Quentin Tarentino’s The Hateful Eight showcases some pretty breathtaking Colorado scenery — even if the plot is set in Wyoming. To celebrate the recent release of the film, which was shot near Telluride, the Alamo Drafthouse will be welcoming Telluride Brewing Company and Breckenridge Distillery for a five-course dinner-and-a-movie event tonight…
No. 98: The Roasted Porchetta Sandwich at Brider Sure, Brider is one of the newest eateries in town, but the culinary team that has already found success with Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn has only needed a few turns of the rotisserie to start rolling out delish deli-style sandwiches (not…
Last week, we mentioned that Strange Grounds on South Broadway had closed and will soon become a sandwich shop called Samiches. But it turns out that Strange Grounds is not gone for good. A source with the coffeehouse indicates that the owner has found a new location at 1077 South…
Denver lost a Peruvian eater when Pikkas closed in Cherry Creek in December, but the space didn’t sit unclaimed for long. There’s now a new sign up — along with some beetle-kill pine cladding — announcing that Grind is moving in. We’re putting our money on coffee shop, but sausage…
Winter is in full swing and changing seasons mean changing menus. Out with the pumpkin, in with the citrus, kumquats and comfort food. Today, Black Eye Capitol Hill rolls out a new winter menu with some savory dishes, cocktails and desserts worth going out of your way for. Chef Alex…
Hearing nothing but praise for Four Friends Kitchen since it opened in Stapleton last March, I’d had it on my radar for a while, but quite frankly the restaurant’s reservation policy had turned me off from visiting. Rather than taking reservations on Open Table or simply not taking reservations at…
New year, new bar. Pon Pon opened at the very end of 2015 at 2528 Walnut Street; Lindsey Barlett offered a first look at the combo bar/gallery late last week. The spot in RiNo (or is that Five Points, as one reader points out on Facebook) is already attracting fans…and…
As if we needed a reason to drink on a Monday, today is National Hot Toddy Day, and several restaurants around town will be celebrating with a few steaming concoctions to help you shake off the winter chill. Carbon Beverage Cafe will be serving up Bhakti Chai Toddy; punch Bowl…
Heading out for brunch this morning? Lauren Monitz just served up her experience at Harman’s Eat & Drink, a brunch that she says not only staved off the hangover hangries, but also offered a “hipper” option in Cherry Creek. In fact, she says, This spot qualifies as one of the…
Dave Query’s Big Red F restaurant group just spun off the Post Brewing Co. in Lafayette with a new fast-casual version called GoodBird Kitchen, which opened Tuesday in Longmont. Guests will find the same great fried chicken — which made restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz’s list of her top ten dishes…
Restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz said goodbye this week, but only as the weekly restaurant reviewer. She’ll still be keeping an (anonymous) eye on the restaurant scene, but will be easing back on the nightly dinners out. Mark Antonation vows to eat more in 2016 — or at least more good…
Strange Grounds, the funky coffeehouse known for its open-mike night, is now closed on South Broadway. But there’s a sign on the door promising the arrival of Samiches in 2016. The sign also notes that the new eatery will serve gourmet sandwiches, pastas, salads, soups and homemade desserts. More pressing…
There’s certainly no shortage of traditional elements at the new Sushi Ronin, which opened on January 2 in Lower Highland — the first new restaurant of 2016. Japanese koi swim along a band of blue on one wall and touches of bamboo, rough-hewn timbers and brushstokes of Japanese script add…
No. 99: Bacon Shrimp and Grits at Bacon Social HouseWhen you find yourself at a restaurant called Bacon, bacon had better end up on your plate in some form. Fortunately, at Bacon there’s no shortage of cured pork belly in just about every dish — and even in a few…
At the end of the year, we tallied all the action on the Denver dining scene and issued our Restaurant Roll Call for 2015, cataloging the 250 openings and 100-plus restaurant closings in the metro area. Although some of the restaurants that closed — including Le Central — had been…
The National Western Stock Show moseys into town this weekend. For over 100 years the stock show has celebrate two of the driving forces in Colorado, the agriculture and farming industries, which just happen to be all about food. The stock show runs through January 24, but you don’t need…
The historic El Rancho restaurant is back open off of Interstate 70 and Highway 40 after being vacant for more than two years. Like the Buffalo Restaurant & Bar in Idaho Springs, El Rancho reopened in conjunction with a new craft brewery. El Rancho originally opened in 1947 but has…
Sunnyside Burger Bar opened at 3759 Lipan Street (in the old home of the Subway Tavern, right at the corner of West 38th Avenue) in the fall of 2014 as another neighborhood eatery in the Larimer Associates portfolio. At the time, chef/restaurateur Troy Guard signed on as the consulting chef…
Chef/restaurateur Justin Brunson has been a busy man of late; in addition to running the nationally acclaimed Old Major, he’s also piloting two Masterpiece Delicatessens, the culinary program at Honor Society and the soon-to-open Masterpiece Kitchen. He’s also doing quite a bit of traveling as a de-facto embassador for the…
If you’re a dessert skipper, you’re in good company. In a food-service system designed to satisfy diners with an entree and fatten them with small plates and sides, it’s just overkill to drop a dessert menu at the end of all that. Especially for nickel-counting happy-hour goers — and we…
The Brewability Lab, a startup brewery with the novel idea of providing jobs in the brewing industry for adults with developmental disabilities, will take over Caution Brewing’s original location in east Denver sometime later this year. Caution, which was founded in 2011 by Danny and Betty Wang, is consolidating its…
As word got out that I would be ending my work as Westword restaurant critic at the end of December 2015, all anyone could ask was “Why?” Friends who know me best put it another way: “Are you crazy? You’re being PAID to eat out, and you’re choosing to leave?”…
