As far as I’m concerned, fall can’t come fast enough — and it’s not just because I’m looking forward to cooler temperatures, the peak of my chile crop, the rustling of leaves and my favorite holiday, which happens to be Halloween. The foray into fall also signals one of my…
The 1500 block of Platte Street is quiet this morning, with regulars stopping by Paris on the Platte after exercising in Confluence Park and neighbors running in to grab coffee on their way to work. The scene is quite a contrast to the action on Wednesday night, when the roof…
At least ten new craft brewers hope to open their doors in the metro area before the Great American Beer Festival kicks off on October 11 — eight within Denver city limits alone. And there are many more to come, with plans for breweries up and down the Front Range…
The inaugural Fermentation Festival & Market will transform the Highlands Masonic Center this weekend. The festival, which showcases an extensive line-up all things fermented, will feature several breweries, including TRVE Brewing, Grand Teton Brewing, Sapporo, Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew, Kokopelli Beer Company, City Star Brewing, Großen Bart Brewery,…
The 2013 edition of Chipotle-sponsored Cultivate attracted twice as many people to City Park as the 2012 festival did — a whopping 26,000 fans of good food and good music. But then, the weather on Saturday was also 60 degrees warmer than it was for the 2012 Cultivate. So it’s…
Edge Restaurant & Bar, 1111 14th Street, is extending its happy hour this evening for a pre-sale get-together for the After Party on the Bridge — a fundraiser for the Greenway Foundation that will take place Friday, September 13 on the 19th Street Bridge in Riverfront Park. The restaurant will…
Earlier this week, we reported that Max MacKissock, exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, would be leaving his position at the restaurant that shot to stardom in Highland and rocketed to national glory when it reopened in a brand new space in LoDo last year. On Monday, when we ran…
Quick — buy state senator Vicki Marble a copy of Adrian Miller’s Soul Food: The Surprising Story of An American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time. In his new book, Denverite Miller, an attorney and politico, tells the history of how soul food evolved, corrects plenty of misconceptions about the…
Diebolt Brewing opened last weekend as Denver’s newest small craft brewery, serving up beers and camaraderie in the Sunnyside neighborhood. The brewery plans to hold a grand opening event during the Great American Beer Festival, which returns to town October 10-12, but it will have some company by then when…
Fiery green chile on a fire-hot day can make a grown woman cry. Really good chile, though, and the habanero-ghost chile sauce that you can order on the side is definitely a new obsession. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Restaurateur Noel Cunningham was the heart and soul of Strings, the restaurant he’d opened at 1700 Humboldt Street in February 1986, and after he took his life in late 2011, the life seemed to go out of the place. Finally his widow, Tammy, closed the restaurant at the end of…
Platte Street is becoming a hot restaurant neighborhood — too hot last night, when a fire broke out on the roof of the Paris on the Platte bar. But one of the benefits of a hot neighborhood is neighbors: They spotted the blaze, and called the fire department. And the…
Marty Steinke Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef of Linger; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s your biggest challenge as a chef working in Denver? Finding good cooks. The talent pool in Denver is so…
When I walked into the Steak ‘n Shake at 8271 South Quebec Street — the first Steak ‘n Shake to open in Colorado — I was greeted by a host stand holding a dirty tray with trash on it, with no host in sight. And my visit only got worse…
DISH, our annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, will fill Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 22. The event has evolved over the years — just as Denver’s restaurants have evolved. In delicious anticipation of DISH 2013, we’ve been looking back at many of…
Teatulia Organic Teas, 2900 Zuni Street, is teaming up with Ian Kleinman, the molecular guru behind the Inventing Room, for The Dessertist Performs Truffles and Cremes, which runs from 5 to 10 p.m. today through Saturday, August 24. See also: – Chef and Tell with molecular gastronomist Ian Kleinman -…
Underdogs exude a mysterious magnetic force, one unsubstantiated by scientists but understood by Chicago Cubs fans and anyone who’s ever filled out a bracket for March Madness. Don’t believe me? Just try to resist the pull of that upstart thirteenth seed. This force is far less powerful in the food…
Peaches aren’t the only Western Slope product heading east over the mountains these days. Kannah Creek Brewing in Grand Junction has just begun distributing two of its bottled beers, Lands End Amber and Standing Wave Pale Ale, to Denver for the first time. Eventually Republic National Distributing will help Kannah…
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 choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Last weekend, some of…
At Beast + Bottle, servers love to tell the story of Bangs Island mussels nearly as much as people like to eat them. I’m glad I listened to the story: Just a few days after chef and co-owner Paul Reilly told me how he’d braved Maine’s chilly November temps to…
Since opening the Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project in 2010, Chad Yakobson has done things his own way, pushing Colorado’s craft-beer scene forward with his brewing technique, his chosen style of beers, his collaborations and his brewery-less taproom. But his latest innovative leap will actually be a step into the…
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a bottle of Lucky Buddha beer, and while the taste profile is indistinguishable from lots of other beers, the bottle, which is now the newest beer statue in my kitchen, is unlike any I’ve seen, plus I can rub its belly. We…
