After enduring a crush of demand from craft breweries across the country that wanted to attend the Great American Beer Festival, the Brewers Association announced to its members last night that it will change the registration process in 2014. Breweries will now have a set number of days to register…
More than two dozen restaurants opened in the metro area in July, serving everything from empanadas to tacos to pizza…and beer, of course. Leading the way in the eatery action? Glendale, whose CitySet project will soon have eleven restaurants — but the town also lost its oldest saloon, Jack Casey’s…
Sit back, relax and watch Caddyshack under the stars at BMW’s Ultimate Dining Event in Larimer Square tonight. The restaurants of Larimer Square will be extending their patios for the evening for those who wish to dine during the movie, which will be playing on two giant screens. The movie…
Did you ever get in trouble as a kid — not for something small, like tracking mud through the kitchen, but for something really big, when your mom’s brain would freeze and she’d rattle off the names of all your siblings and pets before finally calling yours — (both first…
Pizza Public — the pizza-tapas-wine restaurant/bar that took over the former home to Veronica’s Bases Loaded at 3109 Federal Boulevard last year — has shuttered. According to the restaurant’s Facebook page, the closure is due to “unforeseen personal reasons.” See also: – Latkes, burgers and lots of beer: Restaurant Roll…
We’re gathered here today to celebrate the start of a prosperous tomato season — and all that comes with it, including this tomato soup that gets a wallop from a jolt of curry. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
Arvada’s Voss Farms, which supplies hops for Black Shirt Brewing and other local beer makers, is already picking it’s sweet-smelling produce, and you might be able to help. Like last year, Voss is looking for volunteers (although space is very limited). For details, email Andrew at VossFarmsColorado@Yahoo.com. Hop farmers in…
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. Whitney Ariss, the merchandising…
Tales of the Cocktail is a yearly gathering of bartenders, distillers and spirits professionals that takes place in New Orleans every July. It features seminars, competitions and a ton of parties, and finishes with a gala awards ceremony that recognizes the world’s best in our industry. I attended my first…
“Standing in an empty parking lot four years ago, I never dreamed that we’d be so successful, or that the city would embrace the Justice League they way it did,” reflects Delores Tronco, who, along with a entrepreneurial cartel of committed chefs, restaurateurs and street-food slingers, started the Justice League…
ViewHouse has been such a big hit since the giant eatertainment complex opened in the Ballpark neighborhood in March that owner Francois Safieddine and managing partner Brad Manske are planning to open a second location next spring, in the southern ‘burbs. That’s a very different neighborhood, but ViewHouse 2.0 will…
Tickets to the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place October 10-12 at the Colorado Convention Center, sold out in less than twenty minutes this morning, according to message on Twitter from the Boulder-based Brewers Association. (Update: BA addresses scalping issue below.) The speed with which they disappeared was no…
World of Beer, the Florida-based bar chain that focuses on craft beer, will open is second Denver-area location on August 12 in Belmar, at 7260 West Alaska Drive. The company unveiled its first spot, in the City Set development in Glendale, last May, and plans to open several more locations…
Jonah Munson Walnut Room 3131 Walnut Street 303-295-1868 2 Broadway 303-736-6750 thewalnutroom.com This is part one of my interview with Jonah Munson, exec chef of the Walnut Room. Part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. “I started cooking when I was really young, and we had family dinners nearly…
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…
Bin 1884 Cheese Bar, 1886 South Pearl Street, is hosting the next in a series of beer and cheese pairings from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening, featuring beers from Funkwerks. See also: – Photos: Bin 1884 Cheese Bar is open in the Empty Bottle – Funkwerks changes the name…
Jack Casey’s Four Mile House, a Glendale fixture for decades, has closed. The bar, which won Westword’s 2003 Best of Denver award for Best Happy Hour for Absolutely Free Food, started life as a barn, back in the days when what’s now Glendale was filled with dairy farms dedicated to…
I’m willing to drive across town for donuts. I’m even willing to drive across many towns for them, which is why I’ve made the trek to Evergreen more than once. There, at Tin Star Café & Donut Haus, you’ll find a quirky but but very satisfying combination: apple fritters (my…
In early June, Lon Symensma, the exec chef of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro, along with his co-sous chef, Jeff Stoneking, traveled to Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, a two-week journey that all started because of Symensma’s affinity for fish sauce — specifically Red Boat Fish Sauce, made with salted, black anchovies…
For the second year in a row, the Boulder-based Brewers Association and Ticketmaster have experienced significant problems with the sale of tickets for the Great American Beer Festival, which takes place October 10-12 this year. Today’s sale, which was only for registered members of the BA and the American Homebrewers…
The Denver Burger Battle, one of summer’s most sizzling culinary celebrations, takes place Thursday, August 8 at Sculpture Park, where a dozen restaurants from across the state — Park Burger, Juicy Burgers & Dogs, Grind, Larkburger, Highland Tap & Burger, Candlelight Tavern, TAG Burger Bar, Jax Fish House, EDGE, Punch…
Hate to eat and run? Problem solved: With bRUNch, you’ll run first, then reward your triumph with brunch fare while sipping drinks every Sunday, April through September, with Denver’s newest social running club, bRUNch. See also: – Patio of the day: MCA Cafe – Ten tequila drinks that aren’t margaritas…
