The Colorado Plus Brew Pub, which opened May 13 with 56 Colorado beers on tap, started making its owns beers this week on its small brewing system; the brewery part of the business, which includes a restaurant, was delayed by permitting issues. The beer should be ready in three weeks,…
Things are smoking again on the banks of Bear Creek off highway 74 in Kittredge. Darryl Swarts and three friends, all from Ann Arbor, Michigan, bought the former Dick’s Hickory Dock in February 2011, and after a total overhaul of the charming but decrepit building — starting with “squirrel removal,”…
Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project has struck up a partnership with a specialty importer in New York City that will allow the Denver brewery to sell its beers there while Crooked Stave will distribute some rare and unique beers in the Denver area. The distributor, Brooklyn’s 12 Percent Imports, is…
Nate Bychinski Mateo 1837 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-443-7766 mateorestaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Nate Bychinski, exec chef of Mateo; part one of my interview with Bychinski ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had in Denver: Although it wasn’t a traditional meal, last year’s Denver Burger…
Denver is knee-deep in food-and-drink events this Memorial Day weekend, what with the two-day South Gaylord Street Festival, EatDenver’s Big Eat on Sunday and the Full Moon Street Carnival on Friday — and there’s plenty of culinary action in the altitude-high town of Vail this weekend, too. FEAST! Vail –…
Eww. Just eww. A reader alerted us to the notice from the Denver Department of Environmental Health ordering the closure of Pho on 6th for “imminent health risks” — which the restaurant had posted behind a tree. A tree that wasn’t there when the notice was issued by the city…
Edge Restaurant & Bar, 1111 14th Street, will welcome chef Jason Harrison, of the Four Season’s Flame Restaurant in Vail, for a collaborative dinner with chef Simon Purvis this evening. See also: – EDGE Restaurant & Bar unveils its macaroon Christmas tree – Feast with the 1-percenters at Edge in…
When I first moved to Paris, I was insulted by the comments people would make about American food. “You call that cheese?” they’d say, referring to Velveeta, or “What’s for dinner tonight, hamburgers?” It didn’t matter that I never liked processed cheese — not even melted over macaroni as a…
Odyssey Beerworks in Arvada had a soft opening last Friday, but will host a grand opening this Saturday at 2 p.m. with live music from Jimmie Hope, the Ablaze food truck, door prizes. There are currently four beers on tap, but there will be six come Saturday, including Psycho Penguin…
May was not a good month for Pho on 6th, which received a notice from the city ordering it to close due to “imminent health risks.” The restaurant was required to post that notice, but put it behind a tree in front of the building, so that it can’t be…
Cucumber beers appear to be in style this spring, as at least five breweries around Colorado have mentioned the shiny green vegetable when talking about new beers. The only bottled one so far, however, is from Boulder’s Twisted Pine Brewing, which released Cucumber Cream Ale last week. The second offering…
Spicy, absolutely, but more to the point, salty — way too salty, even for someone like me, who will dive for the bag of ridged potato chips long before the slice of chocolate cake. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Today, at 10:30 a.m., in front of the Oxford Hotel, Larimer Associates announced the names of three new restaurants that will take up residence in Union Station, the historic, century-old train depot that’s currently being redeveloped by the Union Station Alliance. A new restaurant and market concept by Alex Seidel,…
Mountain Toad Brewing will hold a grand opening in Golden on Saturday, adding a third craft brewery to a town that has been synonymous with Coors for decades. Located downtown, at 900 Washington Avenue, the brewery and taproom features a large outdoor biergarten with seven picnic tables and room for…
Nate Bychinski Mateo 1837 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-443-7766 mateorestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Nate Bychinski, exec chef of Mateo; part two of my interview with Bychinski will run tomorrow. “I didn’t play with knives, but I definitely did my fair share of cooking,” says Nate Bychinski,…
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…
Ghost Plate & Tap opened in June 2011 in the historic Ghost Building. It had a great location (the former home of the Rocky Mountain Diner) and savvy owners: the Wynkoop/Breckenridge crew. But Ghost won’t be around to celebrate its second birthday; it’s closing on Friday. Initially, the restaurant was…
It’s National Hamburger Month, and Denver-based Red Robin is celebrating with a “Who’s Your Burger Daddy?” social campaign, encouraging customers to ask friends and family on Facebook or Twitter to be their “Burger Daddy,” and entering those who participate in a sweepstakes to win free Red Robin burgers for a…
Rory Donovan has known fellow Peach Street Distillers co-founders Bill Graham and Dave Thibodeau since they were making beer in Graham’s kitchen and starting up Ska Brewing. Donovan and Graham talked whiskey-making for years, looking at all manner of still plans — like one they found on the Internet created…
The owners of Sushi Bay, which took over the space in the Berkeley neighborhood that had been occupied by the Hole, now have a place in Uptown, too. Sushi Bay 17 is located at 1728 East 17th Avenue; keep reading for a look at the space and the food. See…
Next month, Ghost Plate & Tap, an elevated pub with a formidable beer list and an excellent cocktail program, would have celebrated its second anniversary downtown, but the Wynkoop/Breckenridge concept, which opened in June of 2011, is shuttering just shy of its two-year anniversary, closing this Friday, directly after lunch…
According to CareerCast, my colleagues and I have the worst job in America. Low pay and high stress catapulted newspaper reporter to the top of the job portal’s annual worst-of list, ahead of both lumberjacks and meter readers. But how can I complain? I sat down at the computer this…
