Cold Crush has made a splash since it opened on Upper Larimer in May 2013. We named the art- and music-centric spot one of the ten best new bars of the year and Cold Crush won the Best Hip-Hop Hangout award in the Best of Denver 2014. But now Cold…
June is here and with it comes summer. And summer time means rooftops, patios, grilling and festivals. Our top ten culinary events for June have all this and more, from bacon festivals to roof top parties here are the best of the best for the first official month of summer…
Next week, on June 6, Colorado’s first LYFE Kitchen will open in Park Meadows, offering suburbanites, shoppers and eaters with a conscience a fast-casual concept that celebrates a healthy lifestyle rooted in a three-pronged philosophy: “Eat Good. Feel Good. Do Good.” See also: LYFE Kitchen — where everything is under…
Over two dozen restaurants opened in metro Denver in May, ranging from new outposts of homegrown chains (Modmarket, Live Basil Pizza, Park Burger) to Range, a new-style Old West saloon in the stunningly renovated old Colorado Bank Building. But only a few blocks away, another vintage building lost its restaurant…
Today Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood was once again ordered to stop discriminating against same-sex couples seeking wedding cakes. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission unanimously upheld a previous ruling by an administrative law judge finding that the bakery violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws when it refused to bake a wedding cake for…
Earlier this week, we reported that Mizu, a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar, plans to open in November in LoHi. In addition, Nanu Nanu Noodle, a Japanese ramen-ya, part of the behemoth Pacific Ocean Marketplace project that’s currently under construction in Aurora, is slated for a fall opening, as is…
Gotham needed Batman. But even Batman would have been nothing without Bruce Wayne. Denver, it turns out, needs Batman as well. And our version of the Dark Knight? Well, he needs Brews Wayne – and preferably a couple of pints. Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con will introduce their latest…
Saint Patrick’s Brewing, a tiny nanobrewery in Englewood, is moving into a much larger space, where co-owner Chris Phelps will have the chance to make a lot more of his passion: lagered beers, many of them with unusual ingredients. The new taproom, at 2852 Bowles Avenue in Littleton, will be…
After last night’s dinner, our server came back to the table and mentioned that the chef wanted to send out a complimentary dessert. Curious, I asked why, and while this is a restaurant that I’ve been to at least two dozen times, our server thought it was my first time…and…
Since it opened six years ago, Masterpiece Del has been a hot spot in LoHi; on sunny weekends, the patio is overflowing with fans of “fine dining between bread.” And starting this weekend, there will be more of a good thing: Masterpiece Deli Uptown, which opened last year, will be…
It’s time to say farewell to Monkey Town, which has been providing plenty of food for thought over the last few months. But as a consolation prize, the weekend is full of food-focused fun, including the new Food exhibit at History Colorado, Burning Can and the start of Colorado Wine…
Nothing is sadder than when celebrities dabble in the food-service industry and fail miserably at it — except when the food fails are so completely predictable that even a dumb-as-a-rock celebrity should have known better. Over the weekend the lady-centric (and arguably un-feminist) steakhouse SHe by Morton’s that Eva Longoria…
Should bakeries be allowed to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples? The Colorado Civil Rights Commission is expected to answer that question tomorrow, when it will hold a public hearing to determine whether the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood discriminated against a gay couple who attempted to order a…
People magazine isn’t exactly renowned for its food coverage, but even editors and writers at a gossip mag have to eat, and it appears that their latest culinary obsession is french fries. The online version of the “tell all” pub just released its list of top picks for french fries…
If you’ve been to Linger lately, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed the sprawling construction scene behind it exposing a multi-level structure that’s sheeted in concrete and scaffolding. Come November, that building, a project from Sprung Construction, will be home to Mizu, a Japanese restaurant that’s the vision of Hong Jian Lee,…
The Republican National Committee announced last week that two of the six cities — Las Vegas and Cincinnati — that were vying to host the Republican National Convention in 2016 have dropped out. That means the 24 members of the site-selection committee will now pay visits only to Dallas, Cleveland,…
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Blooming Beets Kitchen, a paleo-friendly restaurant in Boulder, is now in full-bloom. To celebrate the opening, owner Iva Paleckova is offering half-off on all ciders and wines this week. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by Blooming Beets this past weekend; keep reading for a taste of…
I ordered the tom yum and the panang curry Thai hot. Big, BIG mistake. My kid, on the other hand, has more common sense than I, and just shook his head knowingly at the server when he ordered his own pad Thai, asking for a spice level of medium. He…
Every start-up is a labor of love. But in the case of Work & Class, which I review this week, the term has a whole new meaning. Despite the old adage about not getting involved with someone from work, owner/executive chef Dana Rodriguez is engaged to sous chef Vicente Sosa,…
Our list of the ten best burgers in metro Denver included Park Burger — which won bonus points for its veggie burger, a repeat winner for Best Veggie Burger in the Best of Denver. Some readers quibble with the idea of a meat-free burger qualifying as a real burger. But…
Pizzeria Localeat 550 Broadway will celebrate its first birthday today with a special fundraiser — and customers are getting the present. From 6 to 10 p.m. tonight, Pizzeria Locale will mark one year in Denver with a “Pay What You Can” special, offering free pizza, side dishes and desserts –…
When they opened Work & Class at the end of January, the restaurant’s three owners pitched its concept as “a square meal, a stiff drink and a fair price.” Now, four months later, Work & Class appears to be offering exactly that to Denver diners How does it do it?…
