Deluxe Burger sets a new opening date

Deluxe Burger, the spot at 5325 East Colfax Avenue that’s a joint venture between Dylan Moore (Delite, Deluxe) and the owners of Mod Livin’ next door, blew past its February 14 opening, and didn’t open last week, either. But the beginning is in sight, according to a new post on…

Tonight: Nihilist Imperial Stout at Vine Street Pub

Stout Month at Mountain Sun and Southern Sun brewpubs up in Boulder is always a fabulous time — and sometimes those of us residing to the southeast of the People’s Republic can feel kinda left out. Well, since Vine Street Pub opened, there’s no need to feel slighted, especially because…

Tonight: Prepare for the Sour Fest at Avery Tap Room

The monthly meeting of the Society for the Pursuit of Hoppiness will convene at 6 p.m. this evening at the Avery Tap Room, 5763 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder. The members will be gearing up for the inaugural Boulder Sour Fest, which will take place this Saturday and sold out weeks…

Blue Ice Martini Lounge warms up to South American cuisine

Blue Ice Martini Lounge just hired a new executive chef — and with the hire, got a new feature: South American food. “We do food from Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Colombia,” says chef Jose Santiago. “We have comfort food, and every weekend we are going to try to do a dish…

Strange Sauce: The week in national food news

We hope you’ve already eaten lunch, because you won’t be hungry after this: Seems that California’s Olivera Egg Farm is facing six violations for permit violations stemming from local complaints about their reported daily pumping of chicken excrement into a 16.5 acre pond near the facility. The waste of more…

Guess where I’m eating?

“The kitchen closes in five minutes,” warned the bartender, glancing anxiously at the clock. I quickly scanned the long menu before ordering a pair of fish tacos and the piquant shrimp cocktail paired with cold chips that had obviously been made long, long before they landed on my plate. But…

Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs handing out Twinkies this weekend

Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs will celebrate its fourth anniversary at 3535 East Colfax Avenue by giving customers the presents — free Hostess Twinkies and Cupcakes all weekend (or until the supply runs out). Steve’s also hands out Twinkies and ice cream on birthdays and anniversaries — and if you sign up…

Real Mexican restaurant replacing Taco Bell

The traffic jam that resulted from Barack Obama’s visit to Denver yesterday proved a good time to check out developments along Santa Fe Boulevard — including the fact that the former Taco Bell at 14th Avenue is going to become a real Mexican restaurant. Although it looks like the “coming…

Dim sum survives Alameda Square renovation

For many, many months, things have looked dim for the two dim sum institutions at Alameda Square. Endless construction has made it difficult to even see that Super Star Asian and King’s Land Seafood Restaurant are still open, and if you could manage the turn off Alameda, you still needed…

Dave Query and Jason Sheehan, so Happy together

Monday was a happy day at Happy, the noodle house at 835 Walnut Street in Boulder that Dave Query’s Big Red F group opened a year ago as Happy Noodle House. Over the months, Query and company have made a number of adjustments at the restaurant — starting but not…

Tonight: Delightful Dishes and Dreamy Getaways Auction

Bid on mountain retreats, city escapes, spa treatments, a five-day stay in Hawaii, trips to Arizona or Beverly Hills, basketball shoes, a 2010 Road King Classic Touring Motorcycle from Harley Davidson and more while you munch on samples from twenty food stations at tonight’s Delightful Dishes and Dreamy Getaways auction…

Tonight: Celebrate the release of four Great Divide brews

If you’re looking for an excuse to party, you could hardly find a better one than tonight’s official release of Great Divide Brewing Company’s 2010 brews: Hoss Rye Lager, Claymore Scotch Ale, Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout and Colette Farmhouse Ale…

Crimson and Gold goes for a liquor license tomorrow

Aroma Cafe lasted less than a year at 2017 South University Boulevard — but the brothers who’ve taken over the space have a restaurant record that stretches back more than twenty years. Kevin and Craig Caldwell, the partners behind Brooklyn’s (both the original and the one by the Pepsi Center),…

Guess where I’m eating?

No, these aren’t strips of cactus from Rosa Linda’s vegetarian menu for Lent. They’re slices of green chile, flash-fried and served hot. Very, very hot. Can you guess where I’m eating?…

The five worst things found in a fast-food order

Ordering a fish sammich from a place that specializes in fresh-pressed, flame-broiled moo meat might not be the smartest choice, but you still shouldn’t need a painkiller to make your meal go down easy. But that’s what a customer discovered in his fish sandwich at a Burger King in Jacksonville,…

Up Close: Panzano

In this week’s Westword, Lori Midson writes about the unveiling of Panzano’s delicious new digs and executive chef Elise Wiggins’s own evolution. See photos by Mark Manger on the slideshow page…