This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed To the Wind Bistro, a tiny — but mighty — new restaurant that she considers a breath of fresh air. For Chef and Tell, Mark Antonation visited Sushi Den and spoke with Yasu Kizaki, one of the brothers who landed on South…
Crave Real Burgers dominated the Denver Burger Battle last night, earning First Place for Best Burger in both the judges’ and peoples’ choice categories. “To have that happen — and for it to be a double-win — was such an elation,” says Jeff Richards, owner of Crave Real Burgers. The…
Just three years after opening in a former garage on Platte Street, Denver Beer Co has just tapped a huge new production facility in the Sunnyside neighborhood, making the brewery a perfect symbol for the rapid rise of craft brewing’s third wave. Denver Beer Co’s Canworks in located inside a…
Biker Jim’s opened its second brick-and-mortar spot, this one in Highlands Ranch, at 11 a.m. today. Although the hours might not be as expansive in suburbia as they are at the original in the Ballpark neighborhood (where Biker Jim’s stays open until 3 a.m. on weekends), the menu is just…
Dunkin’ Donuts has jumped the shark. Last year at this time, two spots were duking it out to be the first new Dunkin’ Donuts store to open in metro Denver in decades. (The Broadway location won by a few hours.) And now, with doughnut joints popping up all over town,…
Dorchester Social Eatery opens tomorrow in a prime slice of real estate at 15th and Market streets, on a block where the young and chic often club away the night with champagne, house music and expensive outfits. While offering a full dinner menu of continent-hopping entrees as well as smaller…
The word “hipster” gets tossed around a lot in the blogosphere, usually as a derogatory term for someone who wears different clothes or likes different things than the troll or flamer employing the word as a slur. But every generation has had its defining iconoclasts — the mostly young and…
Here, kitty, kitty! Yesterday we told you about Sana Hamelin, an attorney who wants to follow her dream and open the city’s first cat cafe. And if donations pour into her Denver Cat Company fundraising campaign the way comments have been flowing, she should have no problem meeting her goal…
The action’s in the alley behind the Rialto Cafe Saturday.From wine to craft beer all the way to distilled spirits, there is something for everyone this weekend — assuming you’re of legal drinking age. But people of all ages can enjoy a free concert at TheBigWonderful food market in Sustainability…
Kobe An Shabu Shabu opened in July after an extensive overhaul to the location occupied decades ago by neighborhood favorite Little Pepina’s. Kobe An’s menu features only two entrees: shabu shabu, which the owners call a Japanese version of fondue, and sukiyaki, a one-pot meal of vegetables, beef and noodles…
More than forty restaurants opened in July, with dozens more the month before. But amidst the boom comes news of a significant closing: twelve, which celebrated its fifth anniversary with a grand soiree last fall, will serve its last seasonally-inspired supper on August 23. When a place like twelve closes,…
At lunchtime today, there were a lot of disappointed people outside the locked doors of Zocalo Restaurant & Bar, the Mexican joint that some veteran employees of Benny’s opened four years ago on East 11th Avenue. But no one was more disappointed than landlord Regas Christou, who’d stopped by to…
After thirty years, the T-Wa Inn — billed as Denver’s first Vietnamese restaurant, a claim no one has disputed — finally closed in June. But Federal Boulevard is nothing if not efficient in reclaiming, renovating and moving on. After a few early signs of a new tenant (the faux-stone trim…
Sana Hamelin used to be a corporate litigator. Now she’s an entrepreneur looking to create Denver’s first cat cafe. Cats, coffee, books and art would all be featured at the Denver Cat Company — if Hamelin can just raise the money to open her place. Currently her crowdfunding campaign is…
No. 84 Chips and Dip at Euclid Hall 1317 14th Street 303-595-4255 When the phrase “chips and dip” appears on a restaurant menu, your eyes tend to slide right past to more interesting options. At Euclid Hall, though, that would be a mistake. As with all the dishes at this…
Now, this is more like it: a real happy hour at last. The legendary Charlie Brown’s in Capitol Hill is well known to the city’s bar-crawlers and chain-smokers, but also to a new generation of students and hipsters who appreciate a place with cheap drinks — and food served all…
Old Fisherman’s Grotto, a bustling California tourist attraction, recently posted a sign prohibiting strollers, high chairs, booster seats, loud kids and crying babies. While some parents complained, Jenn Wohletz applauded the move by restaurant owner Chris Shake, and offered her own five reasons why cranky kids should be banned from…
When Tom’s Urban 24 opened on Halloween night 2012, it lit up the corner of Larimer and 15th streets that had gone dark when the Samba Room closed. Last week that space went dark again — but only temporarily — so that owner Tom Ryan could introduce some changes. When…
Unwind: H2O, an after-hours event at the Denver Botanic Gardens tonight, will highlight the Chihuly artwork in the Gardens’ waterways, including “Float Boats,” “Turquoise Reeds” and more. See also: John Hickenlooper, the “Aw Shucks” Governor, Lives Up to His Title at Jax…
Bigger isn’t always better, which is why Mizuna alum Royce Oliveira chose a 628-square-foot location on East Colfax Avenue for the home of To the Wind Bistro, the restaurant he opened this past March with his wife and pastry chef, Leanne Adamson. “We were looking for something small,” Oliveira explains…
As gubernatorial activities go, John Hickenlooper’s mission last night was only slightly less hazardous than negotiating an election-year truce with various fracking contingents. Both involved scary liquids, but in this case one far more delicious than the fracking fluid that Hickenlooper once bragged about swigging. Hickenlooper was back at his…
The Colorado Brewers Guild and Imbibe Denver hosted Sesh Fest, the second in their “Lovibond series” of festivals, last Saturday at Sculpture Park in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The event highlighted “session beers,” which are typically 5 percent ABV or less. That meant attendees could drink more! Check out…
