Dry Dock Brewing debuted two whiskey-barrel-aged beers in its Signature Series last week, both in bottles and at its new tasting room, located inside the brewery’s production facility in north Aurora. The beers are Double Brown Ale, an 8 percent ABV English-style brown “with a nutty, caramel backbone and pronounced,…
When restaurateur Alex Gurevich opened Ay Caramba! in Cherry Creek North in early 2013, it was a bit of surprise, considering that most of Denver’s tortas joints are of the hole-in-the-wall variety in lower-rent neighborhoods. There was much speculation as to whether Creekers would even know what a torta was,…
The Nickel 1100 14th Street 720-889-2128 thenickeldenver.com Chris Thompson moved with his mother from Long Beach, California, to Telluride when he was a kid, and quickly adapted to mountain-town life. He’d always had a love of the outdoors, engendered by camping, hiking and fishing trips with his dad in the…
Row 14 was ambitious — perhaps too ambitious for its location right across from the Colorado Convention Center, where business was either feast or famine, depending on which group had been booked into the facility. When visitors are eager to try Bubba Gump’s, you know a more upscale restaurant is…
The District 1320 East 17th Avenue 303-813-6688 I don’t live in the district that is home to The District, the historic area in Uptown that inspired the restaurant’s name. But I drive by often, so it’s been easy to keep tabs on the place. At the start of summer, I…
Tonight you can enjoy good food while supporting a very good cause, when some of Denver’s top restaurants and caterers come together for Project Angel Heart’s A Taste for Life. See also: Project Angel Heart: Five Million Meals Served…
The Village Cork opened its doors to customers last night for the first time in four months, when the tiny Platt Park wine bar and bistro closed for a remodel. The space is still charming and rustic, but now there’s a little more space — for the cooks as well…
The Nacho Tuna Maki at new Boulder fast-casual Japanese eatery Motomaki is almost as big as a Chipotle burrito (and even comes wrapped in foil); it has the word “nacho” in the name, which generally indicates good things to come; and it seems somehow healthy and audacious at the same…
Apollo’s Creed at Beatrice & Woodsley 38 South Broadway 303-777-3505 When Dylan Holcomb moved to Colorado last October, he landed a job behind the bar at Beatrice & Woodsley, a stylish restaurant in the Baker neighborhood. Before Denver, he tended bar in a string of cities that included Washington, D.C.,…
Row 14 closed unexpectedly in July, leaving an empty space in the downtown Spire. Now a newcomer to Denver, Uncle Joe’s Hong Kong Bistro, will fill that space with a fast-casual concept straight from China’s island city, where the only other Uncle Joe’s currently operates. See also: Row 14 Pours…
Hosea Rosenberg’s Blackbelly Market is set to open next Tuesday, November 11, in a nondescript east Boulder location that belies the complexity of the operation inside. With his new, expansive kitchen, Rosenberg will run a catering business, a fine-dining restaurant, a salumeria making fresh sausage and cured meats, a butcher…
Yesterday Dunkin’ Donuts launched its version of the fading fad-tastic cronut, simply named the Croissant Donut. With the chain making a big comeback in Denver — over a half-dozen stores have opened in the metro area over the past year, with more to come — there are plenty of spots…
Suvipa Thai didn’t have to do much to make its dining room presentable for guests: a new coat of paint in the small, square room and some flowers on the tables, and everything was ready to go. The previous tenant, Pho De, had already painted over the lime green and…
Root Down is hosting its next Raw Dinner from 6 to 10 p.m. tonight. The four-course dinner will be prepared by chef Daniel Asher and raw food-certified sous chef Sarah Phillips. See also: Seven Top Food and Drink Events on the Culinary Calendar This Week…
While River North, LoDo and the Beermuda Triangle may boast the city’s thickest concentrations of small craft breweries, the Sunnyside neighborhood in north Denver is slowly building a beer scene of its own — one that could make it a new destination for craft-beer drinkers over the next year. Factotum…
When the Blake Street Tavern left its original location for bigger digs down the street (in the cavernous and clubby space that once housed Polly Esther’s), a vacuum was left that sucked in a couple of other eateries that tried to make a go of that space. Brauns moved from…
I’ve always thought that Cart-Driver, with its blistered Neapolitan-style pizzas and lightning-fast kitchen, would be a great lunch spot. Problem was, it wasn’t open for lunch. Starting today, however, that will change. At noon, the doors of this trendy little restaurant sandwiched into the shipping container next to Work &…
Today Dunkin’ Donuts is launching its version of the fading fad-tastic cronut, simply named the Croissant Donut (creativity, naming and trend-necromancy fail). At $2.49 each — the usual single donut price is around a buck — the extra dough lands your croissant donut in a fancy box. Fancy packaging is…
Punch Bowl Social hosted a Game of Thrones costume party on Halloween, and while most of the revelers went with creepy, goofy or sexy costumes that had little to do with the HBO fantasy show, a good time was still had. Fortunately for the line at the door, the weather…
A stop at Williams & Graham for a cocktail on Friday night yielded the expected result: a creative, tasty and unique mixed drink from expert bartenders. But what wasn’t quite so expected was the pork schnitzel on the food menu — a dish that doesn’t show up with much frequency…
The controversy in Fort Collins over the name of Illegal Pete’s — a Boulder-based company that’s slated to open its seventh spot in that city next week — got us thinking about restaurant names that have truly offended local sensibilities. And on Friday, we served up a list of our…
Now that Halloween is over, fall and colder weather are here with a vengeance. But there are plenty of food and drink events to warm your heart — and please your palate. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar this week. See also: The Ten Worst…
