This weekend boasts a wealth of events for every personality: There’s walleye and wine on the menu (not the same menu) for the down-to-earth types, a festival celebrating the humblest of breakfast foods for families, booze giveaways for bar-goers and a poke pop-up for trendsters. Here are six of our…
Since founding Casey Brewing & Blending in 2014, owner Troy Casey has focused primarily on the “Blending” part of his company’s name. Casey makes his wort — unfermented beer — at other mountain breweries, including Bonfire, Roaring Fork and Capital Creek, and then trucks it back to Glenwood Springs, where…
Chef Efren Velasquez is coming full circle in his return to Jefferson Park. After sixteen years as a server, manager and chef at La Loma, where he helmed the kitchen at the Denver favorite, Velasquez helped move La Loma from West 26th Avenue to its current downtown location in 2016…
In Aurora’s Mission Viejo neighborhood, if you look hard enough in the back corner of a nondescript shopping center off South Chambers Road and East Hampden Avenue (across the street from the Jumpoline Family Fun Center), you just might find the hidden gem that is G’Ducks Bar. The sign for…
Crazy Mountain Brewery, which opened its pioneering Vail Valley taproom in 2010, closed the Edwards taproom suddenly over the weekend, saying it has plans to open a new location nearby. “Crazy Mountain’s location in Edwards, Colorado is now permanently closed. We are relocating our brewing production and will be opening…
It’s hard to remember a time when Colorado didn’t have dozens of options when it comes to canned craft beers, but that time wasn’t really very long ago. And the rest of the country? Well, other states are still catching up. But things are changing quickly, according to economist Bart…
When you offer a traditional sandwich like bánh mì and give it a modern twist, is it still considered bánh mì? In Denver you can find family-run shops that bake their own bread and create sandwiches much like you would find in Vietnam. But a number of chefs are also…
The Danish call it smørrebrød; the French call it tartine. Here in the Wild West, we just prefer “open-faced sandwich.” Whatever you call a mound of complementary ingredients on a thick slab of bread, we call it delicious at Call, the right-hand side of Beckon|Call (2845 Larimer Street). The new fast-casual…
Denver has not always been considered a particularly diverse dining city, but there have been notable exceptions. Vietnamese and Ethiopian restaurants gained popularity in the 1980s and ’90s, long before the specialties of those countries became trendy nationwide. And at 4609 East Colfax Avenue, Mataam Fez introduced Denver to Moroccan…
After some logistical hiccups and growing pains during its first year in Breckenridge in 2017, the Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival, which took place January 4 through 6 at the Beaver Run Resort, has clearly re-settled itself in its new home, and the event — one of the nation’s…
Brrr, it’s cold out there — a cozy wine bar is just the place to take the edge off winter. Metro Denver has several wine bars with a warm, inviting ambiance and plenty of interesting vino. Here are five of our favorite cozy wine bars. BookBar 4280 Tennyson Street 303-284-0194…
Concourse Restaurant Moderne, an ambitious project from ChoLon Concepts, is one of the most exciting restaurants to open in metro Denver in 2017. Here’s why.
You can’t possibly be bored with all the breakfast, lunch and dinner options in Denver. But variety is the spice of life, so here’s a hint of spice to beguile you with upcoming cuisine ranging from Southern fare to ice cream to Chinese hot pot. These thirteen restaurants are expected…
Even though the Aurora branch of Dae Gee Korean BBQ opened just five months ago, the restaurant fits right in to its new home at 1910 South Havana Street, where the Korean food scene is exploding. The difference between Dae Gee and other Korean barbecue restaurants lining Havana street, however,…
It’s the second week in January, and while your New Year resolutions have probably already gone the way of the dodo, it’s not to late to resolve to enjoy all the Denver dining scene has to offer.
Denver restaurants are facing a major talent crunch in the kitchen, and a disparity in front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house wages in one reason why. Readers think they have some solutions.
The week following the winter holidays can seem as slow as molasses, but behind the scenes restaurateurs are busy polishing the glassware and chefs are putting final touches on dishes at eateries that will open in the days ahead.
Gypsy House Cafe occupied the southwest corner of East 13th Avenue and Marion Street for more than a decade before closing two years ago. The building sat vacant for a time before signs of construction began and the vibrant mural on the east side of the building was stuccoed over…
Chowder Room, one of our favorite Denver seafood spots, will be cooking up its last batches of chowder this month. Owners Matt and Carrie Stein are moving out of state for a new opportunity, so they’ll close their restaurant at 560 South Broadway on January 20.
The Emich sisters, Jill, Jessica and Jennifer, closed Shine Restaurant and Gathering Place at 2027 13th Street in Boulder last summer after six years in business, but they weren’t calling it quits. Instead, the triplets (who call themselves the Blissful Sisters), moved their restaurant to a new Boulder location. They’re unveiling…
Beer, Benedicts, buffoonery and back rubs are on the menu this weekend, so beat a path to any of these businesses below for bacchanals and blowouts. Here are our five favorite events on the culinary calendar from Friday, January 5, through Sunday, January 7. Friday, January 5 With brunch lines…
Welcome to 2018. It’s time to fulfill some of those New Beers Resolutions, and it never hurts to get an early start. This month, you can get your fill of barrel-aged beery goodness at three different festivals focused on the style, or you can marvel at a brand new venue…
