Colfax Avenue has always been Denver’s main thoroughfare. Created after the Rush to the Rockies of 1859, the Gateway Road flourished in the decades that followed as both a business district and a social hub, right up through the 1950s, when touristy motels lined both sides. But like Radiator Springs…
The second iteration of Beehive, chef/owner Janice Henning’s pared-down, seasonal foods showcase, opened yesterday in Boulder. The slim space that once housed Saxy’s Cafe now looks rustic yet serene, with stark white furniture and whimsical jar lights dangling overhead…
Ah, summer…and watermelon…and arugula…and goat cheese. Four of my favorite things, and this salad? It’s my new go-to for roughage. 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 into a pool — and every Monday,…
There’s nothing more delicious than an evening spent in the company of friends, enjoying the magical experience that is the simultaneous consumption of inspired cuisine and grape-based libations — otherwise known as food and wine. Layer on top of that the fact that we can enjoy these heavenly events at…
When you’re sitting on the patio outside Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks, watching the uniquely Denver action along the 16th Street Mall and enjoying a happy-hour cocktail and a big slice of chocolate cake from Cake Bubbles in Lakewood, it’s easy to forget that you’re sitting in a link of…
Copper Kettle Brewing scored some hand-painted, custom table tops recently that incorporate not just game boards — like backgammon and checkers — but a few of the young brewery’s accolades, including its Great American Beer Festival medal and, of course, its nod as Best Brewery for Neighbors in Westword’s Best…
Opinionated. Tenacious. Temperamental. And, at times, a “dick,” especially when he’s in a courtroom arguing his case on front of a judge, who’s presiding over the latest infraction levied against him by the Denver Department of Environmental Health, with whom Frank Bonanno, who owns Luca d’Italia, Mizuna, Bones, Lou’s Food…
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. According to Barb,…
Beau Simmons Jonesy’s EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 www.jeatbar.com This is part one of my interview with Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy’s EatBar. You can read part two of our chat tomorrow. Beau Simmons stretches out in his garden, his face tickled by the leaves of his heirloom-tomato…
Happy birthday to 7-Eleven, which turns 85 today. And everyone is invited to join in the festivities, which include miniature birthday accessories, chances to win some sweet prizes — and free Slurpees for all…
Nearly a decade after it buzzed off from its home in central Denver (the spot now occupied by Table 6), the Beehive is back. But this time, chef/owner Janice Henning has landed in Boulder — where her farm-to-table approach isn’t nearly as novel as it was in Denver a decade…
In addition to its daily Study Hall happy hour (select drafts, cocktails and house wines for $3), Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen, 1317 14th Street, will host a new Hump Day happy hour every Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. featuring deals on “not-so-classic” craft beer and shot combinations and…
Sonoda’s has shuttered at 550 Broadway. This location wasn’t technically part of the local sushi chain; two years ago, it was sold to a former employee of Sonoda’s with permission to use the name. But the spot had been struggling of late and once the lease was up, the current…
I’ll never forget the first time I came face-to-face with Pete Ryan. We were meeting at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, where he had just become the school’s executive chef/instructor, and, as usual, my watch was stuck on slow. “You’re fucking late,” he reprimanded me. And then, for the…
Brown Dog Pizza lost the fight of its lives last year when the Telluride-based pizzeria got its chain yanked by a throng of vocal neighborhood pit bulls who raised holy hell when the pizza joint attempted to secure a liquor license for the space at 1001 South Gaylord Street. And…
Danger. That’s the sign on the door of Sketch, which is supposed to host an opening for a showing of 9News reporter Kirk Montgomery’s photographs tonight. The sign — as well as five different letters signed by Michael Roach, Building Official with Development Services in the Denver Department of Community…
Copper Kettle will nearly triple the size of its brewery space this August when it expands next door and adds storage and refrigeration space. “We are producing a lot of beer, but we don’t have anywhere to store it right now,” says brewery co-owner Kristen Kozick…
Trust me: The green chile, jolted with heat, is far better than the burgers, which this joint has been ballyhooing for years. Or, as some would say, resting on its laurels. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess…
Our colleagues over on the Backbeat music blog have been pouring themselves into watering holes all over town, to determine Denver’s ten hippest bars — or is that hipster bars? See that list here: Denver’s ten biggest hipster bars. Follow @CafeWestword…
“I’ve been involved with food since I was six, and I’ve always dreamed of having a restaurant in an old building with a wooden roof and exposed brick — a space to create whatever I want,” says Pepe Aparicio, who, along with his brother, Gianfranco, will open Taita, a Peruvian…
We’ve lauded Thai Lotus more than once, and with good reason: The unassuming eatery, tucked next to Chianti and El Senor Sol, could use a little promotion. And it definitely deserves it. Because once you’ve stopped in Thai Lotus, you won’t make the mistake of overlooking it again…
The second of three new sushi joints just opened in LoDo. After a series of preview parties, Blue Sushi Sake Grill opened yesterday in the former home of Dixons on the 16th Street Mall (or at least some of it; the other portion is now Lucky Pie)…
