A few months ago, award-winning bartender Mike Henderson left his gig at TAG to spend a couple of nights a week behind the bar of Colt & Gray, 1553 Platte Street, while he irons out the details of his own project. Those plans are still moving forward, but now, in…
Brothers, where art thou? When Jim Karagas, owner of My Brother’s Bar, Denver’s oldest continually operating saloon and a joint he’s run for forty of its 120-odd years, heard that Brothers Bar & Grill, a Wisconsin-based chain, planned to open an outpost in town, he was concerned that it might…
A reader passed along this photo of a Taco Bell sign in California. No doubt that legalizing marijuana in the state would help business at the fast-food chain. Below is the full version of the sign…
Charles MacDonald Z Cuisine 2239 West 30th Avenue 303-477-1111 www.zcuisine.com It’s late Tuesday afternoon, and Charles MacDonald, wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt and jeans, is hunched over the bar at Z Cuisine, tasting a fleet of Infinite Monkey Theorem wines, which are lined up like dominoes behind a charcuterie plate…
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. David Bekkin, the…
Greetings from the Great White North, where the men are men and the women are wimps. Holly McDermott recently filed a $300,000 claim against the burger behemoth, complaining that a bathroom-stall door fell on her while she was doing what people usually do after consuming anything at McDonald’s. McDermott had…
What can you expect from an event titled “Dinner for Sinners: Give in to Temptatation, You Know You Want to Come”? Five courses of pure decadence paired with wine, that’s what — preceded by a champagne reception. Here’s what’s on the menu for tonight’s fest at Strings:…
It’s challenging to open a restaurant in Boulder, which already has so many good spots that Bon Appetit named it the foodiest town in America, but Bradford Heap, owner of the successful Niwot restaurant Colterra, was no amateur. And when the massive spot that had housed Tom’s Tavern became available,…
Upset by our video of the live octopus hot pot, PETA member Belinda Heinikey-Williamson threatened to protest at the Westword offices today at 11 a.m. That hour has come and gone, though, with not a single protester in sight. What happened? Was the circus back in town?…
ModMarket, the wedding-white fast-casual space that hawks healthy brick-oven pizzas, sandwiches, soups and salads at 1700 28th Street, in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street outdoor mall, is adding a second ModMarket location, but not in Boulder. The restaurant, owned by Rob McColgan and Anthony Pigliacamto, is coming to Denver — specifically,…
Westword’s staff trudged their way through many of the dining options in Black Hawk and Central City for last week’s cover story, wrapping their jaws around everything from a bargain-priced $2.99 prime rib to a burger and ice cream at Crook’s Palace, the only joint in town not located in…
Sunflower Farmers Market, the homegrown, all-natural and organic grocer started by Mike Gilliland in 2003, will open new stores in Lafayette and Thornton tomorrow. The new stores, which make it an even dozen outlets for Sunflower in this state, are at 555 West South Boulder Road in Lafayette and 1131…
At high noon today, EDGE Restaurant & Bar, the swanky food temple overseen by British exec chef Simon Purvis, opened at the Four Seasons, the ritzy, high-style slumbering pad at 1111 Fourteenth Street that’s been months in the making. The restaurant, accented with dark woods, marble, stacked ebony stone and…
The two guys pounding drinks at the bar all but demanded we order the dish in the above pic, Brussels sprouts paired with a fan of seared duck breast straddling a sunchoke puree. They didn’t steer us wrong. In fact, one wasn’t enough to satisfy our cravings, so we did…
Just in case you were wondering, we haven’t seen the last of Denver’s burger trend. Juicy Burgers & Dogs, a modern and minimalist, tiled, stark white space wedged into the corner of a small mall, opened last week at 6830 South Yosemite Street in Centennial, a few storefronts down from…
New Zealand produces some damn fine wines, and it’s high time you started drinking them. Surely by now you’ve consumed more than your fair share of Australian red wines, right? Plenty of big, fleshy shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot, each of which bears the telltale signs of an Aussie sipper:…
Four business partners have applied for a liquor license for a former carpet warehouse located behind Colorado Lace at 200 East Seventh Avenue. Aside from the cleaners, the large building is currently gutted inside. The location is just a block from East Seventh Avenue’s restaurant row — a stretch that…
Yes, we know that drinking Corona can be hazardous to your health. There’s the alcohol factor, of course. Then there’s the fact that ordering a Corona in Colorado, which is microbrew country, is a danger all its own, since other drinkers will mock your choice of the not-exactly-macho Mexican beer,…
Is Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey for sale? If you believe the bar talk, it’s already a done deal. Jess Graber, managing partner and co-founder of Stranahan’s, says he’s been getting a lot of questions from people who have heard the rumors. But he won’t confirm or deny any of them. Still,…
As Writer Square continues to rewrite its future, a few more businesses have disappeared from the block between Larimer and Lawrence streets and 15th Street and the 16th Street Mall. Last Friday, Chez Cheese Gourmet Market, the Evil Bean coffee shop and Jamaica Juice all closed their doors. The space…
Celebrate the harvest at a four-course farmer’s dinner — all prepared with produce from Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce — tonight at Duo Restaurant, 2413 West 32nd Avenue. Abbondanza farmers will be on hand to discuss the delicious dishes you’re eating. Which are:…
Some culinary contests are designed for maximum messiness and mayhem. We’re looking at you, Mezcal. At 6:30 p.m. tonight, Mezcal, the cantina at 3230 East Colfax Avenue, will throw its second Taco-Eating Contest. Entries may be closed (if there’s still an opening, you’ll need to pay $15 for the privilege…
