For the past five years, Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe owners James and Tina Pachorek have been showing Coloradans the Belgian specialty beers, some of which had rarely, if ever, been chugged in this square state. On Friday, the Belgians will honor James (what, no female knights?) for his service…
I headed to the hills last weekend for an eating odyssey that meandered through Glenwood Springs, Basalt and Carbondale, all of which have burgeoning dining climates, but the best dish I had may very well have been the macaroni and cheese with spring onions, jalapeños and ropes of pulled pork…
The Great American Beer Festival was made for social media, and the Falling Rock Taphouse was made for the Great American Beer Festival. So, it only makes sense that Falling Rock owner Chris Black plans to fall face forward into Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (despite his preference for in-person contact…
Pete List Beatrice & Woodsley 38 South Broadway 303-777-3505 www.beatriceandwoodsley.com “If I could get away with putting shit on a shingle, I would.” Pete List, the executive chef of Beatrice & Woodsley, is reminiscing about growing up in a family of formidable home cooks, who had no qualms about serving…
Denver Restaurant Week won’t have a week in August in 2012. That’s the word from Visit Denver, the convention and visitors’ bureau that sponsors the event and held a meeting on July 14 to discuss the future form of the eating orgy that offers $52.80 (for two) meal deals during…
Funkwerks, a funky brewery in Fort Collins, almost created an international incident when it named a beer Maori King, prompting complaints from the Maori natives in New Zealand — complaints reported around the world. That inspired this from Jon S: So I’m more interested in how the Maori found out…
Nine10Arts, 910 Santa Fe Drive, has been stepping up its food game lately; tonight, the venue hosts the Plate Exchange Dinner. Bring your own plates along with stories about food to exchange with each other and host Tsehai Johnson. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. and costs $39;…
As I’ve eaten my way through restaurants, taquerias and parking lots where ladies open their coolers, I’ve been frequently burned in my search for the perfect corn-husk package…
Update: 9:50 a.m. Thursday: Thanks for playing everyone! The contest is over, we’ve picked our winners. We won’t announce them here until all the prizes have been picked up. Five $50 gift certificates to the 28th annual A Taste of Colorado (Friday, September 2 through Monday, September 5) just landed…
In the nearly two decades since it first debuted on East Evans Avenue in Denver, Chipotle has run dozens of successful and creative advertising campaigns, reinventing radio spots, billboards and the very idea of word-of-mouth marketing. Now the company has made a movie — a very short movie — in…
We’re fairly short on New York-style delis in the Mile High City, and if your inclination was to head downtown to Mendelson’s Deli every time you were craving a bite of the Big Apple, you’re going to have to find an alternative…
Jeff Crabtree wants to party with anyone who likes his beer. But the owner of Crabtree Brewing in Greeley can’t always be there — not in person, anyway. So Crabtree Brewing’s newest bottled beer, a German-style sour wheat called Berliner Weisse Ale, will feature a massive QR code on the…
Labor Day weekend is approaching, and we’ll bet a few of you are planning to head for the hills to enjoy an extra day of sunshine. And if you’ve lived in Colorado for any amount of time, then you already know about Beau Jo’s. Between the original location in Idaho…
Season two of The Great Food Truck Race, which rolled into Denver in May, is currently airing on the Food Network, and on Sunday night, the Denver episode took center stage, spotlighting a slew of local food trucks, recognizable landmarks and markets and familiar faces, including the Steuben’s truck, Marczyk…
Just a few months after chef Jared Brant opened Satchel’s on 6th, he had a parting of ways with owner Andrew Casalini, who replaced Brant with Kurt Boucher, a veteran chef (and former Iron Chef America contestant) who had spent fifteen years behind the line at the Pine Creek Cookhouse,…
After almost fifteen years, Dixons Downtown Grill will serve its last meal on Labor Day. Want to be there? We’re going to give away brunch for two on September 5 to the person who posts the most interesting memory of Dixons in the comments section below. The deadline is 5…
One taquito, two taquitos, three taquitos, four…. 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 entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive a 2011 EatDenver dining deck, worth…
Doesn’t look like Jason Sheehan taught Seattle much during his brief time in the Pacific Northwest. Because while the Seattle Times did score with a few suggestions on where football fans could eat in this new Pac-12 town — the Kitchen, Flagstaff House, West End Tavern — it also fumbled…
It’s the last Tuesday of the month, and you know what that means: Great Divide Brewing Co. will host its monthly Beer and Cheese Pairing, matching five artisan cheeses to five Great Divide beers. Admission is $18; RSVP to info@greatdivide.com. For more details, go to www.greatdivide.com or call 303-296-9460. And…
Wait, Laura, which one is it?” There were two tamale joints at the intersection of Mississippi and Sheridan. Making a hopeful guess, Rob pulled into the full parking lot of the one on the right, a trim building with a clean facade. A smiling family was wandering up to the…
During my many trips to Tamales Moreno, I couldn’t help but wonder about all the crowds packing into Tamale Kitchen right across the street. What was I missing? One day last week, I decided to find out. It was lunchtime, and the boxy building was, as usual, packed with people:…
For the past seventeen years, Westword has paid tribute to Denver’s celebrated dining scene with its annual Dish soiree, a culinary celebration of the city’s best bites, sips and sounds. This year’s Dish, slated for Friday, September 9, at Ninth Avenue Historic Park, promises to be bigger and better than…
