Man does not live by bread alone. There’s vegan cheese, for example, and raw crackers, all part of this cheese plate that was far from half-baked. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post — on the Cafe…

The Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill opens today at One Union Station — no, not inside the renovated train station, but in the new building next door, just off the 16th Street Mall. Unlike the locally-owned restaurants going into Union Station, the Thirsty Lion is out of Oregon. The original…

Comrade Brewing Company opened this weekend in southeast Denver, an area thirsty for more beery options. But will the name draw many comrades? “There are lots of double meanings, but it is all in fun,” says owner David Lin. “The only thing we take seriously here is the beer. The…

The storefront space at 15th and Champa streets that once held Champa Street Liquors, next to Shag Lounge, for many months wore a sign promising that it would become a second location of Beirut Grill. But that restaurant never materialized. And now, two years later, the spot has a brand-new…

After four years, Waffle Brothers will be closing its original location at 393 Corona Street at the end of service Sunday, and moving to a bigger spot a few blocks away. But while that space is being renovated, you’ll still be able to get your fix: The Waffle Brothers Pub…

Today is Dining Out for Life, and more than 250 metro area restaurants are participating in the fundraiser for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent of their food sales to the non-profit that provides life-sustaining meals for those suffering from life-threatening illnesses. The restaurant where we ate this Caesar salad…

Manners don’t seem to improve with age. Since Sean Kenyon offered his list of the “Ten rudest things servers and bartenders do to guests to make them wish they’d never come in” two years ago, restaurant behavior has not improved, judging from the comments posted after we reheated and served…

“Want to provoke a fight? Just start a discussion of where to find the best pizza in town.” That was the intro to yesterday’s list of the twelve best pizzas in Denver, and the fight got off to a fast start, with readers serving up many other favorites: Proto’s. Pizza…

Just in time for Earth Day, PETA has released the finalists in its PETA’s Sexiest Vegan Next Door 2014 contest, and Jeb Brovsky, a 25-year-old Lakewood resident — when he’s not playing soccer for the Montréal Impact of Major League Soccer — is one of ten male finalists. “I am…

LYFE Kitchen — the acronym stands for “Love Your Food Everyday” — is a national chain that opened its first store last year in Chicago, but plans to add 250 locations across the country over the next five years. One of them will be in Park Meadows Mall, where a…

Matt Stein specializes in gourmet waffle sandwiches at Bruxie, but he’s obsessed with cheeseburgers. “My ongoing discussion obsession with my partners about who makes the best burger was charming four years ago,” he says in this week’s Chef and Tell. “But who knew that it could go on as long…

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. If you haven’t made your Easter plans, it’s not too late to get out of the house and bend an elbow, if not a knee. Although you won’t find a lavish brunch spread here, the proprietors want you to know that the…

Just in time for 4/20, a third Sexy Pizza has opened in Denver — this one in Jefferson Park, at 2460 Elliott Street, right across the street from the new Jefferson Park Pub and what will one day be the home of Brian Laird’s Sarto. See also:Kayvan Khalatbari bankrolls comedy…

Reaction to the news that Noboru Muraishi has closed Oshima Ramen, the very authentic Japanese noodle bar that Jason Sheehan raved about in “Finding My Religion,” has been swift, with diners wondering where they will get their ramen now — and hold the dirt. See also: After fourteen years, Noboru…