When Allison moved here ten years ago, she frequently visited bars in lower downtown. But now Allison, who took Westword on a tour of LoDo one recent Friday night for this week’s cover story, “From LoDo to BroDo,” prefers to escape the bros and go to bars in other neighborhoods,…
If kicking back with a plate of great food in front of you — a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other — is your idea of a perfect summer evening, don’t miss CigarBQue. The event will feature an all-star lineup of chefs (Justin Brunson of Old…
Dry Dock Brewing debuted a brand new sour and wild beer series earlier this week, featuring top beers from the barrel program at the brewery’s original South Dock location in Aurora. The barrel program, which includes more than eighty wine and whiskey barrels, are “dedicated to sour, Brettanomyces and mixed-culture fermentations utilizing…
It doesn’t take much to get thirsty Denverites out to happy hour after the 5 p.m. whistle blows. But for the next few months, bright sun and rising temperatures will bring many more out to crowd the patios and partake in drink and dish discounts. But a good summer happy…
After a quick turnaround of the old Julia Blackbird space, Spatola is now dishing up traditional Sicilian cuisine at 3434 West 32nd Avenue in West Highland. The restaurant is the work of Franco Spatola, who also owns Dolce Sicilia Italian Bakery in Wheat Ridge. Along with classic antipasti, insalate, primi and…
When readers saw our video of the giant La Tribu burger at Hamburguesas Don Jesus, a ten-patty dish designed to satisfy a tribe, most had just one response: We’ve gotta try it. But a few commenters got far more specific. Says Lucrecia: Excellent service, delicious hamburgers and hot dogs. Responds…
Opening a restaurant is like running a sprint that lasts 26.2 miles, not 200 meters. So we weren’t sure if Paul Reilly, the chef/co-owner of Beast + Bottle, who’s opening Coperta this summer, would have a moment to breathe, let alone talk to us — but he did. Graciously stepping…
Chef Ian Kleinman, Denver’s own Willy Wonka, is constantly blurring the line between science and food with his molecular gastronomy, and today The Inventing Room will launch a series of “Science of Ice Cream” demonstrations designed just for kids. The Ballpark neighborhood dessert shop will host four demos, the first of which…
LoHi Punch at Brider Some cocktail ingredients grow on trees, and some actually are the trees — and they’re delicious. When Bryan Dayton opened Brider in January, he and general manager Jason Isch left the city and foraged the nearby landscape for fresh flavors, finding them in juniper berries, lavender…
Twisted Pine’s beers have been a fixture on Colorado liquor stores shelves for years, but the Boulder brewery, founded in 1995, has had enough: The company has made the interesting choice to stop packaging and distributing so that it can focus on customers in its taproom and restaurant. That decision…
The Union Station Farmers’ Market kicked off its inaugural season on Saturday, June 4, with a multitude of produce, meat and prepared-food vendors set up on the plaza outside the train station on 17th Street downtown. The farmers’ market is run by Boulder County Farmers Markets, a non-profit that until…
Two years have passed since I began my exploration of Denver’s international food scene with the Ethniche series. Originally a monthly study of a single cuisine, it morphed into a look at individual dishes and their provenance, as well as a study of interpretations of specific preparations across various cultural…
Yesterday Teague Bohlen posted his latest installment on neighborhoods in Denver, this time revealing what makes residents of Cherry Creek very, very mad. One of those things: lines outside the Cherry Cricket, one of the few independent restaurants left in the area. Says Nathan: Having been involved with one of the…
Oskar Blues brought another Burning Can festival to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday. This was the fourth year in a row the brewery that pioneered canned craft beer gathered several dozen other breweries from around the country who package their brews in outdoors-friendly, recyclable aluminum cans. And to prove…
A few weeks ago, we stopped in at Hamburguesas Don Jesus to check out one of west Denver’s Mexican specialists, where hamburgers are constructed street-style as they’re done in Juarez. We dug into the Torta Burger, a massive mound of beef, pork, cheese and guacamole big enough to feed two…
Odell Brewing isn’t known for making rash decisions. In fact, the employee-owned company, founded in Fort Collins in 1989, is sometimes agonizingly slow when it comes to change. Odell only distributes in twelve states, despite being the third largest craft brewer in Colorado, and it only began canning beer late…
Driving on Federal Boulevard on a Sunday night isn’t the best idea, unless you’re into souped-up Honda Civics, Japanese motorcycles and the slow crawl of cruisers checking each other out. But at least the walking pace of traffic allows a person to have a good look around at the changes…
Our recent coverage of the return of Godfather’s Pizza to Denver led to discussions of White Castle and In-N-Out Burger…and now, to one reader’s take on a real benefit of the boom: new and better restaurants, including our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2015, Mercantile Dining & Provision. Says…
Restaurants and bars around the world will be celebrating Negroni Week today through June 12, all to raise money for charitable causes. Many restaurants in Denver will be serving up the gin, Campari and vermouth drink, and donating $1 or more from each sale to charity; for info on participating…
The reappearance of Godfather’s Pizza in Denver has fans hungering for other hard-to-find tastes, including White Castle. But while that chain has plenty of defenders, hundreds of readers chimed in with what they’d like to see in this city — and what they definitely don’t want to see. Says Robert: Seriously,…
Union Station unveiled its renovation in the summer of 2014, and now it’s making a good thing better, with some tweaking of the eating options: Acme Burger has become Acme Delicatessen, for example, and that front patio is turning into a beer garden. And this morning, the Union Station Farmers…
It was a slow week in restaurant openings and closings, with only Godfather’s Pizza making a splash on Monday in Thornton and Red Octave playing its final note on East Colfax Avenue. But we found a new eatery on West Mississippi Avenue called Fritangas La Pili serving dangerously big quesadillas…
