In mid-April, a sign went up in the vacant Belvedere Polish Restaurant space informing passersby that the Greedy Hamster would soon be moving in. And while the name evokes images of a fat rodent stuffing its cheeks with baby carrots, this Greedy Hamster will be a restaurant and bar from…
Cold brew from new Denver company Nine Volt Coffee is coming to a restaurant near you in early June, just in time for warm weather and cold brew season. Hugh and Keith Enockson, the father and son team behind Nine Volt, are passionate about coffee. Originally, the duo had hoped…
Larimer Square’s Bubu is the love child of restaurateur Troy Guard and fast casual dining — and it’s just what the downtown strip needed: quick, delicious and healthy meals in a multitude of mix-and-match options for almost any palate. Bubu’s menu — from Mexican to Thai to Californian — is not limited…
The chicken stories were really flying this week. Mark Antonation visited Welton Street Cafe for the start of an Ethniche series on soul food, although he focused on the pork chops rather than the fried chicken. Patricia Calhoun reported that the White Fence Farm has signed the first members of…
Today is your last chance to grab a free taco at Rusty Taco, which has been celebrating its one-year anniversary all week long. The local link in a national chain will also be donating 20 percent of all food sales today to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver…
No. 37: Pan Bagnat at Fuel Cafe A thoughtfully constructed Nicoise salad accompanied by a crusty chunk of bread can make for a perfect lunch. The variety and freshness of the ingredients combine with a filling serving of fish and eggs to create a healthy and nourishing dish — superfood…
Colorado’s independently-owned breweries and liquor stores love the fact that supermarkets and convenience stores here aren’t allowed to sell full-strength beer at most of their locations: the decades-old system, they say, protects small and medium-sized businesses and allows for a much wider selection of beers on store shelves. It’s a…
We recently served up our list of the ten best burgers in Denver, with the Ditka burger from Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill in the top position. The burgers on that list ranged from simple and elegant — like those at Larkburger and Ste. Ellie, where the ground beef is the…
From cosplayers to opthamologists, when the Colorado Convention Center fills up with one convention or another, so does Stout Street Social. Right across from the Big Blue Bear on the ground floor of the Embassy Suites, it’s the closest place to get a beer and a decent meal for the many…
Chefs have a reputation for being hotheads: slamming pans, cursing and the like. But when I called Joshua Bitz to learn more about the background of Meadowlark Kitchen, which I review this week, he couldn’t have been nicer. One subject of his praise? None other than Max MacKissock, whom he…
When I first moved to northwest Denver more than two decades ago, my then-neighbor provided a handy reminder of the fact that I now lived in Highland, not “Highlands,” a name that had appeared in Westword: He put a baseball bat labeled with the correct name on my front porch…
It’s pouring food events! After being rained out on Tuesday, Civic Center Eats will kick off at 11 a.m. today in Civic Center Park. This is the seventh year for the popular event — this time presented by Westword — and in addition to a fleet of food trucks, the…
Golden City Brewery — which was founded in 1993 as Golden’s “2nd Largest Brewery,” has been slowly changing and expanding over the last year, eliminating the kitchen, renovating the taproom, adding new fermentation and serving tanks and walk-in cooler capacity, expanding its distribution and ramping up its packaging with a…
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…
Last month, Work & Class sous chef Victor Mena’s brother-in-law was operating a mower/tractor with his son and got into an accident that took the life of the little boy and left the brother-in-law in critical condition, with injuries that will take many months to heal. With mounting medical expenses…
At White Fence Farm, Mother’s Day is like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and the Fourth of July rolled into one. “We’ll probably do 3,000 meals,” says co-owner Craig Caldwell. “It starts early in the morning and just goes nonstop from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.” Although Caldwell is a restaurant veteran…
River North Brewery, which opened at 24th and Blake streets in February 2012 as the first new beer maker in the district, may become a victim of the neighborhood it is named after. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Brewery founder Matthew Hess says that the owners of his…
Gretchen Kurtz was craving a burger, so she headed to the Cherry Cricket, an institution in Cherry Creek. And although that neighborhood is changing, she found the burgers at the Cricket as good as ever. Some readers disagreed with her recent review, though, calling the place overrated. And that’s inspired…
Tyler and Kimberly Armstrong Simply Pizza Food Truck Kimberly and Tyler Armstrong own their own construction and fabrication business. But they’re also avid home cooks and tinkerers, so Tyler — who goes by Ty — got to thinking about how to combine their love of cooking and fondness for building…
When he was younger, Joshua Bitz hung out in the local music scene and even played a few gigs at the Meadowlark. I never heard him perform, so I don’t know if his punk bands were “pretty crappy,” as he says, or if he’s just being modest. But I’ve eaten…
If you’re looking to gear up for summer and get involved in Denver’s thriving bike — not to mention beer — community, Let’s Ride might be just the event for you — with bike movies, beer, food, giveaways and the Lowdown Limited release of Turin Rooster Ale. The party kicks…
While Denver’s surge of independent restaurants over the past year or two has been astonishing, national chains still see plenty of opportunities in the surrounding suburbs. In last few days, branches of three corporate entities have found new homes in Lone Tree, Englewood and Northglenn. Although chains are often responsible for…
