Row 14 closed unexpectedly in July, leaving an empty space in the downtown Spire. Now a newcomer to Denver, Uncle Joe’s Hong Kong Bistro, will fill that space with a fast-casual concept straight from China’s island city, where the only other Uncle Joe’s currently operates. See also: Row 14 Pours…

Hosea Rosenberg’s Blackbelly Market is set to open next Tuesday, November 11, in a nondescript east Boulder location that belies the complexity of the operation inside. With his new, expansive kitchen, Rosenberg will run a catering business, a fine-dining restaurant, a salumeria making fresh sausage and cured meats, a butcher…

Suvipa Thai didn’t have to do much to make its dining room presentable for guests: a new coat of paint in the small, square room and some flowers on the tables, and everything was ready to go. The previous tenant, Pho De, had already painted over the lime green and…

When the Blake Street Tavern left its original location for bigger digs down the street (in the cavernous and clubby space that once housed Polly Esther’s), a vacuum was left that sucked in a couple of other eateries that tried to make a go of that space. Brauns moved from…

A stop at Williams & Graham for a cocktail on Friday night yielded the expected result: a creative, tasty and unique mixed drink from expert bartenders. But what wasn’t quite so expected was the pork schnitzel on the food menu — a dish that doesn’t show up with much frequency…

Sarto’s, the much anticipated restaurant from owners Taylor and Kajsa Swallow and chef Brian Laird, opened its elegant gray-and-white dining room in Jefferson Park this week, giving neighbors a taste of pan-Italian cooking with urban flair and ingredient-driven flavors. Laird, whose Italian prowess Denver diners will remember from Barolo Grill…

What do you get when two brothers who love doughnuts team up to bake and sell oversized doughnut holes with a few ball jokes thrown in? If you’re Mitch and Brett Magdovitz, the answer is Bronuts: cream-filled spherical pastries with names like Bleu Balls, Monkey Balls and Chocolate Salty Balls…

Carrie Shores has been the executive chef at Table 6 since 2013, and now she’d heading off for the next phase of her career. She’ll be starting as the new chef-manager at Cafe Options, the downtown breakfast and lunch eatery operated by Work Options for Women (WOW) that trains impoverished…

With a positive review of Argyll from our restaurant critic, Gretchen Kurtz, and Punch Bowl Social packing in the crowd at its hot Broadway location, it would be easy for CEO and founder Robert Thompson and his team to rest on their laurels. Instead, they’re striving for improvement and expanding…

It’s been a year and a half since Taylor Swallow, his wife Kajsa and chef Brian Laird, whose cooking skills have taken him around the metro area since he departed Barolo Grill in early 2011, signed a lease for a new restaurant in transitional Jefferson Park, a neighborhood until recently…

There’s a new development going up at 2601 Larimer Street in Ballpark/River North, and it’s called, appropriately enough, 2601 Larimer. It will feature 20,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space — that’s the important part — and last night 2601 threw a neighborhood party to introduce its concept…

Helga’s German Restaurant and Deli hides midway between a Holiday Inn Express and a JCPenney (both high on the list of depressing businesses), in a warren of seemingly permanent road construction and suburban mall sprawl. There’s also a U.S. Army recruiting office and a Chuck E. Cheese’s nearby, just to…

Lunch options for the Denver Tech Center crowd are about to get a little more interesting. Fry bread and Indian taco specialist Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery announced last week on its Facebook page that it will be opening a location in Centennial near Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. See also: Jelly…

Czech Potato Pancakes from Sobo 151 Bar & Grill 151 South Broadway 303-778-1560 Sobo 151 isn’t known as a culinary destination, but those with a hankering for hockey and hearty Czech fare will always head here. When you’re watching the Avs — or playing billiards or trivia, or even listening…

Boost Burger, the automotive-themed burger joint on South Federal Boulevard, opened last spring in a building that had previously housed a branch of Bubba Chinos. Things were looking good over the summer as a new, permanent sign went up to replace the original banner. But now the windows are boarded…

Lo Stella Ristorante opened in 1850 in Portofino, Ital and now, over 160 years later, Denver is getting a taste of the famous restaurant that has been in the same family for eight generations. Lo Stella Ristorante opened today in the former home of Gallo di Nero in the Golden…

The first Hopdoddy Burger Bar opened in Austin, Texas in 2010. There will be seven locations on Monday, when the newest Hopdoddy opens next to Union Station. Hopdoddy President Dan Mesches says the company chose the location because of its combination of historic and modern surroundings. “We love the urban…

Craig Singleton is a do-it-yourself guy. “I like self-sustenance, DIY,” he says. “Mom and Dad are that way.” So Singleton brews beer, hunts, fishes, barbecues and cures his own meats. He’s both passionate and enthusiastic, traits that sometimes earn people the label “nerd” or “geek” — but in a professional…