For this week’s review, I visited Hops and Pie in search of a low-key pizza and beer pairing. But what I found was a spot that’s really cooking, elevating both pies and brews to a new, special level. Here, to go along with that review, is a side of food…
This building at Alameda and Zuni held Taqueria La Capilla until last fall, when the place closed up shop. And while we saw no activity inside, the windows are papered over, suggesting that renovations are afoot. Another clue: The Asian Cajun lists this address on its application for a liquor…
Gindi Cafe recently underwent an overhaul to pump life into the fledgling spot, revamping the business model to focus on baked goods, breakfast and espresso. But it wasn’t enough to save the place: The two-year-old spot shuttered last month, blaming the closure on a misunderstanding with landlords at the Peloton,…
I’ve yet to find a cuisine I’d pass up in just about any context. But at the end of a long day, I often go looking for that holy grail of low-key dinners: hot pizza and cold beer. There are plenty of places in Denver that feature both good beer…
Cafe Pure is a tiny cafe that fronts the Aveda salon at the corner of 17th and Market streets, providing a shot of caffeine to customers in for a haircut and a midday respite for cubicle warriors from buildings nearby. The cafe would like to offer more than just coffee…
If you want pizza, your best bet is to head to Chicago or New York; for lobster, go to Boston (or better yet, Maine); Salmon or Pacific oysters swim best in Seattle; crab is best in San Francisco or Maryland; and a hankering for barbecue will take you to Kansas…
Just a few blocks away from Hops and Pie, another spot is taking a crack at elevating the classic pizza-and-brew pairing. Stingray Lounge, which opened two months ago in the former home of Gelman’s-cum-Boston-Fish-Shack, is the most recent effort from Leigh Jones and Margaret Moore, the duo behind Jonesy’s EatBar,…
Are you going to eat that?” I asked, eyeing the golden-brown crust my companion had abandoned after she’d eaten the rest of the slice, the part with all the toppings. She glanced at me. “Uh, no,” she said, then looked away, as though I was embarrassing her. I was too…
The weather may still be slightly schizophrenic, but most of the restaurants along the 16th Street Mall have started hosting diners and drinkers on their patios. And tonight, the Southwest Porch at Skyline Park, which debuted last September at the base of the D & F Clock Tower, will join…
About a month ago, Yellow Deli started hawking Reuben sandwiches, veggie burgers and fresh-squeezed juice from its Boulder kitchen at 908 Pearl Street. But that’s not all the menu offers: It also serves the Fruit of the Spirit — a biblical term that encompasses the nine visible attributes of a…
Having trouble sleeping? Rather than popping an Ambien, why not have a melatonin-laced brownie?…
We’ve seen booze-y caviar, alcoholic foam and whipped cream packed with liquor, but now there’s another weird way we can get our alcoholic intake: Gin paper. And yes, that means parchment you can actually scribble on — and then eat…
Amie Arias has been in the restaurant industry for years, but when she decided to start her own venture, she picked up an ’86 Chevy Hi Cube with one goal in mind: to roll out a mobile enterprise hawking vegan treats — and she’s doing exactly that, even naming her…
In Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to its constant crowd of young professionals who mingle over cappuccinos. But because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting people the…
We’re fans of happy hour, when we hurry to this city’s watering holes to blow off steam and eat and drink for cheap. You’ll frequently find us at Root Down, winner of our 2011 Best Happy Hour. But Denver has many more good happy hours, and here are four more…
The Four Seasons is all set to give Denver a new rooftop bar, inviting the public up to Level 3, its swanky poolside digs every Thursday night this summer for cocktails and appetizers. The vibe, according to the hotel’s general manager Thierry Kennel, will channel Miami. And it was all…
The Sugar Bakeshop got its start a few years ago at farmers’ markets, where Natalie Slevin would hawk cupcakes and other pastries to weekend shoppers. From those humble beginnings, she grew her enterprise into a made-to-order bakery that made treats from “bread to wedding cakes, and everything in between,” Slevin…
I haven’t totally fallen for Lou’s Food Bar, which I review this week, and my initial lust for Green Russell has ebbed, at least temporarily. But from my initial meal at Bones, which Frank Bonanno opened in December 2008, it was love at first bite, and my fondness for the…
Bryan Dayton is gearing up to rewrite the vodka martini-heavy drink list at Madison Street, and we can’t wait to see what the bartender has in store. In the meantime, there’s at least one cocktail already on the roster that we hope he considers keeping (and if he is going…
I’m not sure I’ve ever been more excited for a place to open than I was for Green Russell. I’m a fan of the cocktail movement, even with all of its occasionally snob-tastic and overpriced nuances, and a sexy cocktail den, with pre-Prohibition libations and aloof, attractive bartenders spilling facts…
How was everything?” The server was looking at me expectantly, eyes flicking to the half-eaten plate of spaghetti, thick noodles lying listless in a lumpy tomato sauce that was beginning to separate, orange grease coagulating on the surface. I looked up. “Fine,” I said, giving the restaurant code word for…
Frank Bonanno has built a formidable empire in Denver over the last decade, expanding out from his original spot, Mizuna, into Luca d’Italia, Osteria Marco and Bones. Last year, the restaurateur gave the city two new concepts: Green Russell, a speakeasy in Larimer Square, and Lou’s Food Bar, a roadhouse…
