Mexican Independence Day officially starts at midnight tonight, marking Father Miguel Hidalgo’s cry for independence to rally the people of Mexico in 1810. Mexican restaurants throughout the Denver area will be helping guests celebrate with specials and parties. Some are rolling out one-day deals, while others are adding seasonal menu…
A small garden patch next to a popular restaurant may not provide enough bounty to fill the plates of every hungry guest, even in the height of the season. But fresh flourishes can add artistry — as well as bursts of flavor — to the presentation, which is one of…
The Weather Channel, like cable companions TLC (which apparently was once focused on learning), the History Channel and NatGeo (because National Geographic didn’t sound cool enough for the kids), has evolved from strictly education and information to entertainment. The Weather Channel’s fall schedule includes a “survival” show called Fat Guys…
Bradford Heap, chef/owner of Boulder’s Salt Bistro, isn’t waiting around for a vote or for the government to take action on GMOs (genetically modified organisms). He’s already implemented a GMO-free kitchen, or what’s as close as possible. “We should say 99 percent — there’s so much (environmental) contamination that it’s…
Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta has been dishing out New York-style pizzas, pastas and sandwiches since 1984. Started by Henry Mann a tiny space on California Street downtown, the concept grew to a mini-empire along the Front Range. To celebrate its thirtieth anniversary today, the company is rolling back prices and…
Cherry Creek North isn’t exactly a hotbed of ethnic cuisine. Before Machete Tequila and Tacos came along, the most Mexican place in the neighborhood was the Chico’s clothing boutique down the street. But despite a customer base likely to eat a burrito only if it’s called a wrap, Machete has…
Kevin Grossi of Lola Mexican Fish House may have grown up in New Jersey and Michigan, but he fell in love with Mexican cuisine early, spurred on by the beauty and passion of a fellow student. “My first experience with cooking Mexican cuisine was back in my culinary-school days,” he…
You may have noticed that Odelay Tacos on Colfax Avenue — and the Thirty Fourteen bar occupying the same space — have been dark for the past couple of days. An ownership change finalized last week is the cause, but the space should be back up and running this Friday…
Alex Seidel’s much anticipated ode to preserved foods, Mercantile Dining & Provision, opened its cafe and market yesterday at 7 a.m. and completed its debut dinner service later that evening. Fans of Seidel’s first restaurant, Fruition, will find a similar menu of focused platings that give the ingredients star billing…
Longo’s Subway Tavern occupied the same corner of 38th Avenue and Lipan Street for 52 years before closing two years ago amidst laments that the neighborhood was losing much of its classic charm, especially the old-school Italian joints. Larimer Associates purchased the building shortly afterward and partnered with restaurateur Troy…
Saturday lunch is the best time for an all-you-can-eat buffet. You don’t have to worry about returning semi-comatose to work and you’ve probably already done yard work or something else outdoorsy to justify the added caloric load. Indian restaurants, especially, tend toward low-risk, high-reward buffets, with plenty of potential for…
The address that was briefly the home of Illegal Pizza, which closed the same week that I wrote about it for A Federal Case, has been vacant since February. Now there’s a new banner on the front of the building announcing that Brewshine BBQ and Tap House will open this…
This summer Taita Peruvian Restaurant quietly closed up in the spot next to Tooey’s at Colfax and Marion, but the location didn’t stay vacant for long. Zach Parker, co-owner of the new Las Margs, says he was ready to move on the place just eighteen days later. He owes the…
You may have seen a black-and-gold bicycle-trailer contraption peddling coffee and other treats on the 16th Street Mall at Larimer Street; it’s been setting up shop there since January. Now Marley Coffee, the brainchild of chairman Rohan Marley (son of reggae legend Bob), is expanding its bicycle caffe program into…
For more than a year Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria, Frank Bonanno’s first restaurant outside of Denver city limits, made a go of it in a tough Park Meadows Shopping Center location — tough for independent restaurateurs, at least, if not for the national chains. “We loved the mall — the mall…
Mercantile Dining & Provision, Alex Seidel’s new venture and the last eatery to open in Union Station, will be open for dinner on Monday, September 8. The menu features an expected attention to local produce, meat and dairy — much of it from Seidel’s own Fruition Farms — as well…
Are you ready for some foodball? In advance of this weekend’s DISH event, we sat down with Adrian Miller, the James Beard award-winning author of Soul Food:The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time, to talk about Soul food, Southern food — and why Colorado needs…
Adrian Miller is a man of many talents and passions — judging barbecue not least among them. That’s not to make light of his other achievements, however. A Denver kid who attended Smoky Hill High School, Miller soon moved on to bigger things, graduating from Stanford University and Georgetown University…
The coffee-shop bookstore is an urban tradition that almost vanished with the advent of the big-box bookstores in the 1990s, the rapid spread of Starbucks and the ease of online book purchasing. But with niche marketing and a specialized catalogue, the neighborhood book-and-coffee purveyor can still make a living. At…
A drive into the southern suburbs on a weekend can feel like you’re entering a deserted city. Traffic after rush hour is light, and once the sun begins to set, people seem to clear out like they’re expecting the vampires to come out. Places that normally do a brisk lunch…
Tonight the brand-new Centennial/DTC ViewHouse will kick off a weekend of grand opening events to usher in a new era of drinking, dining and partying. Most of this ViewHouse in Centennial is as modern and flashy as its older Ballpark sibling, but a touch of the former occupant of the…
Provisions seems to be one of the latest restaurant catch words, both nationally and locally. Portland has Olympic Provisions, San Francisco is home to State Bird Provisions and Houston has the unadorned Provisions. Here in town, chef Alex Seidel is about to open Mercantile Dining & Provision at Union Station,…
