Saul Sierra was a nineteen-year-old high-school drop-out and dishwasher when he opened the first Mi Cocina in northwest Denver. Three years later, he sold that location and opened Mi Cocina Mexican Restaurant in Littleton; he added Mi Cocina Express in 2007. And last March, 25 years after Sierra registered Mi…
The ink was barely dry on Carmelo Anthony’s $65 million deal to play for the New York Knicks when NYC’s iconic Carnegie Deli added a sky-high sandwich devoted to Melo to its menu. “We put bacon on there, because we hope that Melo will bring the bacon back to New…
The locavore movement is all about enjoying local produce at the peak of freshness — and tonight, you can get a taste of this growing movement at the City of Aurora’s Rocky Mountain Locavore Wine Dinner. On the menu: stir-fried quinoa with Chinese sausage, braised winter greens, pork green chile…
Sitting in the shadow of the Pepsi Center, Brauns Bar and Grill has been a prime hangout for Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets fans since it opened in 2002. But when the seasons are over, things can get a little quiet over there, which is why owner Troy Johnston and…
Want to feel like a big fish in a little pond? Grab a seat at one of the two (!) bars at Ocean Prime, which docked last month in a prime piece of real estate, right on the corner of Larimer Square. The downstairs bar alone is several times the…
Here’s a quick way to earn free food: watch a 90 second ad for NBC’s America’s Next Great Restaurant on Facebook, and get a coupon for a buy-one-get-one burrito at Chipotle…
While Boulder is experiencing an explosion of wood-fired pizzerias — Pizzeria da Lupo and Pizzeria Locale opened within a few weeks of each other, in December and January — Kelly Whitaker was here first. He’s been hawking Napolitano-style pies, with a focus on seasonal toppings, at Pizzeria Basta in the…
“Antonia,” crooned Paula Deen after last night’s Quickfire Challenge on Top Chef (which, naturally, required deep frying), “you won.” Antonia wept. Somehow in all the fuss and hurry, she’d neglected to make the requisite two plates for the judges — she’d made only one — and that technicality lost her…
HUSH founder Phil Armstrong, Denver’s duke of underground dining and restaurateur (he’s partnering with Arugula chef/owner Alex Schuler to open Tangerine in Boulder), is moving ahead with plans to introduce pop-up restaurants to Front Range foodniks — and the first of those pop-up parties will take place on Saturday, March…
Up until 2008, Jim Adams’ career followed a logical path: TV reporter, PR director, head of marketing for hometown burrito empire Chipotle. But after he quit his job overseeing witty billboards featuring foil-wrapped behemoths, his career took a sharp turn. “Now I make dog food,” Adams says. Raw dog food…
When the Colorado Press Association was in town for its annual convention this past weekend, Visit Denver, the convention and visitors’ bureau, took advantage of the concentration of journalists to host a cocktail party featuring Colorado beer, Colorado wine and Colorado spirits. And while press folk have the reputation of…
The food choices are limited to nachos, all things fried, burgers, popcorn and hot dogs, and the liquor choices aren’t much better, as evidenced by the plastic cups of Bud Light, but when you want to to get your game on, chugging liquid nothingness keeps you sober enough to stand…
Geoffrey Groditski The Fort 19192 Highway 8, Morrison 303-697-4771 www.thefort.com This is part one of my interview with Geoffrey Groditski, executive chef of The Fort. In part one of that interview, Groditski raps on his $40,000 mistake, raw bull’s balls and how pine nuts make him puke. Favorite restaurant in…
I’ve been in a carnivorous mood, so after eating my fill of Louisiana-style ‘cue at Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q and trying the suburban outpost of Yazoo, which takes its inspiration from Memphis, I headed to Five Points to visit a barbecue legend in this city: M & D’s Cafe…
Food truckery exploded in Denver in 2010; every week it seemed like there was a new mobile kitchen rolling through town. That’s why we added Best Food Truck to our readers’ poll for this year’s Best of Denver awards, along with Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date and Best Cupcake…
While comments continue to fly over Rush Limbaugh’s response to Michelle Obama’s visit to Vail and Amber Taufen’s open letter to militant vegans (148 comments and counting), some readers are fed up with controversy. If you can’t stand the heat, get back in the kitchen. That’s what Scubasteve did, getting…
The annual Red Wine and Seafood benefit for Volunteers of America has a Cajun-inspired flavor this year. The Oxford Hotel, 1600 17th Street, will again host the event, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m. and includes food, dancing, a silent auction and more. Admission is $75 and reservations are…
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…
It’s full speed ahead for Leonard Cordova and Bubba Chinos. The restaurateur has four or five more locations in the pipeline for spring, and two new stores just opened today. One is at 88th and York in Thornton. The other is in the University Hill food court in Boulder, a…
In 2000, brothers Abe and Pierre Dagher closed Cedars, a Lebanese joint on Federal Boulevard they’d owned for fourteen years, and went their separate ways, exiting the restaurant industry for other trades. But now they’re back together — and back in the business: In mid-January, they opened Shawarma Mediterranean Grill…
With three outposts in the metro area (555 Broadway, 2390 South Colorado Boulevard and 5535 Wadsworth Boulevard in Arvada), it’s no surprise that Kokoro has become a go-to lunch and dinner destination for people craving a quick Japanese-style meal. (The South Colorado Boulevard and Arvada locations even have drive-thru facilities.)…
There’s a new suburban sushi pit stop in town that’s all of a month old, but judging from the full house over the weekend, it’s already generated a loyal following of revelers starving for sustenance that doesn’t end in “burger” or “Grill.” Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
