Photos: MegaFauna cafe is set for a major upgrade

MegaFauna, the award-winning retail store, boutique and artists’ emporium, is giving its cafe a major makeover. Now that MegaFauna has moved to its new location, at 3102 Blake Street, where it has twice the space as before, owner John McCaskill wants to expand the cafe to serve not just customers,…

Closed: Baker Street Pub & Grill in Boulder

The Baker Street Pub & Grill in Boulder closed its doors over the weekend, after four years of operation. See also: 25 things you never knew about Dwight Long, bartender at My Brother’s Bar…

Guess where I’m eating a huge seafood boil?

The kid was hankering for seafood, and so was I, so we ended up here, where we eagerly polished off five pounds of shrimp, clams, mussels, crawfish and crab, along with plenty of potatoes, corn and sausage, all of it seasoned with Cajun spices. We came, we feasted, we made…

25 things you never knew about Dwight Long, bartender at My Brother’s Bar

As Westword’s Ask the Bartender columnist, I’ve talked with many bartenders for Cafe Society’s “Behind the Bar” series, posing numerous questions to Denver’s top bartenders…and often receiving the same answers: “I love chartreuse,” or “I’m really into smoked cocktails/barrel aging/bottled cocktails.” See also: A bartender by any other name…is still…

Toast pops up some meat-free options for brunch lovers

Toast is best known for its pancakes and French toast; the eatery boasts six different varieties of French toast and almost a dozen sweet pancake offerings (including a pancake “flight” that will allow you to sample several). But for those brunch-eaters who are seeking something on the more savory side…

Wine and dine in support of flood relief tonight

Colorado restaurants have come together to help those who have were victims of the floods — and tonight there are two ways to support flood relief in Boulder. See also: Photos: Chautauqua Dining Hall unveils a new look for the historic building…

BRU handbuilt ales & eats: Ale to the chef!

Some people sit on the beach and drink beer. Others sit on the beach, drink beer and make life plans that will leave no time for beaches — but plenty of time for beer. Ian Clark is definitely the latter kind of guy. “I had a goal of, by thirty,…

Little Shanghai closes after nearly forty years on South Broadway

Years ago, when the Rolling Stones were in town to play a Denver concert, they ate at Little Shanghai, a South Broadway stalwart serving authentic — and Americanized — Chinese food, and during the past 39 years, just about everyone else ate there, too, including us, always saving belly room…

Guess where I’m eating yellow dal tadka?

One of my go-to vegetarian Indian dishes is lentil stew, or dal, and at this Indian restaurant, the hearty stew, rich with ghee and the color of rustic gold, emits bold aromatics that drift through the dining room. It’s a dish, that for me, defines the essence of autumn, my…

Exclusive first look: Humboldt Farm. Fish. Wine. opens tomorrow in Uptown

Earlier this year, in late April, Strings, the Uptown restaurant that the late Noel Cunningham opened 27 years ago, closed after Cunningham’s widow, Tammy, who had been running the restaurant since Cunningham’s untimely death in 2011, made the decision to sell the beloved restaurant to Frank Day, founder of Concept…

The Great American Beer Festival 2013: Do this, not that

If you’ve been to the Great American Beer Festival before, then you know the drill: Wait, with bated breath, in a line that wraps around the Colorado Convention Center, get inside, get your tasting glass, take a deep breath and hit the tasting tables — hundreds upon hundreds of them…

First Look: Food at the Riverside joining the Boulder scene

When the venerable John’s closed on Pearl Street, Corey Buck, the chef/owner for over ten years, just kept rolling — right over to the future Food at the Riverside, which will soon open as part of a cooperative office space/events center at 1724 Broadway, right by Boulder Creek. There’s no…

First Look: Japango gets back to business in Boulder

Japango, a cramped sushi restaurant on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall, closed its doors this summer for a quick remodel. Now it’s back in business with a lot more space and couple of cool additions. See Also: Up two Dunkin’ Donuts, down two Steak ‘n Shakes — our Restaurant Roll Call…

Potato and fennel soup for a hearty meal on Meatless Monday

Soup makes a fantastic cold-weather dish, and this potato-fennel concoction is thick and hearty enough to work as an entree through the chillier days ahead. The minced fennel gives the broth a beefy flavor that could fool anyone (especially if you make your own vegetable broth), but it’s vegan and…