Food & Drink

Entertaining on New Year’s Eve and not sure what to serve for an appetizer? You can’t go wrong with fresh salsa, which can be modified to suit your spiciness tolerance and taste. Consider this recipe just a jumping-off point; tweak as needed. See also: Homemade guacamole for a flavor-filled spread…

Upper Larimer Street was busy Saturday morning — as it is almost every Saturday these days. That wasn’t the case twenty years ago; even as LoDo was starting to boom, this stretch was known as NoDough, and filled with pawn shops, empty storefronts, dive bars and hole-in-the-wall eateries. But today…

Late on Christmas Eve, an altercation in the parking lot of Rack’em Billiards and Sports Bar in Aurora ended with one man fatally shot. The Arapahoe County Coroner’s Office has identified the victim as 35-year-old Damon Weyrough. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short…

Greg Gallagher knows bars — he owns Gaslamp and the Front Porch — and he knows the part of town on the edge of LoDo, where both of those bars are located. So he knew what he wanted, and what would work, when he decided to open another bar right…

Potato, sausage and eggs for lunch? Why not? And this traditional breakfast dish would no doubt taste just as good at dinner. A time-honored classic never goes out of style — not even after three decades. Can you guess where I’m eating? Watch for the answers to the last two…

Denver just got another Dunkin’ Donuts when a second location opened this morning at Denver International Airport — this one inside DIA, at the center of the A Concourse. The original DIA store opened in September in the Final Approach, the new cell-phone waiting area. See also: Dueling Dunkin’ Donuts…

Over the past year, Lori Midson asked chefs, cooks and pastry experts across the metro area to spill their secrets in her weekly Chef and Tell feature. Yesterday we shared some of our favorite responses from those fifty interviews; here’s a second helping. See also: Stirring responses from some of…

Over the past twelve months, Mark Antonation has hit 53 eateries in just under six miles — a distance he could easily cover in less than twenty minutes, depending on traffic and luck. “But in taking a year to travel the distance,” he writes, “I’ve gained an appreciation for the…

Uh-oh: Denver almost had three OBars. When Dave Query was remodeling the Jax Fish House in LoDo early this year, he thought about nicknaming the place “O-Bar,” in honor of its expansive oyster lineup, but decided against it when he heard that another downtown OBar was in the works. That…

. Restaurants are hurrying to get in the swim before the end of the year — and that includes Soko Sushi and Sake Bar, now open at 1600 Champa Street. That building is a real culinary melting pot — Cafe Berlin served authentic German food here before shutting down this…

The weather is warming up, which gave me a good excuse to suck down as much summer flavor as possible. This La Sandia, made with Blue Nectar Silver Tequila, watermelon, basil and seltzer, was a delicious remembrance to things past. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…

Over the past year, Lori Midson asked chefs, cooks and pastry experts across the metro area to spill their secrets in her weekly Chef and Tell feature. Here are some of our favorite responses from those fifty interviews… See also: The 13 most overcooked food trends from 2013…

Service Bar opened this past weekend, a real Christmas gift to diners heading to the brand-new Lower 48 Kitchen, residents of 2020 Lawrence Street and neighbors in downtown, Curtis Park and the Ballpark neighborhood. Here’s Danielle Lirette’s first look at the new space. See also: Lower 48 opens in Ballpark…

There’s no better time to be hungry in Denver, given all the developments on the restaurant scene. Earlier this week, I brought you a look at trends that have shaken out the past twelve months. Here are three more — and unlike with some of our lists, number one really…

You’re an educated group, Denver diners. You eat out a lot, and keep us on our toes with suggestions of places to eat and thoughts on what you liked and why. So as I share the twelve dishes that stood out from the hundreds — and hundreds and hundreds! –…

Bah humbug! While visions of local sugarplums were dancing in most Denver diners’ heads, one Scrooge took issue with the Denver culinary scene — and Colorado’s image outside of the state. See also: Balls! What does Colorado taste like to you?…

You’re an educated group, Denver dwellers. You eat out a lot, and keep us on our toes with suggestions of places to eat and thoughts on what you liked and why. So as I share the twelve dishes that stood out from the hundreds — and hundreds and hundreds! —…