Reader: Colorado microbrews engender good will

Hurry to Denver Beer Co. if you want to get a taste of Clown Question, Bro, a Canadian lager-style beer that DBC brewed after the Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper called a query regarding his favorite beer “a clown question.” But the rookie phenom took the homage in stride, and even…

Breckenridge Brewery hopes to expand the law and its business

Breckenridge Brewery is running out of time. Two years ago, the brewpub was making 31,000 barrels of beer annually — which was more than it had produced in two decades of Colorado history. But by the end of 2012, thanks to the explosive growth of the craft-beer industry nationwide and…

Bye, bye xiao long bao: Tao Tao Noodle Bar goes dark

I’m not happy, and if she were still here, outgoing Westword restaurant critic Laura Shunk wouldn’t be happy either. And if you, like us, bowed in gratitude to the xiao long bao (named Best of Denver in 2012) at Tao Tao Noodle Bar, an excellent Chinese joint in Aurora that…

Photos: Renegade Brewing’s one-year anniversary

Renegade Brewing celebrated its one-year anniversary on Saturday, June 30, with a party and the release of its first canned beer, Ryeteous IPA. Festivities included live music, the Manna From Heaven food truck and a photo booth where patrons could capture their good times. The sixteen-ounce Ryeteous cans will be…

Guess where I’m eating chicken wings and celery sticks?

There are people who can’t bear to think of a world without chicken wings. I’ve never been, nor will I ever be, a chicken wing worshiper, but on the rare occasion that I get a jonesing for sauce-slathered cluck, you’ll find me here at this joint, where the wings fly…

Reader: Squeaky Bean does it right!

A little over a year after it left LoDo — and after a very long week in which its liquor license got caught in a state snafu — the Squeaky Bean finally opened in its new, much larger home last week…

Spuntino adds Sunday brunch and happy-hour deals

Spuntino has added happy-hour specials and brunch to a roster that includes its renowned gelato, which rated our best ice cream list. Spuntino, which closed earlier this year to retool its concept, reopened in March with a new lineup that included Yasmin Lozada-Hissom and John Broening, along with original owner…