Utah-based bread specialist Kneaders Bakery Cafe is opening its third Colorado location in Arvada this Friday. Kneaders was founded in Utah in 1997 by Gary and Colleen Worthington and the company has been slowly spreading since then, with 34 other cafes in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado and Texas. James Worthington, CEO…
Few adults willingly walk into Casa Bonita without having first enjoyed an alcoholic beverage or two: It takes a lot of fortification to stomach the Casa Chilada platter while trying to keep track of your kids in Black Bart’s Cave, plus, most of the Skee-Ball machines are usually broken. Then…
This nondescript apartment complex tucked behind a K-Mart and a Dollar Tree on South Cherokee Street doesn’t look too impressive now, but once open, Denizen (as it will be called) will be mere steps away from the Alameda light rail station. So it makes sense for a cafe and bar…
Erik and Shannon Duffy were born and raised in a small Iowa town, and their grandfather raised hogs on the nearby family farm, so when they founded Tender Belly in 2010, they were returning to their roots — even if the brothers called Arizona and Colorado home at the time…
Littleton Taco House — one of only three locations in a homegrown chain that got its start in 1958 — has been closed for weeks since a roof-repair job turned into a major project. The eatery occupies a mid-century modern building that Colorado preservationists want to save — and Mexican…
Llamas are to Peru what longhorn cattle are to Texas (except that Peruvians don’t drive around with llama skulls mounted on the front of their Cadillacs). When you see a llama, whether in a painting of the animals grazing in the highlands above Machu Picchu or a near-life-size stuffed model…
From brews and budgets to mezcal and Mexican food, two tasty events this evening are guaranteed to make you think — and drink. Warm Cookies of the Revolution will host an event for drinkers and thinkers alike today. From 6 to 8 p.m. tonight What’s Brewin’ will bring together state…
Pastry chef Jessica La Forge has been making desserts in professional kitchens since her first baking job at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs when she was sixteen. Most recently, she was in charge of the ice cream at 5280 Ice Cream, the confectionery arm of 5280 Burger Bar in…
The building at 2715 17th Street in Lower Highland was once a book binding warehouse, but is currently being converted into retail spaces, one of which will soon open as Recess Beer Garden. Owners William Frankland and Owen Olson have been working on the space since late last year and hope…
Will Tuggle made the move from executive chef at Stout Street Social to Humboldt recently and has begun adding new dishes to both the lunch and dinner menus while outgoing chef, DJ Nagle, transitions to his new role as executive chef at Blue Island Oyster House, scheduled to open later…
A little bit UK, a little bit kitsch, and a lot a bit boozy, Argyll is your friendly neighborhood gastropub that’s been transported across the pond. The place to brunch with a British twist, grab a traditional English breakfast, enjoy the people watching along 17th Avenue and sip on a…
Even before summer officially started, our great green chile debate of 2015 heated up across the Southwest, with an Albuquerque TV station reporting on the fiery feud and Top Chef winner and Blackbelly Market owner Hosea Rosenberg weighing in. (He comes by his preference for New Mexico’s green chile naturally: He…
Summer is heating up and so are culinary events around Denver. This week there are more than enough cooking classes, benefits, paired dinners and celebrations to satisfy even the biggest of appetites. Keep reading for all the tasty details on this week’s events. Monday, June 22 Frasca Food and Wine…
Great news for downtown revelers looking for a watering hole during the weekend’s PrideFest activities: The Greedy Hamster has reopened after closing for two days due to a shower of bricks that dislodged from the building’s facade on Monday. While the structure is robed in temporary construction boarding, the Hamster is serving…
Linger is known for an eclectic mix of dishes from all over the world. You can, for example, load up on falafel while your dining partner picks at a bento box. It’s a place for just about any taste preference and the staff is incredibly accommodating to allergies and diet…
Brik on York owner Travis Gee threw open the doors yesterday to welcome customers to his new wine bar and eatery featuring an imported Italian wood-burning oven and a menu designed by executive chef Shoshana Frost. Gee’s approach to designing the space was to honor the building’s history and bones…
Gerald Vevelhymer opened the original Taco House on Federal Boulevard in 1958. Not long afterward —1961, to be exact — a building housing a burger joint went up on Littleton Boulevard. It soon turned into a Taco House franchise and since then, not much has changed. Different owners have come…
Blue Pan Pizza opened last night on West 32nd Avenue, filling its twenty-seat dining room with neighborhood pizza lovers looking to try the Detroit-style pies that owner/chef Jeff Smokevitch has already popularized at his Telluride pizzeria, Brown Dog. Takeout orders also kept the kitchen busy in the new space across…
For more than two decades, Taste of Thailand served up some of the town’s best Thai food from a small storefront in Englewood. But with that building slated for demolition, Noy and Rick Farrell started looking for a new location — and found a great one at the corner of…
Today is National Martini Day, and what better way to kick off your weekend than with a strong one (preferably very dirty, too)? Many restaurants and bars around Denver will be paying homage to the classic cocktail with special deals, including both Viewhouse locations, Tamayo, Stout Street Social, Humboldt and Zengo…
The Italian wood-burning oven is fired up and the wine is flowing; Brik on York, Denver’s newest wine bar, opens today at 3:30 pm. on East Colfax Avenue. Owner and sommelier Travis Gee took over the former Tulper’s watch repair shop and converted it into a airy and welcoming space…
Denver will lose its biggest brewer this weekend when Breckenridge Brewery officially opens its massive, twelve-acre campus on the banks of the South Platte River in Littleton. But the city’s loss will be a major gain for Colorado beer drinkers and beer tourists, who will gain a malty, hoppy adult…
