Highland Tap & Burger at 2219 West 32nd Avenue is known for, you guessed it, beer and burgers. But Juan Padro, who owns the lively bar with his wife, Katie O’Shea Padro, grew up eating his family’s Puerto Rican cooking and visits the Caribbean island regularly, so it’s his prerogative as…
Chris Black’s passion for craft beer and the people who make, sell and drink it dates back for more than thirty years to his time as a salesman and later as the founder of Falling Rock Taphouse, which serves not just as Denver’s pre-eminent beer bar, but also as the…
When Avanti Food & Beverage opened last summer in Lower Highland, the concept was to use the seven shipping-containers-turned-kitchens inside as incubators for chefs and entrepreneurs, where they could test restaurant ideas and new menus in a cheaper alternative to a full brick-and-mortar build. The initial leases were short-term, with…
Pica’s Mexican Taqueria in Boulder has become an integral part of the east Boulder restaurant scene since opening in 2010, making the intersection of Arapahoe Avenue and 55th Street a mini-destination for seekers of quality eats and drinks, along with Bru Handbuilt Ales & Eats, Blackbelly, Ozo Coffee and Snarf’s…
A year or two ago, most Denverites had no idea that such a thing as Detroit-style pizza existed. Now the city has an embarrassment of the doughy riches. And last week, Blue Pan Pizza — which has been a big hit since it debuted last June at 3930 West 32nd…
Memorial Day weekend is days away, but you can start the celebrations early. This week you can cram your face with Illegal Pete’s burritos at the World Burrito Eating Championship, give to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival, kick off summer with a rad 80s party, or visit TheBigWonderful at a new…
Under the original plan, by now La Loma was supposed to have left its perch in Jefferson Park and moved into the downtown space that once was home to Trinity Grille. But renovations there have taken longer than anticipated, and the move has been pushed back again, until the end…
Argyll Whisky Beer closed this week, and opinions started spilling out quickly about that restaurant and others founded by Robert Thompson, who earned a Best New Restaurant award for Brasserie Rouge, a second for the original Argyll, and now is creating an eatertainment empire with Punch Bowl Social, which got…
The Uptown neighborhood said goodbye this week to two restaurants, both on 17th Avenue, that will be remembered fondly. Restaurateur Robert Thompson closed Argyll Whisky Beer after two years, and Mary Nguyen will do the same with her decade-old P17 just down the street. Both are shuttering their chef-driven eateries…
The sun is finally out and the weekend weather forecast looks stable (although we know how that goes in Colorado), so Denverites will be out en masse to enjoy bites and booze on the city’s many restaurant patios. You could pick one spot to while away the hours with drink…
Soul food restaurants have a way of seeming timeless, or out of time, with service, decor and humble plates that could hold up in any decade over the last half-century. CoraFaye’s Cafe at 2861 Colorado Boulevard is no exception; the quaint dining room feels lived-in and historical, even if the restaurant…
What are the most romantic spots in the city? Visit Denver’s list of the top ten romantic places in the Mile High City features several restaurants, including Barolo Grill, Vesta Dipping Grill and perennial favorite Bistro Vendome, a sweet French spot tucked in the back of Larimer Square. Lindsey agrees…
Beer enthusiasts have plenty to look forward to this weekend, including a couple of beer festivals, a Denver Comic Con beer release, and more. But beer is not the only thing filling this weekend’s culinary calendar. From doughnuts to dumpsters, there’s something for every taste in Denver this weekend. Keep reading…
At 4 p.m. tomorrow, May 20, chef/restaurateur Troy Guard will open the doors to his new Lucky Cat Chinese restaurant, which takes the place of Bubu at 7559 East Academy Boulevard in Lowry. The eatery is Guard’s homage to the Chinese takeout joints of his childhood, with a little Asian culinary…
Chef/restaurateur Kevin Taylor has been helping shape Denver’s dining scene for decades, opening Zenith American Grill downtown in 1987 at the age of 25. He continued with a string of culinary hits from the still-running Palettes in the Denver Art Museum and Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House to the…
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been an invasion of Texas taco slingers in the metro area. Torchy’s hit big when it landed at 1085 Broadway earlier this year, and new outposts will open soon in Englewood and Northfield. Before that, Forth Worth transplant Fuzzy’s Tacos was already packing the house…
Like The Post in Lafayette, Longmont’s Comida changed restaurant culture in it’s city for good. It’s success was based on the revolutionary idea that the thousands who moved to midsize cities to raise families and toil in the high-tech sector might like somewhere nice to eat. It was far from…
Denver has grown a lot in the twenty years since Great Divide Brewing began making a pale ale named for the city, and next month the beer will change with the times as well. Originally an English-style pale ale, it will be a completely American ale, with a slightly lower…
While some people think of slavery as an archaic practice of a bygone era, many people today are still confined by the shackles of slavery. The numbers are startling. According to Love146, a foundation working to end child trafficking and exploitation, an estimated 20.9 million people are enslaved today. According…
To celebrate American Craft Beer Week, which runs May 16 through may 22, the Boulder-based Brewers Association led a project called the the Biggest Small Beer Ever Made, in which brewers from all fifty states each made the same beer, using the same ingredients. At least two local breweries, Declaration Brewing…
Golden’s beer scene will head in a new direction late this summer when two of the former owners at Mountain Toad Brewing open their own spot, New Terrain Brewing, at the base of Table Mountain. The location, a vacant parcel next to a dog park and a bike trail, was…
Restaurateur Robert Thompson has been expanding his Punch Bowl Social family of gastro-tainment spots nationwide over the past few years, garnering attention as an astute businessman in the process. Earlier this month he was named by Ernst & Young as a mountain-desert regional finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year for…
