Portland is a better beer town than Denver. As a Denver native, it pains me to say that, but after having visited Beervana for the first, time, there is no getting around it. While Denver brewers consistently make better beer than those in Portland, there are more than three times…
Liquor licenses for restaurants, bars and coffee shops often are not cheap or easy to get, but Ryan Cobbins, owner of Coffee at the Point, found a way to serve wine in his Five Points coffee shop: He partnered with Cottonwood Cellars…
The over/under time on me passing out at the bar or simply disappearing and cabbing home without saying goodbye to anyone (a favorite move of mine that one buddy calls “smokebombing”) is apparently 7:30 p.m. Currently, it’s 5:30 p.m., and I’ve only been bellied up at Lola with pints of…
Happy Place: Steuben’s, 523 East Seventeenth Avenue, 303-830-1001 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $5 specialty cocktails; $12-$20 shareable cocktails; $1 sliders; $3 gravy fries; $0.50 deviled eggs Were we happy? Flip the page…
Yes, the Buckhorn Exchange boasts liquor license number 1 — but that’s because the venerable restaurant was first in line after Prohibition ended in 1933, when new liquor licenses were issued. The oldest saloon in town is My Brother’s Bar — city registries indicate that 2376 15th Street was a…
As if the Wynkoop Brewing Company didn’t have enough going on today — it announced that it will join with Breckenridge Brewing — it has also named (tentatively) the beer it plans to brew in honor of brewery co-founder and Governor-elect John Hickenlooper. Hickenlooper’s InaugurAle will be brewed on Saturday,…
The owners of the proposed Cold Comfort Tavern will host the powerful Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods on Thursday to talk about plans for their Seventh Avenue craft beer bar and restaurant. Cold Comfort would be located inside the mostly vacant Colorado Lace building at 200 East Seventh Avenue, at the…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 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…
On November 15, a shipment of Maui Brewing Company’s canned beers left Hawaii by boat, bound for one of the ports in Southern California — and eventually for Colorado. It hasn’t arrived yet. But it might soon, and when it does, says Dave Watson of the CR Goodman liquor distributorship…
Sink the Bismarck, the highest-alcohol beer in the world, has finally made it to Colorado. The “quadruple IPA,” at 41 percent alcohol by volume, is made by Scotland’s controversial and attention-seeking BrewDog brewery, the spot also responsible for Tactical Nuclear Penguin, a 32 percent ABV beer, which held the record…
Happy Place: Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café, 534 East Colfax Avenue, 303-861-0347 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $1 off all drafts, bottles, tower samplers and wines by the glass; half-price frites, croquettes and artichoke dip Were we happy?…
There are many rumors about the pilgrims and beer. Some say they landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of the sudsy stuff. Others claim they drank it on the voyage over because it was safer than water. Whatever the truth, beer and pilgrims will always be tied to…
The restaurant culture at the Streets at SouthGlenn is going gangbusters, but the busiest joints are the ones that pour liquor — something that Pho 95, 6879 South Vine Street, hasn’t had the green light to do since it opened in May…
Like every business owner, Marilyn Megenity has to make tough decisions. But one of her most recent ones was tougher than most. Earlier this month, she decided to switch all twelve taps at the Mercury Cafe from beer made by her neighbor, the Wynkoop Brewing Company, to beer made in…
Remember how when you were little, you couldn’t stand broccoli? That’s because your palate hadn’t matured enough to appreciate all of its crunchy-sweet goodness. Now that you’re all grown up, you’ve probably asked for double portions in your weekly fresh market produce delivery basket, you’re so in love with the…
The first time I walk into Jake’s Food & Spirits, two days after its October grand opening, I’m greeted by not one, not two, but seven employees in black T-shirts. A few are leaning against the pool table, but most are just waffling around in the middle of the empty…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 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…
Eager winos from all walks crowded the steps and lobby of Le Central Thursday evening to get a taste of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau and sample the bistro tasting plates, all with a touch of the spirited young red in the ingredients of each miniature dish. The rich aromas wafting…
Hey beer drinkers. Do you like free beer? Well, you can have one tonight at the quasi-private Web Awards party we’re having at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street, to celebrate the best of the web in Denver. Boulder’s Upslope Brewing and Denver’s Strange Brewing will be pouring until they run out…
Happy Place: Harry’s, 818 Seventeenth Street, 303-607-9000 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., 9 p.m. to close, and all day Sunday The Deals: $2-3 draft beer; $4 house wine and well drinks; $5 well martinis; $4-5 appetizer specials. Were we happy? Flip the page…
On the third Thursday of every November (today), vintners in France have been releasing a kind of red wine called Beaujolais Nouveau. The wine isn’t powerful or rich or even that all that good. Its main quality is light freshness. It’s fermented for just a few weeks and is meant…
King Soopers didn’t merely open a liquor store inside its massive new grocery at Leetsdale Drive and South Cherry Street yesterday. It declared war. War on other liquor stores, big and small, in central Denver, war on SuperTarget, war on all the political and business interests that have kept the…
