If you’re headed to Old South Pearl for lunch, you’ll now have one fewer option: Session Kitchen has discontinued its extended brunch service from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday — but will keep those hours and the same brunch menu Friday through Sunday. See also: The ten…
Though we live in a town that isn’t known for its barbecue, Denverites have strong opinions about what does and doesn’t count as good ‘cue. So it goes without saying that I, along with the rest of Café Society, am always on the lookout for new places to share with…
No. 91 Tacos Campechanos at La Calle Taqueria 1565 West Alameda Avenue 720-583-6586 Alameda Avenue between Federal and I-25 is a kind of miniature Federal Boulevard all on its own; you’ll find Chinese dim sum houses, Vietnamese sandwich shops, Cajun-Asian crayfish dens and, of course, no shortage of Mexican taquerias…
Just over a year ago Renegade Brewing opened Renegade Publik House, a restaurant and tap house in the underserved University of Denver neighborhood. Citing a need to re-focus on expanding beer production and making “more beers available to more people,” owner and founder Brian O’Connell recently sold the Publik House,…
“You talk to any brewery, old or new, and they will tell you a story about how another brewery helped them out,” says Chris Bell. “Everyone helps each other along. We want to celebrate that and celebrate what makes this industry great.” That’s the idea behind a collaborative brewing effort…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’s now exploring different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Last week I drove to the outlands of Lakewood for a taste…
We’re counting down our 100 Favorite Dishes as we head towards our next Best of Denver, and last week landed at Solera, where Goose Sorensen’s pork-belly confit is a marvel, a preparation that involves curing, pressing and slow cooking in duck fat, which Sorensen explains melts the layers of pork…
LYFE Kitchen is teaming up with acclaimed photographer John Fielder, whose mural of a peach orchard is featured at the restaurant in Park Meadows, for a book-signing and fundraising event from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today, July 22. Fielder and student Rachel Harris will be signing copies of Nadia’s Good…
Concise wine lists and boutique offerings by the glass seem to be the mood of the moment at high-end restaurants. But for those who respect the grape, tradition and commitment to excellence trump the new and trendy. Finding great wine and wine service in the metro area is easy when…
When Kristy Socarras Bigelow opened the second Cuba Cuba Sandwicheriain the CitySet project last summer, she predicted that it wouldn’t be the last. And this weekend, she made good on that prediction when a Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria opened in the Denver Tech Center. See also: Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria takes a…
The next time you peruse the food trucks lined up in Civic Center Park on a Tuesday, you might notice a something a little different: quinoa. A food truck named Keenwah, CO is now roaming metro Denver, serving up dishes inspired by the seed (not an actual grain) long-loved by…
We all know the drill: Get in line, read the big menu board, shuffle along the counter pointing at toppings and condiments, pay at the end and grab our food. Or maybe we just pick from lists of ingredients or lunch styles — the wrap, the bowl, the sandwich –…
Eat Denver’s fifth annual Big Eat was the biggest and best yet. More than three dozen of Eat Denver’s 86 members — all independent restaurant operators in the metro area — were featured at the Thursday night bash at the Galleria at the Denver Performing Arts Complex . The event…
We all never seem to run out of wacky ideas for off-beat eats and drinks, and the beauty of social media is that every time Oreo brings forth some fresh-hellish cookie flavor, an R & D team creates new waffle-things, or some mad distiller concocts tomato booze, we get the…
When you ask a restaurant proprietor about the house specials, you usually hear a list of what they think sets their restaurant or bar apart — but sounds like the same not-so-special deals found at many other spots around town. But The Lobby American Grille offers something that definitely puts…
California’s Sierra Nevada Brewing, the nation’s second-largest craft beer maker, is nearing completion on a second production facility, this one near Asheville, North Carolina. And to celebrate, company founder Ken Grossman wanted to turn the spotlight on the craft brewing industry as a whole, rather than on Sierra Nevada by…
Friends on their way from New York to Grand Lake stopped in Denver last week, and we sent them on our recommended 2014 tourism circuit Thursday morning: what we call the Tumbleweed tour, a quick hit in the 1600 block of Wazee Street where you can see the old West…
Roughly 1,000 years ago in the highlands of Guatemala, a member of the Maya civilization lifted a clay vessel — adorned with an intricate jaguar figure — to his lips and took a slug of something. Beer? Corn liquor? Something else? Last May, two scientists from the Denver Museum of…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited Troy Guard’s “modern steakhouse,” Guard and Grace, which didn’t quite live up to expectations — or its hefty price tag. For Chef and Tell, Mark Antonation talked to Dave Query of the Big Red F about being the first owner of Q’s…
Finkel & Garf Brewing Company opened this week in Gunbarrel, adding its taps to a growing list of neighborhood beer makers in the towns and communities surrounding Boulder. The brewery, owned by Eric and Dan Garfinkel, derives its moniker derives from the lifelong nickname of both father and son. The…
After a hot day of hiking under the Colorado sun, the only thing more satisfying than ice cream is cheap ice cream. Not that we need an excuse to indulge, but this Sunday is National Ice Cream Day (according to the people who come up with all these national food…
No. 92 Pork Belly Confit at Solera Restaurant and Wine Bar 5410 East Colfax Avenue 303-388-8429 Solera has been a sole outpost of fine dining on Colfax Avenue between Colorado and Monaco for at least a dozen years, with chef Goose Sorensen heading the kitchen for nearly the entire stretch…
