Tonight: Jack Daniels and tequila dinners at Big Game and Zolo

Big Game Restaurant & Lounge, 1631 Wazee Street, is giving some love to Jack Daniels at 6:30 p.m. tonight with the “You Don’t Know Jack…The Way We Know Jack” dinner, three courses plus an amuse paired with Jack Daniels cocktails. Attendees will taste a Jack mint julep, a Manhattan and…

Shopping for a neighborhood restaurant? Try Satchel’s Market

On a balmy summer night, Andrew Casalini is standing outside the vibrant, creamsicle-colored building that houses Satchel’s Market, chatting with a north Park Hill neighbor out walking his dog. From the sidewalk, the restaurant looks quiet. But inside, a loud mix of ’80s hits from the Smiths and Depeche Mode…

Hawaiian Sun Margarita at the Flagstaff House

I lived in New York City after college and longed for the day I could go to one of the many expensive restaurants I read about in New York magazine — but I was barely able to pay my rent, much less splurge on an expensive meal. That, of course,…

Drink up! Steuben’s adds a mid-day happy hour to the mix

Because there’s no such thing as too many happy hours, Steuben’s, unequivocally one of the happiest hangouts in Denver, is tossing four hours of mid-day happy times into its daily mix. The retro diner already hosts a happy hour every night between 10 p.m. and close that features a burger…

Hush Denver is kind to vegetarians

Full disclosure: Although I get invited frequently, I rarely attend special dinners or food tours of any kind — and, yes, it’s because I’m a vegetarian. It’s not, however, because I’m afraid I’ll accidentally ingest meat. It’s because I think it’s an insult to the chef to leave perfectly good…

Guess where I’m eating?

See that plate in the above pic? That speaks summer to me, with its heap of frisee, quivering egg that spills yolk the hue of a newly painted school bus, bacon and shaved asparagus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

Top five products we’d put in Boulder’s vending machines

Lazy Pennsylvanians can now grab a bottle of their favorite vino out of a vending machine, right after scoring some Rolos and Gardettos. With the recent introduction of wine to some vending machines in that state, the alcoholic beverage joins the elite ranks of Funyuns, Nibs, temporary tattoos, Homies and…

Ed Novak sells the Broker after almost four decades

It’s been almost forty years since Ed Novak opened the Broker Restaurant, at 821 17th Street, which has been serving up complimentary bowls of peel-and-eat shrimp to crowds for generations. The restaurant is still a mainstay for its unique dining room — it’s located in the basement of a former…

Today: Bastille Day deals across the metro area

Ah, Bastille Day — the annual French commemoration of the 1790 Fête de la Fédération. And because we Americans love any reason to indulge in excess, why not celebrate Bastille Day right here in Denver? Some Bastille Day fun:…

All vegetarian Sprout House plants roots at 17th and Lincoln

Another day, another mobile food cart hits the streets of Denver. The Sprout House, the vegan/vegetarian brainchild of 24-year-old Trevor Smith, launched today on the northeast corner of 17th and Lincoln Streets. Smith, who says he’s held “just about every imaginable restaurant position” possible, graduated last year with a business…

Sweet Action Ice Cream is getting some sweet action at local restaurants

Sweet Action ice cream has been quietly expanding distribution recently at local markets, restaurants and coffee shops. Last fall, Marcyzk’s began carrying pints, and at Tony’s Market, at 950 Broadway, there are no less than thirteen different flavors — including baklava! chocolate cinnamon! salted butterscotch! — of Sweet Action lining…

Tacos Borrachos debuts at Civic Center Eats

They can be drunk, just not fucking drunk. Pinche Tacos introduced its “hermano menor,” Tacos Borrachos, to the growing fleet of carts today at Civic Center Eats. The new cart features all the same items — a rotating menu of gourmet Mexican street tacos, as well as the same, by…

No omakase, but Sushi Sasa server delivers great off-the-menu dish

I wanted to pout last night when my server at Sushi Sasa, 2401 15th Street, told me omakase, the chef’s tasting menu, was unavailable. His excuse: the chef is currently in Japan, and apparently no one else can make those selections. Sensing my disappointment, he quickly suggested waiter-kase, promising to…

Five wines that say “viva la vin” this Bastille Day

Every July 14, Frenchmen and francophiles alike revel in Bastille Day celebrations around the world. They’re all fêteing that historic day in 1789 when French liberal political groups staged an infamous uprising against Louis XVI and the French monarchy at the Bastille prison in Paris. To you, this may seem…

Elk Mountain Brewing opens in Parker

With a bar made from beetle-kill pine and a beer list that specializes in German styles, Elk Mountain Brewing became Colorado’s newest microbrewery on July 1 when it opened at 18921 Plaza Drive, Unit 104, in an industrial part of Parker. The brewery and tasting room – complete with a…