Grand Teton Brewing in West End Tavern’s Satellite Tap Room

At the monthly Satellite Tap Room, West End Tavern is featuring drafts from a different brewery, with reps on hand to discuss the beers. Today, Grand Teton Brewing Co. out of Jackson Hole is the featured brewery. For more info, call 303-444-3535 or visit www.thewestendtavern.com. For information on dozens of…

Food porn: Row 14

In this week’s Westword, I review Row 14, a sleek spot in the Spire, a new downtown high rise. Arik Markus, the restaurant’s chef and co-owner — his cohort is front-of-the-house man David Schneider — has put together a menu that’s as polished as the environs, and I had one…

Cooking with Pete and Barb Marczyk: Lobster roll

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Ge used to…

Pizza Fusion slices up another vegan-friendly pie

You can find pizza anywhere in the city — but finding vegan-friendly pizza is a slice more difficult. Pizza Fusion made the hunt much easier when it opened a few months ago; its vegan pie is topped with casein-free soy cheese (Follow Your Heart mozzarella — which, as you can…

Guess where I’m eating?

Breakfast is served all day, every day, until 5 p.m. at this neighborhood java joint with a palpable hippie vibe. 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 entered into a pool — and…

Old World vs. New World Wines at Row 14

Row 14 continues its summer wine classes with :Old World vs. New World Wines,” half-hour seminars featuring side-by-side comparisons and paired snacks. The wine starts pouring at 6 p.m. and class costs $10 in advance, $15 at the door; for more info, call 303-825-0100 or visit www.row14denver.com. For information on…

Review Preview: Row 14

One of downtown Denver’s newest architectural assets is the Spire, a skyscraping complex of sleek condominiums located directly across from the Convention Center. In addition to stylish condos, the building houses a handful of restaurants, including the posh Row 14, which holds down a corner street level spot…

Purple Ginger II now serving modern Asian in Englewood

It took a while, but Ricky and Anna Choi finally have what they want: a second restaurant to complement their successful Purple Ginger in Lakewood. Last fall the Chois had opened Zi Fusion, a restaurant at 7340 South Clinton Street in Englewood; they closed it in April for what was…

Guess where I’m eating?

A long time ago, Basil Doc’s pushed a fantastic white clam pizza (it now sucks). Several other pie palaces also toss white clam pizzas, none of which are great, but this one — save for the deluge of flour beneath the crust — is good. Can you guess where I’m…

Five things every man needs to know about wine

True story: We recently made the acquaintance of the creator of a local website dedicated to all things male. After we inquired about the topics typically featured on the site, the author responded with something along the order of “You know…guy stuff. Bars, sports, beer, things like that.” Intrigued, we…

Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery takes a summer break this week

Jason and Jeanette Burgett’s Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery is a regular stop for Highland neighbors who can’t get enough of the spot’s pastries, breakfast sandwiches, egg scrambles and baguettes. Weekends are particularly busy, and after a three-day 4th of July stretch that called for extended hours, the cafe is…

VegFest 2011: Top five food products

We came, we saw, we took pictures and now we’re sharing them with you. There were all kinds of products available at VegFest 2011 on Saturday, but we managed to settle on five favorites, starting with this gourmet mushroom kit that grows ‘shrooms in recycled coffee grounds. (Oyster mushrooms, of…