If some of your earliest childhood restaurant memories involve slurping noodles while seated in a trolley car inside a dining room, you’re not alone. The Old Spaghetti Factory has been making memories for Denver residents for more than forty years at 1215 18th Street downtown. Even if you’re not from…
Kyle Mendenhall spent nearly a decade helming the burners at the Kitchen, expanding the restaurant’s farm-to-table mission from one dining room in Boulder to cities across the country. “And then that came to an end,” he says, which sent the chef into an abrupt spiral of self-reflection. He decided to…
We’ve all been faced with the “Where should we go?” question. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times we need help. Whether it’s finding the perfect place to celebrate the right occasion, determining what kitchen can accommodate an unusual dietary restriction, or maybe just discovering a new place to…
Welcome to April in Denver, when a snowy day can put a damper on the mere suggestion of spending time outside, even just a few days before the boys of summer show up for the Colorado Rockies’ home opener — on a day predicted to be sunny and warm. You…
Dedicated vegan kitchens are a rarity in Denver, so many diners were delighted when Nandini and Carlos Rossi took over the cafe at the Radha Krishna Temple at 1400 Cherry Street several years ago and turned it into a buffet called Govinda’s Garden Vegan Cafe. The temple had operated a…
Sports analysts are fond of the phrase “To be the best, you have to beat the best.” But in the restaurant world, if you want to eat the best, well, you just have to eat everything. Because until you’ve sampled your way through the menus of eateries ranging from hole-in-the-wall…
Just weeks after chef/restaurateur Justin Brunson unveiled a completely new menu at his Lowry eatery, Masterpiece Kitchen, the place suffered a fire on Saturday, April 1, and is now closed until repairs can be completed. A statement from Brunson’s restaurant group notes that the fire took place early in the…
Chef Joseph Strelnik and general manager John “JD” Daniel opened the doors to Morning Collective, their new breakfast eatery at 2160 South Broadway, this morning.The latest addition to what’s now being pushed as the Rosedale neighborhood, Morning Collective specializes in molten-centered pancakes and French toast, along with traditional a.m. dishes,…
Chef Derek Ray was raised to detest food waste, which has resulted in some creative and unusual experiments at Brazen and Telegraph, the two restaurants owned by Christopher Sargent where Ray took over as executive chef earlier this year. “I grew up on a small farm in the middle of…
It’s patio season! The Rockies home opener this week and the promise of better weather (maybe — this is still Colorado, after all) have prompted a passel of patio parties this week, as well as a pop-up dinner, a class on poteen and festival of piddocks. Get out there and…
We just unveiled the 34th annual Best of Denver edition, and one of our toughest choices was determining the Best Restaurant on Colfax Avenue, a strip where new spots keep popping up. We went with Chop Shop Casual Urban Eatery (which recently opened a second location in Lowry), but one reader vehemently…
Here’s our list of the best food and drink events for April 2017, from an oyster shucking good time to a posh charity event to combat childhood hunger. Sip beers from 100 breweries at a neighborhood bar, get your grilled cheese on, or help chefs choose new dishes for a…
Denver rebounded from a slow February (with only about a dozen openings) to cap off March with more than twenty new restaurants. Some of the biggest were new hotel restaurants; Quality Italian landed at the Halcyon in Cherry Creek, while Kachina and Poka Lola Social Club moved in at the…
No. 1: Ricotta Gnudi at 12@Madison Five simple spheres in a pool of brown butter; a dish that captures the spare beauty of 12@Madison. There’s no room for error, no flash or style to hide behind. Two ingredients, cheese and butter, convey everything important about chef/owner Jeff Osaka’s Congress Park…
New restaurants just kept coming last year, with many great ones opening in the final weeks of 2016 — something restaurateurs would never have considered in decades past. But now that the dust has settled and we’ve had time to taste our way through the city’s menus, we know which…
Rohit Mukherjee owns a couple of local liquor stores, and late last year, he began thinking about a boozy gap in the market; namely, there was no brand of alcoholic ice cream available on liquor store shelves. “I’d seen the idea done in a shopfront…but we wanted people to be…
Weather forecasters are calling for snow this weekend, but don’t let that keep you inside: Here’s a septet of events to get you out and about. From Bunsen burners to bud to birthdays to bubbles, there’s something for everyone. Friday, March 31 It used to be de rigueur for Coloradans —…
No. 2: Porchetta at SK Provisions inside Denver Central MarketAt Denver Central Market, you’ll find a dizzying selection of lunch and dinner plates, but when we’re craving meat-and-potatoes simplicity, we head to chef Sean Kelly’s SK Provisions for a few slabs of herb-crusted, crackly porchetta. The theme of SK Provisions…
While the rest of the Señor Bear restaurant team went to Peru to study food, barman Shawn Williams (formally of Sarto’s and El Diablo) hit up Nicaragua and Cuba to garner some cocktail inspiration for the soon-to-open Highland restaurant. His takeaway? Rum — lots of rum — as well as…
Tourism, dining, business: They’re all tied together as Denver continues to boom. The Dairy Block, bounded by 18th, Wazee, 19th and Blake streets downtown, is a prime example. Slated to host to a number of new restaurants, shops, offices and other amenities, the block welcomed some its first tenants this…
It’s mud season — that awkward time of year between skiing and camping when the skies don’t know whether to snow or shine, and locals keep a pair of flip-flops next to their boots by the front door. But don’t be fooled: April is a great month to drink craft beer in the Denver. Here are your ten best bets.
The Capitol Hill Tavern is definitely a neighborhood bar in the sense that it is almost hidden in a residential part of Capitol Hill, on a quiet block of Logan Street between 12th and 13th Avenues. Despite being in the heart of one of Denver’s most popular, classic neighborhoods, it’s…
