With so many new coffee spots scattered about the city, 2015 left Denver sips away from heart palpitations. We’re buzzing with caffeinated joy over the tiny shops and uber-hip spots serving cocktails and tasty bites along with pour-over coffee, cold-brew on tap and cortados that will make you weep. Here…
After twenty years in the Denver Tech Center, Brook’s Steak House quietly closed on January 1, and its location at 6538 South Yosemite Circle could become a hotel. “When we first opened, we were the only fine-dining steakhouse south of Cherry Creek. And we were extremely successful,” Brook’s owner Robert Melton…
Tacos Jalisco closed on December 21 for remodeling, promising to reopen on January 2. Well, the time-honored (and slightly timeworn) Mexican joint in Berkeley honored its word, and is now back serving those familiar burritos, carnitas and combo plates in an updated dining room. The two seating areas are a…
The weeks around Christmas and New Year’s Day are a slow period, as many of us take off from work to travel or spend time with friends and family. The same is generally true in the restaurant industry: New projects grind to a halt because finding staff is tough, scheduling…
While nearly 250 restaurants and bars opened in 2015 and some 100 or so closed, only four places were unlucky enough to do both in the same year. Here are four restaurants and coffeehouses that opened and closed within the year. For a complete list of openings and closings, see…
Last week we served up another helping of The Ten Best Burgers in Denver — 2015 Edition, a list that ends with our Best of Denver 2015 pick for Best Hamburger: the Ditka at Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill. Some readers found the list hard to swallow, including Ken, who…
The Ethniche column began in May 2014 as a deep dive into the city’s international culinary scene, with each month devoted to four or five restaurants serving the cuisine of a specific country, region or culture. After a year, though, I changed tactics, looking instead for less common foods, whether…
Today you can get your grub on at a new restaurant, or try an old favorite with a new twist. Either way, you’re sure to enjoy some tasty fare with a side of bubbles or beer. GoodBird Kitchen, The Post Brewing Company’s fast-casual concept sibling, will open its doors to…
In 2015, our resident expert on all things shaken and stirred, Kevin Galaba, went on a weekly mission to uncover cocktail recipes from Denver’s top bartenders. He tasted his way through, tequila, gin, bourbon and spirits ever more esoteric and exotic and chatted with the women and men behind the…
Colorado soared past the 300 brewery mark in 2015, helping it remain one of the biggest, most important states in the nation for the craft brewing industry. But it isn’t the numbers so much as the variety and quality of our beer that makes Colorado shine. In the meantime, bottling…
No. 100: Masala Beef at Biju’s Little Curry ShopA curry bowl at Biju’s stands out as an inspiring option for the first great dish of 2016. Owner Biju Thomas focuses on one thing — the bold flavors of South India — and weaves in themes that ring true for modern…
When Harman’s Eat & Drink first opened in Cherry Creek in June 2013, it came with lofty expectations from the team behind the acclaimed Pullman in Glenwood Springs. But since the Denver restaurant scene continues to roll and everyone continues to look toward the next great thing, Harman’s has fallen…
The cock will crow and the dinner bell will ring when Goodbird Kitchen officially opens its doors on Tuesday, January 5. Big Red F, the local group behind the award-winning Post Brewing Company in Lafayette, as well as Lola, the five Jax Fish House spots and other restaurants, is offering a new twist…
On the last day of 2015, we published our Restaurant Roll Call for 2015, a compendium of all the openings and closings around town over the past year. Some of those closings hit hard, since longtime institutions like Le Central, Andre’s Confiserie Suisse and Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe all closed…
Last Friday we said goodbye to 2015, and this week there are plenty of opportunities to start the new year off on the right food, er, foot. Try a new restaurant, work on your New Year’s Resolution to be a better cook, enjoy a free deal. Keep reading for a…
“A samurai with no lord or master during the feudal period 1185 – 1868 of Japan. A samurai became masterless after the death or fall of his master…”: Those are the words on the wall above the bar at Sushi Ronin, which opened on Saturday, January 2, in Lower Highland,…
Where are you going for brunch today? When we shared our list of the Top Ten Spots for Brunch in Denver in 2015, a few readers wondered why the lineup didn’t include Snooze, that homegrown success story that continues to pack people in at the original (along with several other local locations)…
If 2015 can be summed up in one word, it would be: Frenetic. Although the number of restaurant and bar openings didn’t keep pace with last year, every month saw growth — and the pace didn’t slow down as the year ended, as is often the case. Along with all…
GoodBird Kitchen, the fast-casual spin-off of the Post Brewing Company in Lafayette, is gearing up to open its first location in Longmont next week. A second location had also been planned but today Dave Query, founder of the Big Red F restaurant group behind the fried-chicken joints, announced that Goodbird…
Lucas Chandler isn’t the kind of chef who started out as a pre-teen kitchen rat scrubbing pots at his uncles’s Italian joint for less than minimum wage or stirring the sauce for his grandmother before Sunday family meals. But by high school was working in restaurants and then went on…
We started and finished our list of 100 Favorite Dishes with Denver originals: a crispy chile relleno from La Fiesta at number 100 and a plate of bison ribs from the Fort at number 1. In between, we sampled bites of great food everywhere from Acorn to Z Cuisine. Here…
It felt like being welcomed by St. Peter through the pearly gates: A friendly hostess grabbed our menus and parted a seemingly impassable dining room, leading us to a few set places miraculously empty. “Could it really be so easy?” I wondered. But this is Work & Class and after the…
