It’s been a wild ride since the Kolache Cabin rolled onto a vacant lot at Alameda and South Santa Fe Drive last month. The mobile food joint quickly found fans who’d been craving kolaches since the area’s last major purveyor, Kolache Factory, closed a few years ago. But then last…
Paul Tamburello, a developer who’s done several landmark projects in LoHi (and even coined that nickname), drew inspiration from his own past when he created Little Man Ice Cream back in 2008. His grandfather had owned an ice cream store in Chicago in the 1930s, and he thought the edge…
Powder Keg Brewing has opened in Niwot, where it’s the town’s second craft-beer maker; the location has a brewpub license (since it plans to serve food), which means it can also pour beers from other local breweries, including its neighbor, Bootstrap Brewing. Powder Keg plans to be open seven days…
Call it the original happy hour. Though its been falling out of practice in modern Spain, the siesta has influenced the country’s food culture over the centuries. Spanish restaurants often offer a prix fixe menu during the 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. lunch break, when office workers flee en masse to…
The Curtis Park Creamery has been slinging budget Mexican fare in the Curtis Park/Five Points area for over forty years. And in January 2013, the owners finally opened a second location in Aurora, calling it, not surprisingly, Curtis Park Creamery II. But now you’ll have to head back to the…
When I eat barbecue, I often skip the sauce so that the meat’s smokiness can come through. But when I do squirt on sauce, I don’t always want the sweet, thick version that’s common in these parts. Colleen Van Tuyl, chef-owner of Ragin’ Hog BBQ, understands this. “Colorado is a…
No. 90 Biscuits from the Denver Biscuit Co. 141 South Broadway 3237 East Colfax Avenue 303-337-7900 The Southern biscuit is one of the hardest baked goods to master; they invariably come in one of two versions: perfect or just plain wrong. Working with butter and flour takes years of experience;…
We stopped by Session Kitchen this week, and learned that the restaurant has axed its weekday lunches, and now opens at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, in time for happy hour. Lunch — or “brunch,” as Session called it — is still available Friday through Sunday. But the neighborhood just…
The Denver Botanic Gardens will host an evening of yoga, food, drinks and music in an idyllic setting tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. The Botanic Garden’s own yoga instructor, Blake Burger, will be leading an hour-long yoga class, followed by a BYOB picnic in the gardens. See also:…
“Have you been here before?” asked the girl at the counter of Kings BBQ when we first walked into the modest spot in Wheat Ridge. We shook our heads. “Then I’m going to tell you something that’s not very helpful: Everything is good.” Owner CJ Johnson, a Texan with roots…
Cuidado Denver, you’re getting a second Cinco de Mayo this summer: tomorrow is National Tequila Day. Americans drank a little over 13 million gallons of tequila last year — and that number will be surpassed this year. There are a lot of great places in Denver to consume the spirit…
Kiernan Maletsky’s cover story, “Rock On,” focuses on the town of Lyons and the music scene’s efforts to recover from last fall’s devastating floods. Oskar Blues has played an instrumental role — not only in the economic growth of Lyons, but in the recovery efforts there and in Longmont. Here’s…
Denver swingers can’t catch a break. 3090 Eden, the members-only swingers’ club that opened for business just last March, has closed, as has the Downing Street Grill, which was located in the same building at 3090 Downing Street. “It was a lot of money spent, but there wasn’t enough support…
After doing business for twenty years under his first name, Udi Baron and his family sold Udi’sFoods (the gluten-free and granola portion of their bakery empire) earlier this year, and with it the name Udi’s. The company held a contest to pick a new name for its cafes and bakeries,…
Denver Restaurant Week is one of the biggest food events on the metro calendar, drawing thousands of curious and hungry patrons to new spots and familiar favorites to sample discount menus every year. This year marks the first time in Denver Restaurant Week’s history that the event is split into…
When Union Station hosts its grand-opening gala on Saturday, July 26, most — but not all — of the fifteen restaurants, bars and retail outlets signed on for the project will be open to the public. Alex Seidel’s Mercantile Dining & Provision is more than a month away from opening…
Union Station is hosting its grand opening on Saturday, July 26, two weeks behind schedule — but one of the restaurants going into the historic building is even further down the track: Mercantile Dining & Provision. Still, Mercantile — a 5,000 square foot restaurant in the north wing helmed by…
This month’s look at the best patios for enjoying craft beer took a quick detour into a discussion of whether people should take their kids to tap rooms and other drink-intensive spots. To offer up some options, we shared our our list of the ten best kid-friendly restaurants in town…
Take it slow. At 11 a.m. today, Slow Food Denver will host a tasting at History Colorado, in conjunction with the current show Food: Our Global Kitchen. At 5 p.m., Slow Food Denver will go global itself when it hosts a free lecture by acclaimed Sicilian chef Fabrizia Lanza at…
Kings BBQ 4601 Harlan Street, Wheat Ridge When I pulled up in front of Kings BBQ, I thought this might be it. You know, It. The place we’ve been looking for to raise barbecue in this town to smokin’ new heights. And by “we,” I mean not just me, a…
A new face is showing itself in the Highland neighborhood: Prost Fine Beers and Sausages is now open. Amid the trendy bars and hipster joints, Prost is an unassuming little beer hall tucked into West 32nd Avenue, taking the spot formerly held by Asian-Mexican spot BOA. Bedecked in dark wood…
Denver has Chicago-style pizza, New York-style pizza, even St. Louis-style pie. And now the city can try pizza Detroit-style, thanks to the expanding pizza chain Jet’s Pizza. See also: Denver now has St. Louis-style pizza, but what about New Haven, Detroit and Old Forge-style?…
