The term “celebrity chef” is as ubiquitous as pork belly, but I bet that if I asked ten people for a definition, I’d get ten different answers. To some, it means a nationally known chef with a mug you’d recognize from appearances on TV. Denver has a few of these,…
Late last week, we broke the news that Living the Sweet Life, a bakery in LoHi, had shuttered, but the space already has new occupants, namely a cartel of sausage slingers — they who own the Über Sausage, a diminutive frankfurter house on East Colfax that opened in 2011 across…
Denver has plenty for the discerning plant-based diner, especially pizza. This town has so many good vegan pies that it’s getting increasingly tough to pick a favorite. One thing we know for sure: The vegan and vegetarian pizzas at Sexy Pizza are swoon-worthy, especially on that delectable, decadent, perfectly baked…
Just shy of a month ago, Paul Attardi, the familiar front-of-the-house face of Fruition, Alex Seidel’s (still) spellbinding restaurant on Sixth Avenue, parted ways with his sidekick after a ten-year business partnership. And now, what may very well be the best front-of-the-house job in a Denver restaurant is up for…
At a potluck dinner party at my home a few years ago, I made the mistake of handing Pete Marczyk a can of Scotch Buy black pepper that had expired in 1988 — which meant the pepper was old as the friends’ marriage we were celebrating, and a lot less…
The discussion over Gretchen Kurtz’s review of Restaurant Fourteen Seventy-Two has demonstrated how passionately people care about Platt Park (however it’s spelled), why you shouldn’t eat Mexican food in Charleston, what constitutes low-country cuisine and other lessons of geography, including itsbootytime’s suggestion that “if I had to guess this critic…
Jenna Johansen joins the crew at Trillium, 2134 Larimer Street, tonight for the latest in the restaurant’s Scandinavian dinner series. The paired menu will feature courses inspired by the cuisine of Denmark. See also: – Jenna Johansen talks frankly about her boot from Around the World in 80 Plates -…
Dazzle will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary tomorrow. To commemorate the occasion, the club is throwing a party with the Bob Montgomery/Pete Olstad Big Band and the Funky Fresh Trio benefiting the Gift of Jazz, an organization supporting the past, present and future of jazz in the Rocky Mountain Region. And…
The Space Creators, a Denver-based real estate development and brokerage firm, has announced a new partnership with The Desk, a co-working cafe that opened last year in the space that once held Buffalo Exchange, at 230 East 13th Avenue. “It’s great news,” says Desk owner Kristian Barowsky, who co-owns the…
When Tamayo, chef Richard Sandoval’s modern Mexican restaurant, opened in Larimer Square in 2001, it was easily one of the most innovative design schemes — and food concepts — on what has now become one of the city’s liveliest blocks for a dose of culinary artistry. But while the majority…
Boney’s does barbecue “low and slow,” its website promises. But in this case, “low and slow” wins the race — because Boney’s just unveiled its new location at 1543 Champa Street, just two doors down from its former home at 1555 Champa. The bigger, better space will allow owner/operators Lamont…
Cheap rent, hip locals and an urban feel are three of the main ingredients that have turned River North into one of Denver’s hottest neighborhoods for new breweries. Three of them — River North Brewery, Black Shirt Brewing and Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew (which is technically in Five…
There’s nothing quite like a basket of fried pig’s ears to start a conversation, although at this bar, which was recently given a major makeover, conversation is at the heart of the convivial vibe. The ears share menu space with Salisbury steak and perogies, too, making it every bit as…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a plate of burrata, asparagus and sopressata, which hails from the Oven, to a platter of tacos and salsas from Tacos Marlene, a new brick-and-mortar on Alameda that’s an extension of the namesake owner’s food cart on Federal,…
As chilly as it’s been outside, no one wants to subsist on salad and trail mix. This Southwestern-inspired stew has plenty of substance for keeping the body warm: potatoes, black beans, corn and carrots cooked in a savory, smoky chipotle-adobo broth that’s got the perfect amount of heat to warm…
There’s been a lot of action on South Pearl Street this season, with Restaurant Fourteen Seventy-Two joining the lineup, bringing low-country cuisine to the Mile High City. But when Gretchen Kurtz reviewed the restaurant last week, she found both highs and lows. But one reader thought her review was a…
Parisi Italian Market, 4401 Tennyson Street, closed over the weekend for renovations. The space is set to open in “plenty of time for Valentine’s Day”; check the restaurant’s website for updates. And here’s a taste of what else is on the culinary calendar this week:…
“Celebrating now!” read the text from Paul Reilly, who just inked a deal to take over Olivéa, Stephanie Bonin and Keith Arnold’s beloved New American restaurant, which the couple, along with exec chef John Broening and pastry chef Yasmin Lozada-Hissom (the betrothed twosome now own Spuntino), opened three-and-a-half years ago…
Update, 7:05 p.m., January 11: Attorneys for Morreale Hotels LLC filed a motion today in Denver District Court, asking a judge for a temporary restraining order against the City of Denver that would allow El Diablo and Sketch to reopen. And after a hearing that started at 2 p.m. today…
Next year, Smashburger, the smashingly successful Colorado-based burger chain, will unleash sixty to seventy more locations, not just in Colorado, or nationally, but around the world, all of which will incorporate a new design concept that’s just been unveiled in Colorado, including the newest outpost at 6305 East Hampden, just…
The space at 404 Broadway has been in a state of flux for over a year. After a sixty-year run as Jerry Feld’s Club 404, it changed hands in December 2011 and reopened in February as the Denver Wheel Club 404, a bike-themed bar that rolled to a halt in…
For decades, Curtis Park Creamery has been a mainstay for good Mexican food in the Curtis Park/Five Points area. The take-out joint got its start back in 1969, when Lawrence and Beatrice Rodriguez opened a neighborhood market in a spot already known as Curtis Park Creamery, where Lawrence’s brother had…
