Most of us don’t think much about the supply chain; grocery stores and restaurants just put the food out for us and we buy it. But every once in a while, something happens to remind us that there are farmers, ranchers and living plants and animals at the beginning of…
Who knew there was a vineyard producing wine grapes in Burlington, that some of the state’s best Pueblo green chiles come from Colorado Springs, or that sweet and earthy beets grow at 7,600 feet just outside of Durango? Colorado Proud — the marketing branch of the Colorado Division of Agriculture…
No. 79 Pork Bulgogi at Dae Gee 7570 Sheridan Boulevard, Westminster 720-540-0700 Dae Gee’s menu might be a little confusing for a novice to Korean cuisine, and even the well-versed might find a few dishes intimidating (like gohp chang jun gol — beef intestines and tripe). But you can’t go…
Lechuga’s, one of the last old-school red-sauce joints lingering in the once Italian-heavy Lower Highland neighborhood (LoHi to hipsters, but simply the northside to longtime residents) has been sold and is throwing a retirement celebration for owners Chuck Lechuga and Rachael Vigil tomorrow. The Lechuga’s building — with its parking…
“If it’s not right, it’s wrong.” Those are the words of wisdom that chef Brady Marcotte of Table Top, which opened this summer in Park Hill, learned from Steven Redzikowski, chef and co-owner of Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn in Denver. Marcotte, who worked for Redzikowski for two years…
Pizza in some form — a disk of baked dough with a few toppings — has been around since probably the dawn of agriculture, while pasta in Italy dates back to as early as the 13th century. Tomatoes, on the other hand, didn’t make it to the land of San…
Slow Food USA is about more than just cooking and enjoying good food while decrying the downfalls of the average American diet. According to Krista Roberts, director of Slow Food Denver, the organization is committed to “good, clean, and fair food.” As part of that mission, the organization created C.A.F.E…
So this is becoming a trend: for the second time in four weeks, I’ve encountered an Ohioan running a barbecue restaurant in Denver. I get it that who wouldn’t want to come to Colorado from Cleveland or Cincinnati? — but the barbecue connection is a little more tenuous. Perhaps it’s…
Denver Deep Dish has been operating out the back of Bar Car at Eighth and Colorado Boulevard for the past couple of years, earning lots of fans in the process. But owner and “Pizza Guy” Jason McGovern has had his eye on opening his own location for some time, and…
According to some calendars, this Sunday is National Waffle Day, which doesn’t mean you get to be indecisive for 24 hours — it just means purveyors of disks of dented dough get free advertising once a year. Bruxie, the sandwich joint that had the wisdom to substitute Belgian waffles for…
It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since Comida Cantina opened in the Source — ingrained as the building has become in the Denver dining scene’s collective consciousness. Since then, the hulking industrial-age brick-and-steel space has become home to more restaurants, a butcher shop, a tap room and…
Chef Jorel Pierce of Stoic & Genuine is no stranger to publicity, with an appearance on season ten of Bravo’s Top Chef as well as additional camera time as Jen Jasinski’s sous chef on Top Chef Masters. But if you’ve been to the new oyster house in Union Station, you…
Hopdoddy Burger Bar started in Austin, Texas, in 2010 and now has four locations in the Lone Star state, plus a fifth store in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hopdoddy has selected Denver for its sixth location; construction is well under way to open in the new building just northeast of Union Station…
Colorado Proud, the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s food-promotion wing, is highlighting the harvest season this month with a 27-day, eleven-city “Choose Colorado” tour of the state, showcasing its best products. The tour will culminate with a private lunch for state dignitaries on August 27 featuring ingredients gathered by the Colorado…
UPDATE: After two decades in Englewood, Taste of Thailand is moving downtown. The restaurant will move to occupy a space on the corner of South Broadway and Evans. When Taste of Thailand opened, there were a total of five Thai restaurants in Denver. In the intervening twenty years, Thai cuisine…
The Ballpark neighborhood, upper Larimer and RiNo have merged into one long stretch of hot bars and restaurants, with new condos and apartments popping up like dandelions through cracks in the pavement. While the announced closing of Twelve was a blow to the neighborhood, with so many recent openings, existing…
When I was a kid, in the fall my dad would load up the Country Squire and we’d head to Louisiana to catch our fill of blue crab. Catching them was as easy as lowering a chicken neck on a string into a roadside canal and pulling it up quickly…
If you’ve ever sat over a perfect cup of coffee and slice of pie with the ideal flaky, buttery crust and wondered how much effort it would take to get everything just right on your own, you may have the soul of a craftsman waiting to be unleashed. Enter Soulcrafting,…
The best way to eat a Colorado peach is straight off the tree or from a roadside stand, still warm from the sun. Just dust off the skin, take a bite and let the juice run down your chin as you savor the sweetness. After that, the pros can have…
A new coat of paint and a new sign might not make a new restaurant — unless it’s on Federal Boulevard, where the food may not change much, but the names and bright colors shift like the oily surface of a bowl of menudo. On a recent trip up the…
It’s been a long summer for northside fans of breakfast burritos; they’ve had to drive an extra mile or two to get their fix. But now the Santiago’s at 2505 Federal Boulevard has finally re-opened, and that means the cars will start lining up early tomorrow morning. See also: At…
PMG, a new wine bar with full dinner service, opened in Boulder last Friday in the spot formerly occupied by the Beehive. New owner Emily Gold is hoping to give guests an affordable and approachable wine experience with food that complements the wine without overshadowing it. See also: First Look:…
