Kombucha is a complicated topic; most people aren’t sure how the word is pronounced, much less how the tangy, funky beverage is made. Is it a type of beer or a closer relative of Snapple? The fact that kombucha is a fermented beverage and contains a very low amount of…
Spike TV’s Bar Rescue recently returned to Denver to film an episode that will kick off the fifth season, when Jon Taffer attempts to save State Pub. Haven’t heard of it? That’s clearly one reason this bar needed to be rescued. The show describes the saloon as a “college bar…
I’ve always noticed the Dirty Duck Bar’s large sign displaying a cheerful, drunken duck on my way down Evans Avenue towards the I-25 on-ramps. Each time I drive by, I tell myself that I need to check the place out. I finally ventured in on a recent Sunday with a…
Cities across the country are preparing for A Day Without Immigrants, a grassroots action set for Thursday, February 16, which calls for members of immigrant communities – primarily Latino, but definitely not limited to that – to walk out of work to protest the anti-immigration policies of the Trump administration. The Colorado Restaurant Association just sent a letter to its members alerting them to possible walkouts.
The annual James Beard Awards wouldn’t be complete without a nomination for Frasca Food & Wine. The Boulder eatery regularly receives accolades for its wine program, its service and its chef, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson (who is also co-owner). Since opening more than a decade ago, Frasca has earned seven nominations and…
A pair of small breweries had some big news this week. Caution Brewing in Lakewood began canning and selling a beer called The Earl for the first time. An English mild, this taproom favorite is brewed with lots of Earl Grey tea and a small amount of vanilla. It joins Lao…
No. 21: Fried Chicken Banh Mi at the Post Chicken & BeerDenver residents have been flocking to the Post’s new outpost in Rosedale (Broadway south of Evans Avenue, to the uninitiated) since the bird-and-beer barn opened on January 18. What’s all the flap about? Fried chicken, of course, but also…
Tending bar first tickled Brian Rossi’s interest in tequila, but a trip to Mexico — and then several trips after that — fueled a raging passion for all booze distilled from agave plants. Four years ago, Rossi opened Adelitas Cocina y Cantina to share that passion with the Mile High City, establishing a haven where adventurous drinkers could learn more about mezcal, tequila and other agave spirits. And last year he unveiled Palenque, his homage to Oaxacan mezcalerias, behind Adelitas on South Broadway. What’s next? Ice cream!
The coming weeks offer a trio of fundraisers that you might want to snag tickets for before they’re gone. There’s a celebration of North African and Middle Eastern cuisine in Boulder to benefit the ACLU; a chili cookoff to raise money for the Morgan Adams Foundation (which funds childhood-cancer research); and…
Homesick Texans will soon have another option for finding a taste of the Lone Star State right here in Colorado. Chuy’s, an Austin original, will soon open a branch at 6595 West 104th Avenue in Westminster. Chuy’s was founded in 1982 and has since expanded to more than eighty locations in…
Sweet Cooie’s Ice Cream & Confectionary, the sibling of Little Man Ice Cream, opens today at 11 a.m. at East 12th Avenue and Madison Street, with scoops you won’t find at Little Man, housemade chocolate truffles and ice cream sandwiches built on doughnuts, eclairs or Stewart’s short bread (a Colorado…
For more than a decade, Tarasco’s New Latino Cuisine has drawn vegetarians and carnivores alike to 470 South Federal Boulevard. Now diners in search of lighter, healthier options have another choice: Noe Bermudez, the chef/owner of Tarasco’s, just opened Kahlo’s at 450 South Newton Street in the Westwood neighborhood. The…
Big players in the national steakhouse game have switched up the downtown meat market with several moves in recent months. The latest happens today, when Morton’s The Steakhouse opens at 4 p.m. at 1745 Wazee Street, the address last occupied by Sullivan’s. Sullivan’s, owned by the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group,…
The coffee at the Sudan Cafe, at 10375 East Iliff Avenue in Aurora, comes in tiny metal pots with even tinier coffee cups. A spice is brewed into it, most likely cardamom, that adds an herbal, medicinal note — not bad, just unexpected. But then, there’s plenty of the unexpected at…
When Wade Murphy and his partners in Archetype Holdings bought the decrepit building at 119 South Broadway that had most recently been home to Kitty’s South, they applied to have the building declared non-historic — but also promised to save what could be saved of the hundred-year-old structure, with hopes…
All was quiet over the weekend at Fourteen Seventy-Two, the Southern restaurant that opened at South Pearl Street and East Florida Avenue in 2012. While there were no overt signs of trouble — the patio furniture was out and a recent copy of the menu was displayed near the front…
Fear not if you and your date don’t have reservations for Valentine’s Day — or even if you don’t have a date. There’s a cornucopia of tasty events in Denver before, during and after V-Day, from a brewery art show to ’80s speed dating to a pagan-influenced feast. Take a…
When we visited Casa Bonita last weekend, the pool had been drained, leaving the cliff divers high and drive. But as of February 11, all maintenance is complete and the lagoon is back in business.
Still stuck for tasty, romantic ideas in the days leading up to to Valentine’s Day – and February 14 itself? We’ve got you covered with our V-Day coverage, with offers tips on everything from heart-shaped pizzas at Romano’s in Littleton to kinky truffles in numerous dark shades from the Chocolate…
Hey, look at that — no restaurant openings this week! Not that there weren’t plenty of other culinary happenings over the past few days. A Chinese/Mongolian hot pot restaurant called Chubby Cattle announced it would be bringing its refrigerated conveyor belt service to the former home of the Walnut Room…
Frank Bonanno’s Denver restaurant empire has been holding steady for the last couple of years, but changes are in the works. The restaurateur just announced that Lou’s Food Bar at 1851 West 38th Avenue will be closing this Sunday, February 12. Here’s the message from Bonanno’s Facebook page: Dear Denver,…
When the Walnut Room at Broadway and Ellsworth Avenue closed last August, it was only a matter of time before someone snatched up the desirable corner location in the heart of one of Denver’s hottest bar and restaurant districts. What’s coming is far from the expected upscale taqueria, wood-fired pizzeria…
