Leave it to the creative crew at Euclid Hall to come up with yet another way to stop traffic. The fanciful tavern, bastion of beer and food hall at 1317 Fourteenth Street has just erected a new sign, but lest you think it’s of the banal square, rectangular, octagonal or…
For some of us, spending an hour strolling up and down the aisles of our neighborhood wine store is like a little slice of heaven. Between filling up carts with our latest vino obsessions and ogling that magnum of Veuve we can’t possibly afford, a wine-buying spree is perhaps second…
Denver’s rolling explosion of craft-beer taps is celebrating its first anniversary, since several restaurants that fueled the movement opened a year ago this month. And while one of these new beer bars, Uptown Brothers, didn’t make it, others — like Euclid Hall, Freshcraft, Stoney’s and Hops & Pie — are…
Kevin Taylor Restaurant Kevin Taylor at the Hotel Teatro 1106 14th Street 303-820-2600 www.ktrg.net This is part one of my interview with Kevin Taylor, executive chef of Restaurant Kevin Taylor, Prima Ristorante, Limelight, Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House, Palettes at the Denver Art Museum, and Rouge, in the Teller…
By Monday, September 12, when the Denver Broncos host the loathsome Oakland Raiders at the former Invesco Field at Mile High, Rockbar, the deliberately divey dance club and watering hole (and Susan Sarandon’s favorite hangout during the 2008 Democratic National Convention) at 3015 East Colfax Avenue, will have completed a…
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, formerly (and briefly) known as the Quiznos Pro Challenge, kicked off Monday in Colorado Springs and comes to Denver on the race’s final leg Sunday. The finish line will be on Broadway next to the State Capitol, but the last leg of the route will…
The Global Business Travel Association is in town, and the city threw a big welcoming party for the travel planners Sunday at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where they were served a drink that could have been a contender in the Colorado Cocktail Project — which Marnie Ward won with…
Steve Horner has moved his anti-ladies’ night crusade to Sin City (lots of luck there!) and Las Vegas resident Michael Marstellar, for one, doesn’t appreciate his manly efforts to shut down female-friendly pool parties. In response to yesterday’s update on Horner, he writes: Is there anyway to get in touch…
Leave it to Boulder to come up with something this awesome: The Pinyon is presenting the Backwards Man Foraging Dinner Series every Wednesday, with each meal featuring food with wild Colorado ingredients. Admission is $40, plus $25 (and up) for cocktail pairings; for more info, call 720-306-8248 or visit www.thepinyon.com…
The recent Denver Burger Battle was more than just a sandwich showdown: The event was a snapshot of just how much the burger has evolved since its classic incarnation — ground-beef patty on a bun — became ubiquitous in the United States…
John Platt has owned and operated Q’s Restaurant in Boulder’s Hotel Boulderado for nearly two decades, which is about the same amount of time that Philip Shull’s BookEnd Cafe occupied a Pearl Street Mall slot just a few blocks away. After that coffeeshop shuttered a few months ago, the pair…
You’re at a restaurant. The menu is big and overwhelming, and all you want to know is, “What’s good?” Forkly, a free iPhone app that launched today, wants to answer that question — as well as the even more elusive “What will I like?” “Martin and I like to build…
Art Johnson still walks with a limp that he earned while playing football for the University of Colorado. He dresses in CU hats and shirts every day. Calling him a proud alum would be an understatement. So when Johnson decided to open his own restaurant in Boulder, a fast-casual spot,…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can often…
The Budweiser brewery in Fort Collins announced yesterday that it is moving its Clydesdale training program from the northern Colorado town to a farm in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where it will also start a hitch-driving school. The famous horses — which are a big part of Bud’s Fort Collins brewery…
It’s harvest season, and what’s getting us going are the heaps of fresh produce available on tables all across the city. But sometimes you want a fresh salad, and you don’t want to have to leave the house for it. This is where Door to Door Organics is awesome: It…
While perusing the hospitality help-wanted adverts on Craigslist.com — a daily habit of mine — I came across the above listing announcing that a new French restaurant is opening in Cherry Creek. And while the ad doesn’t specify where that restaurant is planning to take up residence, wagging tongues who…
Last we heard, New Belgium Spoke — a cafe, newsstand and grab-and-go concession that would feature New Belgium beer on Concourse A — was slated to open early this fall, after delays pushed back the date from May. Early fall meant late summer: Laura Coale, spokeswoman for DIA, says the…
There are exactly ten seats in the tiny quarters of this Italian cafe that turns out pastries, breads, paninis and excellent caffeine-jolted cappuccino, the foam finished with fancy swirls. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
Yesterday Lori Midson started spilling some of the secret, off-the-menu items offered at local restaurants, starting with one at D Bar Desserts. But it was the photo accompanying the post that snagged the comment that warmed her heart. It’s no secret that Cafe Society photos have come in for criticism,…
We’re lucky to have a winery putting out good wines in central Denver, and tonight you can celebrate that bounty at Row 14, which is hosting an Intimate Monkey Theorem Wine Dinner, featuring five courses paired with IMT wines. It starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $95; for more info,…
The first time a plate was set before me at Crave Real Burgers, I nearly choked. I was sitting at the brightly lit bar that faces the open kitchen, surrounded by the din of a busy dinner service and sucking down a mint chocolate chip milkshake. But when I got…
