In anticipation of the Best of Denver 2016, which hits the streets — and this website — on March 31, we’ve been visiting spots all over town, and recently served up our list of the Eleven Best Bakeries in Denver — which was topped by the 2015 winner, Azucar Bakery…
Although it may be hard to tell by looking outside, spring has officially descended on Denver; if you need proof, just check out the lines at your favorite brunch spot this Sunday. But Easter isn’t the focus of all the culinary action this weekend; here are eight other tasty options…
On a wet, chilly day, who doesn’t love a hot, salty bowl of broth ladled over a bird’s nest of noodles? When the weather is like this, we’re glad that Denver’s ramen options keep expanding. The newest noodle bar to join the fray is The Ramen House at 2076 South…
If you’re shopping for a unique bottle of wine or a locally produced spirit, there’s a new shop on Broadway with shelves stocked with just what you’re looking for. Baker Wine & Spirits opened earlier this month at 440 Broadway, bringing a hand-selected inventory of wine and spirits to the…
A neighborhood needs a good neighborhood restaurant, an all-day stop for breakfast, lunch and dinner where you can linger and chat over coffee or wine and maybe grab a few fresh-made items to take home. These types of eateries are common in Europe and are catching on in larger American…
Colorado’s chain gang keeps growing. Cheba Hut “Toasted” Subs, which has been “curing munchies” since Scott Jennings founded the company in 1998, will open another Denver location at 745 Colorado Boulevard today. The group has been growing its brand here — helping put the “high” in the Mile High City —…
Picture a neighborhood hangout, the place ’round the corner and down the street where you feel more at home than home. Maybe it exists in your memory, a Cheers-esque den of comfort and familiar characters. Maybe it really is just down your block. Bonnano Concepts, a restaurant group gifted with…
Our Chef and Tell interview with Todd Somma of Hop Alley made for some tasty reading on a snowy day. The chef talked with Gretchen Kurtz about everything from food allergies to learning to cook authentic Chinese dishes. “Hop Alley is a Chinese restaurant,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for…
Mole refers to a variety of Mexican sauces, the most famous and well known of which is mole poblano, although there are seven recognized styles and many variations on each. Mole Poblano probably originated in Puebla or Oaxaca (each state claims to be the origin of the sauce.) According to…
One of Colorado’s most-loved, least-known beer festivals is in trouble this year after losing its longtime home and will probably need major financial support in order to continue. The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival was founded by brother-and-sister team of Laura and Bill Lodge in Vail in 2001, and…
Paul Vismara has a lot of talents. He’s the co-author of Italy: Beer Country The Story of Italian Craft Beer, an expert beer slinger at Falling Rock Tap House and an artist: Vismara painted the beer logo murals that grace Falling Rock. And at 1 p.m., on Saturday, March 26, he’ll…
The owners of Spanky’s Urban Roadhouse in the University of Denver neighborhood, the Wazee Supper Club downtown and multiple Dusty Boot steakhouses throughout Colorado are expanding their lineup this month. Roadhouse Hospitality Group will unveil the Tstreet Roadhouse in Belmar on Wednesday, March 30. The company began construction on the…
No. 87: Chirashi at Izu Sushi Ordering chirashi at a sushi bar is like ordering a bartender’s choice cocktail: You may not know exactly what you’re going to get, but the surprise is part of the fun. At Izu Sushu (next door to Voodoo Doughnut on East Colfax Avenue), the…
Illegal Burger, a homegrown chain that got its start in Evergreen, just opened its third spot in late January, at 1512 Larimer Street. And despite delays in getting that store open, owner Jim Nixon hasn’t given up on Denver. In fact, business is so good downtown that he’s signed on…
Who has the best fried chicken in metro Denver? Readers have been debating that forever, but the conversation heated up after we posted our list of the Ten Best Places in Denver for Fried Chicken, which concluded with the 2015 Best of Denver winner, the Post Brewing Co., in the…
When he was young, Todd Somma was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy. Someone else might have taken that as a sign to avoid the food industry, but not Somma. While he studiously avoids restaurants where his allergy might be a problem — for example, he’s only eaten at two…
Kevin Morrison, the brains behind Denver’s two Pinche Taquerias on East Colfax Avenue and West 32nd Avenue, wants to do for seafood what he’s already done for tacos. His new project is called Fish N Beer, which he plans to open next fall at 3510 Larimer Street. And he’s just…
The Squeaky Bean has been growing almost since the day it first opened in Lower Highland in 2009 — growing vegetables, that is. What started with a tiny herb garden behind the Bean’s original location at West 33rd Avenue and Tejon Street has blossomed into a three-acre farm and education…
Who knew? Judging from the response to our story that Godfather’s Pizza is coming back to Colorado after a twenty-year absence, people are hungry for the pizza you can’t refuse. Says Leonard: About time. I’ve been waiting for Godfather’s Pizza to come back to Colorado. I used to work for Godfather’s…
Guthrie’s Old Fashioned at Fort Greene Eleanor Cheetham worked behind the bar for three years at Crash 45, a neighborhood bar in Globeville. When the owner wanted out, she and a partner bought it, remodeled it with a Brooklyn aesthetic and renamed it Fort Greene. When her partner wanted out,…
When I moved to Lower Highland two decades ago, the closest restaurants were My Brothers’ Bar and La Loma — but you wouldn’t walk to either after dark. Now this neighborhood is the hot, hot LoHi, with streets safe enough to walk at all hours and an abundance of cool…
A trip down South Parker Road yields many options for a hungry driver, with Mexican, Japanese and Korean eateries beckoning alongside American barbecue, burgers and bar food. But lurking in the strip malls and shopping centers are also culinary rarities that challenge any claims that Denver and its surrounding suburbs…
