We tasted a lot of house margaritas in preparation for our Best of Denver 2011 issue, and the marg at El Camino was hands down the Best House Margarita, as well as one of the most simple, true to the classic roots of this Mexican cocktail. At most American Mexican…
Until fairly recently, we were big fans of online dating websites, racing off to meet perfect strangers several nights a week, making new friends, making out a little, maybe even finding someone we’d like to date. It didn’t take long for us to become strategic about our rendezvous locations, developing…
Last week Cafe Society served up four regular Guess Where contests (as well as one tax-return special), featuring everything from a diet-busting plate of breakfast tacos to more eggs, this time deviled, to an unexpected pear and goat cheese salad at a pizza place. For correctly identifying it as coming…
Because Encore, which pours the town’s Best Martini, went on spring break the week it won that Best of Denver 2011 award, Laura Shunk served up four more of the town’s best martinis. Which prompted this response from eldaveablo: No love for Herb’s Hideout? Love the martinis there. It’s been…
Jax Fish House will present the Renegade Genius Wine Dinner at 7:30 p.m. tonight, when Abe Schoener will join forces with chef Sheila Lucero for a three-course wine dinner with six selections from the Scholium Project. Tickets are $65 each; call 303-292-5767 or go to www.jaxfishhousedenver.com. For information on dozens…
“I have heard,” writes Noel Cunningham, “that I have the best French toast in town. I’m not sure if you knew that or not, but that’s the word.” Cunningham, the chef/owner of Strings, will put his money where his mouth is tomorrow morning, when he offers free French toast to…
I had every intention of starting the morning off healthy — with Greek yogurt and a jog around the park — but then a trio of soft corn tacos, studded with chorizo, scrambled eggs, avocado, cheese and a duo of salsas, swayed me in a different direction. Can you guess…
Happy Place: Forest Room 5, 2532 Fifteenth Street, 303-433-7001 The Hours: Monday through Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $2-3 beer; $5 wine and sangria; $5-6 specialty cocktails; $5-8 appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Craft brewers and craft beer fans have a particular fondness for April’s Fool Day. Here are some of the good jokes we’ve seen so far. From CraftCans.com When [Oskar Blues’s] newest offering, Twen Teny Triple Imperial Stout, hits shelves it will be far and away the strongest canned beer in…
Four years ago, Susan Feniger, Food Network personality, star chef, restaurateur, a leading authority on Latin cuisine and proponent of street food, was in Denver bumping around downtown during the Parade of Lights, when the scent of sausages lured her to Biker Jim’s hot dog cart on the 16th Street…
Oh. My. God. We just heard that Tyler Wiard (Elway’s Cherry Creek), Elise Wiggins (Panzano) and Jennifer Jasinski (Rioja, Bistro Vendome and Euclid Hall) are joining forces with a national “roast beef” sandwich chain to create a new sandwich that’ll be called “The Big TyWigSki.” “I’m looking forward to working…
Kelly Floyd has been dreaming for seven years about opening a brewery. Today, she will unveil her dream, the Arvada Beer Company, and show off the work that has been done inside the building in Olde Town Arvada where she will open in June. “I love the beer industry. It’s…
When Laura Rice and Top Chef Season 5 winner Hosea Rosenberg started hawking sexed up versions of global street food last year from their tricked-out Airstream trailer in Boulder , they had plans to take their concept national. “Street food is the next fastcasual,” Rice told us at the time…
Last summer, Denver’s Sean Kenyon was named Bartender of the Year by Domaine de Canton after he bested a handful of his peers from across the country in the final competition in St. Maarten — and he took home a $10,000 check for his work, too. This year, Noah Heaney…
Five restaurants opened in one week this past month — was that a record? Here’s our roster of all the restaurant openings and closings in March:…
Every year, our picks in the Food & Drink section of the Best of Denver inspire heated debate — delayed by a day this year, because of a glitch in our comments function. But that seems to be working now, so let the online arguments begin! We’ll start them off…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Morton’s, at 1717 Wynkoop Street, will holding a Colorado Rockies Opening Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. that will feature bar bites, beer and cocktails starting at just $2. For more info, call 303-825-3353 or go to www.mortons.com. Randolph’s, at 1776 Grant Street, will offer $4 bratwursts and…
What may very well be the greatest of all American burger chains is coming to Denver. Well, not Denver, exactly, but close enough. And, no, it’s not In-N-Out, although that, too, will come to Denver at some point in our lifetime. But not yet. Instead, we’re getting a Steak ‘n…
We’ve been eying the green-tiled space outfitted with ten or so self-serve yogurt machines that flanks the walking bridge on Platte Street for a while, wondering when the place would start serving frozen treats. Yesterday, we noticed a new development: a sign. And we also got word that Yogurt Time…
He hadn’t actually lost, Mike Isabella explained after the judges named Richard Blais the winner of Top Chef All-Stars. It was just that they had inexplicably withheld the title from him. You really have to admire the man’s cockiness, but nonetheless I’ve come to dislike his bragging and swaggering, his…
Ale House at Amato’s, the latest venture from the Breckenridge Brewing Company, opened at 11 a.m. today with a gorgeous view of the Platte Valley, the Denver skyline and the Rocky Mountains. The highly anticipated LoHi-area beer bar and restaurant is located in the former Amato’s statuary store, at the…
