Food & Drink

You know the story by now: Bandits hijacked Pretzel, Euclid Hall’s pig, last Sunday, brazenly running off with the swine during the Big Eat (the entire saga is chronicled on the following pages). According to those at Euclid Hall, Pretzel has a wee problem with her excessive alcohol consumption and…

This week, Mark Antonat’s travels up Federal Boulevard finally reached Lao Wang Noodle House, a spot already beloved for its soup dumplings — but he found plenty of other crave-worthy dishes there. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson interviewed Jimmy Bernat, who just opened Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill in…

Although more than a dozen restaurants opened in the metro area this month, pizza carved the biggest slice out of the market. Pizza Locale, which got its start in Boulder, opened a restaurant in Denver. Pizza Republica, which got its start in Greenwood Village, opened a restaurant in Denver. And…

In the latest saga of Pretzel, Euclid Hall’s pig mascot that was snatched from Sunday’s Big Eat at Sustainability Park (you can read all about it on the next page), comes this from the pig herself. My Beloved Family! You gotta help me! My hijackers are taking good care of…

After postponing its opening once, Cold Crush is open — but not officially. Still, if you stop by the bar/art gallery and music hangout this weekend, you should be able to get a drink, maybe even a sandwich — and drink up the atmosphere of this promising spot in RiNo…

Where do you draw the line on what you will and will not eat? If you follow a restrictive diet, either by choice or medical necessity, your line leaves little wiggle room. Vegans won’t eat Cheddary mac and cheese, much less a burger. People with celiac won’t eat pizza unless…

Later today we’ll post our Restaurant Roll Call for May, a compendium of all the openings and closings in town over the past month — and there have been plenty. But already, June is shaping up to be a very busy time for restaurants. Two new places have dates with…

Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…

Tickets to the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen — the mountain resort’s four-day culinary extravaganza that brings together world-renowned chefs and winemakers and the starstruck foodists who flock to town every June to catch a glimpse of their famous faces — sold out in record speed this year, but…

If you head to Boulder’s Chautauqua Park tomorrow to celebrate National Trails Day, you’ll find that the beautiful sights aren’t all outdoors. The circa 1898 Chautauqua Dining Hall has been renovated, a major project that involved removing the carpets and restoring the original wooden floors, adding two fireplaces, and installing…

I love the Ethiopian stews here, and whether your tastes bend toward vegetarian, or intensely aromatic meat dishes, this is a place to find an excellent Ethiopian feast…even if you’ll likely eat it in a dining room bereft of light. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

When she chooses the restaurants she will review, Gretchen Kurtz balances many concerns. Is the restaurant located in a part of town she hasn’t written about lately? Does it serve a kind of cuisine she hasn’t reviewed lately? Is it expensive or economical? A celebrated spot or a secret? Is…

On the left, you’ve got the now sequestered Pretzel the Pig, Euclid Hall’s mascot, which was unceremoniously yanked from its perch during the Big Eat on Sunday, the details of which are all chronicled on the second page. On the right, you have the newly formed Euclid Hall posse –…

The stained glass windows will stay. So will the proprietary meatball, sausage and red sauce recipes. But Angelo’s Pizza is going to look and feel a lot different when its new owners reopen the Denver mainstay as Angelo’s Taverna in August. On March 1, Denver-area restaurant industry veterans Eric Hyatt…

Irish bars are known for being dark and often damp, but they are also supposed to reflect their neighborhoods, and the people who live in the Mayfair, Montclair and Park Hill neighborhoods don’t want “dark” when it comes to any new restaurant on Colfax. That’s why Glen Eastwood and Andrew…

Seven months after Tavern 13 reopened in a new spot three blocks south of its original home at 1312 South Broadway, the venue has closed its doors again. And as a going away-present, the city slapped a notice on the front window of the bar, advising that Tavern 13’s liquor…

I could spend all afternoon and night camped out at this lively watering hole, if for no other reason than the brews are some of the best in Denver — and the affable bartenders know how to pour them with precision, even with their eyes closed. Can you guess where…

Jimmy Bernat Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill 1530 Blake Street 303-298-5000 lodojimmys.com This is part two of my interview with Jimmy Bernat, exec chef of Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Which chef has most inspired you? My dad pretty much got me into…

What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re trying to plan a new bar — and find that another bar project has claimed the same name. Cliff and Zachary Young, the father/son team opening a new watering hole at 437 West Colfax Avenue, right around the corner from CY Steak, which…