Our metabolisms are slowing down, but our appetites aren’t. Thank god more restaurants keep cropping up to keep us fed and watered. Topping the list this week is Ultreia, the sumptuous new Iberian eatery in Union Station from the owners of Rioja and nearby Stoic & Genuine. On the casual…
Westword’s most-read food stories of 2017.
Chef Lon Symensma’s energy level clocks in somewhere between a welterweight boxer and a toddler on a sugar rush; he’s always moving, always looking at things from several angles at once. After launching two restaurants this year, Concourse Restaurant Moderne (which made our list of the best new restaurants this…
The plus side of growth in Denver: an infusion of new blood, new creativity and great new restaurants. Here are the best new restaurants of 2017…so far.
South Broadway can be gritty along the half-mile stretch known as Antique Row, and the owners of Alternation Brewing, which opens its doors Saturday, want it to stay that way. “This isn’t LoDo or even River North. I like the grunge feel, so I hope the neighborhood doesn’t change too…
One of the premier offerings on the opening menu at Ultrieia is Cinco Jotas Jamón Ibérico de Bellota, a cured Spanish ham aged for four years before being sold. With as many delays as owners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch have experienced since announcing their plan to open a Spanish/Portuguese “gastroteka”…
Start off the weekend like Jay Gatsby, one of the great drinkers in American literature, then continue to re-create his story arc as he chases the green light — which in your case, we hope, is just a string of Christmas lights on the house at the end of the…
Family roots and a love of wine run deep at the newly opened Deep Roots Winery & Bistro at 1516 Wazee Street in historic lower downtown Denver. Located in a long, narrow Victorian-era building just off the 16th Street Mall, the winery produces more than a dozen high quality wines…
Yellowbelly Chicken is out to conquer the suburbs, one fast-casual chicken joint at a time. But this month the company is doing a two-fer by unveiling locations in Arvada and Lakewood within a week of each other. Yellowbelly was founded in Vail in 2012 by Michael Friedberg, Eric Wupperman and…
When Salt Lake City’s Epic Brewing revealed in 2012 that it would open a newer, larger production facility in Denver, co-owner Dave Cole mentioned that the search had come down to Colorado and California. Colorado won out, though, and Epic unveiled its $2.5 million, twenty-barrel brewery the next year. But…
Although it may seem easy to shop for that cocktail and beer-loving co-worker or father-in-law, this year go beyond the usual bottle of bottom-shelf bourbon and try something better made right here in the Centennial State. Whether the recipient lives in town or somewhere else, nothing says “taste the Rockies”…
I have noticed the awning and sign for W.T. Shorty’s Sports Grill (990 South Oneida Street) a few times over the years, tucked back in a strip mall off of Leetsdale Drive in Virginia Vale among establishments with names like the Gift Card Shop and David’s Kebab House. It always looked…
In the past two weeks, two well-respected national beer writers have penned articles foretelling the demise of craft brewing. Neither predicted its death based on competition with big beer or on ingredient shortages or other economic factors, though. Rather, they bemoaned the surging popularity of two different styles, sounding the…
Did you hear? In-N-Out Burger is planning its first Colorado location, which means you’ll soon have access to all the double-double burgers, hand-cut french fries, and secret menu items you can stomach — no flight to the West Coast required, or even a one-hour drive to Colorado Springs, since the…
Sweet, fatty, salty, smoky, spicy: It’s not a new Chili Peppers album, it’s a bite of the huarache at Las Fajitas at 2680 South Havana Street in Aurora. A huarache ($10.50) is similar to a tostada, only the masa for a huarache is thick and lightly fried, resulting in a…
Three years ago, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project dismantled its Cellar Reserve program — one of the first such craft-beer membership programs in Colorado — because of production constraints and other growing pains. The move gave the brewery more freedom, but also alienated a significant number of its original supporters…
On Thursday, December 7, the next season of Top Chef will debut on Bravo, featuring a pair of Colorado-based chefs: Brother Luck and Carrie Baird, who took the reins at Bar Dough in July. Read our interview with Baird here.
As if the avalanche of new eateries that have opened over the past eleven months hasn’t been enough for 2017, there are a few restaurants and bars that could squeeze in under the deadline. Look for these seven places to debut before the end of December — although some are…
Is your restaurant hosting an event on New Year’s Eve? We want to know about it!
If Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday had you sweating it out on Can’t-Pay-the-Rent Tuesday, then you might want to turn away from this bit of news: In recent months, a few Colorado craft breweries have begun selling beers exceeding $30, $40 and even $50 a bottle. It’s…
ClusterTruck is showing Denverites a new way to experience delivery food. The restaurant’s delivery-only model offers an end to lukewarm food and soggy sandwiches…
On the first day of Christmas my food-loving buddy gave to me…really, with all the amazing Colorado-made gifts out there, you could have weeks and weeks of holiday goodies. Whether you want stocking stuffers, hostess gifts or something for the gourmet in your life, we have plenty of ideas. Choose…
