It’s the end of an era. After thirty years, T-Wa Inn, Denver’s first Vietnamese restaurant, has closed. T-Wa changed a lot over those three decades — and so did Denver’s dining scene, with Vietnamese spots opening all over the city, including longtime favorite New Saigon, just across South Federal Boulevard…
While this Mexican restaurant dispenses tacos, burritos and tostadas, the kitchen performs best when it detours from cheese and green chile. In fact, it’s the ceviches, all citrus and sweet ocean, that are the star of the show. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
There’s good news for Coloradans passionate about their pastry: Kolache Cabin, a “drive-thru” kolache vendor, has set up camp at the intersection of West Alameda and Santa Fe Drive, and promises to be in business in “just a few more days.” Bringing a whole new meaning to “food truck,” Kolache…
A shooting early Monday morning outside of Cold Crush — the art/music bar at 2700 Larimer Street that we named one of the ten best new bars of 2013 and the Best Hip-Hop Hangout in the Best of Denver 2014 — has prompted a heated discussion of when you shouldn’t…
Charles Leclef, of the legendary brewery Het Anker, founded in 1471 in Belgium, is in Denver this week and attending several beer events — including one tonight at the Cheeky Monk on Colfax. See also: Photos: Burning Can beer fest brought beer, outdoor games and funds to Lyons…
Coohills will again sound off this summer with its free, Tuesday evening concert series, which kicks off June 17 with Funkiphino — and a groovy costume contest in which participants can win a $100 Coohills gift certificate. Keep reading for the complete Beats on the Creek lineup. See also: Here’s…
More than fifty craft breweries — most who can their beer — brought their talents to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday for the Burning Can Beer Fest. Hosted by Oskar Blues, the native Lyons brewpub, the festival was held in conjunction with the adrenaline-fueled Lyons Outdoor Games and included…
Mile High Spirits, a private label micro-distillery, cocktail lounge and tasting room that opened two years ago on Upper Larimer, shuttered on Saturday night following a late-night bash that went well into the morning hours. Partners Joe Vonfeldt, Chase Campbell and Wyn Ferrell originally opened the distillery, which makes –…
The Kinfolks Soul Food Festival made a stop in Denver this past weekend, and sold out all 10,000 tickets available for Saturday’s soul-food celebration in Civic Center Park. In addition to food from local soul-food vendors, festival-goers enjoyed music by artists including Bootsy Collins, Cameo and Morris Day. Kinfolks will…
Potbelly Sandwich Shop, which got its start in Chicago in 1977, originally as Potbelly Sandwich Works, a small antique store run by a young couple who began making sandwiches for their customers, has arrived in Denver, opening its first Mile High outpost in the University Hills Shopping Center. The Denver…
The mood was incredibly convivial on Saturday afternoon at this shrine to stellar fried chicken, where big platters of gold-tinged fowl arrive with all the fixings that go with it: hush puppies, macaroni and cheese, corn bread and hand-mashed potatoes with gravy. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Colorado Wine Week will be pouring out events in metro Denver, with a wine cocktail competition at Green Russell on June 4, the Governors Cup Wine Mixer on June 6 and the Colorado Urban Winefest on June 7. And as part of Sips and Snacks presented by the Colorado Wine…
It’s summer time, which means its burger time. And as the weather heats up, so do the discussions over who serves the best burger in metro Denver. Do you like the gourmet version? The greasy bar burger? Or is your choice more personal? Our recent pick of the ten best…
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…
