Polished Tavern owner Cezary Grosfeld moved from Poland to Denver ten years ago and noticed that there were very few places in town that served the food of his home country. Despite having a Master’s degree in software engineering, Grosfeld decided to jump into the food service industry, opening Kinga’s Lounge…
Swedish DJ duo Dada Life played a show at 1stBank Center on March 13 and the group’s producer Stefan Engblom got a taste of Colorado in the form of Rocky Mountain oysters — that’s sliced and deep-fried bull testicles — provided by the Buckhorn Exchange. A couple of lucky fans…
Our 32nd Best of Denver issue is about to hit the streets — and the web. Over the years, some categories have disappeared and others have grown, reflecting the boom and bust of fads. But one trend that shows no signs of imploding is Colorado’s craft-beer industry, and there will…
The wok has been fired up and the kitchen is ready to go for next Monday’s highly anticipated opening of Cho77, chef and restaurateur Lon Symensma’s tribute to Southeast Asian street food located in a long and narrow space on South Broadway. Roaming across Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia (with…
Hipster is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days, and in its overuse it has lost much of its original meaning. There are certain looks, activities and pastimes that remain synonymous with the word, however. Mustaches, for example, persist as a perennial adornment of many hipsters. It…
For a chance to enjoy a spectacular six-course dinner spearheaded by some of Denver’s top kitchen talent while benefiting an environmental cause, tickets are now on sale for Dine Out for Earth, presented by Rock the Earth, a nonprofit organization that partners with the music industry to protect and defend…
With a special Beer Brunch series launched over the weekend, Lou’s Food Bar offers a three-course tasting menu paired with brews from a different local brewery each month for $30. The series kicked off with porters and Kölsch from Elevation Beer Co. in Poncha Springs, goat cheese and green chile crepes…
For taco hunters seeking rare and regional styles, Boulder’s Centro Latin Kitchen just updated its menu, with a section devoted to tacos perrones, a specialty of a single taqueria in Tijuana, Mexico (actually nearby Rosarito, to be more specific). Although the style has spread to other taco stands in Baja…
Starbucks’ #racetogether project was a bad idea, even if it started with good intentions. Buckies got with USA Today to launch the “Race Together: Conversation has the Power to Change Hearts and Minds” campaign to start customer/employee conversations about race relations in the U.S. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has an admirable…
Is it possible to have too many pizza joints in northwest Denver? That’s what a reader wondered after we reported that one of the owners of Brown Dog Pizza in Telluride and a partner will be opening Blue Pan Pizza in Highland, serving Detroit-style pizza. Responds Tony: Relax reader… yuppies…
Past a Subway sandwich shop, a Qdoba and a Tokyo Joe’s, Babajoon’s Kabobs doesn’t exactly stand out in its Westminster strip-mall home. And on a March Madness weekend, the parking lot is packed with the cars of college basketball fans headed to the Hooter’s next door (at least, I assume…
You can spend the day at Arapahoe Basin, skiing and sampling beer from twelve Colorado breweries at the fourteenth annual Festival of the Brewpubs. The fest, which runs from noon to 4 p.m., will also feature live music and outdoor food stations to pair with your Colorado craft beers. Tickets are…
The second annual Collaboration Fest took place over the weekend at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, offering one-of-a-kind beers brewed by pairs, trios and even larger groups representing local and national craft brewers. This year, more than 70 collaborative beers were served from pouring stations set up inside the…
It’s almost time to open the proverbial envelopes. With our annual Best of Denver issue just a few days away, we’re pausing to remember past Best New Restaurant winners. These are the places that have shaped Denver’s food scene over the past decade, places that did what restaurants set out…
2U at the Populist In the fall of 2013, Rob Corbari was busy getting the Populist ready to open at 31st and Larimer Streets. He literally built the bar he still works behind, which included installing floor tile, plumbing, electrical and even the bar top, made of thick, dark, heavy wood. But…
Central Bistro and Bar reopened last Tuesday after a week off to retool the decor and the menu. While the LoHi eatery hasn’t even hit its third birthday, owner Isiah Salazar wanted to address issues with the noise levels in the dining room so took the opportunity to update the colors…
The eclectic chophouse LoHi SteakBar helped name and define the Lower Highlands before it became the gourmand destination it is today. Now, six years after opening and six months after the restaurant changed ownership and got a revamped menu, SteakBar is introducing a meaty new happy hour menu, served twice…
Tocabe American Indian Eatery, which debuted in northwest Denver years ago, has finally opened a second outpost, on East Arapahoe Road. And with the new location comes an expanded menu — and the addition of bannock bread. But you can still get our favorite shredded bison at both spots. Is…
The U Baron Group, which operates the Silvi’s Kitchen restaurants in the metro area (along with all of the other former Udi’s eateries and bakeries), closed the Colfax Silvi’s last fall with plans to reopen with a new name and theme. Tomorrow the Baron family will open the Good Son,…
Spring has finally sprung, and the food scene, like the weather, is heating up. This week you can hit the slopes at A-Basin and enjoy a few Colorado brews at the Festival of the Brewpubs, grab a great meal for a great price and benefit a great cause at the…
On March 20, Casa Bonita was recognized as an official landmark by the Lakewood Historical Society. The pink-and-white eatertainment palace opened on West Colfax Avenue in 1974 (it was constructed a year earlier, hence the plaque’s reference to 1973), and has been the anchor business of the shopping strip it…
This week in Westword Food & Drink, Gretchen Kurtz visited Table 6 to see if the decade-old restaurant still lived up to its reputation as one of the early shapers of Denver’s restaurant scene. Mark Antonation took a fun detour in his tour of Denver’s Middle Eastern cuisine with a…
