A new Lucile’s recently opened at 999 East Evans Avenue — which is good news for anyone who’s ever waited, and waited, in line for brunch at the Lucile’s that opened at 275 South Logan in 2005, or any of the other outposts, including the original in Boulder.  Says Ben:…

After a proposal to establish spots where people could consume marijuana was pulled out of consideration last year, activists went back to the drawing board. And now Denver NORML has submitted a draft of the Responsible Use Initiative that would “legalize venues known as ‘Private Marijuana Social Clubs’ and establish a…

A new restaurant from a familiar name opened at the end of 2015 in Park Hill. Desmond is the creation of chef Sean Kelly, who Gretchen Kurtz talked to this week about the last thirty years of the Denver dining scene and running a restaurant in his own neighborhood. Mark…

On Tuesday, a Denver City Council committee approved a contract for a joint venture between Denver’s Consumer Concept Group, owners of the Smashburger chain and Tom’s Urban Diner; Tivoli Brewing and Michigan’s Midfield Concession Enterprises, which runs 45 outlets in nine airports across the country (but none in Denver); the…

Remember the uproar when Gabor’s closed four years ago? The beloved watering hole at 1233 East 13th Avenue had been purchased by the owner of the Providence Tavern in Edgewater, who was going to turn the space into a Capitol Hill companion of his Edgewater bar. Regulars loudly lamented the…

February was a tumultuous month for established Denver restaurants, with name changes, rebrandings, moves and closures both temporary and permanent. We lost longtime favorites in Jus Cookin’s Restaurant, DaLat Vietnamese Cuisine and the Trinity Grille downtown. Meanwhile, quaint Cherry Creek cafe So Perfect Eats went on an extended hiatus while…

Yesterday Mark Antonation offered a tale of two tacos, comparing a pair of taco joints in the 1000 block of Broadway: the modest Quijote’s and Torchy’s, an Austin-based import that has many fans and was a hot-hot spot when it opened earlier this year. But some Denver diners feel burned…

The sixth location of Lucile’s Creole Cafe, a Southern-comfort institution that got its start in Boulder almost forty years ago, just opened at 999 East Evans Avenue. Since this was the first time the Richards family that owns Lucile’s had taken over a non-restaurant space — most recently, the stand-alone…

We’re about to post our Restaurant Roll Call for February, a compendium of all the openings and closings in the metro area over the past month. And while several spots opened, there were also some notable places that threw in the kitchen towel, including the Slotted Spoon, the fast-casual meatball…

The weather’s beautiful, and people all over Denver will be in the parks and on patios today. But what about their pets? While several restaurants — including Racines — have dog-friendly patios, some of town’s most pooch-oriented places have closed over the past year, including the Barker Lounge, which shuttered…