Food & Drink

After five years, the Spice Boys of the Rockies are closing up their “humble little spice boutique” at 301 West Eleventh Avenue and moving to an all-online shop at www.spiceboysrock.com. “As the first specialty spice and tea store in Denver, we were definitely challenged to create a product line especially…

The Jet Entertainment Group may be the busiest boys in chow business. They picked up Nine75 (975 Lincoln Street) right after Jim Sullivan closed it this fall, and reopened it in a matter of days. They’re finishing up a project at the Jet Hotel, at 1612 Wazee Street, to make…

Steuben’s, the bar/restaurant at 523 East 17th Avenue that opened at 11 a.m. yesterday, will stay open until 3 p.m. today — when its staff will take a well-deserved rest after 28 hours of continuous service. We stopped by shortly after 5 p.m. New Year’s Eve, for a celebration-cushioning green chile cheeseburger, the best…

I started the year at O’s in Westminster, sucking mango-vodka purée out of shells of frozen vanilla, eating matsutake mushrooms and razor-shaved snails and drinking champagne by the bottle. I started the year at Bar Americain in midtown Manhattan, checking in on Rebecca Weitzman (ex of Cafe Star and since…

Last month, Mark Tarbell told Jason Sheehan that he hoped to open Mark & Isabella, his new restaurant at 425 South Tellar in Belmar, by the end of this year. But we just got word that it won’t officially debut until 2009. Still, given the success of The Oven, this new…

Attivo Pizza & Subs 124 East Ninth Avenue 303-996-9956 Pancho Villa Turkey, avocado, jalapeno, lime, cilantro, Swiss cheese, mayo, lettuce, red onion, oil, vinegar, spices $7.95 The end of the year is a thoughtful time..a pensive time..a time to think about what we have accomplished and what we have not,…

My roots go deep in New Mexico, so I’m fairly well-versed when it comes to Native American cuisine, and Indian fry bread and Navajo tacos are a few of my very favorite treats. So I was thrilled to hear that a new, fast-casual Native American place was opening at 3536…

It’s that time of year again: time to look back over the last three-sixty-five. It’s been a good year, a long year, a strange year. From lunching in Manhattan to getting weird during the DNC to a magical meal at Beatrice & Woodsley (above) to the financial collapse, there’s been…

This past year, Frasca made plenty of buzz when the highly acclaimed restaurant that Jason Sheehan reviewed as Fantasy Land revealed that it would be moving from its home at 1738 Pearl Street in Boulder sometime in the future. But not, as it turns out, in the immediate future. Surprisingly, the number…

Under its original plans, Houston’s would be open by now. And according to the last published report, the restaurant would still open by February 2009. But Houston’s — part of the Hillstone Restaurant Group, which also owns the Cherry Creek Grill — will be moving into an entirely new building now under construction…

Just checked in with Leigh Sullivan to find out the status of TAG Restaurant, the long-anticipated spot that she and her husband, Troy Guard (TAG, get it?), are creating at 1441 Larimer Street. Back in August, Leigh and Troy were looking at a February 1 opening for the restaurant, which…

Los Cabos II promises “puro Peru,” and as Jason Sheehan found when he reviewed Los Cabos, it makes good on that promise. The restaurant at 1525 Champa Street that won our Best Central/South American Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2008 recently added another authentic dish to the lineup: Peruvian…

  Where once we thanked heaven for the chance to buy even 3.2 beer on a Sunday, grocery and convenience stores are no longer content to sell just that watered-down stuff — particularly since they face significant competition from liquor stores, which as of July 1, 2008, can now open on…

Many years ago, we spent long hours drinking slivovitz — a plum brandy — at the century-old bar at the Portulaca Cafe, a little dive at 321 East 45th Avenue in the heart of Globeville. Now we hear that the White Owl is roosting in the old Portulaca space, and is…

Good eyes from S.R., my new favorite deep-cover operative in the South Pearl ‘hood, who came back strong from the holidays with this little tidbit: “Just an FYI . . . there is a notice for application for a liquor license at The Chocolate Berry (1890 South Pearl Street, Denver)…

A couple weeks back, I looked into the bloody implosion of the Santa Fe Tequila Company’s two-outlet chain. And while talking with partner William Kennedy and getting the inside story on exactly how and why this concept had failed so spectacularly and so quickly, I also got from him a personal…

Following in the footsteps of such rival fast-food chains as Burger King, McDonald’s and Wendy’s, Sonic Drive-In is now offering twelve items for a dollar each on its new Everyday Value Menu. The deals are available all day long, and include the Jr. Deluxe Burger, Chicken Strip Sandwich, Jr. Fritos…

Don’t write off 2008 yet. You can still do good for others — and for this year’s tax return — by donating to Food Bank of the Rockies. Just a buck will buy four meals for the hungry — with 96 cents of every dollar going directly to the purchase of food, and just…

Mezcal, which helped pave the way for much of the redevelopment along this stretch when it opened at 3230 East Colfax Avenue five years ago, isn’t sitting still. Back in October, the restaurant applied for a “cabaret” addition to its liquor license, so that it could have live music on the premises…