Photos: Root25 takes root in the Hyatt Regency in the DTC

A new restaurant has taken root on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency in the Tech Center. Root25 Taphouse & Kitchen is a big step up from the standard chain-hotel restaurant, with locally focused fare, barrel-aged cocktails and a healthy kid’s menu. Partnering with such local vendors as Haystack…

Photos: Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria opening in Park Meadows Saturday

Bonanno Concepts will open its tenth restaurant this weekend — and the first one outside of Denver: Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria in the Vistas at Park Meadows. With this new spot, chef/owner Frank Bonanno is paying homage to his New Jersey upbringing of slinging pies and folding pizza boxes, as well…

Ace’s new happy hour features $1 snacks and 64 cocktail combinations

Ace, winner of our Best New Bar award in the Best of Denver 2013 (and voted Reader’s Choice for Best New Restaurant), just keeps getting better. On Sunday, it’s introducing a new happy-hour menu with make-your-own cocktail pairings, wallet-friendly fare and extended hours. For $5, you can customize your own…

ChoLon refreshes its menu for spring

Blustering snow and winter temperatures may have blown into Denver this week, but that didn’t stop ChoLon from shedding its winter coat and lightening up both its lunch and dinner menus for spring — swapping out celery root soup for asparagus soup with soy-glazed mushrooms and spring onion, for example…

Beer meets confession at Theology on Tap

A priest walks into a bar. This isn’t beginning of a joke. On Monday night, Reverend John Riley walked into Katie Mullen’s Irish Restaurant and Pub for the Catholic Archdiocese of Denver’s monthly Theology on Tap gathering. On loan from the Archdiocese of Arlington, Virginia, Reverend Riley, a Guinness drinker,…

Seven signs that Denver is obsessed with bacon

Several years ago, Purina started broadcasting a line of commercials featuring a dog awakened by the scent of Beggin’ Strips. Not knowing the odor didn’t belong to real bacon, the dog frantically ran through the house, then finally found a strip and exclaimed, “It’s BACON!” But while dogs may not…

Ten signs your Colorado man might not be man enough for you

This is Menver, known for its fit, healthy and attractive men. They ski, bike, climb and run. They wear Patagonia, own 4-wheel-drive vehicles and head to the mountains whenever possible. In today’s metrosexual, blurred-gender-role world, this can be confusing: Is your date man enough? If you spot several of these…

Photos: Mutiny Information Cafe serves up Pablo’s Coffee

Mutiny Now!, an institution on Broadway, was sold last month by Jack Jensen to Jim Norris, Joe Ramirez and Matt Megyesi, and officially reopens today as the Mutiny Information Cafe. One of of the first orders of business? Adding Pablo’s Coffee. “Its the best coffee in the world,” Norris says…

Broadway’s Mutiny Now! evolves into Mutiny Information Cafe

3 Kings Tavern owner Jim Norris had been dropping by Mutiny Now almost every week for seven years, trying to convince original owner Jack Jensen to sell it to him. On February 1, he finally sealed the deal. Norris, along with business partners Joe Ramirez and Matt Megyesi, really began…

Photos: Gather mixes craft cocktails inspired by local start-ups

Not every work environment has cocktails on-site, but if your office is at Galvanize, that’s one of the amenities. Galvanize, the startup-tech common workspace in the Golden Triangle, has Gather to thank for that. Gather, the on-site cafe overseen by ChoLon chef-owner Lon Symensma, is mixing up cocktails inspired by…

Active Junky leaves green in the pockets of its members

Active Junky’s rapid ascent of the retail mountain has changed the game for consumers and retailers alike. The outdoor gear cash-back aggregator shopping site drives traffic to its retail partners and gives rewards to its members, benefiting everyone on the outdoor gear and lifestyle shopping mountain. With more than 250…

Galvanize’s programming gSchool helps transition of Afghanistan war vet

A long way from the Afgan outpost he applied from, former U.S. Marine Sgt. James Denman is transitioning from soldier to code ninja. The first student admitted to Galvanize’s gSchool, Denman began honing his ninja skills last week when Galvanize, Denver’s start-up tech common workspace, launched its inaugural programming course,…