July is National Ice Cream Month, and ABC’s The View will celebrate by featuring five top-notch ice cream shops from around the country on this Friday’s show. One of the chosen, frozen treat-slingers? Denver’s very own Sweet Action Ice Cream…
The former Emporio do Brasil has big plans. It’s already changed its name to Little Brazil, and within the next few weeks will move from the small spot on Federal Boulevard where it’s been for five years to a much larger space near Colorado Boulevard and Leetsdale. The new Little…
If we issued an award for Denver’s worst green chile, this version, thick with cornstarch (including clumps of it), would be at the top of the shit list. 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…
Noah Stephens Vert Kitchen 704 South Pearl Street 303-997-5941 www.vertkitchen.com This is part one of my interview with Noah Stephens, exec chef/owner of Vert Kitchen. Part two of my chat with Stephens will run tomorrow. It’s the Friday before a long Fourth of July weekend, and Noah Stephens, Vert Kitchen’s…
When the homegrown Smashburger decided to create a burger for Colorado, as it already had for Idaho (topped with potato chips) and Minnesota (topped with cheddar bar cheese and garlic-grilled onions), it came up with an iconic combo for the Colorado Smashburger, adding grilled fresh green chiles, grilled onions, cheddar…
The comments keep coming about the status of Troy Guard’s marriage (over) and his restaurants, most notably TAG and TAG | RAW BAR, the latter of which closed for a day last week while Guard was coping with the ramifications of the split and both of which are now advertising…
Colterra will host a four-course Odell Beer Dinner on its beautiful patio in Niwot tonight. The festivities start at 7 p.m. and cost $45; for all the delicious details, call 303-652-0777 or visit www.colterra.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings…
In the Best of Denver 2011, Lower Highland rated the award for Best Restaurant Neighborhood, and with good reason: In the past few years, the blocks on the bluffs above I-25 have added an incredible number of eateries — everything from steakhouses to cafes to inventive finer dining spots –…
Craving a crawfish boil? While Denver’s not exactly crawling with spots to get your fix, there are a few options, including Red Claw Seafood and Wings. In this dark, dilapidated joint, you can order crawfish by the pound, flavored with your choice of a boatload of seasonings and delivered to…
No, that’s not a joke about the fatty substances for sale at this past weekend’s Justice League of Street Food event at 29th and Huron. Hearses rolled up to the party on Saturday night, sans corpses, surely surprising everyone in attendance! Scary!…
“Well, it ain’t as good as Anna’s Taqueria.” My hometown Boston friends repeated this ad nauseam when they’d come to visit and I’d take them for a bite at Illegal Pete’s, Chipotle or one of Colorado’s other burrito joints. Anna’s Taqueria is Boston’s version of a taqueria, a longtime local…
Scott Witsoe loves beer. He loves to brew it, to drink it and think about it. Talk with him just once, and his enthusiasm for hops, barley and yeast foams over like a beer poured too quickly. “I love the process of brewing,” he says. “It’s like a Zen moment…
In September 2005, the Peace Corps shipped Michael Levy to Guiyang, the largest city in southern China’s relatively rural Guizhou Province. He didn’t speak Chinese, but he tried to immerse himself in the culture during his two and a half years there, and while he arrived in Guiyang as a…
Last month we attended the first annual Colorado Winefest – Denver, and for the first time tasted a number of truly delicious, locally produced wines we could recommend to you without pause. So you can certainly understand how we were legitimately fired up about an already scheduled wine-tasting trip to…
Watching foodies beat the organic-arugula shit out of each other in the media is a lot like watching toddlers fight in the sandbox: It’s hilarious, semi-productive, and it basically comes down to which kid has the biggest shovel and sand pail to knock down bodies with. Foodie fights are semi-productive…
El Cuscatleco was always a bit odd. The Salvadoran joint, plunked down on a corner in a dilapidated small mall on South Federal, turned out some interesting dishes, but in the multiple years that it stood, the dining room always felt incomplete and sterile, and the staff — when you…
Are you hungry for street food? Are you hankering to know if, when or where your favorite food truck — or any food truck — is planning to pull up curbside in a neighborhood near you? There’s no need to try to track them all down individually. Just bookmark Westword’s…
Over the past ten years, Danny Cash has built a business on crafting custom hot sauces, wing sauces and rubs — and several Denver restaurants put his creations on the table as a proprietary blend. The private-label man also has a label of his own, though, and he recently opened…
A sign of the times that’s certainly more clever than “No shoes, no shirt, no service.” 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 every Monday, we select…
Does your server need your help? If your server is Kyle Garratt, who offered up “How to help your server and how not to help” in his latest In the Weeds, just refrain from tossing a dirty napkin at him. Readers are throwing plenty of other things. Notes Douglas Stiff:…
Elway’s Downtown will host whiskey master Robert Sickler at a five-course North American Whiskey Dinner, which will pair each course with whiskey and whiskey cocktails. The meal, which starts at 6 p.m., costs $75; for details, call 303-312-3107 or go to www.elways.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around…
Since moving down to Denver from Boulder, I’ve developed a weekend ritual. After rolling out of bed, I walk up West 32nd Avenue to Zuni Street, passing patio-dwellers at the Gallop Café and brushing by brunchers waiting for a table at Duo, then cross the tree-lined street and walk into…
