Three weeks ago, on a Saturday, notable chef Justin Brunson sailed away from Wild Catch, the sustainable seafood restaurant he opened with Daniel Kuhlman in late August, after alleging that Kuhlman refused to reveal the restaurant’s financials. Brunson’s staff — both the front and back of the house — followed…

My best friend just turned fifty, and every year for her birthday, it’s tradition to celebrate at the restaurant where the above shot was snapped — a restaurant that’s definitely not known for its tacos. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…

Annabelle Forrestal Vine Street Pub, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun www.mountainsunpub.com If you want to pick a perfect melon, Annabelle Forrestal suggests that you pick her brain. Growing up in St. Louis, Forrestal, now the executive chef of Vine Street Pub in Denver and Southern Sun and…

Ryan Leinonen isn’t shy about his goals: “I want to have one of the top five restaurants in Denver,” he says while hunched over a plate of steelhead trout, one of the Scandinavian-inspired dishes on his menu at Trilllium, which opens tonight in the Ballpark neighborhood. “There’s no reason why…

Mara Soutiere ignored the arched eyebrows and eye rolls that ensued when she and her husband, Peter, inked a lease on a small space on Pearl Street that would feed meaty, prime grade and Wagyu flesh to the People’s Republic of Boulder. A steakhouse, asked the incredulous? In Boulder?…

When it comes to burgers, I’m a white trash purist — American cheese and, on occasion, grilled onions. Nothing more. And the burgers at this new beef shack, which range from simple to all gussied up, are far better than I had anticipated. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…

Visions of sugarplums danced in their heads, while cakes…and sticky toffee pudding…and croissants drizzled with chocolate made eyes wide at yesterday’s opening of Crave Dessert Bar & Lounge, a sultry sugar house that’s now swelling bellies with sweets in the Spire. The dessert bar, the lovechild of Allen Milham and…

Wazee Wood Fire Pizza, Charlie Palmer’s new piehole emporium, opens Monday, December 12, directly next door to District Meats, Palmer’s shrine to off-cuts that he opened November 21 in the former Big Game space at 1631 Wazee Street…

‘Tis the season to eat, dink, make merry and give generously, and tonight, at Steuben’s, you have the opportunity to kill four turtle doves with one toy…

Our prayers to the gods and goddesses of things that squeak have been been fulfilled: After shuttering in June, following a break-down in lease negotiations between Squeaky Bean head bean counter Johnny Ballen and his landlord, the owners of Rosa Linda’s, the Bean is re-sprouting. “We’re puttin’ the Bean back…

UPDATE: We have the full scoop on the new Squeaky Bean — including its location — right here. They’re baacckkk! Johnny Ballen, owner of the Squeaky Bean, which closed several months ago when lease negotiations broke down between him and his landlord, has finally (thank God) signed a least on…

We, as well as the rest of the Denver community, were beyond shocked and heartbroken to learn that Noel Cunningham, chef/owner of Strings, and one of this city’s most altruistic humanitarians, died unexpectedly last Thursday. Cunningham, whose life was cut way too short — he was just 62 when he…

Every year, EatDenver, the city’s network of independent restaurants, releases a dining deck of killer meal deals — a collection of 52 gift cards worth $10 each to spend at some of the best grub houses in Denver. And last week, we posted a contest, wherein we promised to give…

When it comes to kale, there are two camps: love and hate. Amos Watts, the mouthpiece of this week’s Chef and Tell interview, loves the leafy green. “Greens of any kind are another one of my favorite ingredients,” he says. “I grew up eating a lot of greens which may…

Zingers may have turned out some of the city’s best green chile, but it wasn’t enough to save the joint, wedged into the far corner of a small-mall near the University of Denver, from shuttering. A sign, taped to the front door, thanks customers for their business, while owner Dennis…

It’s with a heavy, heavy heart that we bring you the tragic news that Noel Cunningham, the beloved chef/owner of Strings, passed away unexpectedly yesterday afternoon at 62, leaving behind his wife, Tammy, and their twin daughters. Born in Dublin in 1949, Cunningham, an unapologetic, feisty Irishman with a heart…

At this taqueria sequestered in a Mexican market with an American name, there are tacos and burritos, a salsa bar and tamales, which, quite frankly, left a lot to be desired. And what — no Mexican Coke? Maybe mañana. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…

When Eater first launched, taking a bite out of the Big Apple in 2005, food blogs were still in their infancy. But it wasn’t long before Ben Levanthal and Lockhart Steele, the site’s founders, spread across state lines, adding several more major metropolises to Eater’s collection of culinary capitals with…

Amos Watts Jax Fish House Denver 1539 17th Street 303-292-5767 www.jaxfishhousedenver.com This is part two of my interview with Amos Watts, exec chef of Jax Fish House-Denver. Part one of my interview with Watts ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Next in Chicago. It’s a really new and exciting concept…

I’ve been driving — and parking — for dozens of years in dozens of cities around the world, and aside from the time I had to drive a monstrosity of a Volvo wagon down the narrowest street in a tiny English village, the stress of which ultimately forced me to…

I’m continually in awe of the beautifully composed dishes at this lovely restaurant that never fails to turn out some of the city’s best foodstuffs. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered…