We named Pinche Taqueria the Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2012, and Bon Appetit agrees; in his list of the country’s fifty best new restaurants, restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton names Pinche, as well as Linger and Pizzeria Locale (even though the latter is not so new)…..
Elvis Presley Week begins today and runs through Saturday, August 18. And Wild Eggs — the Kentucky-based breakfast and lunch chain that expanded into Denver last August, putting a store at 300 East Alameda Avenue — is honoring his memory and its birthday with a week-long special on “The King…
The new patio at City, O’ City, 206 East 13th Avenue, finally opened this week — almost a year after it was envisioned as part of an expansion of the dining area and kitchen. Here’s a look:…
Honest Tea produces organic tea flavored with core values of honesty and transparency, and has kept its promise of creating healthy tea from real tea leaves even after Coca-Cola bought 40 percent of its stock. But how do we, the consumers, prove we’re deserving? For the past two years, Honest…
After eleven years at 1445 Larimer Street, Pam Savage-Sims and Curt Sims closed Lime last month. But their history in the neighborhood stretches much further back than that. It’s been 27 years for Pam, who started out singing five nights a week in clubs in the Square, and 29 for…
In the dog days of August, a fresh fruit, red bean and cream slushie definitely beats a Slurpee from 7-Eleven and even a standard ice cream cone. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered…
Bob’s Atomic Burgers has exploded on the scene in Golden, armed with freshly made burgers — no pre-packaged patties here. “Our burgers are made the old-fashioned way,” says co-owner Jen Toohill, who’s married to Bob Toohill. “They’re fresh-ground beef, and we make them as they are ordered.” See Also: -…
Next week, after months of construction — much of it done with his own bare hands — Iain Chisholm will open Amerigo Delicatus Restaurant & Market, a thirty-seat Italian restaurant on Upper Larimer, in the former Bamboo Hut space and directly next door to the original Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs…
Wade Kirwan Adrift 218 South Broadway 303-862-5749 www.facebook.com/adriftbar Part one of my interview with Wade Kirwan, executive chef of Adrift, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Favorite restaurant in America: This is a tough one, but I’d say Boulevard in San Francisco. The food is unbelievable –…
After nearly a decade of catering to regulars at 124 East Ninth Avenue, Attivo Pizza & Subs has moved a (pizza) stone’s throw away to 955 Lincoln Street in the revitalized Beauvallon complex. Owners Roseann and Tony Mancini unveiled the new digs over the weekend, and it appears the joint…
The Littleton location of Sweet Tomatoes, at 7736 West Long Drive, is hosting a fundraiser to support Denver VOICE’s efforts to combat homelessness this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be lectures and music, and Sweet Tomatoes will donate 15 percent of food sales to the local nonprofit…
Colorado’s Best Beef.” The name of the company alone is a bold boast in a state that’s home to roughly 13,000 beef producers. But the owners are willing to back up their claim. “We can give a little more attention to the smaller details that the big just don’t have…
Something interesting happened at the delicious end of three recent meals — at Root Down, Frasca Food and Wine and twelve restaurant — everyone at our table enjoyed a round of Fernet. We’ll admit it: Denver’s seemingly boundless fascination with fernet is kind of blowing our minds. Seems like sometime…
Back in 2010, Bon Appétit restaurant editor Andrew Knowlton pronounced Boulder the “Foodiest Town in America,” a declaration that made former Westword restaurant critic Laura Shunk — and at least one Boulder chef, Theo Adley — raise their eyebrows in skepticism. And now Knowlton is back with his nominees for…
After last year’s listeria scare that wrongly targeted cantaloupes from Rocky Ford, the now trademarked Rocky Ford Cantaloupe™ is making a comeback. That’s largely due to the efforts of the Rocky Ford Growers Association, which banded together to adopt new safety procedures, build a state-of-the-art packing shed, hire a full-time…
Odds are good that “chicken” isn’t the first thing most people think of when they consider a sandwich. After all, there are so many other kinds of sammies that get higher billing: pastrami and Italian sandwiches, turkey and egg salad, meatball, roast beef and BLTs. Even peanut butter and jelly…
On the heels of the Boulder-based Brewers Association report that craft beer sales are up 14 percent so far this year, Longmont’s Oskar Blues has posted even more outstanding numbers. The brewer said revenue was up 53 percent in the first six months of 2012. Oskar Blues credited the growth…
A day after 49,000 tickets to the Great American Beer Festival were snapped up within minutes of going on sale — leaving a lot of angry beer fans out there — a Boulder homebrewer listed one of those tickets on eBay for $50,000. Does he really expect someone to buy…
A corporation has shut down all of Larimer Square today, buying out businesses on the historic block for a private event — but at least one merchant has refused to close his doors. Larimer Street between 15th and Speer and 14th Street between Market and Lawrence streets are closed to…
Here’s the latest dish on Dish: Westword’s annual eating orgy is set for Thursday evening, September 6, and it will once again be held in the great outdoors — but this time we’re bringing great food, great drink and great entertainment to the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts…
This is part one of my interview with Wade Kirwan, executive chef of Adrift. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Wade Kirwan Adrift 218 South Broadway 303-862-5749 www.facebook.com/adriftbar It’s mid-day, and the lights are dim at Adrift, the tiki bar and restaurant that opened three months ago on…
If you’re a little bit country, you’re going to like Lil & Lou’s Wreck — a lot. The bar, which bills itself as “Sexy, Southern Fun,” opened last week around the corner from Larimer Square. And it’s a country paradise, complete with a tire swing hanging from the ceiling, bras…
