Grandma’s House is an unusual place — and it’s not just the old-lady decor. Founder Matthew Fuerst calls Grandma’s House a “collective brewery” because he gives would-be brewery owners and breweries-in-planning a chance to try out their recipes on his brewing system and then have the beers they create served…
This weekend you can get a bank to front your bill in Cherry Creek, celebrate Great Divide’s big birthday, or enjoy Brews, Blues & BBQs at the Tavern Downtown. And that’s just a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar this weekend. Keep reading for more… Friday, June 12 Linger,…
Denver is reaching saturation point with burger bars, so restaurant groups looking to expand their beefy footprints are heading for the suburbs. Two established hamburger joints in Denver just announced that they’ll be putting outposts in Arvada and Greenwood Village. Concept Restaurant Group, owner of Ignite Burgers & Lounge in…
No. 33: Farrotto Piccolo at Basta Chef Kelly Whitaker cooks almost everything at his intimate but lively Italian restaurant Basta in the same wood-burning oven where round after round of Neapolitan pizzas are also baked. A tricky, hands-on dish like risotto seems an unlikely choice for oven roasting, especially when…
John Skogstad, who owns the whimsical and beguiling eatery Beatrice & Woodsley and the slightly more lurid and sultry Mario’s Double Daughter’s Salotto in LoDo (and the Two-Fisted Mario’s pizza joint next door), is at work on a new concept destined for 1310 Pearl Street, next door to the Denver Ted’s cheesesteak shop…
The first fern bar opened more than four decades ago, but the concept could be making a comeback here in Denver, where there’s plenty of talk about them. In fact, tonight’s Mixed Taste at the Holiday Event Center is “Fern Bars & George Orwell,” featuring Nicola Twilley of ediblegeography.com, and Helen…
On the NBC show Hannibal, the titular Dr. Lecter dazzles his dinner guests with an parade of effortless, elegantly crafted dishes made with, ahem, distinctive ingredients. The two-month old Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox doesn’t offer “long pig” on the menu, but it shares the show’s atmosphere of haute cuisine, lust, and music. It’s…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the Summit Steakhouse, an Aurora institution that opened back in 1977 and today has a new owner and a new chef. Those changes made her wonder if the Summit had become more of a contemporary steakhouse; it hasn’t. But a meal here can still be…
Today the Denver Botanic Gardens will kick off a new monthly series, Unwind. Each month the Gardens will host a special evening with a unique theme, appetizer menu and entertainment to help you unwind. The theme for tonight is Escape, and the event will feature a popcorn bar, gourmet nacho counter…
Humboldt, the Uptown eatery run by Concept Restaurants, received a little extra attention this week when President Bill Clinton and U2 frontman Bono dropped in for lunch on Monday. A representative for Humboldt said the visit from Clinton and daughter Chelsea had been previously arranged — and that the Secret…
New Belgium Brewing is a great place for twenty- and early-thirty-somethings to find a job. The Fort Collins brewery — Colorado’s largest craft beer maker — was named one of the best places to work for millennial employees in America. To create the list, the Center for Generational Kinetics partnered…
With hundreds of craft breweries already pouring beer in Colorado and dozens of new operations planning to open, it’s important for each one to find a way to stand out. “Everybody is always trying to do something different,” says attorney Robert Runco, who specializes in liquor laws. But “something different” can…
Blue skies and warm sun greeted lunch-goers at Civic Center Eats yesterday, where more than thirty trucks, trailers and carts served everything from Chinese-Mexican tacos to tater tots stuffed with bacon and cheddar. And while most of the attendees huddled under patio umbrellas for shade while enjoying their meals, there…
As we noted here yesterday, the response to our list of the Ten Best Green Chiles in Denver has been fast and furious — mostly furious. Too much yuppie bullshit, and no Chubby’s? And then there’s the really hot debate over New Mexico verde versus Colorado green chile. Can you…
If you’re young enough to associate phone calls with FaceTime and restaurants with mixologists and communal tables, you might find the Summit Steakhouse a bit of a living-history museum. Founded in Aurora in 1977, the sprawling 9,000-square-foot eatery recalls the days when fine restaurants showed off their fineness with white…
Today you can help keep Denver healthy at a duo of do-good events. Enjoy great food from some of Denver’s most recognizable names, watch the culinary competition heat up, and sip some tasty drinks — all while lending supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and the Denver Health Foundation’s men’s health…
Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin of Blue Pan Pizza Competition often involves rejection, and rejection can turn into a major motivation for those driven to win. Jeff Smokevitch, chef and co-owner of Blue Pan Pizza, which will open next week in West Highland, is no stranger to competition — or learning…
The Grateful Bread Company had been slowly building up steam since it was founded a decade ago by baker Jeff Cleary — but over the past year the Golden operation has been expanding rapidly, gaining national attention for both its artisan bread (which is still made almost entirely by hand)…
Ali Baba is a Lebanese restaurant, a Persian restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant with hints of Syrian and Saudi Arabian modernity and haute cuisine. It’s also a mini-chain that got its start in Golden fifteen years ago, when partners Fiyahd Aoutabachi and Mahmoud Dukmak opened the first Ali Baba, which is…
Bonnie Lass at Adrift Tiki Bar Every bartender has a go-to drink — the drink they order when they get off work and slide into the solace of the quiet corner of a darkened bar somewhere. They wouldn’t think of burdening their bartender with a high-maintenance cocktail consisting of six…
Pisco Sour Peruvian restaurant on East Colfax was a cross between a dive bar, a sports bar for soccer fans, a nightclub and an eatery featuring some of Denver’s more unusual cuisine. While it was run-down and lost in time, the shabby remains of a once-swanky establishment held a kind…
Here in Colorado, we fight over green chile. On the East Coast, the battle is over chowder — the New England clam and Manhattan variations. When Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Chowder Room, she didn’t get a chance to try the restaurant’s Manhattan clam chowder. But that’s no loss, according to Dave Barnes:…
