Solera Restaurant & Wine Bar, 5410 East Colfax Avenue, is hosting a wine tasting happy hour tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. in the bar, which is as good a place as any to sip from a half dozen (or more) different South African wines, for $15 per person. (And…
Chopsticks China Bistro, the excellent Chinese restaurant whose name is a complete misnomer, insomuch that there is nothing remotely bistro-ish about it, is closing its location at 2990 West Mississippi Avenue in mid-August, only to open a few days later in the former Bourbon Street Pizza space at 5117 South…
We’d timed our exit as skillfully as possible, Laura and I. The bill was paid, the plates cleared, and we were sitting at our table at Mel’s Bar and Grill almost silently, our heads down, making just enough uncomfortable small talk to dissuade anyone from coming over and starting a…
There’s a new farmers’ market in the heart of downtown Denver. Three months ago, the spot at 15th and California streets that’s now home to Tiri’s Garden and the Tiri’s Garden Farmers’ Market was an empty asphalt lot, a plot of well-positioned real estate that seemed destined to remain vacant…
Lunch: There are all sorts of terrific lunch deals throughout our fine city, but every day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the fine folks at Pollo Cabana, a great little Mexican joint at12131 East Iliff Avenue, dole out some of the best bargains around, including nine lunch specials for…
Sure, the plate could be Texas barbecue — if not for those french fries. It could be some fancy-pants dinner entrée — if not for that ugly tin cup in the corner (which, by the way, was filled with coarse-grain mustard). Yes, the above picture looks like it could be…
Today, amid the familiar tastes at Civic Center Eats, you’ll also find Karen Wee Lin Beckman and her Wee Bites Malaysian snack food. Beckman arrived in Denver via Australia, where she spent ten years, after being born and raised in Malaysia. “Of all the flavors I’ve tasted, I still think…
Starbucks is apparently feeling flush, or maybe they’re just trying to pass off their pastries to all those cynics (like me) who normally bypass the glass counter shelved with muffins, apple fritters, bagels, banana bread, oat bars and oatmeal cookies in favor of a good ‘ol cup of java. Either…
Yesterday afternoon, Denver’s best chefs rolled out the culinary red carpet and rubbed tongs with smitten admirers and other do-gooders who showed up in droves at Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, a charity event that benefits anti-hunger organizations in Colorado and across the nation. The celebration was chef-chaired…
Yup, you read that headline right. Nine75, the embattled hipster enclave and jumped-up comfort food joint inside the Beauvallon complex at 975 Lincoln Street, is finally throwing in the towel. Nine75 was already closed once, by original owner Jim Sullivan, then rescued and revived by the guys from the Jet…
Beginning at 6 p.m. tonight — and then every Monday night until you hear otherwise — TAG, Troy Guard’s new restaurant in Larimer Square at 1441 Larimer Street, will transform its lower level into “TAG-Underground,” a subterranean food hall, movie house and cocktail emporium geared toward industry types. But even…
Based on the picture above, you’re probably thinking, “This week’s Market Report is fruiter than Lloyd on Entourage.” And you would be absolutely correct!After a quick sweep of the Boulder Farmer’s Market, I found four fruits for sale, three of which I bought (the other being apricots). I figured I’d…
At last night’s Taste of the Nation event at Mile High Station, nine Colorado mixologists muddled, shook, stirred, poured, begged, stole and offered bribes to the throngs of charitable party-goers who voted with dollar bills and tokens to determine which mixologist had whipped up the top cocktail. The contenders –…
I recently got an e-mail from Chris asking one of the classic questions posed to restaurant writers in young food cities:”Westword always posts reviews of restaurants in the metro area, but have you ever done a review of late-night restaurants? I work nights and am usually up for some food…
It looks like the Rib Shack, 4736 East Colfax Avenue, which was reviewed last October in Our Weekly Bread, has gone under, replaced by something called Atomic Wings. Not that I should be surprised. This odd looking A-frame building – possibly a former Der Wienerschnitzel – has also been home…
Clifford Crunch Cascadian Farm Organic Rating: Two-and-a-half spoons out of four: Cereal description: Light-tan oat and barley bits formed into a variety of shapes; they resemble an arrowhead, a clover and a fish that could be mistaken for a Christian symbol by those who want to make eating a prayerful…
McDonald’s is celebrating the thirtieth birthday of the Happy Meal by bringing back a favorite Happy Meal toy: Ty Teenie Beanie Babies. The happy chain kicked off its four-week celebration this weekend in Minneapolis, which McDonald’s has named the “Happiest City for Families,” based on such “family-fun criteria” as the…
Yelp, a well-known website where opinionated voices discuss and review restaurants, bars and other local businesses, is kicking off Yelp Eats!, a seven-day dining celebration, which begins today and continues through Sunday, July 26 with fifteen metro area restaurants offering multi-course dinner menus for $25 per person, exclusive of tax…
Since I speak enough Spanish to get me nowhere fast, I have absolutely no idea what “gran control remoto” means, but I do know that “tacos gratis” means FREE TACOS. And I know that free tacos, whether from Taqueria Los Gallitos (2360 West Alameda Avenue) or some other taco joint…
What you might have missed this week while trying to guess where this pizza was from…Jason asked: what local chef would you like to see get his or her own television show?Is a restaurant screw-up worth a comped meal? Or, are Denver diners a bunch of over-pampered whiners?Check out this…
My meals at Buchi Cafe Cubano were awesome. And not only was the review a blast to write, for the first time in a long time I found myself at a restaurant where I actually wanted to eat every single thing on the menu. Twice.That just doesn’t happen that often. …
Westminster, while never exactly the center of the culinary universe, has been seeing a few interesting openings lately, and now there’s another to be added to the books: Mamma Mia Trattoria. Mamma Mia is scheduled for a July 21 opening at 9008 West 88th Avenue. As if you couldn’t tell…
