Is it time for the “fancy burger trend to call it quits”? That’s what Eric Cimino, chef at Luca d’Italia, suggests in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. And nothing gets the meaty juices flowing like a big burger battle. “Not if it’s delicious!” says Phillip. “I’m over it,” says…
Xtreme Action, a locally owned bar that celebrates mixed martial arts, just opened on the 16th Street Mall (actually, above the 16th Street Mall — it’s on the second floor of a building at the corner of 16th and Champa) and readers and customers alike are getting a kick out…
An “inspiration trip” to Japan last fall inspired Daniel Asher, the culinary director of Linger and Root Down, to bring back the bento box. “In Japan, the bento is a way of expressing a multi-course meal experience in a moment, and here, it’s our way of wrapping all of those…
Arch Pizza Co. just opened its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in five months — and the latest incarnation, at 10101 East Hampden Avenue, is the largest store yet. “The community support and feedback has been extremely valuable, and we’re excited to bring a different take on pizza to Colorado,”…
Construction has started on the former Subway Tavern, which the Larimer Group bought after the family that owned the spot — reputed to be the first place in Denver to serve pizza — put it on the block. The Longos sold the place in September 2012, after running the restaurant…
While the buffalo empanadellas at Bocadillo needed more pop in both the filling and the sauce, the special got Gretchen Kurtz thinking about other stuffed dough dishes she’s loved in Denver. On Wednesday, she served up five of her favorites, including the agnolotti at DiFranco’s. See also: Five favorite stuffed…
Restaurateurs are some of the most generous people in metro Denver, frequently volunteering their time, staff and space for a good cause. But you’d have to go far to find a couple who’ve dished up more donations than Jen and Josh Wolkon, owners of Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s and Ace…
The highlight of Monday’s luncheon for Imagine 2020, the city’s first cultural plan in 25 years, was local slam poet and DU student Jose Guerrero, who’d written a poem about Denver for the event that included a memorable reference to the “Big Blue Bear’s butt” and even more telling lines…
Oysters are getting out of their shell all over Denver, with raw bars popping up at restaurants around town and the mollusks making frequent appearances on happy-hour menus, including the spot Lori Midson visited for yesterday’s Guess Where I’m Eating? The old adage used to hold that you should only…
Pop-up dinners are popping up all over. Montgomery Knott, who started Monkey Town more than ten years ago in Brooklyn, has brought his film-and-food experience back to Denver for a three-month stand at Exdo Hall; you can find out all about Monkey Town 4 at monkeytown4.com. And now another entry…
A lot has changed since Derek Dietz opened Bocadillo on a quiet street in Sunnyside in early 2012. The little sandwich shop immediately won fans, but then Dietz took a one-year hiatus to deal with a family emergency. And when he reopened Bocadillo last summer, it was with dinner added,…
We’ve been fans of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs since Jim Pittenger’s cart first popped up on the 16th Street Mall. And we’re not the only ones: Yelper love recently landed Biker Jim’s on Yelp’s list of the 100 “best” restaurants in the country — right alongside a tiki snack bar…
Chefs are shifting all over town, and now baRed and CY Steak, which share a kitchen (and father-and-son owner/managers Cliff and Zach Young), are looking for a new chef de cuisine, after the departure of Doug Mace. But a new chef isn’t the only change baRed should make, according to…
Don’t head to Wafflich for breakfast this morning — or lunch, for that matter. The sandwich shop that Benny Kaplan opened at 4166 Tennyson Street after closing his much more ambitious Shazz (now the home of Scratch Burrito) never returned from its winter break. Instead, when the doors of this…
After 95 years in business, it’s not surprising that the Blue Parrot would opt for a bit of a facelift. But when the Colacci family that owns the blue-hued, red-sauce joint in Louisville decided to update the facade, they chose to celebrate not just the history of the iconic restaurant…
Denver was home to the first Hooters west of the Mississippi. Although that pioneering breastaurant on South Colorado Boulevard is now gone, more curvaceous concepts have come to take its place — including Twin Peaks, which now has three locations in the metro area and its own Twin Peaks Mountain…
There’s something about the state flag that really brings out the creative side of Coloradans. In fact, it would be easy to assume that the C in the center of that design stands for Creative. And as a very last-second addition to Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of everything from fine…
Trader Joe’s opened in Colorado — with three locations — a dozen days ago, and our scouts report short (if any) lines down south, medium lines in Boulder, and a traffic snarl at the Eighth and Colorado store. But while the lots might be full, the shelves were laid bare…
Doug Mace has gotten out of the kitchen at CY Steak, the steakhouse next to the Diamond Cabaret that Cliff Young opened five years ago. CY shares a kitchen with baRed, the bar/lounge/restaurant around the corner at 437 West Colfax that Young and his son, Zach, opened in December, and…
It had been more than a decade since Westword had competed in the Colorado Press Association awards — since the last time we were able to challenge the state’s major dailies, in fact. That was back when the Rocky Mountain News was still going strong; after the News complained to…
There are just four more days of Denver Restaurant Week (although some spots, like Fago de Chao, are extending the deal through the weekend), and reservations are becoming scarce at many participating eateries around town. But that doesn’t bother one of our frequent commenters. See also: Where should you eat…
As Gretchen Kurtz concluded her review of Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant, “if you order carefully at Lotus, you’ll likely go home happy.” In response, a couple of readers offered their own must-order dishes, including the banh xeo “omelette” Kurtz mentioned, and the stuffed tofu in tomato sauce. And if she wants…
