Food & Drink

In case you haven’t heard, Guy Fieri, the bleached-blond, back-of-the-head-sunglass-obsessed Food Network TV personality that foodniks love to loathe, is prancing around Denver, his film crew on his heels. He’s here, of course, to film footage for Triple D, otherwise known as Diners, Drive-ins and Dives — and it’s not…

I just returned from San Francisco, where I pigged out on everything from oysters and noodles to quail and “world peace” peanut muscovado milk. I also made the unfortunate mistake of hitting up an Indian restaurant — Dosa, if you want to to know — that sucked, but the vegetarian…

Tony Cherry Creek, that swanky enclave full of chic boutiques and restaurants where stilettos and furs far outweigh flip-flops and fleece, is seemingly — inexplicably — becoming a Mexican-food mecca. See also: – Machete will bring tacos and tequila to Cherry Creek – Photos: Margs Taco Bistro opens today in…

George Eder Pizza Republica 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village 720-489-2030 www.pizzarepublica.com This is part two of my interview with George Eder, exec chef of Pizza Republica; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: Frasca, Beatrice & Woodsley, Fruition and Ian Kleinman’s pop-up doughnut…

Last April, Eric Chiappetta, the former chef of Pizza Republica, along with his wife, Jamie, left the piehole world behind to open Chia’s Breakfast & Lunch Counter in Golden. But last week, the couple shut the doors. See also: – Chia’s Breakfast & Lunch Counter is set to open next…

Smashburger has been a smash hit since the homegrown chain was introduced in 2006. Since then, it’s built a dozen stores in the metro area — and expanded not just throughout the United States, but across the ocean. And in the next year, the company plans to open another sixty…

There’s a debate raging in food circles about tasting menus and whether chefs have become tyrants by forcing multi-hour parades of plates on unwitting guests. For now, Troy Guard’s name doesn’t factor into that discussion, but I wouldn’t put forty courses past him. After all, this is a chef who…

There’s nothing quite like a bubbling-hot chicken pot pie when the weather is chilly (despite today’s projected warm forecast, the air was was anything but balmy), and that’s exactly what I ordered for lunch at an off-the-radar restaurant in the suburbs that serves its pot pie in a cast-iron skillet,…

Red Ginger opened its doors today in the former home of Sonoda’s at 550 Broadway. The restaurant is serving a range of Asian fusion dishes — including sushi currently discounted by 50 percent — but the new owners didn’t make any significant changes to the space. In fact, those doors…

Back in 2006, Doug Naiman’s Aviano Coffee was one of the first tenants in the Beauvallon, the beleaguered behemoth in the 900 block of Lincoln Street, and it was one of the last ones out, finally forced to leave by the construction curtains that swathed the building in 2009. From…

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…

Gayor Geller grew up in Harvard Gulch, a tree-lined neighborhood near the University of Denver, and Maddie’s, the breakfast and lunch restaurant he’s opening on Friday morning in that same ‘hood, is a “family project,” he says, that’s been a dream for decades…

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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Family recipes run…

Cured has opened a new “micro-grocery” store in its space at 1825 Pearl Street in Boulder. The Larder is now selling such essential items as bacon, eggs, milk and local greens. “It was something we wanted to do since we originally opened,” says Will Frischkorn, who owns the specialty cheese…

George Eder Pizza Republica 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village 720-489-2030 www.pizzarepublica.com This is part one of my interview with George Eder, exec chef of Pizza Republica; part two of our conversation will tun tomorrow. George Eder grew up in Detroit, one of five siblings whose mother insisted on cooking breakfast,…

You know when you sincerely promise yourself you’ll try something different the next time you eat at a restaurant, but then don’t because you just love that one thing so much? That’s me with the Truffle Mushroom Swiss burger at Smashburger. Every single time I’ve eaten at a Smashburger, I’ve…

Recognize this spot? You won’t soon. This is the former Rockstar Bar, which the owners of Katie Mullen’s will soon turn into an Irish pub — adding to the 55 restaurants/bars/coffeehouses already in the LoHi neighborhood. And the news brought another round of responses in the Highland/hipster debate. See also:…