First Watch, a breakfast-and-lunch chain that got its start in California in 1983, opened its first Colorado restaurant this week at 120th Avenue and I-25 in Northglenn. The company plans to add seven more First Watch locations over the next five years along the Front Range, from Fort Collins to…
Mark Antonation has been eating at Denver soul-food restaurants all through May for his latest round of Ethniche. His most recent stop was at Cora Faye’s Cafe, a decade-old spot on Colorado Boulevard that earned a visit from Guy Fieri. Owner Priscilla Smith is almost as much a draw as the…
I’m not the first to fall under the spell of tonkotsu ramen, with its mysteriously alluring pork broth that hides a world of flavor in every white, cloudy spoonful. Jeff Osaka, chef-owner of the month-old Osaka Ramen, the latest entrant in Denver’s ramen war, has spent years thinking about the…
The rain put a damper on the start of Civic Center Eats, but now the regular gathering of food trucks at Civic Center Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday is really rolling. In fact, when they were recently in town to film scenes for Wheel…
When the Breckenridge Brewery announced three years ago that it would be building a massive new campus on twelve acres in Littleton, complete with a new restaurant and tap house, an opening date seemed a long way off. But while the brewery itself is still a few weeks away from…
It’s time to say so long to Sullivan’s Steakhouse. When this eatery, which is owned by the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, opened at 1745 Wazee Street back in 1999, the Westword office was right across 18th Street, and we frequently found ourselves at one of the high-tops in the boxing-themed…
Aurora’s Havana Street is awash with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area; the cultural landscape is primed with every kind experience, from fine-ish dining to lovable dives to mom and pop eateries from almost every nationality and culture: Ethiopian, Vietnamese pho, dollar-a-scoop Chinese, Mexican…
Cora Faye’s Cafe, Denver’s most well-known — and arguably best — soul-food eatery, is the last stop in a month of soul food for May’s Ethniche series. Cora Faye’s opened in 2006 on a run-down stretch of shops on Colorado Boulevard just north of City Park, but the decor and…
Denver Beer Co wants you to get outside. When the brewery began canning last year, it kicked off an unusual program in which a variety of GPS coordinates were printed on its cans. The coordinates corresponded to locations throughout the state. Whoever found them, took pictures there and then turned…
El Rancho is making another comeback — this time as a brewpub. The iconic restaurant in the foothills got its start as a log cabin eatery in 1947; new owners took it over in the ’50s, and expanded it into a major restaurant and conference center. In the ’60s, it…
I’ve been planning food vacations for decades, a strategy that has led to many memorable meals, from a hearty onion tart in Strasbourg, France, to a cinnamon-dusted, pigeon-filled b’stilla in Marrakech. A year and a half ago, I added another globe-trotting dish to the list: tonkotsu ramen at a hole-in-the-wall…
Although Monday’s holiday created a short work week, you still may need a little help getting through the mid-week slump. A quartet of boozy and delicious events today should help you get into the right mood to coast to the weekend. Bar 1, the standing-room-only area at Green Russell, will…
Pourtions is now pouring at NATIV, the pot-friendly hotel at 1612 Wazee Street. As Lindsey Bartlett reported earlier today, the restaurant features a twenty-tap craft-beer wall with iPad controls so that you can serve yourself; you pay between thirty and fifty cents an ounce for everything from Dale’s Pale Ale…
When Choppers Custom Salads closed earlier this year, it wasn’t because business was bad: Sales were good, and so was the food. But founder Patrick O’Neill was turning his attention toward a new project — the Avanti Food & Beverage development in Lower Highland — and so he decided not…
We’ve known it all along: The restaurant scene inside Union Station — the transportation hub reopened last summer after a grand renovation — is world-class. Not only did we name the iconic building the Best New Restaurant Neighborhood in our Best of Denver 2015 edition, but we also included two…
On Fleek at Williams & Graham In March, most of the staff at Williams & Graham took a group trip to Southern Spain, which served as part vacation and part immersion into the wine and spirits of the region. As the group was sitting around talking one evening, conversation drifted…
Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote my first column on the gluttonous experience that is bottomless brunch at the Asian-fusion hotspot, Zengo. Since I’ve just about digested that meal, it seemed only fitting to follow up by checking out Richard Sandoval’s other gem, the sensuous, Latin-infused Tamayo on Larimer…
This past rainy weekend, North County — the Southern California-inspired restaurant that opened late last year in Lowry, a part of town hungry for eating options — was packed with people eager to get out of the wet weather and into some potent margaritas. Gretchen Kurtz reviewed North County last week, and…
No. 34: Okonomiyaki at Kobe AnOkonomiyaki is a common street food or diner-style dish in Osaka, Japan that has spread throughout that country, but is relatively rare in the U.S., and almost impossible to find in Denver. The dish is similar to an omelet or savory pancake and hits all…
With Memorial Day Weekend behind us it’s time to get back to the working week but that doesn’t mean you cant make time to dig into a few delicious events during this short week. From food trucks to a ravioli festival, here are this weeks culinary events. Tuesday, May…
Carne Asada fries and fish tacos were on the menu this week as Gretchen Kurtz stopped by North County, a Baja-style Mexican restaurant in Lowry doing a booming business in the family-friendly east Denver development. It turned out to be a pretty good week for fried fish, as Mark Antonation…
Cafe Colore has been a fixture on Writer Square downtown for as long as we care to remember, but the touristy pizza place is now closed. A new tenant, Illegal Burger, will be moving in later this summer after a renovation of the space. Illegal Burger, operated by restaurateur Jim…
