Cities from Los Angeles to Chicago are hiking the minimum wage. Here in Denver, Edwin Zoe of Zoe Ma Ma, which I review this week, has taken matters into his own hands with what he calls a “sustainability initiative fee.” The 15 percent fee, which is automatically added to the…
Rebel Restaurant is coming to RiNo — specifically 3763 Wynkoop Street, the former home of several dive bars, including Fat Bros, Wynkoop Grill and Hospoda. But owners Dan Lasiy and Bo Porytko are planning to put the focus on the kitchen. “We want to be food first, bar second,” says…
Tacos are suddenly the talk of the town, with not one, but two big events devoted to them this week. Before the Denver Taco Festival gets rolling in RiNo on June 27, Top Taco will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m…
Denver’s southern suburbs continue to chug along when it comes to new craft breweries. The latest to start pouring beer: Barnett & Son, which quietly opened earlier this month in Parker at 18425 Pony Express Drive, #125, with several beers on tap and a rotating caravan of food trucks. Owned by…
Summer means a bounty of produce and plenty of work for farms and ranches, which are now in full swing after a rainy spring. One of those ranches, the Snow Creek Ranch near Larkspur, is hosting a chef’s dinner to celebrate the season’s vegetables and Snow Creek’s own beef. Tickets…
It was hot, one of the first truly hot days of summer, and the sun had an intensity that caught me off guard. Saner types might have taken a seat on the plaza, where throngs of people had kicked off their shoes — and, in the case of a few…
The coveted former dive bar space at 38th Avenue and Wynkoop Street is finding new life with Rebel Restaurant. Owners Dan Lasiy and Bo Porytko are taking this historic building into the modern era with a uniquely re-imagined space and community-first approach to dining. Rebel’s food will be nostalgic with…
The Phuket at Fuel Inspiration often comes from the unlikeliest of places. For Jaci Hernandez, it happened on a vacation to Mexico. In early June, the bar manager at Fuel Cafe left Denver for a friend’s wedding in Puerto Morales, near Cancun. The idea for her newest cocktail didn’t actually…
After several stops and starts, Blue Pan Pizza finally opened last week at 3930 West 32nd Avenue, where it’s now serving several kinds of pizza, including Detroit-style. But is that just too much of a good thing in pizza-heavy Highland? Says Jeff: We have enough pizza. And no one will ever…
It’s National Bike to Work Day and while you’re peddling to your job this morning be sure to check out a few of these tasty perks being offered around Denver to those who partake in the cycling holiday. Pigtrain Coffee is supporting National Bike to Work Day by offering cyclists…
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…
