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…
Denver will be buzzing with New Year’s Eve events tonight – and then come the resolutions. Are you going to set goals to lose weight and and hit the gym more? Maybe you should come up with something more realistic, like vow to get out and indulge more in Denver’s…
Every year, Zymurgy magazine, which is produced by the Boulder-based American Homebrewers Association, asks its readers for their twenty favorite beers that are commercially available in the United States. After tallying the votes, Zymurgy says readers put six Colorado beers on the list. The highest ranking beer was Left Hand Brewing’s…
Colorado is known as a breeding ground for fast-casual chains that have gone national with the likes of Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Qdoba and Quiznos all getting their starts in Denver. But smaller chains like Smiling Moose, which got its start in Edwards in 2003, are also looking for a…
For most of America, the time between Thanksgiving and the holidays is a delicious nightmare. Overindulgent meals taste so good going down, but the scale in the coming month is brutal and unforgiving. If you’re like me and ate in excess this holiday season, the new year is the perfect…
Denver’s favorite meal might be brunch — and diners often put up with long waits to get into some of their favorites. But there are undiscovered gems around town, several of which made our 2015 edition of the Ten Best Brunches in Denver. One of the most popular spots in…
Broncomania must have gotten to me, because as I reflect on the ten best dishes I ate this year in Denver, I keep thinking of the National Football League (bear with me here). Not because some entrees were so well executed that they made me want to do an end-zone…
These days there is national day for just about everything, and this coming Monday we will pay homage to that Italian classic, spaghetti. Homegrown, fast-casual chain Noodles & Company will be celebrating the august holiday by giving out free bowls of marinara-laden pasta. Starting today, noodle enthusiasts can head to…
Goodbye 2015, hello 2016! Finish the year with a flourish by celebrating this city’s food scene. From a mac-and-cheese class to a plethora of New Year’s Eve events, the culinary calendar is overflowing this week. Here’s just a taste of what’s on tap: Monday, December 28 Dicken’s Opera House will…
If you’re thinking about heading out for some Mexican food in the Berkeley neighborhood this week, look somewhere other than Tacos Jalisco, which closed at the beginning of last week for remodeling. A sign on the door states that the longtime 38th Avenue favorite will reopen on Sunday, January 2,…
In 2015, we brought you plenty of news of restaurant openings and closings, plus stories about all of the best food in Denver — from brunch and barbecue to burgers and green chile. Here are the ten stories you loved the most, based on readership — with the most popular…
The Smoking Barrel at Adelitas Cocina Y Cantina Just one look at the drink menu at Adelitas and you quickly come to this realization: It’s not just margaritas anymore. At this Platt Park Mexican restaurant and bar, Nathan Schmit is taking tequila — and especially the increasingly popular mezcal —…
Last Monday, the decade-old Hamburger Mary’s suddenly turned into M Uptown — the result of owners Jennifer and Jeff Kustok failing to come to an agreement with the franchise, which prompted them to go off on their own. But while the name has changed, they promise that the food, entertainment…
Growth and change were the main themes of the past year in Denver — and the restaurant scene was no exception. Fast-paced development has meant more — and more expensive — restaurant spaces, frustrating parking situations, and a wave of newcomers from other states looking for favorite foods they left…
