, I generally don’t like low-calorie dishes, and I really, really can’t stand quinoa. And don’t get me started on malls, where all of metro Denver’s five CPK outposts are located. So I was a little wary of embarking on last night’s adventure: the…
Eating Chinese food has several benefits: It’s usually low-cost; if you’re lucky the portion sizes are large enough that you can fill up on the first try, with leftovers for an hour later (they’re no good after that); and you can always ask for extra fortune cookies, read the messages…
It’s the brew-soaked dream of any drinking-age guy — or gal — to own a great bar. And to own close to twenty of them? That’s a drinking dream come true. Since he foundedThe Little Pub Company in 1994, Mark Berzins has collected nineteen Denver area bars, including The British…
Today the phrase “hair of the dog” refers to a hangover cure, but it originated with the theory that the bite of a rabid dog could be treated by placing a few of the dog’s hairs in the wound. Sticking dog hair into a rabies-infested gash probably works about as…
“Why cook tonight?” That’s the slogan of Little Dragon, a new Chinese food spot offering take-out and delivery that Mimi Chan opened in early July. And Chan managed to pack a lot of festive decor into her 1,300 square-foot spot at 1305 Krameria Street, Suite G, in the heart of…
A century ago, the building that now houses the British Bulldog was a popular boxing club called the Punch Bowl. When the place was transformed into a beer-and-burger joint, it kept that name — and a loyal clientele of cops, lawyers and other downtown denizens — for decades. But during…
After hearing that McDonald’s, America’s favorite — and only — purveyor of Egg McMuffins, is test-marketing a new promotion, “Breakfast After Midnight,” in a few locations including Denver, I cruised into the McDoo’s at 505 East Colfax Avenue at 12:01 a.m. — only to find no breakfast. And, in fact,…
So you were at a restaurant and you ordered way too much food — or just the right amount if you wanted a “fat human” box or two to take home. But in the cold gray light of dawn, last night’s chicken à la awesome could turn into today’s irritable…
Larkburger, the homegrown chain that chef Thomas Salamunovich started in Edwards in 2006, has added an eighth location to its flock. A new Larkburger opened today at 11985 Washington Street in Northglenn — and an eager crowd of fans was waiting to get a crack at the menu…
Larkburger, the burger chain born in Edwards, is taking its service to a new level. The company has teamed up with LevelUp, a free iPhone and Droid phone application that allows users to pay-by-phone at more than 3,000 shops and restaurants across the U.S. Really, all customers need now is…
When you go through a really bad relationship breakup, you need three things (four, if you smoke weed): Netflix, booze and frozen yogurt from Pinkberry. Netflix is for watching horrible movies with Jason Momoa (hopefully he’ll be wearing eyeliner), the booze is so you can drink away the memories of…
