Around the World in 180 Minutes returns to Denver for its second edition from 7 to 10 p.m. today. The event, which takes place at the Tivoli Turnahalle on Auraria Campus, will feature food, entertainment, arts and spirits from around the world; you’ll have the chance to enjoy spicy South…
Sausages have been springing up on menus all over town; with the prevalence of nose-to-tail dining in Denver eateries, chefs and butchers are cranking up the grinders to plate everything from smoked beef links to deep-brown blood sausage. When Wurstküche opened late last month on Broadway, it added new spice…
Black Bottle Brewery in Fort Collins will release bottles of its latest Cerealiously beer today (the brew has already been tapped on draft as well): Cerealiously Lucky Charms. The brewery has garnered quite a bit of attention over the past six months or so with its cereal beers, especially after General…
Known primarily as a gaming emporium, lumbersexual hangout and place to pick up bros, what Punch Bowl Social should be known as is your next brunch destination or Sunday cocktail stop. Since chef Jeff Grimm joined in late fall, the focus as been on turning out healthier, tasty, gastropub food —…
Dessert fans in Denver know pastry chef Nadine Donovan from her work at Old Major, but she just landed a new gig as the pastry pro for Steuben’s, Ace and Vesta Dipping Grill (collectively known as Secret Sauce F & B). Her first order of business was to revamp the…
Sterling Robinson got his first job when he was thirteen, when his older brother called on Mother’s Day to see if he could fill in for a missing dishwasher at the Denver restaurant where he worked. “My brother was the biggest influence,” he says. “He’s five years older and got…
Are bros and hipsters headed to Stapleton? That’s what readers predict with the news that Robert Thompson’s Seasoned Development will open another Punch Bowl Social in the former Stapleton airport control tower, a landmark in that neighborhood that’s been empty for twenty years. The city needed a tenant for a…
In hindsight, evolution is a cool thing. In real time, however, it’s more awkward than cool. A recent video at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science captured this gangly side, showing whales morphing from land animals to sea creatures. Just imagine how that early whale felt as its strong…
Cafe Max will be playing host to Oregon winemaker Andrew Rich tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. Rich will be teaming up with chef Rachel Kelsey of FiddleSprout Foods, as they cook up a multi-course, pop-up wine dinner. Tickets are $85; grab yours here. If foreign wines are more your thing,…
Those who follow restaurant news around town may remember the fracas in the Bonnie Brae neighborhood in the summer of 2011 when Giles Flanigan and Jeffrey Smokevitch tried to open a branch of their Telluride pie joint Brown Dog Pizza. A handful of neighbors who didn’t buy into what Brown Dog…
Now it’s easier than ever to get a taste of our Best New Restaurant of 2014: Lower48 Kitchen. Since the start of 2015, the restaurant at 2020 Lawrence Street has been offering a Tuesday Tasting series, featuring a $34 prix fix dinner in addition to the a la carte menu…
Saturdays will be a drag at the Squeaky Bean starting March 14. Last week we named Johnny Ballen’s Sunday brunch as one of the Seven Best Themed Sunday Brunches in Denver, and now he’s adding a Saturday bingo brunch, with a definite twist. “With the huge popularity of our Sunday bingo…
The International Institute of Culinary Professionals has been recognizing well-written cookbooks with annual awards for more than 25 years. This year, a Colorado cookbook has been selected as one of the finalists in the IACP’s American category. Chef Eric Skokan, who owns Black Cat Bistro and and Bramble & Hare…
Chochon 555, the annual touring swine soiree, came to town on Sunday at the Ritz-Carlton downtown, where five chefs competed for top boasting rights. Each of the chefs was assigned a heritage breed and the rest was up to them to come up with a series of small plates to…
There are just eight more days to vote in the Best of Denver 2015 Readers’ Poll, which includes more than eighty Food & Drink categories, all of which will appear in the final issue on March 26 — with Westword picks along with the readers’ choices. In the first round…
South Colorado Boulevard between Evans and Yale avenues is to Middle Eastern cuisine what Federal Boulevard is to Vietnamese. The variety of primarily Moroccan, Lebanese and Persian dishes to be found in eateries of various styles along this stretch is impressive enough, even before you add the markets, bakeries and…
Sip, slurp and shuck your way through the third annual High West Oyster Fest today from 6 to 9 p.m. at eTown Hall in Boulder. Presented by Jax Fish House with help from Burgermeister and Tebo, the third year of the popular festival promises to be a decadent ode to…
The Big Wonderful established itself last summer as one of Denver’s favorite outdoor food and drink roundups, offering street food, beverages and other products from multiple vendors every weekend while the warm weather lasted. But while the outdoor festivities ended in October at the main location at 26th and Lawrence…
City Councilman Chris Herndon, restaurateur Robert Thompson and Jim Chrisman, senior vice president of Forest City Stapleton, Inc. called a press conference this morning in the Stapleton neighborhood to announce that Thompson’s restaurant development company will be turning the old Stapleton Airport control tower building into Denver’s second Punch Bowl…
Orange Is The New Grey at Humboldt While making cocktails at Humboldt in Uptown, bartender Alex Curry reaches into the cooler behind his bar probably a hundred times a night. Humboldt is a high-volume bar, and Curry prides himself on how fast he can make cocktails. In most of those hurried…
As long as there are people out there who will spend money on irrationally thought-out foods and beverages, there will continue to be brand-new edible horror shows created and sold, every day, until the end of all time. We the loyal foodie army of consumers do happen to luck out…
No. 43: Carne Asada Fries at North County 94 North Rampart Way 720-532-0106 Carne asada fries are a particular specialty of the beach shacks and taquerias of San Diego and the surrounding southern California scene, where the influence of Mexican cuisine has been present for longer than California has been…
