Il Porcellino Salumi isn’t quite ready to open in the Berkeley neighborhood; owners Bill Miner and Brian Albano are still waiting on final sign-off from the Denver Department of Environmental Health before they can begin production of their cured products. In the meantime, they’re hosting an open house as part of…
Friday Night Bazaar, the weekly indoor craft, music and food market started by TheBigWonderful partners Josh Sampson and Ben Baruch, was just getting rolling last spring at 3530 Brighton Boulevard when June rains flooded the building and forced a temporary end to the festivities. But after a few months of scouting…
Smell that smoke in the air? It’s not just burning leaves or roasting chiles — it’s also coming from the barbecue joints that are popping up all over town. There have been so any changes on the local barbecue scene that our recent list of the Ten Best Barbecue Joints…
It’s only October 2, but it’s already been a big month for Black Eye Coffee. Yesterday the hot spot in Highland was named the Denver winner in the KRUPS Best Brew Awards — the fifth round of the annual contest, but the first time people were allowed to vote for a…
Although you might not be able to tell from the weather Denver has been having lately, October is here and Fall is in full swing. The temperatures may not be falling just yet but the leaves are changing and the fall harvest is in high gear, which means some delicious comfort food…
Last week I started a conversation about the rules of restaurant criticism — or rather, the modern-day lack thereof. Some guidelines remain in effect: Professional critics should not accept free food, for example. Others are increasingly optional, such as anonymity, though in my opinion a critic who publishes his or…
No. 14: Bruschetta at Postino LoHi The simplicity of bruschetta is part of its charm — nothing but chewy, crusty bread and a few fresh ingredients to accompany a glass of wine or beer at happy hour, a light lunch or a shared dinner. Postino offers a dozen variations on…
You just want to grab a good slab of ribs for dinner tonight. Well hold yer horses, Jethro: barbecue in Denver is a battleground, where endless skirmishes are waged over where to get the good stuff — and some don’t bother to fight at all. Given barbecue’s history as the…
Owners of Vert Kitchen Andrew Douglas and Noah Stephens take on a new venture as Overt opened for business this morning. Their new coffee shop is conveniently located next door to Vert in a tiny space almost narrow enough to touch both sides with extended arms, but just big enough to…
Growler USA CEO Dan White says two of the best things to happen for beer drinkers in America are the surge in beer entrepreneurship — which has seen the total number of craft breweries top 4,000 this year — and the launch of his national chain of tap rooms. That’s…
The dual missions of Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge are made clear in its name — but it’s not easy combining the two in a single space, as Gretchen Kurtz noted in her recent review of Baur’s, which moved into a historic downtown space this year and has already made some…
Hungry for a good time today? The Denver Botanic Gardens and Chipotle Mexican Grill are presenting the fifth annual Sustainable Food Film Series, which aims to raise awareness of healthy and sustainable approaches to the way we grow, produce and consume food. At 6:30 p.m. tonight, the series will screen Lunch…
While September witnessed a score of new restaurant and bar openings, the big news was the closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors at the corner of Pearl and East 19th Avenue — but promises to return early next year after a big remodeling…
Although it was founded in Lyons and operates its largest brewery in Longmont, Oskar Blues has always felt right at home in Denver. And early next year, the company will plant some actual roots here when it opens its first property in Denver, a CHUBurger at 35th and Larimer streets,…
Margaritas for all our friends! It looks like the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group has a deal on the Session Kitchen building at 1518 South Pearl Street, and it should make Mexican food lovers in the Platt Park neighborhood very happy. The property got its start as the first home of Izakaya Den,…
Cherry Cricket general manager Kathy Huddleston and bar manager Clifton Bell have 25 combined years of experience serving customers at the venerable Cherry Creek burger joint, but that’s still only a fraction of the bar’s long life on East Second Avenue. The Cherry Cricket will celebrate its seventieth anniversary on…
Just because New Belgium Brewing is paying a lot of attention to its massive new production facility in Asheville, North Carolina, (slated for completion in early 2016) doesn’t mean that the Fort Collins brewery is ignoring its home base. This fall, the company will break ground on an expansion project…
Last winter, pork lovers noticed something missing in their burritos, tacos and bowls at Chipotle: the carnitas. The burrito chain that got its start in Denver had decided to stop serving pork rather than risk selling meat that didn’t meet the company’s animal welfare standards. According to Chipotle’s website, the…
This past weekend Pueblo hosted its 21st annual Chiles and Frijoles Festival, which celebrates the bounty of Colorado’s farms — and the great chiles grown there. Farmers brought in Pueblo, or Mirasol, chiles; Anaheims and Big Jims; scorching Dynamite and lesser-known varieties like Mosco and Marconi — and there wasn’t…
The story of Onefold is not a cautionary tale. There are no lurking dangers from which to learn, no pitfalls trapping overextended chefs, no overwrought concepts so common in the restaurant industry. Instead, this humble eatery with its simple decor and even simpler menu is more of a pep talk…
At Lola, La Cosecha will bring together local farms and chefs for a farm-fresh dinner beginning at 5 p.m. today. Nine chefs and eleven Colorado farms will contribute to the feast, which will highlight the fall harvest here in Colorado. Chefs from Acorn, The Kitchen, Jax Fish House, Elway’s, Vesta Dipping Grill,…
Fans of good deals, mark your calendars. Visit Denver has announced the dates for Denver Restaurant Week 2016. The 12th annual citywide dining event will take place from February 26 to March 6 next year. And like the previous two years, dinner at participating restaurants will cost $30 per person. Registration…
