Pug Ryan’s Brewery, which has been a mainstay in the town of Dillon for decades, was sold by its longtime owners Travis and Annie Holton this week to another couple, John and Judy Jordan. John Jordan had been a brewer at Breckenridge Brewery for seventeen years. Originally a steakhouse, Pug’s…
The big Cinco de Mayo party at Civic Center Park – celebrating its thirtieth anniversary – is actually on May 6 and 7 this year (from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days), so if chihuahua races make you giggle, join the thousands of other Denverites downtown. But if you’d…
May is a busy month for Colorado — and especially for Colorado breweries. Not only is it the beginning of festival season — several examples of which you can see below — but you have Cinco de Mayo, May the Fourth, Memorial Day and American Craft Beer Week, a national…
It’s a testament to the magnetic pull of Sichuan food on American eaters that Szechuan Tasty House, 1000 west Evans, is yet another new Denver Chinese restaurant named for or specializing in food from a region from which the owners do not hail. The chef at this unassuming eatery is…
Graduation season is here. For most students across Denver, that means final exams, family events and a big sigh of relief once the ceremony is over. But for students enrolled in Ready for American Hospitality, graduation is just the beginning of fulfilling a dream — after surviving the nightmare of…
April in Colorado was a time of uneven transition and rapid change — whether we’re talking about seasonal changes or the Denver restaurant scene. While the number of new bars and eateries slowed from this time a year ago, other happenings made for plenty of ups and downs, for restaurant…
Five years might not seem like a long time, but it’s definitely a milestone for any new business in this town, where the food and drink scene competition gets fiercer every day. The Dive Inn has enjoyed staying power over the past half-decade as a neighborhood fixture catering to the…
A public school lunches have never been what one might call fine-dining, but for the most part, we’ve been able to correctly refer to it as food. That could change on May 1, when the USDA reveals its new “flexible food” standards. Here are ten reasonable options
Happy May Day, everyone! In lieu of protesting the corrupt capitalist culture and celebrating the proletariat, we present for your consideration: a pair of trivia nights, a pair of pizza events, and the return of a slew of food trucks, a meal mark of spring. Have a tasty week, and…
Southern food is big in Denver right now. But with all the local eateries frying up chicken and stirring grits, does this city need outsiders entering the scene? The folks behind Tupelo Honey do; the chain that got its start in Asheville, North Carolina, will open its first location west of the Mississippi right behind Union Station on May 2. But readers have mixed feelings about the fact that it’s landing here.
Chef/restaurateur Lon Symensma is about to embark on a restaurant voyage that will expand his influence over the Denver dining scene considerably in the coming years. With the imminent arrival of Concourse Restaurant Moderne, Symensma will have three restaurants in his stable — after ChoLon and Cho77 — and has…
With food photos this tempting, we know you’ll want to run out and eat these five dishes right now — but you’ll have to wait a few days for all but one. You can eat your fill when three new restaurants open next Tuesday and Wednesday, or you can buy…
Southern food is one of the country’s hottest dining trends right now, as evidenced by the growing number of Denver eateries serving food from south of the Mason-Dixon line. The latest is Tupelo Honey, which brings its brand of New Southern cooking from Asheville, North Carolina, where the company was…
Here’s a bit of local knowledge: When Great Divide Brewing opened in 1994, owner Brian Dunn was taking a huge risk. Although it seems strange to think about now, there weren’t any breweries in Denver back then that didn’t also serve food. There were no brewery taphouses or craft-beer bars…
It’s going to be cold this weekend, but there are plenty of events around town to warm the cockles of your heart, focusing on: beer (Belgian and Buck, to be precise), an epic bar party, puppies and bar-food cooking. Here are the seven tastiest culinary events for the weekend of…
This week’s feature story, “Disappearing Denver: Looking Back at Buildings We’ve Lost,” reminisces about old favorites — from the Tabor Grand Opera House to Celebrity Sport Center — that shaped Denver’s architecture and entertainment scene before giving way to the forces of modernization. Restaurants too, have come and gone, as a…
The Park Tavern & Restaurant at 931 East 11th Avenue has been slowly getting an overhaul both inside and out. After completing as much of the work as possible while keeping at least part of the twenty-year-old restaurant and bar open, owner Louie Belegratis closed the place for most of April…
If you don’t pay attention, you might miss the Bannock Street Garage, or just think it’s an actual garage. The building was a car repair shop for years prior to becoming a bar, and the large garage doors and smallish sign could easily fool a person as to what goes…
Chef/restaurateur Justin Cucci doesn’t do subtle. From the “gastro-brothel” excess of Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox to the reclaimed mortuary mish-mash of Linger, Cucci’s restaurants turn unlikely spaces into full-on barrages of all of the senses. His newest, El Five, is no exception, converting the fifth floor of a LoHi office building…
Elevation Beer Company is revamping its packaging again. This time, the Poncha Springs brewery will phase out twelve-ounce glass bottles in favor of cans for its core lineup, which includes 8 Second Kolsch, Wave Wheel Wit, First Cast IPA and Little Mo Porter. The brewery will also add a fifth canned…
Rooster & Moon closed at 955 Bannock Street last September, leaving one less option for coffeehouse dwellers in the Golden Triangle. A glimmer of caffeinated hope arose in January, when Eighth Day Coffeehouse announced its intention to sign a lease, but the deal never happened. But now coffee lovers —…
Now is just the right time for a restaurant like Sushi Cup. Andrew Castillo, who just opened the newest addition to the Governors Park food collective on East Seventh Avenue, was looking for a new opportunity to follow his passion just as the poke trend started heating up in Denver…
