One of the most common complaints about Denver’s dining scene is the lack of good barbecue joints here. When CJ Johnson opened Kings BBQ last year in Wheat Ridge, he was trying his best to help fill that gap with juicy brisket and ribs — but Kings recently closed. Says theFabulousMarkT: It’s…
At the end of the week, we’ll post our Restaurant Roll Call for February, a compendium of the openings and closings over the past month. There’s been plenty of action on the local drinking and dining scene — including last call for the Rustic Tavern, a fixture on our Ten…
Denver’s going to the dogs! Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs is celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend with a variety of specials and freebies, and then on Monday, February 23, Wurstkuche will finally open at 2036 Broadway. Joseph Pitruzzelli and Tyler Wilson already have two locations of their modern take on a German…
In the early 2000s, Denver was all about the creative class. Author/big thinker Richard Florida had labeled the metro area one of the top creative spots in the country, an honor that John Hickenlooper used to promote the city that had just elected him mayor. Fifteen years before, he’d been…
Denver takes its fast-casual seriously — very seriously. In fact, some of the country’s biggest fast-casual chains have gotten their start in this city. There’s Chipotle, of course; founder Steve Ells opened his first store at 1644 East Evans Avenue more than twenty years ago. But Denver has also given…
Katie Mullen’s just marked its sixth anniversary on the 16th Street Mall this week and now that giant Irish bar is about to get a baby sister. A wee baby sister. After putting plenty of money and effort into creating a four-part, 550-seat Irish pub in the Sheraton, the owners…
What’s the best brunch in Denver? Our Best of Denver crew is eating as fast as it can in anticipation of the Best of Denver 2015, which will hit the streets (and the Internet) on March 26. Can any brunch spot beat Fooducopia, winner of the Best Brunch 2014? There…
We haven’t heard a lot about problems in LoDo at Letout lately — but that doesn’t mean the problems have gone away. Early on Sunday, February 8, Dusten Fischer was stabbed nine times when he got into an altercation in the 1900 block of Market Street. Fischer and his wife,…
Things are looking sunny in Sunnyside. For years this north Denver neighborhood — bounded by West 38th Avenue, Federal Boulevard, Interstate 70 and Inca Street — lacked restaurant options beyond the original Chubby’s and a handful of other taco joints and tortillerias. But as Mark Antonation notes in his post…
Gretchen Kurtz recently visited Butcher’s Bistro, where a butcher’s counter up-front displays the cut of the day you may later see on your plate. But without any sauce, she writes in her review of Butcher’s Bistro, that cut looked pretty lonely. Fortunately, the restaurant has since added sauces that are…
Comments have been pouring out about one of this year’s Super Bowl commercials, a Budweiser ad that drew special attention from the 3,200 craft breweries across the country — and the people who drink their beer. “Brewed the Hard Way” began with the words “Proudly a macro beer” spelled out…
When it opened almost three decades ago, Paris on the Platte was a bright light on a very dim stretch. Over the years, Paris grew from a coffee house to a wine bar to a music venue to a favorite gathering place — and this block of Platte Street grew,…
Kobe An just moved to Cherry Creek, after many years in Lakewood. Longtime Creek favorite Cucina Colore recently expanded. And many other new restaurants will soon open in Cherry Creek. Decades, this neighborhood was Denver’s hottest dining destination — is it heating up again? See also: Cherry Creek Set for…
Residents of the southern suburbs were excited when chef Mary Nguyen, who’d gained a strong following at Parallel Seventeen (now P17, and celebrating its tenth birthday this year), opened Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in the Vallagio development in Englewood in January 2011. But since then Nguyen has added Olive &…
As metro Denver continues to grow and previously down-and-out parts of town gentrify, dive bars are rapidly disappearing. Over the last few years, we’ve lost several of our favorites, and last night another classic watering hole, the Rustic Tavern, closed for good, after a final Super Bowl party that saw…
Yelp released its second annual list of the Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. last month, compiling user data of the most popular and well-reviewed eateries of 2014. And according to Yelp users, the one place in all of Colorado worthy of national attention is the Kitchen Table…
Dive bars are disappearing all over metro Denver. The latest casualty? Eck’s Saloon, which was a rock-music haven as well as a popular Lakewood joint, although it had apparently become a lot less popular in recent years. Jon Solomon reported the news yesterday on Backbeat; once owned by Mike Bruno…
The sad news traveled fast: Paris on the Platte would pour its last cup of coffee on January 17. Former and current regulars hurried over to say goodbye to Faye Maguire, who’d opened the coffeehouse 28 years ago, when that stretch of Platte Street was almost a no man’s land…
Chef’s counters are becoming increasingly important features at local restaurants, including Brazen Neighborhood Eatery, the new restaurant in northwest Denver that Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week. In fact, Brazen rates our list of the twelve best chef’s counters in Denver, which we rolled out yesterday. But did we miss one?…
The sign outside Bruxie promised “Sweet Treats,” but the waffle sandwich shop, one of our ten best new fast-casual restaurants in 2014, just met a sour end. Bruxie has closed up shop on Colorado Boulevard “due to unforeseen circumstances,” according to a message you reach when you dial the place…
The Denver ramen scene has been heating up, with high-profile noodle-house openings late last year, and more to come soon. But in Aurora, a deep demand for Japanese noodle bowls has apparently been bubbling beneath the surface, because when Katsu Ramen opened Monday at the corner of Havana Street and…
The Inuit have more than fifty words for snow — including pukak and matsaaruti — but you’d need more than fifty words to describe the amazing things done with cabbage at Dae Gee, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed. In the process, she offered a few tips about traditional Korean food…
