Food & Drink

After a six-month battle to place its McCruelty statue — a giant maimed chicken — near the McDonald’s on the 16th Street Mall, a fight that involved plenty of legal squawking, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has given up on Denver. City officials should be lovin’ it. The…

Six weeks ago, Boulder’s Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street, closed its doors for a complete remodel of its space, undertaken in order to expand the dining room of the flagship and add two new restaurants to the family: Pizzeria Locale, featuring wood-fired Napolitano pizzas, and Caffè, a grab-and-go…

I am a simple woman. My heart can be won by various forms of carbohydrates, meat and fat, combined in excess and presented in one glorious dish. So it took just one look at the folded paper menu on my table at Euclid Hall to stir my interest. The restaurant,…

After falling in love with Euclid Hall, I decided it was time to return to Rioja: Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch’s first restaurant, the place where I sometimes take out-of-town guests but rarely go to otherwise. Still, this Larimer Square spot has been packed since the moment it opened six…

Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, the third restaurant within one block for partners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, who also own Rioja and Bistro Vendome, was one of the hottest openings of the summer. The crowds packed into the beautifully refurbished space that most recently held the grimy Martini Ranch…

Maybe it’s the change in seasons, or the fact that I live in an ancient bungalow with single-pane windows and a thermostat that doesn’t understand the concept of heat, but whatever the reason, I’ve been on a macaroni and cheese kick for the past two weeks, even guiltily breaking out…

Jimmy the Butcher isn’t used to performing for a large audience. “He spends most of his day bundled up in a sweatshirt and fourteen coats in the meat-processing room which, frankly, is how he likes it,” says Barbara Macfarlane, co-owner of Marczyk Fine Foods, where Jimmy “the Butcher” Cross works…

Until recently, Olmeca Altos, a 100 percent blue agave tequila from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, had only been available outside of the United States, but in July of this year, the double-distilled agave juice was introduced stateside — specifically in Chicago and Denver — and last night,…

Steele Platt is back in the Denver restaurant business. The 1982 graduate of the University of Denver opened several restaurants/clubs in the Tivoli — including Kahlua, EFEX and the Boiler Room — back in the ’80s, before the old brewery became the student union for the three colleges on the…

A couple of weeks ago, when I reviewed Big Bill’s New York Pizza, I also made a trip to Lil’ Ricci’s at 5332 DTC Boulevard, a link in the local chain of pizzerias where Bill Ficke got his start before opening his own Lil’ Ricci’s outpost, which eventually became Big…

Judging from the comments posted after Friday’s update on the neighborhood campaign against Mod Livin’, the mediation session Thursday night only heightened hostilities. Erick Roorda and Jill Warner — owners of Mod Livin’ and partners with Dylan Moore in Deluxe Burger, the retro restaurant that opened in a corner of…

Back in September, Satchel’s Market, a five-year-old market-cum-restaurant in North Park Hill, served its last dinner and shuttered after it was unable to overcome problems with the lease of its space. Owners Andrew Casalini and Jen Dactano wouldn’t be gone for long, though. They were already planning on opening Satchel’s…

Finding a good restaurant to take a date or meet a group of friends or plan a corporate dinner might be easy enough, but it’s another challenge entirely when you’re looking for a venue to accommodate a massive crowd. Especially if you want to do it the economical way –…