On Monday, July 17, Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno will unlock the doors to French 75 at 717 17th Street, bestowing downtown Denver with their rendition of a French bistro. This is a project that’s been officially in the works for three years, when the Bonannos were approached by the owner…
Corey Ferguson is now running the kitchen at Justin Cucci’s El Five; putting his experience at a holistic-health institute in California and during a year in Spain to work.
Linda Appel Lipsius learned sales from her family’s OrangeGlo and Oxiclean business, and with Teatulia she’s using modern marketing to push tea, a beverage steeped in tradition, and help the economy of Bangladesh in the process.
Two months back, word came that the Way Back and American Grind owners Chad Michael George, Kade Gianinetti and Jared Schwartz had landed the lease for the former Zengo and La Güera space, and were plotting Wayward, a restaurant that would expand on the ethos of their flagship in a much larger…
Eight years after Jean-Philippe Failyau opened the first Park Burger in a tiny space near the University of Denver, he’s now advancing three different restaurant concepts, including the soon-to-open Birdcall in five Points.
Denver, it’s nearly time, once again, to celebrate our country’s independence. Here’s how.
Walk toward the Sloan’s Lake Alamo Drafthouse from the parking structure on Conejos Place, and you can’t miss the angular sculpture built with intersecting planks of steel, beckoning moviegoers toward the sidewalk that leads them toward the theater.
Chef/owner David Rosenfeld has a pedigreed résumé, but right now he’s serving pizza from Spezzatura, a trailer parked outside Rocker Spirits in Littleton.
Troy Guard, one of Denver’s most prolific restaurateurs, is having a busy couple of weeks: June 26 saw the launch of a third outpost of Los Chingones, and July 7 will bring alive his take on breakfast at Hashtag. “I loved breakfast as a kid,” says the chef. “I always…
Kendra Anderson has spent several years educating Denver imbibers about wine, both via her consulting business and as Westword’s Swirl Girl wine columnist. But the first thing she wants drinkers to know about Bar Helix, the establishment she’s opening at 3440 Larimer Street, is that it is not just a…
Slant’d will be a yearly literary magazine that will illuminate what it means to be Asian-American today.
Restaurants are popping up so quickly in Denver, it’s easy to forget what this scene was like two years ago, let alone three decades ago. Racines has been a witness to the incredibly evolving dining scene, all the while serving its hearty breakfasts, fish and chips, and nutty cheese salads to scores of regulars who fill the dining room. The longtime menu at Racines is currently getting an update, but that’s not all: For the first time in its 35-year history, the restaurant is rolling out a happy hour.
Happy Pride Weekend, Denver! If you’re looking to fill your dance card with official Pride-related activities and LGBTQ parties, check out our roundup of the weekend’s best ways to celebrate and start making your plans. Beyond the parade, festival and club throw-downs, many Denver establishments are getting into the spirit…
Pride weekend is here, Denver: Time to bust out your best rainbow gear, celebrate the LGBTQ community, dance, revel and march for equal rights.
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard talks about his growing empire, the changes in Denver’s eclectic dining scene, and the importance of persistence in the wake of challenges — even ones as daunting as a public divorce.
CHEER Colorado is part of the Pride Cheerleading Association, a group of volunteer adult cheerleaders spread across several cities that raises money for local LGBTQI organizations.
It’s been six months since Bryan Dayton — co-owner of Acorn, Oak at Fourteenth and Brider — first revealed that he’d signed a lease for a space atop Boulder’s PearlWest development, going up where the Daily Camera building used to sit. “”It has unobstructed views of the Flatirons,” he told…
Colorado’s robust network of distillers keeps putting forth excellent expressions of their craft. As we round into summer, here’s a trio of local spirits worth seeking out in your favorite cocktail establishment, or adding to your home bar for porch sipping or warm-weather cocktailing. Ski Bum Rum 331 Corporate Circle,…
Chef Luke Bergman of Concourse Restaurant Moderne chats about his macrobiotic-vegan upbringing, how some of New York City’s most prolific chefs coached him to victory in a prestigious global competition, and why he was ready to trade the Big Apple and South Florida for Colorado living.
The first Chipotle opened in 1993 at 1644 East Evans in Denver and eventually spawned a company that today oversees more than 2,300 locations — and counting — around the world. It also inspired countless copycats and hungry entrepreneurs to rush into what would soon be dubbed the “fast-casual” segment of the restaurant industry, radically reshaping how Americans eat in the process.
Happy Negroni Week, Denver. We like fake holidays that give us another excuse to drink, and this one is a special bonus because it’s seven days long and includes Campari, that bittersweet liqueur that is practically synonymous with summer. Moreover, bars officially participating in Imbibe Magazine’s Negroni Week are donating…
Jeff Bolton grew up in Arvada, in a time when “downtown Denver was not a place that you went,” he recalls. Now he’s running the kitchen at Kachina, Sage Restaurant Group’s restaurant in the Maven hotel downtown.
