No. 100 Chile Relleno at La Fiesta 2340 Champa Street 303-292-2800 The traditional chile relleno is soft — like the relleno served at El Chingon, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week; Gloria Nunez, who shares the kitchen there with her grandson, grew up in Mexico City. But crispy rellenos also…
The Boulder Farmers’ Market sees the first Colorado cherries on Saturday. The strawberries are gone for now, though we’ll eventually get a second flush (and I discover some later that day at the new market in Louisville just down the road); we’re unlikely to have any Colorado apricots this year;…
Calvin Beasley likes whiskey and wine, rum and rye, bourbon and brandy and tequila. But not necessarily to drink. He likes them for the flavors they impart into beer. This weekend Beasley, his fiance, Beth, and head brewer Eric Nichols will open Beryl’s Beer Company at 3120 Blake Street, a…
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman visited the Denver home of Epic Brewing on Monday to endorse the Obama administration’s push for international exports and the jobs they provide, especially at small and medium sized businesses. The stop at Epic was one of many on a tour highlighting the fact that…
Jordan Wallace Pizzeria Locale 550 Broadway 720-508-8828 pizzerialocale.com This is part one of my interview with Jordan Wallace, chef of Pizzeria Locale; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. There are two breeds of chef: those who know from day one that cooking is in the cards, and those…
When Jeanna Hoch posted photos showing her breastfeeding her baby, it created a controversy on Facebook — and what started as a discussion of web protocol soon spilled over into such issues as sexism and voyeurism — and even food. See also: Jeanna Hoch makes statement about sexism and more…
Head north tonight for two special events: Lyons Farmette is hosting a truly “local” food dinner this evening, while Frasca Food and Wine will take inspiration from central Europe for its wine dinner tonight. See also: Salt and Colterra owner Bradford Heap rolls out a catering service…
El Chingon 4326 Tennyson Street 303-248-3641 If you’ve been in Denver for any length of time — say, longer than a layover at DIA — you’re aware that we take green chile seriously here. So seriously, in fact, that it’s earned a spot on the list of topics to avoid…
Everyone’s too busy to shop and too exhausted at the end of the day to cook and clean. While a solution to cooking and cleaning — a personal chef and a housekeeper — might require a few more dollars than most of us have, there’s a new service in town…
Names have been making headlines lately, thanks to the debate over the Washington Redskins. This week I’m reviewing a restaurant that sparked a controversy of its own. No, it isn’t Pinche Taqueria, with a name so vulgar — it translates to “fucking” — that the owners aren’t allowed to put…
Highland Tavern fans and tater tot devotees may have noticed a recent sign in the popular LoHi joint letting patrons know that the watering hole and restaurant will soon expand, so come late summer the space will be a little roomier. See also: Highland Tavern is LoHi and mighty…
Denverites love their breakfast burritos, so it’s always a concern when supply-side issues threaten the morning ritual of a steaming torpedo of green chile and eggs wolfed down while fighting rush-hour traffic or toted by the dozen to the office to share with co-workers. That’s why construction at the Santiago’s…
This past weekend, the country’s biggest names in the world of food and drink swarmed the streets, sidewalks and sod of Aspen as part of the 32nd annual Food & Wine Classic, a four-day culinary immersion that included a party every minute; numerous wine tastings and cocktail seminars; pig, pig…
“We don’t believe the world needs another IPA.” That’s the rallying cry that AC Golden Brewing will use to market Colorado Native IPL, its second beer under the increasingly popular Colorado Native Brand. “We do, however, believe there is room for a beer that is similar to an IPA, but…
Two very different restaurants closed over the weekend: Corner House , which opened in Jefferson Park in January 2013 with major hoopla but also had some major problems, and the Cherry Creek location of Earls, a link in a national chain that blames “ongoing construction” in the area for the…
Adelitas Cocina y Cantina will host a special Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal Dinner tonight with Ron Cooper, Del Maguey owner/producer. Yes, it will put create some challenges for the popular Taco Tuesday, but Cooper doesn’t come to town every day. See also: Win two general admission tickets to Wings…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’ll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Sometimes life jars you out of your routine into a realization that…
VIP tickets to Sunday’s Wings & Whiskey battle at Ace, Josh and Jen Wolkon’s ping-pong emporium in Uptown, sold out weeks ago, but there are still general admission tickets available to the event, the proceeds of which benefit the Denver Housing Authority’s Youth Culinary Academy. And you can win two…
When a friend and I sat down to dinner at this restaurant, we had originally planned to graze, but as soon as we saw the astoundingly huge platter of carved, crimson-hued ribeye being delivered to another table, we promptly shut our menus and announced, “We’ll have what they’re having.” Best…
The construction projects that have tangled traffic in Cherry Creek might have been the final straw. On Friday, as World Cup fans were hunting for a place to watch the game, they found that Earl’s in Cherry Creek had closed its doors. See also: Kitchen flood temporarily closes Glazed and…
In early 2013, when Seattle Fish Co. president James Iacino, Matt Selby (now the exec chef of Central Bistro & Bar) and then-partner Scott Kinsey unveiled the Corner House in Jefferson Park, a neighborhood that’s slowly turning into a restaurant hamlet, Iacino, who, at the time, lived in a loft…
Throughout its various incarnations in Colorado since the mid-’70s, Marilyn Megenity’s Mercury Cafe has been a model for clean energy. Since the Mercury settled into a permanent home at 2199 California two decades ago, Megenity has installed 36 solar panels on the building and also worked to change the city…
