When M&D’s Cafe shut its doors after 34 years in business this weekend, it didn’t just leave behind a legion of fans. It also left a big debt — including a million dollars that it owes on a loan issued by the Denver Office of Economic Development when owners Daisy…
Late last week, Tilman J. Fertitta, who owns Landry’s, Inc., closed a deal to purchase McCormick & Schmick’s, a nationwide restaurant chain that has two locations in Denver, including one in the Oxford Hotel. That spot has been serving up cheap happy hour deals and oysters since 1986 — before…
This week’s review took me to the area just north of West Washington Park, where Dale Huguley created Cafe|Bar in the former home of Pho Pasta. With the help of chef Eric Rivera, he married European cafe culture to sustainable sourcing and excellent design. The result is a versatile neighborhood…
The National Western Stock Show is rolling into town, which means there will be almost as much beef on the hoof as on the plate in this cowtown, although steakhouses definitely anticipate fattening up. And this year, in addition to the usual funnel cakes and turkey legs and pork chops…
We’ve seen a lot of beer cocktails make best-beverage lists over the past year, and they range in complexity from a glorified michelada — a classic Mexican blend of lime juice and lager — to the Naughty Girl Scout, a drink on the list at Euclid Hall that uses a…
So far, 2012 is sucking up restaurants and bars at a rapid pace. In a matter of just days, Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and OTOTO have called it quits; after 34 long years, M&D’s Cafe shuttered; Se7en, the corner bar in the Beauvallon, is gone, too; and the California…
I’d asked for no glaze — it came glazed. I’d asked for it mid-rare — it arrived medium-well. And the third time? Mid-raw. Perhaps the moral of the story is don’t order a pork chop at a steakhouse. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Have you run the gauntlet at Star Bar? If not, you’ve got through February 6 to try and drink thirty Avery Brewing beers available at the hip Larimer Street beer bar. For starters, you’ll need to drink all of these: IPA, White Rascal, Ellie’s Brown, Joe’s Pilsner, Out of Bounds…
For last week’s Year in Review issue, we recapped what the subjects of the 2011 Chef and Tell interviews would like to see less of in Denver. This time, we’re serving up their wish lists of what they hope to find on Denver’s plate in the new year — everything…
Denver foodbeasts who eat up the city’s culinary scene had plenty to chew on in 2011: Big-name chefs who abruptly closed their restaurants; other chefs who walked out; a restaurant that burst into flames — and rose from the ashes; a very public divorce; and sadly, unfathomably, a beloved restaurateur…
At the one-time home of Kuulture, 1512 Larimer Street, the lights are off, the doors are shuttered, everything is packed into cardboard boxes, and the telephone number is no longer in service. When it opened in 2008, Kuulture was one of the first LA-style frozen yogurt shops to hit town,…
Several New Year’s Eve restaurant closings surprised the city — including that of Se7en and M&D’s Cafe — but the three-way closings on South Pearl Street were a real triple whammy. As anticipated, the 29-year-old Pearl Street Grill closed…but India’s Pearl shut its doors just hours later, and OTOTO closed…
If drinking more wine was your resolution for 2012, then head to the Greenbriar Inn, 8735 North Foothills in Boulder, for Open Cellar Night, when all bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off. There’s also a multi-course menu with wine flights, as well as bottle specials and tours…
Close to 300 new restaurants opened in the metro area last year — and with that much action, perhaps it’s not surprising that two of them are named Cebiche, and two of them are named Chinook. But the local dining scene also lost a surprising number of mainstays: the 29-year-old…
When Dane Huguley landed the lease for a spot on Alameda Avenue that had most recently held Pho Pasta, he and chef Eric Rivera examined all the other restaurants in the neighborhood before they decided what kind of concept they’d build…
Ryan Conklin, certified Cicerone and head barman at Euclid Hall, doesn’t think his reasons for going into bartending were very different from what motivates other professionals in the industry. “Like a lot of bartenders, you just kind of have some sort of drive to it, whether that’s getting behind the…
The bistro at the Tony’s Market at 950 Broadway is a sweet little restaurant tucked inside a busy gourmet grocery store. You might not expect such a place to cater to vegetarian and vegan needs — but you’d be wrong. The staff is well-versed in food preferences — and they…
While we were ushering in the New Year with friends, family and booze, several Denver restaurants were closing their doors. Over the weekend, Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and OTOTO all shuttered; after fifteen years in its Park Meadows location, California Cafe quietly closed; and in what could be some…
Last year saw nearly 300 restaurant openings on the books — but 2012 is already kicking off with several closures, including the long-lived Pearl Street Grill, next-door neighbor India’s Pearl and nearby Ototo. And now, from the southern suburbs, comes word of another shuttered restaurant…
Unfortunately, because it’s winter, a good portion of the produce in stock in Colorado right now, including In Season Local Market is from California. I’d been planning to buy some sweet potatoes for a soup recipe that’s been hanging on the fridge and was bummed to hear the news. Alas,…
While downtown yesterday afternoon, we thought we’d stop by Chloe for a happy-hour drink and start the new year out right. Opening the unlocked front door just before 5 p.m., we found what looked like the remnants of a very big New Year’s Eve party — but not a soul…
My first meal of 2012 was here, at this Chinese restaurant, where a bunch of us gather every year to dish about the Denver culinary scene. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is…
