On the first big snow day, restaurants and bars offer a flurry of cold-weather specials. But it’s hard to beat the standing deal at McCormick’s Fish House & Bar, the cozy spot tucked into the Oxford Hotel at 17th and Wazee streets. Whenever it’s snowing, this McCormick’s offers Irish coffee…
901 Silver Tequila, the ultra premium tequila brand that just launched this year, has sealed a multi-year deal with Live Nation that makes it the official tequila sponsor at Live Nation venues across the country. It’s Live Nation’s first spirits sponsorship on a national level. “We are thrilled to be…
Time is running out to help TAG Restaurant fight world hunger while also enjoying a tasty bite. Throughout October, TAG, located at 1441 Larimer Street, has been donating a portion of its sales to the “Fill the Cup” campaign, an effort by the Friends of the World Food Program to…
“It’s interesting how my hands are in everything now,” muses Chad Clevenger, the chef-owner of Mel’s Bar and Grill, the Greenwood Village restaurant that Mel and Janie Master opened two years ago and then sold to Clevenger, a Florida native, last year. “Before this restaurant, I could have cared less…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. This is the…
Westword staffers who grew up in the northern ‘burbs are great fans of Great Scotts Eatery, the red-and-white-striped, ’50s-style diner at 7510 Highway 287 in Broomfield. They speak fondly of the burgers, the fries, the shakes. And today, Great Scotts was supposed to be serving up its good food for…
Fuhgeddabout vampires and zombies — mobsters are really scary, and they really exist. Parisi, 4401 Tennyson Street, is celebrating the season Godfather-style with tonight’s Halloween Community Table. Dress in your best mob gear and enjoy an array of traditional East Coast Italian-American fare. The meal is $30; call 303-561-0234 and…
The first dish I tried at Chile Verde was the fish ceviche. It arrived in a plain white bowl set on a saucer, with an honor guard of Saltine crackers in their little plastic envelopes – the traditional Mexican accompaniment. And one bite told me nearly everything I needed to…
As I reported earlier today, Jax-Boulder chef Hosea Rosenberg is the official grand marshal at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s 2009 homecoming on Friday, October 30. And one of the perks (if you can call it that) of living in the residence halls, at least on Friday, is that…
Don’t have any plans for Halloween night? How about partying while getting your eat and drink on at the same time? Interstate Kitchen and Bar is hosting a “Haunted Highway” Halloween party on Saturday from 9 p.m. until close with unlimited food and premium well drinks for $30 per person…
Looks like plans are moving fast for the new Den Deli and Sushi Market, which is going into 1501 South Pearl Street — conveniently located between Sushi Den ( 1487 South Pearl) and Izakaya Den (1518 South Pearl). Brothers Toshi and Yazu Kizaki are hosting a job fair for their…
After two owners, two locations — first at 1555 Champa Street, then at 1543 Champa, in the circa 1889 Odd Fellows Hall (right) — and one Best of Denver award, Emily’s Gourmet-to-Go is finally a no-go. Chef/owner Victor Miller, whose soups had snagged the Best Soup award in the Best…
Okay, so Jax-Boulder superchef Hosea Rosenberg wins Top Chef: New York and, along with the top title, gets $100,000 to blow on opening a new restaurant. Except he hasn’t opened a new restaurant. In fact, as I reported in this space last month, Rosenberg is taking a sabbatical from Jax,…
Leigh Jones, the woman behind Jonesy’s EatBar and the Horseshoe Lounge (with partner Margaret Moore), was also the co-owner and designer of the Dish, B-52 Billiards, Brasserie Rouge, Atomic Cowboy and Buffalo Billiards in Nashville and Austin. But she really came into her own with the eponymous Jonesy’s, Denver’s first…
Pop quiz, hotshot. You’ve got the wealth of Bill (or at least Antonio) Gates, but you live in a neighborhood that doesn’t wall-out or otherwise secure your house from casual trick-or-treating. You love Halloween, and you want your house to be legendary. You don’t want to go crazy here–no Oprah-style…
Life is about to get a whole lot sweeter for sugar fiends. That’s because Bravo, the network that airs Top Chef and Top Chef Masters (which got the green light for a second season), has just added the icing on the cake: a new show titled Top Chef: Just Desserts,…
Colorado-grown band OneRepublic is in Denver for their concert at Magness Arena, but before they take the stage tonight, they’ll be volunteering at the Food Bank of the Rockies. The band, responsible for popular tracks Apologize and All the Right Moves, will be packing boxes and sorting food alongside staff…
I know, it’s usually Lori who puts up the snaps of hole-in-the-wall Mexican joints. But every once in a while, I find one that’s just too good to let go without some small observation. In this case, it’s about the chips and salsa. The free chips and not-quite-salsas that appear…
Yan de Yang, the owner of Chopsticks & sushi at 1630 Welton Street, is now behind bars — not the burners.He’s being held without bail on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Lloyd Running Bear II, who was slain at the restaurant last Thursday. According…
When I have time in the kitchen, I make notes of things to remember. I’ll scribble in a little yellow book and then later try to decipher the language of the Sharpie. If I’d had time tonight to even reach for my notebook, that time would have been better used…
Celebrate a one-year-old’s birthday with drinking and debauchery! The Tavern Wash Park turns one today, and is offering $1 Shock Top Belgian white beers and a complimentary buffet — which will include the Tavern’s always-popular Kobe beef sliders — plus chances to win a gift card good at any Tavern…
Last week, we posted a list of Denver’s ten best Italian restaurants — in our (meaning my) not so humble opinion. This was followed almost immediately by a ruckus in the comments section over who, exactly, got to decide what “best” meant (again, me) and what qualified, say, Cafe Jordano…
