Food & Drink

Last year, the Scarlet Ranch swingers club moved from its space at 424 Broadway to a place in the southern ‘burbs known for an altogether different kind of meat: the former Northwoods Inn. Owner Kendall Seifert has now rechristened this location the Squirrel Creek Lodge, and has branched out beyond…

For the past three years, chef and restaurateur Richard Sandoval, who owns 35 restaurants around the world, including five in Denver and two in the mountains — the most he’s opened in any state — has been methodically planning one of his newest concepts: Al Lado, a Latin wine and…

In less than three weeks, there’s going to be a war in the Mile High City, but instead of weapons, this brawl is all about the beef, the bun, condiments, grease, blood and char. Twelve superpower burger houses and restaurants — Larkburger, Citygrille, Crave Real Burgers, Mateo, TAG, Highland Tap…

Did I finish it? No, of course not. Did I even come close? Not by a long shot. But I’m sure that some of you with bigger appetites (and, sadly, much small waistlines than I), definitely could. Go for it. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

So you were at a restaurant and you ordered way too much food — or just the right amount if you wanted a “fat human” box or two to take home. But in the cold gray light of dawn, last night’s chicken à la awesome could turn into today’s irritable…

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)…..

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…

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…

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…