Food & Drink

Santa Fe Drive has an old American diner, a new American diner, an Ethiopian restaurant…and lots of Mexican options. And now there’s sushi, too. iSushi opened yesterday at 801 Santa Fe; the Japanese restaurant is offering “simple classics,” as well as dishes with “a more creative twist.” View the menu…

When I moved to Colorado seven years ago, I got an entry-level job at Great Divide Brewing Co.. One of my duties was driving around in a piece-of-shit van with a busted transmission, delivering kegs to accounts whose supplies had run out. After a few months on the job, I…

Aurora, which is already clotted with some of the city’s best ethnic joints, is about to welcome a new quick-service soul food spot. Kirk’s Soul Kitchen, which is slated to open on May 5, will dish up everything from fried chicken and meatloaf to collard greens and sweet potato pie…

The perennial question: Red, green or Christmas? In this case, none of the above. And for the love of ristas, use some damn salt to season your food. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is…

Here today, gone tomorrow: These days, that’s the siren song of more and more menus, many of which change monthly, some weekly, others daily, which means that if you get too attached to a dish, at some point — sooner rather than later is the most likely scenario — you’ll…

Food trucks are revving up for the first big event of the spring season, the”Rolling Into Hunger” bash that benefits Food Bank of the Rockies on April 29 in the parking lot of Mile High Spirits, 2920 Larimer Street. Stephen Daniels and Mandy Birks, owners of the Crock Spot, have…

Eat out today — and eat out often. Because more than 300 restaurants are joining in the eighteenth annual Dine Out for Life, a benefit for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent from all food sales — whether at breakfast, lunch or dinner — to the charity that prepares and…

The Wazee Supper Club has been serving cold beer and hot Colorado-style pizza since it was founded 38 years ago by the Karagas brothers, Jim and Angelo, who’d opened My Brother’s Bar a few years earlier at 2376 15th Street. From the start, the Wazee was lower downtown’s go-to neighborhood…

The first out-of-state location of Fire on the Mountain, a wing chain based in Portland, Oregon, will open tomorrow at 3801 West 32nd Avenue. Although usual business hours will be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Fire on the Mountain will open at 5 p.m. tomorrow and Friday…

President Obama may have made the biggest splash during his two-day trip to Colorado at The Sink in Boulder, but Secret Service staffers knew where to go in Cherry Creek North for a late-night snack during the darker hours — no, not that kind of snack…

If you tried to eat at Venue Bistro yesterday, which was my mission, a sign on the door called for other plans. From what I hear, the spring runoff is good for fishing, and the staff at Venue obviously thinks so, too, judging from the fact that the Highland restaurant…

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. If you’ve been…

In the many, many times I’ve eaten at this innovative restaurant, I’ve never had a disappointing dish. In fact, just about everything that’s graced my plate has been a marvel, including the exquisite Hawaiian red snapper tartare. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…

Hana Japanese Bistro is the complete package — complete with instructions on how to eat there, too. During a recent meal at this six-month-old spot in Louisville, every dish came with a lesson plan. “Eat the hand rolls first,” our server advised as she dropped off a tray of sushi…

Last month, the seafood hot pot at Da Lat rated a 100 Favorite Dishes designation. But when Heather Miller ordered it, the dish contained an unexpected ingredient: a cockroach. Lori Midson shared her cockroach story here , and the comments have been flying. Should the dish have been comped? The…

Hana Japanese Bistro is the full package — complete with instructions. Every meal at this six-month-old spot in Louisville starts with warm towels and complimentary bowls of miso soup (a little dish of pickled vegetables or edamame often finds its way to your table, too). And on my most recent…

Wayne Adams doesn’t like to talk about the ghosts, the apparitions dressed in seventeenth-century period garb that haunt the Capitol Hill corner store that’s been in his family for 38 years. “They get more active when you talk about it,” he says matter-of-factly, detailing the rows of Shurfine brand canned…

“I love pizza. No. I love pizza!” And to prove his declaration, Justin Vogel slams his elbows on the bar, revealing a wrist-to-elbow jet-black tattoo inked with the word “pizza.” Point taken…