Throughout the year, we eat countless burgers in every dive bar, dining room and neighborhood joint imaginable, looking for the perfect bite of beefy satisfaction. The criteria are simple: if the patty itself isn’t perfect, nothing else matters, and anything else between the buns is there to enhance the ground…
Aurora is awash lately with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area, and the cultural landscape is primed with every kind of dining from the fine-ish to the loveable ratchet. Havana Street in particular is dotted with mom and pop eateries from Ethiopian food to…
When you imagine a traditional Easter brunch you probably picture a stuffy hotel buffet with the post-church crowd bathed in a slew of florals, pastels and oversized hats. Zzzz. How about instead of the tired, overpriced eggs-traveganzas, this year we celebrate with a feast of epic proportions at one of…
What’s the Best New Restaurant in Denver? After months of eating and weighing the merits of hundreds of eateries that opened in 2014, we tapped Mercantile Dining & Provision for top honors in the Best of Denver 2015, which came out last week. People stop at Mercantile to grab coffee…
March is going out like a lamb with some delicious seasonal spring menus, as well as other delicious events — including the Star Chefs program at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, featuring some of Denver’s star female chefs on April 2. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on…
Our annual Best of Denver edition hit the streets — and the Internet — on Wednesday, giving a thorough rundown of the finest that our city’s service industry has to offer, with everything from Best New Restaurant and Best Chef — Mercantile Dining & Provision and Steven Redzikowski of Oak…
Oskar Blues, which is one of the fast growing independent breweries in the country, said today that it has purchased Perrin Brewing, a medium-sized Michigan brewery that had been in business less than three years. Management of the two companies got to know each other late last year through their…
As impressed as we were by all fifteen of the eateries we selected for our year-end list of the Best New Restaurants in Denver for 2014, we decided to update it — as we narrowed down our choices for our Best of Denver 2015 edition — based on the consistency,…
Every March, a crew of chefs and others in the restaurant business meet up at White Fence Farm to celebrate birthdays and the start of spring. This hip group’s most recent visit was this past Sunday, and “It was great,” says Patrick Kneese, manager of Lola. “At a table full…
It may not be your traditional hair of the dog (or any type of hangover cure for that matter), but by our estimation, a glass of wine with breakfast on the weekend offers just the right buzz to put some pep in your step and get a move on the…
When you find yourself in a paradox of craving something comforting yet healthy at the same time, but you don’t want to compromise taste and nutrition, don’t give up and settle for another lackluster veggie burger. You CAN have it all. Formerly known as Jonsey’s, The Centennial Tavern is one…
When he moved from Poland to Denver a decade ago, Cezary Grosfeld realized that few places served the food of his home country, and he jumped into that gap. He opened Polished Tavern in 2011 and also launched a food truck, Pierogies Factory, that visits farmers’ markets. And now he’s…
As March winds to a close, Denverites will start pulling out the flip flops and putting away the snow gear. But hold onto that parka, because this weekend you can enjoy skiing with a side of food and beer. And don’t forget that Saturday is Something on a Stick Day,…
When Jet’s Pizza opened in Littleton last summer, it introduced something that most Denverites didn’t even know existed: Detroit-style pizza. While a growing number of pizza parlors in Detroit and the surrounding area have been attracting praise ever since Buddy’s Rendezvous started dishing up square pies baked in auto-parts pans in…
You can throw off the checkered tablecloths and add a fresh coat of varnish, but you can’t erase the spirit of a good old Italian restaurant. Gaetano’s Restaurant has been ladling red and pouring white in North Denver since 1947, but a change of ownership in 2005 (when the venerable…
The Corral family has been serving combo platters and Mexican breakfasts at El Tepehuan, an Englewood institution, since 1978. But now the restaurant is moving down the block to a bigger corner spot, and the family is officially changing the eatery’s name to El Tep, the nickname that many regulars…
Bloody Mary bars just keep getting bigger and better. Punch Bowl Social took Best Bloody Mary Bar honors for the second year running — but Lou’s Food Bar just introduced a beer brunch to go with its Bloody Mary bar that makes this place ook like a real contender for next year…
The Best New Restaurant is an award that recognizes achievement, but it’s also a title that carries expectations and responsibilities. So we do not take choosing the winner lightly, especially in a year that saw more than 300 new bars and restaurants, any number of which could’ve nabbed the top…
Jax Fish House in Glendale, winner of the Best Raw Bar in the Best of Denver 2015, welcomes the Oregon-based organic winery, King Estate, for a five-course wine dinner at 6:30 p.m. this evening. A King Estate representative will act as guest sommelier, leading guests through three courses plus an amuse…
If you think doughnut madness is getting a little out of hand in Denver, keep in mind that we don’t even crack the top dozen cities in the country when it comes to doughnut shops per capita. Top honors go to East Coast cities like Providence, Rhode Island, Portland, Maine,…
Denver will recognize Declaration Brewing today as the first brewery in the city to be certified as “sustainably” green; the designation means it complied with a specific set of environmentally-friendly practices, like donating spent grain to farmers to be re-purposed into animal feed, instituting a heat-recovery process on boilers to…
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…
