Oskar Blues has set a date in late November for the opening of its third new Colorado location — this one is the two-story former Croc’s space at 1630 Market Street in LoDo. The 10,636 square-foot Oskar Blues Grill & Brew will offer traditional restaurant and bar service upstairs, along with…
Being a vegan doesn’t mean missing out on those classic foods that everyone loves. Pizza is often characterized by a thick layer of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni or sausage, but Colorado pizza spots are switching things up to appeal to a wider range of customers. These ten local pizzerias and…
Kendra Anderson, aka Swirl Girl Denver, has been educating the Mile High on the magic of food-and-wine pairings — and unsung wine varietals — on social media for years, via hashtags (#justdrinkpink) and a regular column at westword.com, and through events she’s organized. Now she’s opened Bar Helix in RiNo,…
The experiment is over. The sumptuous Art Deco space at 800 Sherman Street inhabited by Black Eye Coffee, complete with a cocktail bar hidden behind moving mirrors, bathrooms with a sound track by Christopher Walken, and a nighttime alter ego called White Lies, is now closed for good. This was…
This must be the season of the witch; bars and restaurants all over town are getting spooky with Halloween dinners, parties and specials. So break out the zombie makeup and dust off last year’s sexy Bernie Sanders costume; it’s time to celebrate Halloween, the holiday that seems to start earlier…
It’s not hard to find a meal delivery service to help make dinner a cinch, but now there’s one for baby too. Baby Fresh Organics is a kid-focused food company that offers pureed fruits and vegetables for infants, finger foods for tiny tots, and simple meals geared for older kids. “We started…
If you’re looking for the new, the novel and the delicious, look no further than these four metro Denver hot spots. You’ll find a pop-up barbecue with creative and craveable eats, two bars sharing love for a single barrel of tequila, and cheesy table-side offering from a new lounge you…
Ian Kleinman keeps reinventing himself. While he’s still disappointed that he had to close the Inventing Room, his modernist dessert bar at 2020 Lawrence Street, a year ago, he was determined to use the bad break as a springboard to better things. Rather than simply focus on an already successful…
Over the weekend, employees of the Secret Sauce restaurant group — which includes Vesta, both Steuben’s locations and Ace Eat Serve — descended on the Union Square Farmers’ Market with company-provided gift cards to stock up on fruits and vegetables. Last week, many of those same employees came together for a…
A food truck with a healthy mission has found a permanent home in Aurora. California Wrap Runner has been in in business in Colorado since 2012, with two food trucks and a catering business that have served metro Denver. Leon Stamatis founded the company in Santa Barbara, California, but moved it…
They had to fight many battles to get here, but Michael and Desiree Keen have finally opened Rivers and Roads Coffee, their project at 2549 Bruce Randolph Avenue. When the couple first found the space in North City Park, it was home to a garage — with little more than dirt…
Despite the devilish wind on Saturday morning, plenty of vendors still showed up to the Union Station Farmers’ Market, albeit without a awnings. With one week to go, the availability of produce has dwindled, but chef Christian Graves of Citizen Rail, a new eatery just around the corner, was on…
This week is all about hearty, stick-to-your-ribs fall food, so tuck your napkin into your collar and belly up to the table for everything from classic casseroles to spaghetti and meatballs to whole pig faces to root veggies of all types. Save room for seven of the best events on…
The nation celebrated National Cheese Curd Day last Sunday, but every day is apparently now Cheese Curd Day in Denver, with happy patrons invading the new Wally’s Wisconsin Tavern and any other bar that serves cheese curds.
This week, we said a brief hello to El Tepehuan in Englewood, which reopened several doors down from its home of nearly forty years after a move that took two years. But sewer problems caused the Mexican restaurant to close quickly, reopening with to-go service only (a full reopening will…
Will the third time be the charm for the vacant restaurant space at 2230 Oneida Street in Park Hill? Chef/restaurateur Jon Robbins, owner of nearby Bistro Barbes, hopes so. He and business partners Megan Silvertooth and Noel Martin are looking to open Red Sauce, a neighborhood Italian eatery, where Table…
Two of the founding fathers of Denver’s current brewery taproom scene will join forces at the end of the year when Wit’s End Brewing closes its taproom and moves into Strange Craft Beer Company’s space at 1330 Zuni Street, where both companies will operate side by side. Tyler Bies, who…
Craig Rothgery, who founded tiny DeSteeg Brewing in 2013 in an alley off of North Tennyson Street, has sold the operation to a pair of Denverites who had always wanted to open a brewery. Longtime friends Ken Klispie and Tom Martinez bought DeSteeg on October 1. They plan to ramp…
“What would someone need to be celebrating to spring for a $100 shot of tequila?” I wondered as I browsed the comically large menu at El Tequileño, a restaurant and sports bar on 2790 South Havana Street in Aurora. Having counted seven TVs in my visual vicinity, all playing some…
If you’re considering grabbing a beer or margarita to wash down your tacos at the Torchy’s at 1085 Broadway, you’ll have to settle for a fountain drink — at least until after October 29. The Austin-based eatery had its liquor license suspended for two weeks on October 16, so the place…
This weekend has an international flair to it, with fairs and fare from across the world making up the bulk of our upcoming events. But don’t worry, we’ve got the lowdown on some local love as well. Without further ado, here are our five favorite events on the culinary calendar…
The Thirsty Monk, an established brewery and bar chain in Asheville, North Carolina, will make the leap west to Denver next month; it’s buying Deep Draft Brewing, at 1604 East 17th Avenue. Opened in 2015 by Robert Lee and his family, Deep Draft had been for sale for several months…
