El Tepehuan closed on South Broadway on November 23 after nearly forty years in the same Englewood spot. Owner J. Miguel Corral plans to reopen the restaurant as El Tep a few doors down at 3495 South Broadway sometime next spring, but in the meantime, he has launched a food truck…
Starting back in the 1970s, a decades-spanning ad campaign by the American Egg Board (yes, there is such a thing) was launched that spent tons of money getting Americans to remember “the incredible edible egg” — complete with annoying jingle — when we were deciding what to eat for breakfast…
The fourth annual Denver Beer Festivus lured beer lovers and their ugly sweaters to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum on Saturday, featuring only breweries with a Denver address — nearly 50, in total. Guests got into the spirit of the fake holiday — originally created for an…
If you give a gift on Christmas day, the recipient will thank you and move on. If it’s a food gift, the contents will soon be devoured and forgotten. But if you want to be remembered year round, a subscription will remind your loved ones every month that you care…
For those of you who can’t get enough of chef and restauranteur Tommy Lee’s funky ramens and Asian creations at Uncle, get ready, tonight his latest food concept, Hop Alley, opens to the public. “We are trying to serve ‘authentic’ Asian food and pair it with a more sophisticated bar…
Cherry Creek is changing and changing fast as it loses many of its longtime mainstays and pricy chains move into the area; reader Greg likens the new look to Rodeo Drive. At the end of the year, the Wizard’s Chest — which just opened a store at 451 Broadway —…
Doesn’t Christmas always creep up on you? The holidays are nearly here, and if you have some last-minute shopping to do, or maybe you’re just killing time until you can catch the new Star Wars, you’ll need to stay fueled. Fortunately, there are a handful of tasty events on the culinary calendar…
The Rackhouse Pub re-opened on Saturday, December 12, after a nearly two-year absence. The original Rackhouse shared a warehouse space with Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey on South Kalamath Street; the new restaurant and bar at 2875 Blake Street will also serve as the taproom for C Squared Ciders and Bierstadt Lagerhaus (which…
We’re winding down to the final installments of our 100 Favorite Dishes, with only one left for 2015. For No. 2, we enjoyed a seafood bite at Genesee Park’s Hideaway Kitchen + Bar . The Hideaway is one of a growing number of destination eateries along the Interstate 70 corridor that’s…
It has been a year and a half since the original Rackhouse Pub closed on South Kalamath Street next to the Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey distillery. But owner Chris Rippe is finally ready to throw open the doors to a new incarnation of his beer-centric pub, this time in partnership with…
No. 2: Fried Chesapeake Oyster at Hideaway Kitchen + Bar Head up Interstate 70 to Genesee Park (it won’t take as long as you think) and then look for the shopping center tucked behind the Chart House. In the far corner, you’ll see the Hideaway, looking more like a neighborhood…
The First Avenue Hotel has seen a lot over the past century, but the wildest chapter started three years ago, in July 2012, when the city slapped a notice to vacate on the circa 1906 building that developer Jesse Morreale had purchased in 2008 and renovated, arguing that the structure was unsafe…
Pete Turner founded Illegal Pete’s in Boulder twenty years ago, when he opened his first burrito joint on the Hill. Yesterday afternoon, he opened his first out-of-state restaurant in Tucson — which attracted a packed house of customers and an estimated fifty protesters with a petition demanding he change the name, claiming that…
There may be snow in the forecast, but there are plenty of heart-warming events.From the Denver Beer Festivus to holiday markets and festivals, here are ten tasty reasons to brave the weather this weekend. Keep reading for all the delicious details. Friday, December 11 The Denver Pavilions Holiday Carousel opens today,…
Tina Pachorek, co-owner of the Cheeky Monk and Lost Highway Brewing, has been working with the Denver Police Department’s District 6 and its commander, Tony Lopez, for years, trying to make the neighborhood around East Colfax Avenue safer. “He and his staff have been a big advocate for our area for…
Where’s the line between high class and low-end? Denver is more socially and regionally stratified than ever, but most of us end up mingling in with and among each other like enriched flour cereal squares in a bowl of Chex Mix. On the high end you have a place like…
Nearly a year ago New Saigon’s owners, husband-and-wife team Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham, were feeling burned out after more than thirty years in the business, so they sold the restaurant and made plans to slowly transition the kitchen to the new owners. They kept New Saigon Bakery next door in…
Pete Turner ran his homegrown chain of burrito joints for for nineteen years without hearing so much as a peep about its name, Illegal Pete’s. But then last year Turner opened a location in Fort Collins — and activists there complained that the name was a slap at the undocumented. “I didn’t…
Over the last eighteen months, several new bars/restaurants have moved into Five Points. First came Rosenberg’s Bagels & Deli, which brought new crowds to the area. Then came Dunbar’s Kitchen & Tap House, followed by Spangalang Brewery, and there are many more to come. But with the additions come losses:…
In a city bubbling over with craft breweries and themed cocktail spots, where do adults go who want to hang with the big kids but drink like a little one? Often non-imbibers are relegated to the limited options from a soda gun or a single pot of coffee that’s been…
Get your food-truck fix at Civic Center Nosh & Posh from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today. The monthly gathering of food trucks and mobile boutiques brightens up Civic Center Park with a variety of foods and fashions to choose from on the second Thursday of every month through April. For…
The Boulder County Farmers’ Markets organization, which operates weekly markets in Boulder and Longmont, has been the envy of Denver food lovers for years. Many of them make regular visits to Boulder; some complain that Denver farmers’ markets tend to be more like flea markets than purveyors of healthy foods…
