The Walnut Room Pizzeria opened a week ago at 2 Broadway, but the grand opening isn’t until Saturday, February 6 — when you can try the place out for free. “Come one, come all,” says Chris Vetrano, spokesman for the Walnut Room Pizzeria and its sibling, the Walnut Room…
Denver-based Mad Greens is ready to conquer Fort Collins. On January 12, the company dropped $675,000 on a former Waffle House building at 616 South College Avenue, which will be its second location in that town. Mad Greens opened its first Fort Collins spot at 2120 East Harmony Road a…
Little Anita’s has slowed down its frenetic fast-food pace in two metro Denver locations, where it is now offering full-service, sit-down dining. “We have eleven restaurants in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and that’s how they do all of their restaurants down there,” says Mike Ponzio, Colorado general manager and part-owner of…
Roland Mesnier, a French-American pastry chef, spent a quarter of a century in the White House, baking cakes and tarts for everyone from the Queen of England to Chelsea Clinton. He got the presidential gig on the basis of his work with low-calorie, fruit-based desserts. Although Mesnier is now retired,…
Andy’s Asian Express opened on Monday, January 11, in a former Dairy Queen at South Federal and Iliff, across the street from Lincoln High School. “We did a lot of remodeling,” says owner Andy Shi. “Now we have an open kitchen, so you can see what we are doing.” One…
Clock Tower Grill, which opened at 9360 Station Street in Lone Tree in October, is no relation to Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret — instead, it’s a sibling to the Uptown Bar and Grill in Dallas, whose owners are hoping to recreate their Texas success in Colorado. “The word is getting out…
The third Ali Baba Grill, at 5380 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard in the Landmark project in Greenwood Village, finally opened today. For months, the owners of the popular spot in Golden and a sibling in Littleton had talked about getting their newest location open in December, then by the first of…
By spending just five more minutes on Facebook than you already waste there, you can donate to a good cause — and maybe snag some good tea in the process. To celebrate National Hot Tea month (which happens to be January), Celestial Seasonings created the PossibiliTEAS Facebook application, a quiz…
The Cache la Poudre River runs through downtown Fort Collins and right past the parking lot of the New Belgium Brewing Company — and the company plans to keep it that way. Last month, New Belgium gave a $40,000 grant to the Waterkeeper Alliance — a worldwide network of 192…
The holiday spirit is about giving — well, that and who has the best lights display. Tom O’Connor and Ed Soulsby, two Arvada men, have put both these concepts in action with their display of about 35,000 computer-controlled lights that sync to Christmas music aired on 106.3 FM. The light…
In 2008, Burma suffered the worst cyclone in the country’s history: 85,000 people died, and 54,000 people are still missing. Tonight, Edge Gallery, 3658 Navajo Street, is hosting a benefit for the Burmese orphans of Cyclone Nargis from 7 to 10 p.m. in conjunction with its new Children of the…
Jessie and Steve Liu will open the doors of their second sushi restaurant today: Hana Matsuri takes over the former home of Village Bistro at 2821 West 120th in Westminster. The Lius have owned Land of Sushi, at 2412 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial, for nine years — and that…
