Aisle after aisle, table after table, there was one thing about the 2012 Great American Beer Festival that was different from the event in previous years: There were brewery reps, brewers and, in many cases, brewery owners themselves staffing their booths, hanging out and answering questions. It was a refreshing…
Hoot and Howl is now open in the former Twisted Olive space in Northfield Stapleton. The restaurant has made live music a major part of its menu, with open-mic nights and karaoke on a weekly basis, and it put on quite a show of local acts at its grand opening…
The Miceli family opened their third Mici Handcrafted Italian restaurant yesterday, this one in Stapleton, in the former home of An’s Lemongrass — and right across from a Montessori school…which initially presented a problem. “We’re a family-owned Italian restaurant,” says Kim Miceli-Vela, one of the family members behind Mici Handcrafted…
With five metro locations, El Senor Sol is a homegrown chain — but the outpost on West Colfax Avenue in Golden doesn’t feel like a chain spot. Just up the road from the ubiquitous national chains at Denver West, El Senor Sol feels like the family-run establishment it is, with…
The Great American Beer Festival filled this town with lots of great beer — and many great beards in the male-heavy crowd. We documented some of them this past weekend in our “Fifteen best beards of the Great American Beer Festival” post. Which inspired a classic response. See also: -…
Harvest Week is under way at the GrowHaus, the incredibly cool interactive urban farm/marketplace in north Denver. The series, which is organized by Eat Denver, a group of independent restaurateurs, started with a “Praise the Lard” gospel brunch on Sunday; last night, it was “The Hedonist’s Guide to Tailgating” that…
Sure, you like beer — but have you ever worn it? Wrapped your entire being in it and then spent three days at a convention devoted to it? That’s what the country’s most dedicated boze enthusiasts (enbooziasts?) did at the Great American Beer Festival, held at the Colorado Convention Center…
Ghetto Mexican — cheap ghetto Mexican. That’s all you need to know, and it’s what I craved after a long, cloudy night at the GABF, the blurry hours of which I’m still trying to piece together. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
In April of last year, Troy Guard, owner of TAG and TAG Raw Bar in Larimer Square, became an operating partner of Madison Street, a Congress Park neighborhood restaurant and lounge that Joe Vostrejs, COO of Larimer Associates, took over in the fall of 2010. The space, a former Dominos…
Beer lovers aren’t exactly known for their high fashion, but they do know how to stagger in style, and thousands of people showed off just how crazy they could look last week during the three-day Great American Beer Festival. From Viking horns to Waldo costumes, this year’s hops lovers were…
On Sunday, Dry Dock Brewing and Wing Hut made Aurora sweat as the two businesses hosted a wings-eating contest featuring sauces made from the two hottest chiles in the world. Twenty people took part in the first-ever Dante’s Wingferno Challenge, which went down at Dry Dock, and amazingly, all of…
Cafe Society served up three Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a sizzling platter of carne adobada fajitas that you can only get at Tia Maria (as far as I know), to a redneck omelet with Texas toast from an unidentified hash house that’s been around for decades, to…
After 28 years in business, Cherokee Dining on 12th Avenue finally closed on Sunday night, with a crowd of regulars packing the place. The space is slated to become Beast + Bottle in the new year. Keep reading for photos of the Cherokee’s last night. See also: – Slide show:…
Few people can resist the scent of a fresh-baked pie emerging from the oven, and fewer still have the willpower to snub a slice of fresh pie when it’s shoved under their nose. And if you live in the Baker neighborhood, you’re really screwed, because as of 6 a.m. this…
The Great American Beer Festival is full of novelties, and Westword has brought you everything from the Best Beards to the Best Beer Swag to the Best Beer Porn over the past few days. Now we’ll take a look at a few of the sexiest beer names we encountered. See…
This year’s Great American Beer Festival played temporary home to 580 breweries — and with more than 2,700 beers poured, the fest’s professional judge panel had its hands (and mouths) full when making decisions on the winners of all 84 categories. Continue reading for the full list of the weekend’s…
Whole Foods is providing Colorado with a whole lot of local beef these days. In Basalt, a newly opened franchise is teaming up with Crystal River Meats, a Carbondale-based sustainable food company, to provide youth in the RE-1 school district with natural ground beef for school lunches throughout the year…
This traditional eggplant spread is a savory filling for romaine lettuce leaves; paired with fresh, marinated tomatoes, it’s a delicious light lunch with plenty of flavor. You can use ground cumin instead of toasting and grinding your own, but it’s well worth the tradeoff in time if you want to…
Harvest Week has begun at the GrowHaus, 4751 York Street. The week-long celebration of Colorado-sourced cuisine is a product of EatDenver, a coalition of local eateries “committed to supporting and promoting the value of independent dining within our community.” Thirty-six restaurants from the group will be serving pop-up-dinners paired with…
The debate between the beer scenes in Oregon and Colorado has overflowed for years, and word of mouth continues to fall short of an explanation as to which one is the best. That’s because an open-minded alcoholic craves more than just hearsay, which may be why the Great American Beer…
The Great American Beer Festival is a mecca for beer afficianados–but curiously, it seems to be home to something else, as well: The Great American Beard. Continue reading for photos of our favorite chin-growers from the three-day booze-a-palooza. See also: – Great American Beer Festival 2012: The People – Great…
Update: We have a winner. Congrats to annaortlieb8, who guessed 6,000. The actual number of books sold is 10,027. Original post: For beer geeks, the Great American Beer Festival is arguably the best week of the year, with restaurants and bars in Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins hosting numerous suds-centric…
