Chef Tim Payne may take his cooking inspiration from the Colorado soil, but the business model for his restaurant, Farmer Girl, is thoroughly modern. Payne started out with a food truck and catering company before signing a short-term lease in Avanti Food & Beverage, the restaurant incubator in LoHi, last…
The 16th Street Mall is one of the city’s major tourist attractions, but visitors don’t get much of a taste of homegrown Denver shops and restaurants along this stretch, where chains and souvenir stores predominate. There are some rare exceptions, including the I Heart Denver store in the Pavilions, our…
Water for People sprang to life from the Denver-based American Water Works Association in 1991, with the simple idea that access to safe drinking water and effective sanitation are basic human rights that no person should live without. According to the international non-profit, today 1.8 billion people around the world don’t…
Coy and Rachael Webb opened Roaming Buffalo Bar-B-Que at 2387 South Downing Street in January 2015 and since then they’ve made it a favorite among smokehouse aficionados and neighbors alike. Like the best smokehouses around the country, the Webbs often sell out well before the dinner hour. But since there’s…
The Brewers Association released its annual list of the top fifty craft brewers in the nation, and Colorado lost a member from the 2014 list: Craftworks, the parent company of Rock Bottom, Old Chicago, Boulder Beer and the Chop House. That leaves only five in-state breweries on the list, but…
Distillery 291 founder Michael Myers set out to create whiskey and other spirits distinct to Colorado when he launched his business in 2011, but he’s succeeded in attracting attention well outside our state’s borders. The Colorado Springs distillery has earned international recognition for bourbon and rye whiskey that feature a unique…
Mark Antonation recently took a trip to the Midwest — without leaving Denver. He was in hog heaven as he explored this city’s tenderloin district in search of a Midwestern pork sandwich, and found several worthy version that had readers salivating. “Oh em gee,” wrote one. “They do exist in…
Denver restaurants can live or die on the strength of their happy hours, and three of the city’s buzziest new eateries have finally revealed what they’re up to in the late afternoon hours. Brider, the fine-casual outfit from Steve Redzikowski and Bryan Dayton of Acorn, plus Jeff Osaka’s Sushi-Rama and twin…
You never know when your luck’s going to change. But with the benefit of hindsight, Nicholas Ames, executive chef at Abejas, which opened last year in Golden, can pinpoint the moment when his life took a turn for the better. It wasn’t when he succeeded John Broening as executive chef…
No. 85: The Tornado at the Chowder RoomIf you’re looking for a great bowl of clam chowder, starting at a place called the Chowder Room is a good bet. The seaside-style fish house on South Broadway offers no fewer than four styles every day: a classic bacon-studded New England chowder,…
After several months completely overhauling the former Le Peep at 1875 York Street, Syrup is now open for breakfast and lunch. This is the third Syrup in owner Tim Doherty’s sweet little a.m. empire, after the original at 300 Josephine Street in Cherry Creek and the downtown spot at 999 18th…
Since June 2015, Sunshine Bowls has been serving breakfast from a food truck on the streets of Denver. Frequenting spots like The Big Wonderful and the Highland Square Farmers’ Market, owner Ryan Keuter is now serving fans of his healthy acai bowls inside Caveau Wine Bar at 450 East 17th Avenue. The…
Citra Fizz at New Image Brewing At New Image Brewing Co., Sean Fisher is making cocktails for beer drinkers. Even before the four-week-old brewpub opened, Fisher began to think about how a beer could be deconstructed into components that could be used to flavor cocktails. As he toyed around with…
Broadway is hopping these days, with great shops (Ironwood just snagged our Best Store on Broadway) and restaurants (Cho77 took top honors for Best Restaurant on Broadway). But there’s plenty more to see and do on the street, and videographer Tony White captured a recent trip down South Broadway that included stops…
There’s been a growing call in recent years to stop using the word “ethnic,” especially in food writing. The basic argument is that the word has come to mean anything non-white or to imply that food from other cultures should be cheap and served from hole-in-the-wall joints with little regard…
Fans of Top Chef will recognize TAG’s guest chef this evening. Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard will be teaming up with Top Chef Season 13 contestant Marjorie Meek-Bradley, executive chef of Ripple and Roofers Union in Washington, D.C., for a special TAG Guest Chef Dinner. Meek-Bradley served as chef de cuisine under Top Chef…
Huckleberry Roasters launched a new food concept this weekend with a pop-up breakfast on Saturday. Chef Chris Bell, formerly of Potager, is the steam behind the food portion of the coffee shop and was found in the kitchen dishing up breakfast sandwiches on a sunny morning. For now, the Bell’s…
Project Angel Heart has been providing meals to Front Range residents dealing with life-threatening illnesses since 1991 — and executive chef Jon Emanuel has been the head of the kitchen for a good part of that. Emanuel signed on with the non-profit organization in 2005 and has helped oversee the…
Spring break is over for most people, which means it’s time to hit the books and learn a new skill. In this case, your classroom is the kitchen, and your supplies come in the form of a stove top, oven, knives, a cutting board and lot of tasty ingredients. From…
Onefold, a popular breakfast and lunch stop at 1420 East 18th Avenue, was broken into and robbed over the weekend. Owner Mark Nery says the break-in took place at about 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. The perpetrator smashed in the glass front door and stole the cash register from the…
Chef Stephen Kleinman’s new eatery, Pop’s Place, opens today in the Ballpark neighborhood for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast, with a quirky roster designed by Jim Pittenger of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, begins at 7 a.m. today. Kleinman and Pittenger have been working to open Pop’s since January, when they…
What would you do to improve the 16th Street Mall? The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Downtown Denver Improvement District are hosting the Prototyping Festival this summer to illustrate some of the options for enlivening the mall. The organizations are asking Denverites to suggest their own ideas, too; the deadline is…
