For the past four days, Chicken Kabob — the fast-casual Persian joint that Foad Aftahi opened last fall at 9678 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village — has been mysteriously closed. The phone mailbox is full, and there’s no message posted on the place to indicate Chicken Kabob’s status –…
Already the biggest hotel downtown, the Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel is now one of the greenest as well. This past spring, the Sheraton received the Watts to Water award for “Greatest Improvement in Efficiency,” as well as an Xcel Energy “Management Systems Achievement” award, thanks to the efforts of its…
Plunge into Ocean Prime between 4 and 7 p.m. today, and you’ll find oysters Rockefeller and French rosé that may actually be in your price range. The Larimer Square restaurant has just introduced “Half Off the Half Shell Oyster Thursday,” when $9 nets you four fried Goosepoint oysters from Washington…
It’s been years since I’ve indulged in a patty melt, but earlier this week, the urge hit. That — and a Dr. Brown’s black cherry soda — hit the spot. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where…
When Sara and Lenny Martinelli first took over the Dushanbe Teahouse fourteen years, Sara knew a lot about herbs, but little about tea — and the internet, she points out, “was a baby then.” So she decided to invite an expert to teach a workshop. But as she started making…
Bentley Folse Finley’s Pub 375 South Pearl Street 303-282-4790 www.finleysdenver.com Part one of my interview with Bentley Folse, exec chef of Finley’s Pub, ran yesterday; this is part two. Favorite restaurant in America: Both Clancy’s and Commander’s Palace in New Orleans. Clancy’s is a quaint little neighborhood place that’s a…
Business Insider’s recent list of the most popular fast-food chains in the U.S. — put together by food industry research firm Technomic — served up the fifteen biggest earners in the biz. I’ve definitely contributed dough to some of these establishments — but eschewed others in favor of my health…
The First Avenue Hotel saga continues, with El Diablo and Sketch remaining closed, and some of their specialties now served at Rockbar (above), also owned by Jesse Morreale. Much of the discussion concerns Morreale himself — and how this story should be covered…
Jonesy’s EatBar, 400 East 20th Avenue, is celebrating four years in business this month with $4.44 specials on select menu items and drinks. And at 6:30 p.m. tonight, the restaurant is hosting a beer dinner on its patio featuring Dry Dock Brewing Co., with reps of the brewery on hand…
Fire on the Mountain came into Denver determined to make a difference. Owners Andrea West and Craig Oberlink followed the lead of the restaurant’s three counterparts in Portland, Oregon, and decided to create their wing joint/bar with sustainability in mind. “We had this amazing opportunity to start as a blank…
The space once occupied by Office Depot at 600 East Colfax Avenue will be getting a makeover this summer. Hampton Partners, the investment firm responsible for Argonaut’s facelift, is heading up a development there that will not only include a new Office Depot, but a third (and two-story) Billy’s Gourmet…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company is Colorado’s oldest brewpub. But it almost wasn’t. In the spring of 1988, John Hickenlooper and his business partners took out an ad in a homebrewer publication promising the public that “Colorado’s first brewpub,” as they were calling it, would open for business on August 4…
There’s more going on in Baker than the drama between the city and El Diablo and Sketch, the two restaurants owned by Jesse Morreale that are indefinitely shuttered after the city walloped the building with notice-to-vacate signs, citing safety issues. Just a few blocks way, at 300 Elati Street, Tamara…
The best alambres I’ve found in Denver hail from Los Carbincitos, which is not where I ate this pineapple, ham and al pastor alambre that definitely doesn’t rival Los Carboncitos. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where…
Last week we ruffled a few feathers (and piqued some serious ire for not naming names) with our post on a recent spate of rather unfortunate Denver restaurant-based wine service fails. And while that handful of experiences ran the gamut from mildly annoying to straight-up shitshow, we can confidently report…
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. For this week’s…
The Great American Beer Festival is coming a little late this year, October 11-13, but tickets go on sale August 2, and the GABF buzz is already beginning as breweries in Colorado and around the country get ready to wow the crowds — the big crowds. As usual, Westword will…
You know you’ve picked a good restaurant for lunch when it’s already filling up at 11 a.m. That’s what we found when we stepped inside Sahara. Like many restaurants in the Denver Tech Center area, Sahara is tucked inside a strip mall, but the attention paid to the decor makes…
Bentley Folse Finley’s Pub 375 South Pearl Street 303-282-4790 www.finleysdenver.com This is part one of my interview with Bentley Folse, exec chef of Finley’s Pub. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. I suppose my parents liked the car,” muses Bentley Folse, whose first name conjures images of a…
Jack in the Box just introduced its new Breakfast Waffle Sandwich, which is a fried egg, sausage patty and American cheese smushed between two maple-infused waffles — and not to be confused with the McGriddle breakfast sandwich from McDonald’s, which is a fried egg, bacon or sausage and American cheese…
El Diablo and Sketch remained dark yesterday — and as the comments and rumors fly, some people feel they’re still in the dark about why the city closed the First Avenue Hotel building when it did. After all, the restaurants had been operating for two years in that space; why…
Work Options for Women will hold a cooking class tonight at Cafe Options, 1650 Curtis Street — and this month’s curriculum is for children ages eight to twelve. The class will focus on food and kitchen safety, nutrition and skills, all while pushing the theme of breakfast for dinner…
