This month Zengo is introducing a new menu featuring over twenty dishes inspired by chef Richard Sandoval’s recent tasting tours of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Thailand. In celebration, the restaurant will hold a meet-and-greet VIP cocktail reception with Sandoval from 5 to 7 p.m. today. Guests can mingle and toast with…
Yes, those are the fried tacos at Mexico City Lounge, 2115 Larimer Street, where we’ll be hosting a lunch with Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and an expert on all manner of Mexican food, fried or not, on Thursday, November 19. And the lucky winners of a seat…
A beer expert and a chef met a few years ago while the two were working for the same catering company. The two built a friendship while talking about beer’s affinity for fine food. The beer expert was Mike Burns, who would go on to open Happy Leaf Kombucha, and…
Denver’s eastern neighborhoods, starved for the kind of hip eateries and bars that seem to open on a weekly basis on the west side, are salivating over the impending arrival of the Stanley Marketplace, which is scheduled to open March 31 in the former Stanley Aviation Building southeast of Stapleton,…
When we think of food and Albuquerque, we tend to think of chile — red or green — and not much else, especially when it comes to exporting the culinary offerings of New Mexico beyond the state’s dusty borders. But a couple of ABQ restaurateurs are out to prove that…
The Berkeley neighborhood’s newest coffeehouse, Allegro Coffee Roasters, opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. on the corner of Tennyson Street and 41st Avenue, featuring nineteen different micro-lot coffees roasted in-house. This is Allegro’s first free-standing coffeehouse and the third Allegro Coffee Roasters (or ACR) in the country, with the other two…
Given Denver’s restaurant boom, you might say there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen. But earlier this fall, when Christopher Cina of Breckenridge-Wynkoop found himself looking for a new executive chef for the Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery (the previous chef had moved out of state just a…
Espresso Americano is not a name often tossed around at the breakfast nook — at least not in the U.S. Born in Honduras, this family-owned chain operates hundreds of coffee shops throughout Central America and two in Colorado. And a third outpost is taking shape right on the 16th Street…
Veggie Girl Amber Taufen wasn’t surprised when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched yet another campaign that, at its core, was based on objectifying human beings. This time, though, the organization isn’t posting billboards with naked supermodels on them or staging “protests” that involved nude women in cages. Instead,…
Most Americans have been programmed nearly from birth to begin craving traditional Thanksgiving dishes as soon as the days start getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air. Turkey, relegated to brown-bag-sandwich duty the rest of the year, suddenly beckons us with Rubenesque curves of leg and breast provocatively…
It’s cold outside — but that has us thinking about the upcoming holidays. So is PlainSmart Clinic, which will hold two sessions of its “Holidays Gone Healthy” seminar today at 401 West Hampden Place. Lindsey Roth, RDN, a registered dietitian for PlainSmart, will teach participants how to navigate the upcoming holiday…
The building that houses one of Denver’s most popular Southern food eateries, Tom’s Home Cookin’ in Five Points, is now for sale, according to news accounts this morning. Owners Tom Unterwagner and Steve Jankousky, who also run the restaurant, bought the property in 2001 for $185,000 and now have it listed for…
Denver lost one of its top hospitality professionals when Rioja server Neil Maxwell passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Maxwell had been with the Larimer Square restaurant since Beth Gruitch and chef Jennifer Jasinski opened it in 2004. His was a familiar and welcoming face to the…
Fate Brewing in Boulder said today that it will take over some of the space that Avery Brewing had occupied during its 22 years at 5763 Araphoe Avenue. Avery moved out of the ramshackle collection of warehouses in February, upgrading to a huge new $30 million brewery and restaurant campus…
Last March, we reported that El Tepehuan would be moving from its original location at 3457 South Broadway, where the Corral family opened it in 1978, to a new space just a few doors south. The move hasn’t happened yet — and now the lease is up, forcing the Englewood Mexican restaurant…
In her hunt for great bargains, Lauren Monitz is sharing awesome local gems to binge on a budget and helping you determine if your favorite Denver restaurants are truly the Real Deal. Since expanding into Denver proper from its original location in Westminster, Dae Gee has been hotter than ever…
The Seattle-based Rhein Haus just opened its second location, at 1415 Market Street. That’s where Old Chicago had dispensed suds for more than twenty years before closing in March 2014 — and where Rhein Haus co-owner Rich Fox once worked. But before that, the building housed one of the town’s…
There’s nothing quite like fresh-made pasta: pillowy ravioli, tender tagliatelle, thick ribbons of papardelle. In the best Italian cooking, the pasta isn’t just an afterthought to get the sauce from the bowl or plate to your mouth, it’s the focal point of the dish that balances flavors and textures to…
Take your mind off of that brutal Broncos loss in the best way possible, by eating—and drinking—until you feel better. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to satiate your appetite and quench your thirst this week. Keep reading for all the tasty events on this week’s culinary calender. Monday, November 16 Frasca…
Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, is coming to town on Thursday. While he’s here, he’s going to do some very hands-on research into a few Mexican dishes that actually got their start in Denver. The Mexican hamburger, for starters, and…
The Denver Tech Center is the happening place to be this week. Troy Guard unveiled his southern outpost of Los Chingones on Monday in the new Belleview Station development, while Gretchen Kurtz had a wine time at the Palate Food + Wine in the Landmark complex. There aren’t any 24-hour…
Beer and sausage halls are becoming a trend around town: Wurstküche brought its modern, Los Angeles interpretation of a traditional German hall to downtown in February and Frisco-born Prost Fine Beer and Sausages planted its second beer garden and bar in West Highland last year. Those come on top of…
