One of the unfortunate consequences of continued rising real estate prices in this town is that our beloved neighborhood dives are under threat: Unable to compete with the trendier cocktail lairs and breweries going in around them, many are simply drying up. Occasionally, though, these bars get new life, when…
The beer is the thing at Colorado’s four hundred or so breweries, but if you like presentation as well — and most of us do — then you’re going to appreciate the extra mile that some breweries go to make their suds look good. From custom-built metal taster trays in…
There’s plenty to do over the 2018 Presidents’ Day weekend in Denver.
This morning, the James Beard Foundation released its 2018 list of James Beard Award semi-finalists, an annual occurrence that always has us excited and proud of Colorado’s restaurant scene — at least until the winners are announced (which will be on May 7 in Chicago this year) and we’re blanked…
You don’t have to cross the Continental Divide to visit Colorado’s 2018 Winery of the Year; Creekside Cellars, at 28036 Bear Creek Road in Evergreen, is just a half hour from metro Denver. Awarded the distinction by the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), the cozy winery on Evergreen’s…
The Newman family promised to keep things business as usual when they bought My Brother’s Bar.
This is the final installment of our three-part Beermuda Triangle series, which explores the Beer Depot, Tennyson’s Tap and the Berkeley Inn, three bars at the corner of West 38th Avenue and Tennyson Street that are as easy to get lost in as the mysterious waters of the Atlantic Ocean…
The owners of Denver Beer Co are planning to “create a bridge, rather than a wall” with their latest concept, a craft-beer bar serving ten Mexican-style beers and collaborations with Mexican breweries. Cerveceria Colorado, at 1635 Platte Street, will be located next door to Denver Beer Co in the space that…
It’s Valentine’s Day, and there is nothing more romantic that two souls finding each other and working together to create something bigger than the sum its parts — and by “something,” I mean…beer! The fifth annual Collaboration Fest takes place on March 31 at the Hyatt Regency downtown, when breweries…
While the original restaurant is going strong, the takeout locations that opened over the last few years are all closed.
Colorado seems like the perfect place to make alcoholic beverages; just look at the proliferation of breweries and distilleries around the state, and the growing number of wine and cider makers. So what if your drink of choice is sake? That shouldn’t make too much of a difference when it…
Eating out with little kids can be tough — on both parents and other diners. While older kids tend to have dining out down pat, a restaurant trip with the younger set can prove a challenge. But what if there was a place you could bring your child where you can enjoy…
Two Denver restaurants are expanding in different direction to accommodate customer demand and show off some kitchen favorites. The Kitchen Table is adding lunch hours, while Stowaway Kitchen is taking on dinner three nights a week. The Kitchen Table has been a favorite since 2013 for Midwesterners and others seeking…
Almost every brewery in Colorado makes an IPA, but that doesn’t mean every brewery makes a great IPA. Only a few of them brew IPAs that truly stand out, or stand above the rest. While much of that judgement is subjective, some of it is bolstered by numbers. Beer Advocate,…
Bacon has yet to experience its biggest moment in metro Denver. Bacon Social House, which opened at 2434 West 44th Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood in 2015, will expand this year with a new location in Littleton, according to owner David Dill. Dill says the new Bacon Social House will…
The new restaurant at the Kimpton Hotel Born has a spot for you.
Grits aren’t exactly a common find in Denver’s Mexican restaurants, but the flavor of ground corn is one of the anchors of Mesoamerican cooking, so fried rectangles of white grits feel right at home with other Mexican flavors at Que Bueno Suerte (1518 South Pearl Street). Chef Vicente Sosa makes…
Frisco’s Backcountry Brewery, which closed last November before being sold to a new owner, will get a new name, a new look and new beers when it reopens sometime this spring.
Let’s get one thing straight before we proceed with this list of the ten best Chinese restaurants in Denver: “Chinese food” is a bit of a misnomer. China is a massive country with distinct regions, each of which has its own ingrained culinary tradition. It’s more accurate to say Sichuan…
Bobsleds, beads, birds and, of course, beer — always beer — are on the menu this week. And yes, Valentine’s Day is coming right up. Here are our favorite food and drink events over the next five days, as well as others to put on your calendar for the weeks…
Fractured Prune, a chain with an awful name but good doughnuts, just opened at 9696A East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village. But some readers are pushing other spots.
In what may have been the slowest week on record over the past three or four years, only one establishment opened: a reboot of Fractured Prune Doughnuts.
