This week in Cafe Society, our reviewer got a taste of the UK at Argyll Whisky Beer, where both the whiskey and Scotch eggs were delicious. Rioja chef de cuisine, For Chef and Tell, Mark Antonation talked with Tim Kuklinski about failing in the kitchen, his love of Italian food…
Hangar 2 Partners — a partnership between Larimer Associates and Hartman-Ely Investments — broke ground last fall on the “Lowry Dining District,” two new buildings outside of Hangar 2, the historic building in the Lowry neighborhood that once held Air Force planes when the area was a military base. This…
Empanadas may be small pockets of dough, but they’ve turned into big business for Christian Saber, the native of Buenos Aires who opened an empanada shop in Boulder nearly two years ago. When construction is completed by the end of the month, Rincon Argentino will have taken over an adjacent…
No. 69 Charred Tahini Cauliflower at Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs2148 Larimer Street 720-746-9355 Jim Pittenger, the “Biker Jim” behind two restaurants, a cart and a food truck, didn’t get to where he is by serving vegetables. He didn’t impress celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain with a salad. He did it with…
On a typical fall Sunday in Denver, people in orange and blue flock to local joints that serve cheap Coors Light and burger combos and have TVs blaring. But not everyone wants to bump elbows with former high school athletes getting drunk and trying to relive the “glory” days. Some…
We had high hopes when brothers Andrew and David Marx opened Drew’s Denver Deli in the home of the original Spicy Pickle two years ago; Andrew already had experience in the sandwich business at Jimmy & Drew’s in Boulder, which earned accolades from Esquire after opening in 2006. But Jimmy…
Casa Bonita turned forty this year, but time has not stood still in the Lakewood strip mall that holds the world’s weirdest Mexican restaurant. Just as Casa Bonita was marking its fortieth birthday in May, the JCRS shopping center was sold for $8 million. The new owners plan to rename…
Fall is in full force, and so this weekend is full of farm festivals, autumnal flavors — and chile, beer and yaks, of course. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calender. See Also: Williams & Graham Rates As One of the World’s Fifty Best Bars…Barely…
It’s been a big year for Williams & Graham — and we’re not talking about the LoHi watering hole’s win for Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar in the Best of Denver 2014. Four months later, Williams & Graham was one of four finalists for the best bar in the country at…
Under culinary director John Broening, the menu at Argyll Whisky Beer is full of temptations, from classic to contemporary pub fare. Still, I’m always drawn to the Scotch egg, which is coated with ground sausage, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried until golden. And I find it hard to resist a…
The Great American Beer Festival is over, but it left us with lots of memories, as well as beer guts, stacks of stickers and favorite new brews. We sent videographer Andrew Bateman to capture the scene this past weekend. Watch his video to see what you missed — or simply…
The restaurant scene in northwest Denver is heating up, and while some longtime residents lament the loss of old-school restaurants, it’s impossible to see the opening of Brazen as anything but a bonus. After all, owner Christopher Sargent turned a strip-mall space formerly occupied by a former yogurt shop into…
Belgium is known for two things in most of the world: chocolate and those miniature cabbages from Brussels. Food does seem to be their thing in the tiny country that’s split geographically and culturally between the Flemish and the Walloons, but an equally tiny Arvada beer and Belgian street-food bar…
The “24” at the end of the name of Tom’s Urban has been severed from the Larimer Square eatery’s sign and its identity, shortening the hours and rearranging the furniture for a different crowd. The restaurant now closes before the real creatures of the night come out to play, but…
Golden’s State 38 Distilling hates to see fermentable sugars go to waste. Fortunately, owner and head distiller Sean Smiley has an way to fix that: He’s taking donations from your fruit trees through the end of October so that he can make an all-Colorado, community-sourced fruit brandy, which he thinks…
Red-sauce joints have been closing all over town, but there are still plenty to celebrate. Still, our list of the ten best old-school Italian restaurants in Denver led to a lengthy discussion of changes in northwest Denver — officially Highland, but known for decades as the Northside, and once the…
You don’t need to wait to the weekend to get a full serving of culinary fun. Tonight you can celebrate LoDo, enjoy special dishes prepared by Jeff Osaka and Jen Jasinski, or get bowled over at a Boulder fundraiser. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on today’s culinary calendar…
A man walks into a bar and orders a drink. Sounds like a joke, but that was the concept behind last night’s cocktail competition at BSide presented by Breckenridge Distillery. The goal of the contest was to create a drink called Vengeance, which is also the name of a 2014…
The Great American Beer Festival is over, but the beer news keeps pouring out. Renegade Brewing Company and Elevation Beer Company just announced they’ve settled all litigation pertaining to Renegade’s use of the mark Elevation Triple IPA. In exchange for certain financial terms that will not be disclosed, Renegade will…
Miyabi Jr. Japanese Express, a quick-service hibachi restaurant from PJ Partners and Capital Japan, opened last month in Tiffany Plaza — and no, it’s not in the space recently vacated by Oshima Ramen, an offshoot of another Japanese group that has a chain of ramen noodle shops in that country…
No. 70 Venezuelan Tostadas at Empanada Express Grill 4301 West 44th Avenue 303-955-8362 We’re fans of the namesake Venezuelan savory pastries from Empanada Express Grill; we also have a soft spot in our hearts for the mouthwatering arepas made with griddle-crisped corn flour. But it’s a hybrid dish, not a…
On a quest to find the perfect post-GABF hangover brunch to cure a serious case of the hangries, we ended up at Ignite Burgers & Lounge, which mostly serves their all-day menu of burgers and salads along with a few egg dishes thrown in for weekend pleasure. Why did we…
