Tomorrow is April 20, which means that you are smoking your “4/20 Eve” stash today in preparation for smoking even more tomorrow. In order to properly pay homage to this greenest of green holidays, you should stay hydrated, stay stoned — and keep the munchies fed with the best possible…

The subs at Snarf’s have been winning fans since the very first shop opened in Boulder in 1996. And soon, the homegrown chain will give diners even more reason to snarf Snarf’s: Snarf Burger will be opening this spring at 2000 Arapahoe in Boulder, in the space vacated by Daddy…

I have great sympathy for folks who can’t digest gluten (as opposed to fakers who affect gluten allergies for attention), as well as those who can’t or don’t eat meat — because they face very limited menu options if they dare to dine out. That makes Wahoo’s Fish Taco a…

There are some foods that are so vile that it defies belief that they ever got created — let alone stuck around through always-changing markets and tastes. Necessity is the mother of invention, in some cases with shortages and substitutions, but imitation can be flattery, or just cooked up to…

Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy — and last month ditched its national cheese purveyor in favor of a new partnership with Haystack Mountain. Its chevre is now used exclusively in Mad Greens’s eleven locations along the Front Range, and anyone who’s tried even a taste of…

Fast-casual Japanese food like rice bowls, udon noodles and simple sushi rolls at cheap prices, served in a compact bistro environment that encourages come-as-you-are, quick-service dine-in or even faster carry-out: That’s a golden dragon of a concept. But the unfortunate reality I saw while recently having lunch at Tokyo Joe’s…

The folks at Boston Market, another chain with its national headquarters in Denver, have added St. Louis style barbequed pork ribs as well as brisket to the current roster of home-style entrees. Since that lineup rarely changes, I stopped by the store at 500 Grant Street to check on these…

Being stylish has its price: For restaurant employees, having a tongue barbell, ear plugs, bright pink locks or an anime tattoo on their arms could get them fired, bitched at — or not hired in the first place. An unconventional look with body modifications and Manic Panic really should not…

There is almost nothing better in the world than really good green chile spread on top of a juicy beef patty or slathered over a pile of hand-cut fries. Five Star Burgers is a transplant from Taos, and even with this city’s staggering number of burger joints, Five Star manages…

There are certain snacks and sips that were just too good to last forever — but they damn well should have! Some really great ideas didn’t last much past their initial hype; the companies responsible hurled them almost as quickly as they’d unfurled them. And while discontinued items do, on…

I am always skeptical when anyone calls anything unrelated to sports a “game changer.” And when the allegedly “game-changing” item is a turkey burger at Burger King, my eyebrow hits my hairline. I caught this description in a random Internet story about how, with its spring menu rollout, BK became…

Fast-casual restaurants are taking over the world, one burrito, burger and bowl of pasta at a time, offering customers the convenience of quick-service joints and some of the atmosphere and ingredient quality of sit-down places. And given Colorado’s casual lifestyle and entrepreneurial spirit, it’s not surprising that this state has…

I have yet to find my go-to Chinese restaurant, chain or otherwise, in Denver. And that’s not from lack of trying. I have favorite Japanese/sushi, Vietnamese and Thai spots all over town, but the best I have scrounged up for moderately priced, decent Chinese is effin’ Panda Express. And, yes,…

Yard House is known for its massive beer lineup and almost as massive menu, but its new Eat Late menu, offered from 10 p.m. to close in all 43 locations, focuses on a handful of serious dishes — including a black truffle cheeseburger and Monte Cristo pops — priced well…

I learned about Mad Greens, the Denver-based, salad-serving fast-casual chain shortly after I moved to Denver. I spotted one of the stores on the 16th Street Mall, and figured the eatery catered to on-the-go, single health nuts and people who made lunch dates for reasons other than eating. So naturally,…

Denny’s “Baconalia” is back, completely and utterly ruining one of my favorite foods, and again offering a hideous reminder of all the chain restaurant meals I wish I’d never eaten. There are plenty of decent, good and even great restaurant chains that serve up above-average food for reasonable prices, and…