Before it even officially unveiled them, McDonald’s has already withdrawn this week’s planned giveaway of free smoothie samples. Perhaps you’ll consider a frappé instead?…

Like all good rockers, Eric Allen enjoys a big fat burrito now and then. We caught up with the Denver-based Apples in Stereo bassist recently and asked him where he last ate out in the city. It’s not where you might think. While it’s a Greek restaurant with “Pete” in…

Beginning this week, Carmelo Anthony’s personal chef Daniel Young, Whole Foods Rocky Mountain Bakehouse head baker Safa Hamze and other local chefs and professionals are strutting their kitchen skills as part of a new Denver Public Schools program that will incorporate produce from school gardens and reduce the amount of…

Ripe tomatoes or no, Potager’s taking a vacation. The Capitol Hill bastion of local, organic and seasonal fare will be dormant from this Sunday, July 18 through Wednesday, August 4, reopening for dinner on Thursday, August 5. It’s not a new thing. Potager closes its doors for vacation twice a…

Peet’s Coffee and Tea will open its fourth Colorado location — its second in Denver — next month on the 16th Street Mall. The java joint will be located in the Sheraton Hotel, located at 1550 Court Place, just off the lobby. A spokesperson for Peet’s, who asked to remain…

Sweet Action ice cream has been quietly expanding distribution recently at local markets, restaurants and coffee shops. Last fall, Marcyzk’s began carrying pints, and at Tony’s Market, at 950 Broadway, there are no less than thirteen different flavors — including baklava! chocolate cinnamon! salted butterscotch! — of Sweet Action lining…

They can be drunk, just not fucking drunk. Pinche Tacos introduced its “hermano menor,” Tacos Borrachos, to the growing fleet of carts today at Civic Center Eats. The new cart features all the same items — a rotating menu of gourmet Mexican street tacos, as well as the same, by…

A new Asian restaurant will soon replace an old Asian restaurant at 10440 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village. Volcano, which is going into the space formerly occupied by Carlos Miguel’s and the wanly-named Sushi Club, will feature a sushi bar, hibachi and “modern Chinese food,” as well as a…

Craving some Applebee’s boneless buffalo wings? If you’re a frequent customer (really?) of the restaurant’s outpost at 410 South Colorado Boulevard, you’re just going to have to wait … until Thursday. The location, which temporarily shut down yesterday, is in the process of undergoing a startlingly swift transformation — involving…

It’s been less than two months since Andrew’s on Lincoln closed its doors, but a new bar and grill is gearing up to fill its shoes in the next few weeks at 1111 Lincoln Street. Stoney’s Bar and Grill is slated to open the first week of August, says owner…

There’s not much that satisfies on a sweltering summer day like a 7-Eleven Slurpee. And on Sunday, July 11 (a.k.a. 7/11), from 8 a.m. (not 7 a.m., unfortunately) to 11 p.m. you can score a free, 7.11-ounce mini-Slurpee at participating stores throughout the metro area. The date also marks the…

Tall, black temporary walls conceal the specifics, but there’s no hiding the fact that something’s going on at 2301 East Colfax Avenue, in the John Hand building. The liquor-license permit application indicates that a restaurant called Okinawa — we hear it’s a sushi joint — will occupy the space, which…

How happening is Tennyson Street these days? The pay-what-you-want Comfort Cafe opened at 3945 Tennyson Street a couple weeks ago and The Hole, a doughnut house, is slated to open any second (though by the looks of it, it’s probably more like any week) at 3877 Tennyson…

Capitol Hill’s most suggestively-named pizzeria is in the scouting phase of bringing its New York-style, politically conscious pies to more Colorado residents. That’s right: Sexy Pizza is about to get even sexier. Owner Kayvan Khalatbari thinks the community is ready for more Sexy Pizza. The postage stamp-sized Capitol Hill spot…

A sagging economy isn’t keeping Smiling Moose Deli from winning itself some franchisee love. The local and organic ingredient-driven, Boulder-based sandwich chain, with a dozen locations throughout the state, is expanding not only throughout Colorado but pretty much in every direction save due west. According to company president Kevin Sloane,…

Yesterday was only its second showing at Civic Center Eats, but for the second week in a row, Walt’s Mobile Bistro scored the biggest sales at the weekly who’s who of street food , says owner and truck namesake Chris Walter. Haven’t heard about Walt’s? You’re not the only one…

KaTcH Fish House opened just a month ago, but its owners are already 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 Restaurant and Sushi…

He might hang out at cocaine- and sex-fueled parties on South Park, but in real life, you’re more likely to report that local Fox News anchor Ron Zappolo is savoring saltimbocca and sipping red wine at his favorite Denver restaurant, Venice Ristorante and Wine Bar. You could ask Zappolo time…