Forget that tired bowl of crinkle-cut carrots or that pile of limp salad with anemic tomatoes; this summer, up your vegetable game by going big, beautiful and boisterous. Veggies play a huge role at the height of the growing season as they add grace to meat dishes, take center stage…
Mici Handcrafted Italian has quietly built a quartet of family-friendly eateries dotted across the metro Denver landscape. Starting in 2004, the Miceli family — siblings Jeff, Michael and Kim — has slowly grown the business to locations at 1531 Stout Street downtown, 2373 Central Park Boulevard in Stapleton, 9245 South Broadway…
Earlier this summer, the Brewers Association unveiled a new seal that it hopes independent craft breweries will add to the labels on their bottles and cans in order to distinguish themselves from large corporate-owned breweries, or small breweries that have been purchased by mega-brewers. The seal, which depicts an upside-down…
Tina and Vic Ronder tried to escape — but they just got pulled deeper into the escape-room experience. After recognizing the business potential of the popular puzzle rooms that require team members to work together to solve the mystery and unlock the door, the couple is building their own version…
Caribbean cooking comes and goes in Five Points. A few intrepid food hunters may remember long-gone joints like the Cat Island Cafe and Sadie’s Caribbean Cafe, or have perhaps visited A Taste of Haiti at 2622 Welton Street or tucked into the “Island-style pates” (similar to overstuffed empanadas) at the…
When Annie Stookesberry created the Instagram account 5280_eats nearly three years ago, she saw it as nothing more than a creative outlet for her interest in Denver’s restaurants. “I found myself posting photos of food on my personal Instagram account, and thought, I should do this anonymously,” she says. “I…
Chef Matt Selby has a long culinary resume in Denver. For fifteen years, he helmed the culinary ship at Secret Sauce, rising to prominence with the whimsical, bold cooking that anchors Vesta and its younger siblings, Steuben’s and Ace. Now he’s landed at Bremen’s Wine & Tap, a casual neighborhood joint that opened at 2005 West 32nd Avenue in June.
More than forty restaurants and taquerias will be serving samples of their street tacos at Tacolandia on August 20 at Civic Center Park, and chef Jamey Fader has blocked out his own special area: VIP.
Savory Spice has created a porky new seasoning called Chicharron Salt, which the company will roll out the public beginning Thursday, August 17.
Photographer Brandon Marshall has embarked on a mission to document every bar and restaurant along Colfax, starting at ground zero, where east meets west at Broadway.
The store has been on Larimer for three decades.
What happens when a restaurant group rounds up a few chefs and challenges them to create a new dish? Usually not much. Chefs are great at putting a spin on a dish, reinterpreting a dish, or coming up with a good mash-up. But rarely do we see a whole new…
Denver was sizzling this weekend, the calendar overflowing with food and drink events. Here’s a taste of what you might have missed.
A year has passed since Paxia Authentic Mexican Cuisine closed at 4001 Tejon Street in the Sunnyside neighborhood. On a block that seems just on the verge of becoming a restaurant destination, things haven’t quite developed — at least until now. Just down the street, a couple of spaces remain…
Denverites hungry for pizza and nostalgia flocked to Godfather’s Pizza when it returned to the metro area after a two-decade absence. A new branch of the Nebraska-based chain settled in at at 2350 East 120th Avenue in Thornton last year, but that’s a long drive for many metro-Denver pie lovers, who…
Not seven months after Stella’s on 16th debuted at 1550 Wewatta Street behind Union Station, the all-day restaurant and market is dark and the phones went unanswered over the weekend. While we were unable to reach owner Brian Cohen for comment, executive chef Thach Tran confirmed that the restaurant closed on…
This week’s culinary calendar brings a pair of Italian feasts, throwback specials all week at a Larimer Square favorite, and a little mountaineering education to go with your beer. Keep reading for the best food and drink events and deals for the week of August 7, plus a few more…
Can Denver ever have too many craft breweries? Not judging from the number of places that keep opening and others announcing plans to open, including Woods Boss Brewing, which will debut this month. But while readers love beer, they debate the value of gentrification.
August got off to a good start, with Candela Latin Kitchen coming to LoHi to replace Central Bistro & Bar (from the same owner and chef), Cub’s Q Barbeque finding a permanent home in Littleton after several years on the food-truck circuit, and a suburban outpost of Old Spaghetti Factory…
We’ve got a brand new plantain-heavy menu on the Watch List this week, plus a whole selection of new items from established eateries. There’s the return of brunch to one RiNo restaurant, a Japanese lunch special at another. And sandwiches on fresh-baked bread are worth a lunchtime stop at two…
Mention of the Colorado Wine Governor’s Cup Competition would once have drawn blank stares: What? Wine in Colorado? That’s beer country. But times have changed. On August 3, the 2017 Governor’s Cup Competition drew hundreds of wine enthusiasts to the History Colorado Center, where they tried past winners as well…
Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing Company’s annual celebration of bicycle and beer culture, will have one less stop this year. The brewery has canceled the Denver festival originally scheduled for August 26. “We’ve heard from many of you who are frustrated and disappointed by many of the Tour de…
