Kyle Foster, chef de cuisine of Colt & Gray, has taken on a new challenge at Rebel Restaurant, which opened earlier this summer in RiNo. While he’s still in charge of the charcuterie program at Colt & Gray, he approached Rebel owners Dan Lasiy and Bo Porytko asking for more culinary…
Will and Coral Frischkorn opened Cured in 2011 with two ideas in mind for their business. The first was that “we wanted a place with what we eat for dinner six nights a week,” says Will. The second was simply this: “Passion.” Four years later, those two ideas have produced…
A duo of fresh events pop up in Denver today, pushing everything from new menus to new monuments. Today all of Colorado’s Rio Grande restaurants are kicking off Rio Harvest Days, which will run through the end of September. The Harvest Days menu will feature locally-sourced ingredients such as Olathe corn,…
The fun doesn’t have to end after Labor Day. On the afternoon of Sunday, September 20, the 21st annual DISH will fill Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex with our annual celebration of Denver’s dining and drinking scene, featuring samples of signature dishes from more than forty of Westword…
Bars and restaurants have been rushing to open their doors before the end of summer, the better to snag as much fall business as possible in the busy weeks leading up to the holidays. September looks to be particularly busy, but plenty of places got their doors open, or reopened,…
On Friday Pullman Rail Journeys made its first stop in Denver at Union Station, bringing three restored vintage passenger cars full of riders from Chicago. But it’s not only the cars that are a throwback to the 1940s and 1950s, when trains were a common mode of transportation: The menus speak…
There’s a lot of action these days on Capitol Hill, with much of it centering on East 13th Avenue and Pearl Street, which is about to see three new bars. One of them is Hudson Hill, a concept brought to Denver by Jake Soffes, a New York native who moved…
In a Denver dining scene full of rotating doors, mere survival is an accomplishment — and not only surviving, but thriving for thirty-plus years is a real accomplishment. One of the OG diners in the city, Racines is the go-to place for a predictably solid brunch, where you can reminisce…
South Parker Road, especially the stretch in east Denver before it crosses into Aurora, isn’t exactly one of the city’s focal points for Mexican eateries. If you want to find the kind of restaurant density it takes to do a proper taqueria crawl (you know what I mean: at least…
Get in shape for the big holiday weekend at this week’s culinary activities, which celebrate wine, beer and Colorado produce. Keep reading for the delicious details. Monday, August 31 Frasca Food and Wine will explore the women winemakers of Dressner & Rosenthal with guest Mike Joyce tonight. The weekly Monday…
Earlier today, Patricia Calhoun broke the news that Cafe Options, the downtown breakfast and lunch spot operated by Work Options for Women as a training ground for women at risk of living in poverty, will be closing in mid-September. It’s the second charity-based restaurant to pull the plug recently; Pizza…
Twelve years on Colfax Avenue, where restaurants measure age in decades, isn’t a long time, but Mezcal was beginning to feel like an old favorite after a relatively short time. But certain parts of Mezcal, namely the kitchen, were starting to feel just plain old to owners Chris Swank and…
If you’ve watched the rise and fall of pork belly, Brussels sprouts and kale, you know that foods swing in and out of style. The same is true for beverages, and right now the drink of choice is sour beer. Made in barrels with fermented yeast and bacteria, it has…
The area at East 13th Avenue and Pearl Street in Capitol Hill is witnessing a bar and restaurant mini-revival. Beatrice & Woodsley owner John Skogstad is bringing his whimsical vision to 1310 Pearl Street with Mighty Sparrow & the Sea Captain, while the team behind Beauty Bar will soon re-open…
Minutes count at happy hour, says Gretchen Kurtz. On a recent visit to Bubu Lowry, she found a server willing to stretch happy hour timing, and that made her time there much happier. But Gabor responds: Why should the hospitality be any different than any other industry? It is not a secret…
No. 21: Purple Cow Ice Cream at Little Man Ice Cream Make sure to get plenty of ice cream as the summer winds down, especially if it’s the Purple Cow flavor from Little Man, that 28-foot-tall, giant milk-jug-shaped shop on the hill in LoHi. This dessert combines two of the…
The Broncos will be at Sports Authority Field on Saturday, taking on the San Francisco 49ers during the first home game of the preseason. The streets will run orange, and even Panda Express will be bringing a little orange to the table. The chain is celebrating its famous Orange Chicken…
Baur’s Restaurant & Listening Lounge hosted Go Fish! last night, a sustainable seafood party held to highlight the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeafoodWatch program. Fresh fish and other marine edibles were prepared by Seafood Watch Blue Ribbon Task Force chefs Dory Ford of Baur’s, Sheila Lucero of Jax Fish House and…
Ludicrous rent and breathtaking home prices have driven young creatives and professionals into the arms of Denver’s suburbs. A highway away from expensive coffee and fancy-pants bistros, these folks are making their own urban communities in the style they’ve been accustomed to back in the city. Little Edgewater feels like…
Making gnocchi is a true labor of love, and after making it from scratch once, you’ll appreciate those little pillows of potato heaven even more. This month I had the pleasure of taking a cooking class led by chef Isabel Ranney of the Magnolia Hotel as part of the the…
Mizu was in — and then it was out. But apparently the ground-floor space at 2930 Umatilla Street (on the same hilltop as Linger) is perfect for a sushi bar, because after the lease deal for Mizu fell through last winter, it didn’t take long for Sushi Ronin to snatch…
