Jimmy Sannino was one of the three sons who inspired 3 Sons, the restaurant that his family ran for forty years. After they finally sold 3 Sons in 2004, his two brothers got out of the business — but red sauce was in Jimmy’s blood. Today he owns and operates…
My best friend just turned fifty, and every year for her birthday, it’s tradition to celebrate at the restaurant where the above shot was snapped — a restaurant that’s definitely not known for its tacos. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
New Belgium Brewing, Colorado’s largest craft-beer makers and the third largest in the country, revealed in May that it was searching for an East Coast location for a second facility. The company said it would make a decision by the end of 2011. Well, we’re getting close, and New Belgium…
With all the talk lately about Occupy This and The X Percenters, if you’re like us, you’re wondering how to align your gift giving instincts with your urge to support businesses hustling to make ends meet just like you are. And since we can’t imagine a better way to spread…
Since it first opened at 19th and Pennsylvania more than three decades ago, Las Delicias has become one of Denver’s most successful homegrown chains. And today from 11 a.m.- 9 p.m., the outlet at 7610 Conifer Road (off Highway 36 and Broadway in north Denver) will donate 15 percent of…
Annabelle Forrestal Vine Street Pub, Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery and Southern Sun www.mountainsunpub.com If you want to pick a perfect melon, Annabelle Forrestal suggests that you pick her brain. Growing up in St. Louis, Forrestal, now the executive chef of Vine Street Pub in Denver and Southern Sun and…
Many chefs are sour on baking, but enough sour beer convinced Patrick Langlois to come up with a gingerbread cookie recipe that worked perfectly with Crooked Stave Wild Wild Brett Orange. That no-baking chef business gets a rise out of Mantonat:…
The Margarita, 7350 Pine Creek in Colorado Springs, has been running regular Spice Route dinners all year. For this meal, the restaurant will revive some favorite dishes from the series and add new ones, making seven courses in all — all paired with wine. The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m…
A handwritten sign in the front alcove at Mama Sanninos asks diners to wait to be seated, and since just two servers were tending to a large, lingering lunch crowd, wait I did. While I waited, I studied my surroundings — and there was a lot to look at. Family…
Kitsch covers the walls at Mama Sanninos, with family portraits co-mingling with vintage alcohol posters, festive seasonal hangings and shots of Italy. Hand-written signs list specials, and the scent of garlic hangs in the air as the chef prepares those specials, as well as platters of spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna…
Ryan Leinonen isn’t shy about his goals: “I want to have one of the top five restaurants in Denver,” he says while hunched over a plate of steelhead trout, one of the Scandinavian-inspired dishes on his menu at Trilllium, which opens tonight in the Ballpark neighborhood. “There’s no reason why…
After it got rolling in the summer of 2010, the mobile food movement really picked up speed, with new trucks hitting the pavement just about every week. Last spring Comida, a big, pink, Boulder-based taco truck (wo)manned by Rayme Rossello, a longtime member of the Boulder restaurant scene and one…
Last Wednesday, there was a lot more cooking in Chili Verde’s kitchen than the traditional Pueblan fare. Thanks to a fryer that caught flames, the entire kitchen almost ended up well done. Luckily, the fire didn’t spread, and Eder Yanez-Mota, who owns the restaurant at 3700 Tejon Street with his…
Sure, it’s freezing outside today, but tomorrow, it’s supposed to be back to a more mellow thirty-some degrees, which means it’s a good time to head to Fifth Avenue and Santa Fe Drive, where the Vegan Van — along with a handful of other food trucks — parks for a…
I’ve never been interested in baking, mainly because it’s such a regimented process — and that doesn’t appeal to my nature (beer bread is an exception to this rule, not surprisingly). Unlike the carefree cooking method of chopping, tossing together and seasoning various combinations of whatever you’re in the mood…
‘Tis the most wonderful time of the year, Denver. During the stretch of days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, it’s totally socially appropriate to stay out too late on a school night, drink too much and show up to work griping about your subsequent hangover. Okay, maybe not totally socially…
Mara Soutiere ignored the arched eyebrows and eye rolls that ensued when she and her husband, Peter, inked a lease on a small space on Pearl Street that would feed meaty, prime grade and Wagyu flesh to the People’s Republic of Boulder. A steakhouse, asked the incredulous? In Boulder?…
When it comes to burgers, I’m a white trash purist — American cheese and, on occasion, grilled onions. Nothing more. And the burgers at this new beef shack, which range from simple to all gussied up, are far better than I had anticipated. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…
Visions of sugarplums danced in their heads, while cakes…and sticky toffee pudding…and croissants drizzled with chocolate made eyes wide at yesterday’s opening of Crave Dessert Bar & Lounge, a sultry sugar house that’s now swelling bellies with sweets in the Spire. The dessert bar, the lovechild of Allen Milham and…
Those clever Swedes just keep finding ways to get people in their store, and reasonably-priced, all-you-can-eat buffets of dishes dusted with dill and sweet marzipan cakes will have eager Denverites over a herring barrel, stuffed to the gills. IKEA Centennial is holding a holiday smorgasbord or “julbord” party at 5…
Love it or hate it, there’s no shortage of opinions about the Squeaky Bean. And yesterday, when the announcement came down that the restaurant had found a new home in LoDo — in a renovated warehouse (above) where owner Johnny Ballen can put an actual kitchen for chef Max MacKissock…
Carroll Kemp, owner/winemaker of Red Car Wines, will be on hand for tonight’s wine dinner at Ya Ya’s, 8310 East Belleview Avenue in Greenwood Village. Six courses will each be paired with a Red Car wine. The dinner starts at 6 p.m. and costs $125; reservations are required. To make…
