Today, Colorado marks a major milestone: The state is celebrating its 135th birthday, and in honor of the anniversary, we’re giving shout-outs to ten of our favorite food and drink products made in our own back yard…
When IKEA opened its 38th U.S. store in Centennial last week, the offers of free sofas, mattresses, chairs, meals and even baby spruce trees turned what would already have have been a stampede of eager customers into a veritable feeding frenzy of folks feeling the Need for Swede. But what…
Gumbo holds a particularly special place in my heart. Early on in life, it was my go-to comfort food. My dad used to make his mom’s recipe for special occasions; it was the one truly traditional Langlois dish, and it had a flavor I will never forget. But that wasn’t…
At lunchtime on Saturday, I dragged a couple of friends east on Colfax, eager to sate my curiosity about Bourbon Grill, the walk-up window under a red awning that seems to always have an eclectic line of people waiting for an order…
Many of Stella Cordova’s dozens of grandchildren have attempted to capitalize on the matriarch’s iconic recipes introduced at the original Chubby’s on West 38th Avenue, creating spin-offs all over the city. And while none of them can use the Chubby’s name — one of the grandkids landed a federal trademark…
Uptown Brothers Brewing, a restaurant and craft beer bar that opened in May 2010, closed its doors for good right after midnight this morning, a victim of the difficult economy. “We came close to making it; we were at about 80 percent of our break-even number, but we have no…
WaterCourse Foods is hosting an all-day benefit for the Chinook Fund, Wazee Supper Club is celebrating its 37th anniversary will all kinds of food-and-drink specials — and that’s just today! Keep reading to see what’s on our culinary event menu this week:…
It’s not often that you’ll find a shrimp noodle bowl on a bar roster, but, then again, not every bar trumpets a kitchen commanded by a household name chef. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I…
In the same city that welcomes visitors with “Focus on the Family” signage, there resides a bar called Copperhead Road, a self-described “honkey-tonk saloon” that promises “the best live music, and the wildest late night parties” in the Springs. But as Euclid Hall/Squeaky Bean star-tender Sean Kenyon found out this…
Hot dog joints are on a roll in Denver, with Uber Sausage joining a scene that also welcomed the largest IKEA restaurant in the country. But Denver also said farewell to Bistro Felix and Organixx, as well as some of the earliest food trucks. Here’s our Restaurant roll call for…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where? contests last week, including two stumpers — a disappointing huarache and some mystery proscuitto and melon — as well as this plate with the town’s most incredible falafel. For correctly identifying the veggie feast as coming from Mecca Grill, Brian wins an EatDenver…
The Denver County Fair may have celebrated some of this city’s most innovative entrepreneurs — but the vendors selling food there didn’t rank among them. Jenny An’s criticism of the eating opportunities at this inaugural fair got her labeled a “commie” by AllAmericanVet: What kind of comi writes a bad…
Garfield has lasagna to get him through Mondays (although, frankly, we have never understood why a cat should be so thrown off by a day of the week). Now you can have grown-up people food to help you through the week: oysters at LoHi SteakBar’s Monday Oyster Night. From 3:30…
KimBa Grill, the fast-casual Vietnamese noodle house located at 1470 South Santa Fe Drive, has closed after eighteen months of business. John Forde opened the spot in March of 2010, but according to a recorded voice message, the location didn’t generate enough traffic to keep the restaurant afloat. “We are…
There is no brewery in Colorado that has a longer history than Coors, no beer maker that has employed a higher number of locals, and no company that is more associated with our state. On the other hand, Coors has a checkered history here, from its labor policies to the…
It’s that time of year again. Wine Spectator has just unveiled its annual list of restaurants with admirable cellars, bestowing the eateries with tiered awards of excellence — and giving anyone who chooses a restaurant for its wine list a handy place to start. Of the 3,700 places worldwide that…
The beer at the Denver County Fair is $8 for 20 ounces — that’s nearly ten bucks for a big cup of Coors, Coors Light or Blue Moon. Yes, those are the only options (but at least the brews are local). I was so stunned by the cost that I…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
When Biker Jim first hauled out his wiener wagon nearly six years ago on the 16th Street Mall, he wanted frankfurter fans to know that he wasn’t pushing dirty dogs jacked up with unidentifiable bits, pieces, or by-products, so he created a slogan — “Our meat is no mystery” –…
In 2009, when Jason Sheehan, Westword’s former restaurant critic, reviewed Organixx, whose menu verbiage touted “the best of organic, natural, local, wild caught and traditional products available to us,” he wanted to hate the joint. ” I’m not coming to your restaurant to join your cult or be converted. Just…
Happy Place: Rooster and Moon Coffee Pub, 955 Bannock Street, 303-993-2622 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $1 sliders; $4.50-$5 small plates; $1 off all wines by the glass, specialty drinks, and well drinks; $.50 off cans of Olympia…
If you’ve ever had a huarache, the sandal-shaped Mexican canvas of fried corn dough smeared with refritos and layered with marinated meats, onions, shredded lettuce and crumbles of cheese, then you know how good they can be. Los Carboncitos makes a killer huarache — the huarache in the above pic…
