In 2010, as food trucks were taking off in Colorado, Rayme Rossello decided to throw her hat in the ring — or her truck in the lot, or her key in the ignition, or whatever expression you like best. The venture made sense, given that the country was in the…
There are cocktails and beers we call winter warmers, the kinds of drinks we associate with warm nights by the fire with snow blowing outside. Steaming Irish coffees and hot toddies ward off hypothermia and sobriety at the same time, while beers like Great Divide’s Hibernation Ale and Samuel Smith’s…
With the temperatures dropping, Thai food — with all its fresh flavors and heat — is sounding very appetizing. Thai Monkey Club, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed, is just one of the exciting new spots that’s joined a line of favorite standbys. Spice junkies often quabble over the spots with…
Except the cronut. We love the cronut. (Photo: Tejal Rao)Here are thirteen food trends that have become ubiquitous and shed the sheen of novelty — now they’re just dull and sometimes annoying, in spite of an exciting debut. (To keep things interesting, we’ve included a few food trends we hope…
If you love beets, and you love hummus, then you can’t beat this clever take on the popular Mid-East spread, served not with pita, but with olive oil-glazed bread. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is…
Derek Dietz Bocadillo 4044 Tejon Street 720-242-6417 derekdietz.wix.com/bocadillo This is part two of my interview with Derek Dietz, chef-owner of Bocadillo; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Most underrated Denver restaurant: JJ’s Chinese Seafood, which has great Chinese food and lots of live fish that turn into dinner. One…
Last night Caution Brewing opened its second brewery, a Lakewood spot called Caution West, and became the first Denver-based beermaker with two metro locations. Founded in April 2011 by Danny Wang and Betty Fey, Caution’s original brewery is situated in an industrial park in far northeast Denver. It includes a…
Restaurants are rushing to open before the end of the year — and that’s also the time when we’ll suddenly see closures. The sad news started this week, when Ondo’s Spanish Tapas Bar announced that after four years in a subterranean space in Cherry Creek, it will go underground for…
The Denver Bicycle Cafe will host a beer and cheese pairing from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, featuring gourmet cheeses from Marczyk Fine Foods paired with four beers from the Denver Beer Company; a Marczyk rep will be on hand to talk about which cheeses go best with lagers and…
Getting carded can be a good thing, a form of flattery to those closer to 31 (or 41) than 21. But when I was asked to show ID at Comida Cantina, I felt like I’d been caught trying to order an underage beer. I really wanted that pineapple habanero margarita,…
Those who were eager to visit a Glazed and Confuzed doughnut shop this fall, when the brick-and-mortar version of the truck was originally scheduled to open, will have to wait until the new year. The process of getting permits and then doing build-up have delayed the opening until at least…
Odell Brewing, which just completed a major expansion of its Fort Collins brewery and taproom, has also made a change to one of its seasonal offerings. Odell Red Ale, a hoppy red beer available in the first few months of each year, has become Runoff Red IPA — a switch…
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…
There are very few Italian restaurants in Denver that make their ravioli in house, so I was nothing short of shocked when I walked into this pizza joint to grab a slice, only to glance at the menu and find that all of the pastas, including the ravioli, are made…
Mooyah, a national burger chain, has added a second local location, at the newly renovated Century 21 plaza at 1390 South Colorado Boulevard. See also: Hall Brewing opens its Parker taproom today…
Derek Dietz Bocadillo 4044 Tejon Street 720-242-6417 derekdietz.wix.com/bocadillo This is part one of my interview with Derek Dietz, chef-owner of Bocadillo; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. I’ve always had an eating problem,” jokes Derek Dietz. “When I was a kid, I was always the one who was…
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…
Christmas is supposed to be a time of good cheer, but it’s really a time of very good eats. And this tradition holds up around the world. In Sweden, for example, a traditional Christmas Eve dinner includes a smorgasbord (aka Swedish buffet) with ham, pork, fish and plenty of sweets…
Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson and Bobby Stuckey, founders of Frasca Food and Wine, know the rules of classic pizza-making as well as fine-dining. They’ve been to Italy several times; their team members went there before they launched the original Pizzeria Locale in Boulder 2011. But they broke one of the cardinal rules…
My Christmas wish list, not surprisingly, lends itself to all things culinary — including cookbooks, of which I already have hundreds. But there were a few cookbooks that I treated myself to early: Pok Pok, by Andy Ricker, which is one of the most detailed (some might say daunting) explorations…
In 2011, when former Westword restaurant critic Laura Shunk reviewed Ondo’s Spanish Tapas Bar, a subterranean space in Cherry Creek that never had the benefit of the foot traffic on busier blocks with higher profiles, she raved about the joint, pointing out that Ondo’s “stays true to its Spanish inspiration.”…
The fifth time could be a charm for the 9th Door, an offshoot of the LoDo tapas spot that just opened in a transformed space in the Beauvallon that’s already been home to four other restaurants. See also: A second 9th Door will open in the Beauvallon…
