Black Pearl is teaming up with Trinchero, a Napa Valley winery, for tonight’s Build Your Own Bordeaux Dinner. The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will also welcome new executive chef Samir Mohammad (former chef of Lala’s and the Village Cork), who’ll prepare a six-course dinner to pair with the…
When Chipotle changed the way people thought about fast-casual, restaurateurs everywhere began dreaming up ways to be Chipotle without, of course, actually being Chipotle. They launched similarly streamlined eateries on corners all over town, sometimes two or three to a corner, hawking salads, pizzas, burgers and even Korean kalbi, but…
Colorado has become home to a flourishing craft culture — first with breweries, and now with an increasing number of distillers. From potato vodka and botanical-packed gins, rye whiskey and whiskey made with experimental grains, to the more niche spirits like absinthe and creme de violette, the range of offerings…
The space now occupied by Scatch Burrito and Happy Tap, which we review this week, once held Shazz Café, an ambitious restaurant that chef Benny Kaplan opened in late 2008. But his hyper-local shrine to innovative cuisine just didn’t make it in that location, and he closed the place in…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
A new year brings new beers, and Colorado’s breweries have already released or are just about to unveil many of them. They include: Breckenridge Brewery Ophelia, a hoppy wheat ale; Great Divide Lasso, a low-ABV IPA made with Columbus, Centennial and Cascade hops; New Belgium Rewind, an IPA brewed with…
Denver is about to get several restaurants whose names each link two words. Partners Delores Tronco, Tony Maciag and Dana Rodriguez will open Work & Class at 2500 Larimer Street on January 29, right across the street from Troy Guard’s new Los Chingones. And Guard has another new restaurant opening…
If it weren’t for something called breaking and entering, I’d likely sneak into this charmingly elegant restaurant in the quiet of the night and curl up on the velvet Victorian sofa with a weathered copy of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, a bottle of whiskey and a plate of the terrific…
Martin Campos Comida Cantina 3350 Brighton Boulevard 303-296-2747 eatcomida.com This is part one of my interview with Martin Campos, exec chef of Comida at the Source; part two of our interview will run tomorrow. “I was an incredibly picky eater as a child,” laments Martin Campos, who admits that while…
If you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles between March 21-23, you’ll be in esteemed culinary company: Jennifer Jasinski, chef-owner of Rioja, Euclid Hall, Bistro Vendome and the forthcoming Stoic & Genuine, along with Alex Seidel, chef-owner of Fruition and Mercantile Dining & Provision, which will open in Union…
We had a long, long wait for brunch at the Highland Tavern Saturday, but put the time to good use: strolling the neighborhood to see what projects are under way in lower LoHi, listing other restaurants/bars with long lines, and arguing over the town’s best brunch spots — with and…
The Scandinavian dinner series at Trillium concludes tonight with an homage to the food of Denmark. Starting at 5 p.m., chef Ryan Leinonen will offer a four-course, pre-fixe meal complete with beverage pairings; tickets are $70, plus tax and gratuity. To reserve a spot, call 303-379-9759. See also: Denver’s fifty…
Avery Brewing broke ground yesterday on a $27 million, 68,000-square-foot campus in north Boulder that it hopes to move to around this time next year. The brewery first submitted plans to the City of Boulder in fall 2011 — and wanted construction to be under way in 2012 — but…
Everyone was a Broncos fan on Sunday — even if the bar where they were drinking could only show the game on ancient, black-and-white TVs. Can you guess where we were drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a…
The long-anticipated Nectar House Cafe and Elixir Bar is finally open on South Broadway. The eatery took over the lobby space at Kindness Yoga, and yogis and yoginis leaving class can even get discounts on their sustenance! As the city’s first true purveyor of raw vegan food, Nectar House is…
Clay Markwell majored in fine arts and photo journalism in college; he wanted to be a photographer. He wound up in advertising, though, where he found himself “very unhappy.” Markwell knew he needed a change, but instead of doing what most of us do — which is pursuing a similar…
Feisty Spirits is the first distillery in Fort Collins, operating a still (named Aphrodite) that produces an interesting, often experimental lineup of whiskeys (and more) on “fermentation row,” as Feisty team member Alex Mackewich affectionately calls it. After all, Funkwerks and Fort Collins Brewery are only a stone’s throw away…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a plate of kung pao chicken from Shanghai Garden to a bowl of cumin-spiced green beans from Shish Kabob Grill to a parade of side dishes from a stalwart Japanese restaurant…
While waiting, and waiting, for a table at Highland Tavern on Saturday, we strolled around the neighborhood, looking at all the projects under way in this section of LoHi. When Highland Tavern opened here seven years ago, it was a pioneer in an area where the Arabian Bar was still…
On Saturday, when a restaurant-industry pal was craving tater tots for his 25th birthday breakfast, we headed to Highland Tavern, renowned for its homemade tater tots — and very long brunch lines. A wait that was originally estimated at half an hour translated to ninety minutes before we finally got…
When the Denver Housing Authority opened a new facility last year at 11th and Osage, it included the Osage Cafe, a culinary training kitchen and restaurant. Not only is this a place for the community to eat, but it’s also a place where kids from that community can train for…
Frank Schultz of Tavern Hospitality Group has a lot on his plate. He and his wife just had a baby boy last week, around the same time THG finally broke ground on the Tavern Platt Park, which is going into the old home of India’s Pearl at 1475 South Pearl…
