Happy 4th of July weekend, Denver. It’s really summer in the city now, when patios beckon and menus bloom with produce. In celebration, we’re serving up twenty things to eat in restaurants around town between now and fall…
In January of 2010, Virgilio Urbano, the pizza slinger — and owner — of his namesake pie palace, issued a humongous challenge: In two hours or less, stuff your gullet with eleven pounds of pizza without puking, taking a bathroom break or falling over dead, and your success (or stupidity,…
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…
Dazbog Coffee understands that its undercaffeinated, too-tired-to-function customers may not always remember their wallets — and so the stores are offering a payment method that doesn’t require a wallet. “Everyone has their cell phone before their wallet these days,” says Leonid Yuffa, co-owner of the thirty-store chain that’s based in…
Along with Rackhouse Pub, this week I paid a visit to Pints Pub, the quirky British brewpub that claims to stock the largest collection of single malt whisky outside of Great Britain. I had my doubts — a number of restaurants make the same claim, including Dundee Dell, an Omaha…
Lester Karplus, co-founder of DelectablePlanet.com, has eaten veggie for almost forty years; he’ll be offering up cooking demonstrations at VegFest tomorrow, which runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. We talked to Karplus about his shift toward vegetarianism, the mission behind DelectablePlanet, and what he…
Happy Place: The Corner Office, 1401 Curtis Street, 303-825-6500 The Hours: Daily from 4 to 6 p.m.; Sunday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to close The Deals: $3-5 small plates; $1 PBR; $3 draft beers; $5 martinis and wines by the glass Were we happy? Flip the page to find…
The canned craft beer revolution started in Lyons in 2002 with Oskar Blues, and although Colorado is still the leader, we don’t yet have metal to match our mountains. That will change in late July or early August when the Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista becomes the first craft beer…
Talk about a mouthful: A single bagel from this shrine to ringed dough with a hole already stretches your jaw, but the sandwiches, towered with everything form salmon to roast beef, are comedic skyscrapers. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is the founder of www.compassionatecooks.com and the author of three must-have cookbooks for plant-based eaters: The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table and Color Me Vegan. She’ll be speaking at VegFest tomorrow at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds; we caught up with her to talk about her VegFest…
Boutique roaster Novo Coffee recently got a batch of Esmeralda Geisha, one of the most lauded coffees in the world and the subject of the Westword feature “Pot of Gold.” If you stop by Novo’s retail location at the Museum Residences, 1200 Acoma Street, you can grab a cup for…
Linger topped the action last month, with a stunning space that takes Highland to new heights. Chinook Tavern also blew back onto the scene, almost three years after it left its home in Cherry Creek. Gone for good? The old Northwoods Inn, which is now a swingers club. Here’s our…
The news that Soul Daddy, the winner of America’s Next Great Restaurant, had closed its last outpost — despite Chipotle’s Steve Ells serving as one of the show’s judges — didn’t surprise readers. Says aceranchero: I watched the series finale, when they announced the winner I turned to my wife…
The Margarita, 7350 Pine Creek Road in Colorado Springs, will serve up the next installment of its Dinner & a Movie series tonight; the featured film is M*A*S*H. For details, cCall 719-598-8667. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and…
Temperatures threaten to approach the triple digits as we prepare to celebrate our country’s independence this weekend, which puts us smack into summer, the season of baseball, lazy patio nights and, of course, hot dogs, which we like to feast on as we wander the streets, tend the grill or…
Anh Nguyen may be the only person alive who was bitten by dead shark. And, no, this isn’t a fish tale. Nguyen, who opened the Crawling Crab, a Cajun seafood joint, last week in a South Federal Boulevard small mall, was hanging the beast from the ceiling, when his wrist…
Thirty years ago, long before the food truck made the jump from lonchera to gourmet movable kitchen, a Boulder couple was wheeling around in a vehicle called RollinGreens, serving up what they were then calling wholesome meals on wheels. And while they managed to generate plenty of buzz at the…
It was fun, very fun, while it lasted — and it lasted fourteen years. But come early September, Dixons Downtown Grill will close its doors. Dixons opened just two years after Coors Field came to lower downtown; it quickly established itself as one of the best power-breakfast spots in town,…
Even the blessing of Steve Ells, CEO of homegrown, fast-casual mega-chain Chipotle Mexican Grill, wasn’t enough to make America’s Next Great Restaurant into, well, America’s next great restaurant: Soul Daddy, the healthy barbecue concept that nabbed the reality show’s grand prize of three locations, shuttered its final spot in the…
McMurdo Station, one of three U.S. government-run research posts in Antarctica, is looking for a new executive chef. The requirements include a bachelor’s degree, a culinary degree and seven years of experience, at least three of which are supervisory. Oh, and you should be willing to relocate to Antarctica for…
No. 60: New Mexico Benedict from DJ’s Berkeley Cafe…
Great American Beer Festival tickets went on sale today (here), and although they are $5 more this year, $60 is still worth the price of admission. After all, there will be 450 breweries serving 2,200 different beers at the fest, which runs September 29 through October 1. What else is…
