There is no shortage of hop bombs when it comes to Colorado beers. Whether it’s Oskar Blues G’Knight, Dry Dock Double IPA, Odell Myrcenary, Great Divide Hercules, Avery Maharaja, or Ska Modus Hoperendi, hop heads can get their fill of beers brewed with huge quantites of that magical, sweetly bitter…
Feeling a little woozy from celebrating Cinco de Mayo? Perhaps you’d like to continue your Mexican-themed festivities and cure your hangover in a traditional way: sucking down a michelada…
The Colorado House gave light beer lovers a Cinco de Mayo present yesterday, passing Senate Bill 60 — which would allow bars and restaurants to sell any beer, no matter how light — on a second reading. And now word has come in that SB 60 just passed the full…
We’ve got all the ongoing coverage and scoop of the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race in Denver this weekend, but just a very quick update to yesterday’s post about truck locations: The Korilla BBQ Truck, hailing from New York, will be parked in front of Steuben’s on Saturday…
After giving up on having a late lunch in the dining room, thanks to a cranky server with no concept whatsoever of service, we still managed to enjoy a bowl of gumbo and a few beers at the bar, overseen by an affable tender that bought our first round. Can…
The gourmet food trucks competing in the Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, which, as you already know, is all the buzz in Denver right now, are finally in the Mile High City, cruising the asphalt, frantically running around getting product, taking over commissary kitchens — The inventing Room’s…
Denver has a lot of great burger joints (see our Five Best Burgers list here), but one iconic chain remains elusive. And just a photo of its burgers was enough to get readers salivating — and Steveo65 fuming: There should be a law against posting pictures of In-N-Out when the…
Sweet! Dana Cain’s fourth annual Colorado Chocolate Festival lands at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, this weekend. As usual, it will feature vendors, competition, pairings, competitions and much, much more. Admission to the festival, which runs from 4 to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 6…
You can tell summer is approaching not just because the air is warmer, but menus around town are heating up, introducing lighter dishes that feature seasonal produce. Some of those board changes look particularly delicious. Here are five that caught our eye:…
After I ate at Silla for this week’s review — and before I discovered the bibim naeng myun at Sae Jong Kwan — I decided to try Grandma’s Korean BBQ, a popular spot that had relocated from Sixth Avenue to 11650 Montview Boulevard in Aurora after Song Park, the woman…
Inspired by how the nearby Atomic Cowboy added Fat Sully’s and Denver Biscuit Company to its amenities, David Senger decided to put an authentic taco shop inside his bar, 3014. And Odelay Tacos will make its debut at 4 p.m. today, just in time for Cinco de Mayo. The menu…
Because, you know, we don’t already have enough eatertainment in Denver this weekend to satiate our hunger pains, what with The Great Food Truck Race motoring into the Mile High metropolis and gazillions of Cinco de Mayo celebrations, now comes word that past contestants from Bravo’s Top Chef are making…
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, the family-owned, homegrown Tacos y Salsas chain has opened its most colorful location — in downtown Denver, in the former home of Cilantro Fusion at 1531 Stout Street. This Tacos y Salsas offers the same wide array of tacos, as well as a…
“We’ve only got four orders left, so if you want one, get it now,” said the chef of this neighborhood gathering place that clearly knows when a chicken flies right. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
Just a quick update to this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race celebrations in Denver, which we’ve been covering extensively on the Cafe Society blog: Cafe con Leche, the Cuban food truck from Van Nuys, California, will be camped outside Great Divide Brewery, 2201 Arapahoe, on Sunday, from 3 to…
A sign on the Garden Spot Cafe at 3163 Larimer Street indicates that the restaurant has shut its doors and will be put up for auction on May 18 at 10 a.m. The City and County of Denver seized the place due to unpaid taxes. The building itself will not…
Jackie Cuyler, who’s been a server at Jax Fish House in Boulder for nine years, was at a park with her kids a few years ago when an ice cream truck stopped by. “It was all junk,” she remembers. Soon after, when she was in Brooklyn, she noticed an ice…
The big story on the streets of Denver is this weekend’s The Great Food Truck Race, the Food Network hit of the season, hosted by Tyler Florence, that struts the street-food prowess of numerous gourmet food trucks, all of which are making their way across the American landscape, stopping in…
The news that Corona Light qualifies as heavy-enough to be sold in Colorado bars and restaurants — just in time for Cinco de Mayo! — inspired this from mtnrunner2: Bless you, o omnipotent state government, for permitting us do something we should have been able to do all along without…
Although Cinco de Mayo celebrations started last weekend, the party begins in earnest today. Among the festivities on tap for tonight: Vine Street Pub had to reschedule its Smokin’ Hot Anniversary Party because of bad weather, and it will kick off today — rain or shine — at 4:20 p.m…
Bombay Bowl, a fast-casual curry joint that got its start in Centennial in 2009, just opened a second store this week in the mini-mall at 575 Lincoln Street that already houses Jamba Juice, Sonoda’s, Il Vicino, Chipotle and Noodles & Company. “We wanted to try our concept in a more…
Bars and restaurants across town will celebrate Cinco de Mayo tomorrow — but you’ll have to go pretty far to beat the celebration planned at Lola. For the third annual “Picnic of the Pig: A Roast to Spring,” which runs from 5 to 11 p.m. on May 5, Lola chefs…
