In honor of Earth Day, participating Starbucks stores are giving free brewed coffee or tea, hot or iced, to everyone who brings in a reusable mug or tumbler. But the big news today is the return of Alfalfa’s to the same Boulder location at 1651 Broadway where the store first…
News of Williams & Graham, a speakeasy opening in Highland in June, has people licking their lips — “darling,” “awesome,” they rave — but also worrying about the crowds it might attract. Bigskrimping, for example, offers this: Sound super sweet! But really why tell people about it on this blog,…
Head for the hills: Devil’s Thumb Ranch, 3530 County Road 83 in Tabernash, will present a Steamworks’ Beer Dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. It’s a benefit for Trout Unlimited and the endangered Fraser River and $35. Reservations are required; call 800-933-4339 or visit www.devilsthumbranch.com. For information on dozens of…
What started as girlish gossip between Ashley Routson, a California-based beer blogger better known as the Beer Wench, and Jess Hunter, a Denver Off the Wagon booze blogger and beer aficionado, quickly became a discussion among female beer geeks nationwide focused on answering this burning question: Who is the most…
Almost two months after Jorge Pingarron first told Cafe Society that he was opening a “Mexican, but not Mexican” restaurant on South Broadway, the native of Acapulco has made good on his word: El Olvido opened last night with a fiesta, and when we stopped by today, there wasn’t a…
There are some restaurants that start off with a bang and falter, others that never even make it off the ground, and still others that put their best foot forward straight out of the gate and never stop evolving. The above snap was flashed at a restaurant that, while still…
Three months after Shannon Aten moved back to Boulder to make her dream of owning a pastry truck a reality, she’s ready to debut her wheels. The Tasterie Truck, which Aten and company have affectionately named “Madeline,” is getting wrapped in shades of teal, purple and green today, and it…
AC Golden Brewing, the tiny MillerCoors-owned beer maker located inside the Golden factory, will begin packaging its signature Colorado Native in cans for the summer; it will be sold in twelve-packs starting May 1. “Our retailers and drinkers have been requesting cans, especially for summer, so they can take Colorado…
For the past several months, behind the walls of a two-story, converted apartment building in Highland, Todd Colehour, a former executive with Kona Grill, along with his business partners and startender Sean Kenyon, who works behind the bar of the Squeaky Bean and writes our weekly “Ask the Bartender” column,…
Justin Cucci Root Down 1600 West 33rd Avenue 303-993-4200 www.rootdowndenver.com This is part two of my interview with Justin Cucci, owner and executive chef of Root Down and Linger. Part one of my interview with Cucci ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I don’t have one. Like…
Lori Midson’s new Chef and Tell interview with Justin Cucci, chef/owner of Root Down, has people talking. From booyah: this man gets it From Lipster: It’s interesting that he uses “pussies” as a derogatory term and then, in nearly the same breath, refers to all of the women who work…
At 7 p.m. tonight,McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant will present a Spring Halibut Season Dinner, featuring cuisine by chef Stephen Vice paired with Mondavi wines; sommelier Kevin Arndt will be on hand to discuss the pairings. Tickets are $55; for more info, call 720-200-9339 or go to www.mccormicksandschmicks.com. For information…
Batch 19, a Coors-made lager that is brewed based on a recently rediscovered pre-Prohibition recipe, is finally coming home to Colorado. The recipe for the beer was discovered in an old log book at the Golden brewery in 2004, after a small flood in the basement. The book — and…
On Saturday night, the new incarnation of Satchel’s on 6th unlocked its doors, uncorked the wines and unearthed a small, tidy menu that trumpets the talents of exec chef Jared Brant, who’s done time in the kitchens of Bones and Mizuna. The fifty-seat space, kitted out with exposed red brick,…
When Wolfe’s closed in December, it took one of the town’s best vegetarian barbecue options with it. But at least there’s still barbecued tofu on Colfax Avenue, thanks to OiNKs! BBQ…
Pete Contos came to Denver in 1955, and when he bought his first restaurant here seven years later, it was the start of a restaurant empire. In the Best of Denver 2011, we crowned Pete’s Kitchen as the Best Pete’s Restaurant: We end a lot of nights at the 24/7…
Yesterday, while having lunch, I made the dire, dire mistake of ordering a Cuban sandwich that was served — not grilled, not pressed, not melted — on challah bread. I shoved it away after the first soggy bite, setting my sights, instead, on the hummas and falafel that my dining…
American Craft Beer Week starts in a little less than three weeks, but the nine (yes, nine!) breweries in Fort Collins have already banded together to brew a collaboration beer that celebrates the seven days that Congress dedicated to the quaffing of craft brew. C.B. & Potts, Coopersmith’s, Crooked Stave,…
What can three or four million dollars buy you? A summer home in the Hamptons, a small company or, if you’re Taco Bell, sweet, meaty vindication…
Justin Cucci Root Down 1600 West 33rd Avenue 303-993-4200 www.rootdowndenver.com This is part one of my interview with Justin Cucci, owner and executive chef of Root Down and Linger. Part two of my interview will run in this space tomorrow. Justin Cucci has spent the majority of his life in…
Happy 4/20, Denver. We suspect that many of you will be partaking in weed-related activities today, and guess what? A number of restaurants are ready to serve all of your subsequent needs, offering up 4/20 deals to help you stuff your blazed face (or your sober face, for that matter)…
Doritos, pizza rolls, almost every form of snack cake and the entire dollar menu are all in the Hall of Fame for stoner munchies. Still, there’s a certain point when all culinary standards go up in smoke. And that’s where these ten foods come in:…
