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…
Icelandic chef Viktor Örn Andrésson is making the rounds at Rioja, talking about his seafood and lamb creations for a Taste of Iceland dinner hosted by the restaurant. For Rioja’s chef de cuisine, Tim Kuklinski, the event is almost like Christmas; he gets to see new ingredients and try out…
Our list of Denver’s top old-school Italian restaurants inspired many memories of classic Northside red-sauce joints that have closed — Pagliacci’s, Little Pepina’s, Carbone’s, Longo’s Subway Tavern — and also a heated discussion of whether the people moving into what’s now generally called Highland (or LoHi) have ruined the neighborhood…
Argyll Whisky Beer 1035 East 17th Avenue 303-847-0850 Whiskey isn’t my drink of choice, but it was the night I walked into Argyll Whisky Beer. Sure, it had been that kind of day. But I was also in that kind of place, with lights resembling gas lanterns, plaid carpeting and…
October is just beginning, but it’s not too early to think about the upcoming ski season — and Larkburger’s Snow Cravings Sweepstakes. One lucky winner will ski away with a Colorado-prize package including skis, lift tickets, burgers and beer. Keep reading for details. See also: Chef and Tell With Thomas…
In August, we reported that Sana Hamelin, a lawyer by training, was hoping to crowd-source enough funds to open a cat cafe — a place that would combine a coffeehouse, book shop and art gallery with real cats that customers would pay to spend time with. The concept popular is…
With fall’s cooler weather, menus are changing around town. But there are other changes at local restaurants, too, including chefs moving on. Here’s a look at recent chef switches at a trio of restaurants I’ve reviewed — including Gozo, one of the most promising new spots this year. See also:…
If you’ve recovered sufficiently from the weekend’s festivities at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival to relive a few of the most colorful booths — or if you couldn’t score a ticket and just want to live the festival vicariously through photos, photographer Danielle Lirette captured the decorations, the drinkers…
Cucina Colore has occupied its quiet corner of Third Avenue in Cherry Creek North for twenty years, making a few changes along the way (like adding a happy hour with Venetian-style cicchetti small plates in 2010). But now there are signs of bigger activity afoot. See also: The Ten Best…
Driving up to Domo Japanese Country Foods, you wouldn’t think much of the restaurant. The restaurant’s huge sign, visible from Colfax Avenue at Osage Street, is tacky. The building is boxy, and when we parked in the restaurant’s north-facing gravel parking lot, I questioned whether Domo would be all it…
Can there ever be too much of a good thing? Our comparison of the brunch at the two downtown Snooze locations has led to a major discussion of that homegrown chain — as well as some other local restaurants that readers consider overrated. But now Snooze supporters are fighting back…
