Silvana Vukadin-Hoitt, who offers private Turkish coffee readings at her Silvana Mondo antique and art gallery at 4420 Tennyson Street, talked to us last week about her Bosnian heritage and the art of hospitality. Along with inky cups of coffee, Turkish delight, dates and almonds, she served intricate Bosnian pastries filled with…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard opened his first Bubu on Larimer Square in the summer of 2014. The spot took over the former home of TAG: Raw Bar, specializing in light and healthy bowls with an Asian bent. A few months later, Guard opened a second, larger Bubu in Lowry. But after dinner…
Patrick Mangold-White operates the charming Kaos Pizzeria in a Victorian house on Pearl Street and the newer Uno Mas Taqueria just a couple of blocks south. Along with his Gaia Bistro in between the two, he’s got quite a lock on the Platt Park neighborhood dining scene. So when the…
Although yesterday was May 5, the Cinco de Mayo celebrations will continue around town this weekend. The biggest party is the annual Cinco de Mayo festival in Civic Center Park on Saturday and Sunday, but the party will spill over into bars around town…and historic realities be damned. Says Steve: …
A trinity of holidays descends on Denver this weekend. The Cinco de Mayo celebration will take over Civic Center Park, the Kentucky Derby will take over bars around town for two minutes on Saturday, and on Sunday we’ll honor motherhood at big Mother’s Day brunches. Check out our lists of…
It’s difficult to write about There without lapsing into “Who’s on first?” territory. There is a bar and restaurant in Telluride opened by three industry veterans five and a half years ago. And There will be a second location for partners Andrew Tyler, Oren Cohen and Enrique Margulis when it…
With so much turnover in both the crazy restaurant and real estate scenes, it seems like a mini-miracle when a business survives even a few years in Denver, let alone 35. One of those success stories? Le Bakery Sensual. Against all odds, owner John Spotz has found a niche for…
I expected a lot from Osaka Ramen’s new happy hour. Jeff Osaka’s twin ramen-yas (in LoDo and Cherry Creek) claim to be “Denver’s best ramen shop(s).” A bold claim, but it’s no hyperbole; the steaming soups landed the duo on our list of the city’s superior noodle houses. A previous…
Lauren Monitz recently visited Aurora’s Sushi Katsu, which has an all-you-can-eat offer that had her swimming in fish. (There’s a second Sushi Katsu with the same offer at 9555 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial.) The decor at the strip-mall locale is minimal, but the deal — $24.95 at dinner, and $14.95 at lunch…
Williams & Graham isn’t your typical bar, and its customers have some pretty lofty expectations that W&G lives up to. So when the owners and crew there decide to take a vacation, they can’t let just anyone get behind the bar. Enter the Bon Vivants and Trick Dog. Translated from…
Cinco de Mayo is an often misunderstood holiday. No, Cinco de Mayo is not a celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day — that would be September 16. Instead, the holiday traditionally celebrates the Mexican army’s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. In the U.S.,…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate by snagging some tickets to Tacolandia, a giant celebration of Mexican street-style tacos. We first introduced Tacolandia at DISH last September, and it was so successful that we’re spinning off the concept into a new event that will be the taco the town! Join us from…
The Colorado Restaurant Association recently announced the winners of its annual Industry Spotlight Awards, which are given to chefs, restaurateurs and others in the Colorado food-service industry for excellence in a variety of categories. In addition to recognizing superstars in the restaurant world at an awards dinner on May 10, the…
Landry’s Inc. just closed Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks on the 16th Street Mall, and while a few fans had a moment of silence for the joint’s inexpensive oysters, and others fondly recalled the address’s days as the Mall Exchange, most diners did not mourn Willie’s passing. Says Alex: Good riddance…
When last we checked in with chef Scott Parker, whose resume includes ten years at Table 6 and time at several Vail and Telluride restaurants, he was overseeing doughnut sandwich ops at the Habit/Carbon dual doughnut dispensary and coffee house. That was nearly a year ago though and Parker has…
The owners of Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista have opened a new brewery and pizzeria in Nelson, New Zealand. “Molley and I have a vision for the Eddyline brand to grow internationally with individual Eddyline brewpubs serving as gateways to incredible places around the world,” co-founder Mic Heynekamp wrote in…
Matt Aboussie went to Alaska on a seasonal construction job immediately after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado in 2007 — an athlete with a business degree, he didn’t feel that his job prospects were particularly bright — and eventually was introduced to commercial fishing in Bristol Bay. “I…
In this era of celebrity chefs and bigger-is-better restaurants, food has become synonymous with entertainment. But to Bradford Heap, food is serious business, and not just because his livelihood is wrapped up in Colterra, Salt and Wild Standard, his three Boulder-area restaurants. The classically trained chef believes that what we…
Fans of the hip Korean barbecue joint, Dae Gee, which got its start in Westminster and came to 827 Colorado Boulevard in 2014, have a new place to pig out. Dae Gee’s third location is now open at 460 Broadway, complete with tabletop grills, a full liquor license and a…
Wooden barrels look pretty on the outside, but it’s on the inside where the action happens. And it’s those chemical reactions where Zach Nichols has found an attraction. Nichols is in the process of creating Cellar West Artisan Ales, a Boulder brewery that will focus solely on oak barrel-fermented beers…
Landry’s Inc., owner of an alarming number of steak and seafood restaurants here in Denver (and across the country), announced the closing of Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks on the 16th Street Mall yesterday. Willie G’s has been a part of the Mall scenery — and a regular stopping point…
Passion Fruit Sunrise at Root Down Root Down’s bar manager, Nick Feely, has been looking back lately. When he and his bar team began to come up with recipes for Root Down’s latest cocktail menu, Feely directed their focus to a past era of cocktails. Classic recipes were broken down,…
