A few years after Diane and Tom moved from Atlanta to Denver so that Tom could take a corporate job, they decided it was time to open a restaurant. But instead of building a fine dining spot, like the ones where Tom had worked in Georgia, they decided to create…
The space at 1434 Blake Street has gone through many incarnations since its days as CitySpirit. But its latest transformation could be its most interesting yet: It’s now a Ukrainian restaurant, Kraine Station. “This came about from the inspiration of my mother,” explains Papi Sorrelis. “I’ve been looking for an…
Late last year, Tilman J. Fertitta, the restaurant mogul who owns Landry’s — and acquired McCormick and Schmick’s in a hostile takeover last month — announced his plans to pick up the national chain of Morton’s steakhouses, noting that the restaurants comprise “one of the most recognizable and successful high-end…
Colorado will get a new specialty brewer later this month when Elevation Beer Company near Salida opens, crafting seasonal barrel-aged beers on a fifteen-barrel system. We’re not talking about your classic, blondes, reds, browns and IPAs here. Elevation’s first two beers will be a Belgian-style Quadrupel made with caramelized honey…
See that jolt of java up there? What I would give to have one of those right this very minute. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and…
Just tell the truth, already: you are totally freaked out by Italian wine. By “freaked out”, we mean shaking like a leaf. Shivering in your shorts. Just plain scurrred. Ask a wine retailer which category they find most challenging to sell to less experienced consumers, and you’re likely to hear…
Two years ago, when I did a Chef and Tell interview with Jeff Osaka, the owner/chef of twelve, I asked him what he’d like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint. His answer was poignant, straightforward and inclusive: I want more chefs working to build camaraderie. Sure,…
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 can’t…
Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part one of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part two of my chat with Coohill will appear in this space tomorrow. “This,” confides Tom Coohill, “is too good to be on the menu. It’s like buttah.”…
The new year got off to a fast start, with Pearl Street claiming another casualty: Ototo. And that was just the start of the closings. But while Mo’s is no more on Broadway, Moe’s now has one more store in Boulder. And several new pizza joints sliced off a piece…
The news that Joe Vostrejs and Larimer Associates plan to put the Lowry Beer Garden — a nearly 8,000-square-foot bar, authentic beer garden and pavilion — into the Hangar 2 project (which will also have a dozen restaurants in its dining district) had beer fans raising their steins in thanks…
Dark winter days just cry out for a thick, potent beer to help pass the time — which is why, every February, Vine Street Pub & (Brewery) (1700 Vine Street, 303-388-2337), Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery (1535 Pearl Street, Boulder, 303-546-0886) and Southern Sun Brewery (627 South Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886)…
Before Tom and Diane Coohill moved to Denver a few years ago, Tom ran a couple of fine-dining French restaurants in Atlanta that garnered considerable praise. But when he decided to plunge back into restaurant ownership in this city, though, the economy encouraged him to scale back his ambitions a…
This brick building near the intersection of Speer and Federal boulevards was most recently home to Veronica’s Bases Loaded. But that dive closed long ago. Now it looks like the address could get new life…
In the two-plus decades that I have been behind bars, I’ve noticed some fads when it comes to what my brethren drink while we work. I’m not talking about sipping cocktails or some rare craft beer; I’m referring to the shots we do during a shift, after a big rush…
I’m sad to report that I recently tried the pizza at a local popular purveyor of it and was quite disappointed. I won’t share the name of the place, seeing as how we’re all especially fervent about our favorite pizza joints, and I’d prefer not to step on anyone’s dough…
Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que first fired up the pit more than ten years ago, when three Alabama natives — Mike Fernandez, Ben Gilbert and Jeff Kennedy — made their way to Vail and set up a restaurant to hawk the food they grew up eating. Since then, Moe’s has proliferated, and…
Karma Asian is small, tucked into the middle of a block on a busy stretch of Broadway, but the menu encompasses a pan-Asian theme with options from Vietnam, China, Japan and Thailand. And almost everything on Karma’s menu is already vegetarian/vegan or can be made with tofu and veggies, so…
Joe Vostrejs and his Larimer Associates partners traversed across the country to check out America’s beer gardens before they came back to Denver to build their own — and what they found, admits Vostrejs, was surprising…
The hosts of what had been Denver’s only craft beer radio show have gone their separate ways, an amicable split that has nevertheless created a somewhat awkward situation: two craft beer radio shows, both airing at the same time on the same day. Gary Valliere, the creator and co-host of…
As we anticipate the arrival of Colorado’s first Trader Joe’s, the California-based grocer with a cult-like following that’s allegedly building its first Colorado store somewhere in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street (three more Trader Joe’s stores are rumored for Denver, including one at Eighth and Colorado Boulevard), we thought we’d give…
“We’ve been playing around quite a bit with our cocktail program — and definitely improving it,” says the bartender who poured me the rye and Fernet mix in the above snap, a delicious, potent cocktail that could have easily multiplied into more. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus:…
