When Trinity Brewing founder Jason Yester created the recipe for Red Swingline, a hoppy IPA that is also cheek-puckeringly sour, his goal was to make something “signature American.” But in doing so, he may have helped to pioneer a style that beer drinkers in the rest of the country will…
Colorado Craft Beer Week kicked off last Friday at the Governor’s Mansion, where our brewer-in-chief, John Hickenlooper, toasted the brewing industry in the state and unveiled three draft handles that will now serve the historic home. But the events at breweries, restaurants and bars around the state will continue through…
Happy birthday, Casa Bonita! Tomorrow Denver’s amazing Mexican village in a shopping center, a Colorado landmark celebrated on South Park, will mark its fortieth birthday. In honor of that august occasion, yesterday Bree Davies served up plenty of puke-filled memories and secrets of this beloved spot, and readers offered many…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Pizza Fusion is hosting a Brewhaha tonight to raise funds for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. In addition to plenty of pizza and beer, the event will feature live music and beer trivia, with chances to win Pizza Fusion prizes. See also: Brewery battles, aperitivos and Girl Scout cookies…
You’ll find plenty of foodniks singing the praises of Oak at Fourteenth, the lauded restaurant that Steve Redzikowski and Bryan Dayton opened in Boulder in 2010 — and again in 2011, following a crushing fire. And you’ll find just as many ardent admirers of Acorn, the sequel to Oak that…
Late last November, when Matt Selby exited his executive chef post at the Corner House, an irresistibly charming restaurant in Jefferson Park co-owned by James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish, he stepped away from the spotlight, quietly doing time in the kitchens of Beast + Bottle and Jonesy’s EatBar and…
An older man walks into a restaurant, all gussied up in a suit, a tie and the kind of hat my grandfather used to wear. “This is the best food in the world!” he exclaims to the owner, who nods in agreement. The proclamation is a gigantic overstatement…with the exception…
Things don’t always go according to plan — and in TRVE Brewing’s case, that’s going to make a lot of Denver beer drinkers happy later this spring. That’s when TRVE owner Nick Nunns will turn the keys to what will eventually be a 5,000-square-foot production brewery, called the Acid Temple,…
Mecca Grill was a longtime go-to spot for Lebanese food in Denver. Under new owners, it’s turning the focus to Morocco. In her review of Mecca Grill, Gretchen Kurtz says that while you’ll still find worthy Lebanese dishes there, she’s also longing for more Moroccan food — and other ethnic…
Doughnut joints keep rolling into the metro area, and Dunkin’ Donuts fans get a twofer this month. On March 4, a sixth new Dunkin’ Donuts opened at 3235 28th Street in Boulder. And today, a brand-spankin’ new Dunkin’ Donuts store will debut at 16601 Smoky Hill Road, conveniently close to…
Colorado Craft Beer Week is going strong, but man does not live by beer alone. And at 6 p.m. tonight Lou’s Food Bar will host a five-course dinner, with four breweries on hand to pair their beers with all the dishes. See also: Crazy Mountain Neomexicanus is one of only…
“I started washing dishes when I was fourteen,” recalls Royce Oliveira, who’s 34…and still washing dishes. But now he’s scrubbing pots and pans in the confines of his own kitchen in his own restaurant, a teensy-weensy fourteen-seater — that includes the four seats at he chef’s counter overlooking an open…
Colorado Craft Beer Week is in full swing, which means Denver venues will be overflowing with beer-related events. But since man cannot live by beer alone, there are plenty of non-brew activities on the culinary calendar. Here’s a sampling. See also:Tavern Ballpark joins the lineup for The Rooftop at Coors…
Dozens of breweries and hundreds of craft-beer fans came together Saturday for the first-ever Collaboration Fest, hosted by Imbibe Denver and the Colorado Brewers Guild. The event, at the Curtis Hotel, included nearly fifty collaborative beers from breweries all over the state, as well as a few in other states…
After a decade away — eight in New York running the student travel company, Walking Tree Travel, that he’d founded with two fellow East High alums, then another two running the company from on the road — Paul Laurie returned to Denver last September. While he continues to serve as…
You’d expect a restaurant that touts a raw bar to showboat good seafood, and this restaurant lives up to that expectation, especially when it comes to the plump mussels bobbing in a saffron-laced broth. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a spring plate of house-crafted burrata from Cafe|Bar to a plate-spanning slab of juice-dribbling steak from the Red Rooster Cafe to a terrific salmon burger from a new neighborhood hang…
“With a fresh market, café, wine shop, fine dining and more all at street level, you and your guests may never have to leave home,” promises the website of One Observatory Park, a new retail, restaurant and upscale apartment development at University and Evans, across the street from the University…
We’re ten days away from Opening Day at Coors Field, and no matter how the Colorado Rockies play this season, there have already been some changes to the food and drink lineup that look like guaranteed hits. The ballpark has constructed a rooftop deck — replacing 3,000 seats in right…
Amarillo. Cascade. Centennial. Simcoe. These American-grown hops varieties have become stars over the past decade and are most commonly associated with the big, brassy IPAs brewed in Colorado, California and the Pacific Northwest. But none of them is actually indigenous to the United States. In fact, almost none of the…
First things first: Old Chicago is not a Chicago-based chain. It actually got its start in Boulder, but when Old Chicago opened on market Street in 1992, that quickly became the flagship location — introducing many people not just to LoDo, but specialty beers. At the end of this week,…
