If you are a wine lover, you know that this month comes bearing gifts in the form of Beaujolais Nouveau. This most popular vin de primeur originates with Gamay grapes produced in the Beaujolais region of France that are then fermented for only six to eight weeks prior to bottling…
Judging from the look of his restaurant, you’d never guess what line of work Christian Saber was in before he became a chef. Rincon Argentino, a fast-casual joint that he opened in Boulder a year ago, is an unpretentious little spot, with postcards and pictures that he and his wife…
Treat your friends, family members and random one-night stands to something out-of-the-ordinary this holiday season: Throw your traditional soiree at one of these offbeat, quirky and totally unforgettable spots. See also: Beer calendar: Get hopping with big cans, chefs and holiday brews…
Everyone seems to go gaga over desserts this time of year. According to the American Pie Council, 90 percent of Americans agree that a slice of pie represents one of life’s simple pleasures. That’s not the only fascinating fact coming from this group. For example, one in five Americans have…
Are dogs at bars a guaranteed chick magnet — or an annoyance? According to one reader, “People take their dogs into bars all the time in Denver. I see it everywhere and it’s usually weird, single dudes trying to pick up girls, and it almost always works.” Pop culture might…
Chef Eric Roeder had restaurants in two of Denver’s hottest restaurant neighborhoods before they were hot. A Boulder native who started his culinary career at the Flagstaff House as a pastry apprentice, Roeder graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in New York in 1995, then cooked in Seattle and…
Need inspiration for Thanksgiving? Head to the holiday tasting fair at Lucky’s Market from 4 to 7 p.m. today. You can sample some of the sweet and savory tastes of the traditional Thanksgiving meal, including turkey (pre-orders available), gravy, stuffing, side dishes, Organic Valley Eggnog, Lucky’s Bakehouse pies and more!…
Sometimes a spoon just doesn’t serve its purpose, especially when the sauce, the broth, or the soup is just too good to leave anything behind — even a drop. And there are those of us who will unabashedly tilt the bowl to our mouths in order to make sure that…
The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade group representing the craft-beer industry, announced last week that it is moving its headquarters from 736 Pearl Street in Boulder to a much larger location at 1327 Spruce Street. The organization says it “has been growing steadily — along with the booming craft beer…
After a summer (and some of fall) hiatus, Charcoal has begun serving lunch again — but without the bincho boxes that won our hearts when Gary Sumihiro opened the Golden Triangle restaurant in 2011. See also: First look: Chef Peter Ryan opens the Plimoth in North City Park…
Champps Americana has wiped Colorado off the map of its locations; all three Champps that had been located in this state are now closed. See also: Reader: Park Meadows could use some new restaurants…
Four years ago, when I interviewed Peter Ryan, then the executive chef/instructor at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, I asked him what he wished would disappear from Denver’s culinary landscape. “Acceptance of a lousy performance by a restaurant,” he told me. “Everything counts in the hospitality industry, but a…
Nate Booth Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant 1101 Walnut Street, Boulder 303-444-3690 riograndemexican.com This is part one of my interview with Nate Booth, exec chef of the Rio, Boulder; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. It’s a question that just about everyone has asked: What’s in those potent margaritas?…
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…
Stuck in the suburbs, Lori Midson wound up looking not at one of the ninety TVs, but at an order of really, really bad nachos. Where was she? This question racked up a record number of guesses, but it turns out the first guess was the right one: Buffalo Wild…
What’s for dinner tonight? Pizza. You might as well eat it for lunch, too. Because today all 25 of the Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta locations will donate 25 percent of their sales to flood victims in the Longmont community. So by eating good New York-style pizza, you’ll be doing good…
Pho Duy & Grill, which is not affiliated with Pho Duy on Federal Boulevard — but shares family ties with the Pho Duy in Aurora — opened last week in Centennial with a menu that, not surprisingly, bowls over with pho. Seventeen versions of the Vietnamese noodle soup, including rare…
Dave Chichura, who has been the head brewer at Oskar Blues for more than eight years, has left Longmont to take the top job at Eddyline, a tiny brewery in the mountain town of Buena Vista that plans to triple in size over the next few months. The move is…
A development group broke ground today on the first of four restaurants planned for two new buildings outside of Hangar 2, the historic building in the Lowry neighborhood that once held Air Force planes when the area was a military base. Hangar 2 Partners — a partnership between Larimer Associates…
According to Williams & Graham barman Sean Kenyon, who was also the emcee at last night’s Espolón Tequila Cocktail Fights, Bryan Dayton, bar manager at Acorn, is “pretty.” Very, very pretty. And, as Kenyon pointed out multiple times, Dayton was on the cover of GQ magazine. Kenyon was full of…
It was the mountains that first lured Christian Saber, chef-owner of Boulder’s Rincon Argentino, to Colorado from his home in Buenos Aires. But after two seasons working on the slopes and in restaurants in Breckenridge, he realized that he’d fallen in love with more than Colorado powder. His future wife,…
Sometimes things just suddenly appear out of the blue — in this instance, the ocean blue — at my table. Such was the case over the weekend, when a plate of jellyfish head was ceremoniously thrust upon the table. Jellyfish head, it turns out, isn’t the head of the jellyfish…
