Wanna know who’s applying for a liquor license in town? Tough. You’ll have to wait The City of Denver’s excise and license hearing web site hasn’t been working in a while. Instead of seeing what the next happening spot is, interested parties can only see the message: “Unknown Error. The…
Italy, Spain, Portugal and … Colorado? So says Wine Enthusiast magazine, which recently named the Wine Country Inn in Palisade one of seven favorite vineyards where you can also get some R&R, or, in its words, “sleep with the grapes.” Here’s what the mag had to say:…
Last night, while sitting at the bar where the above pic was snapped, Olivia Newton-John’s Physical was blasting over the speakers, part of some ’80s mix that, thankfully, got progressively better, as did the trio of tacos, which the menu claims are grilled. But judging from the persistent grease dribble…
Last night, I had the best cup of coffee of my life. It was the Novo-roasted Brazil Cup of Excellence poured from a French Press, hot and complex, and so good I wanted the owner of Crema Coffee House, who sells the java, to relinquish the whole pot, letting me…
The Place: Table Mountain Inn, 1310 Washington Avenue, Golden, 303-277-9898. The Hours: Daily from 3 to 6 p.m. and 9 to 11 p.m. The Deals: $5 Honcho Mesa margaritas; $3 select wines by the glass, cocktails and Colorado microbrews; $2 Coors and Budweiser; $4 and $5 appetizers…
You know what’s really annoying? When you’re having a cookout for some kind of holiday — say, the Fourth of July — and one of your guests mentions they don’t eat meat anymore. What the hell do you feed those people? We’ll be covering hot dogs in July, in honor…
If you haven’t already bought tickets to the Great American Beer Festival – which will make Denver the center of the beer universe September 16-18 – there is still time. But not much. Tickets went on sale Monday – at $55 a pop – and the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which…
Since the fleet of food trucks and gourmet mobile carts hit the streets of Denver,, there have been relatively few regulatory obstacles, and the vehicles have been proffering goods to the masses from curbs and parking lots all over town. Now, though, there could be a roadblock in the most…
Leo Harvey Big Game Restaurant & Lounge 1631 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Leo Harvey, exec chef of Big Game Restaurant & Lounge. To read part two of that interview, check back here tomorrow. Leo Harvey is shaking his head, bewildered and befuddled…
In honor of Chuck James’s invitation to cook for a group of eager eaters next month at the James Beard House, 1515 Restaurant, where James is the executive chef, is rolling out a four-course menu between now and Saturday, July 17, that includes several dishes from his Beard House board…
The cupcake trend appears to be gasping its last breath in a fully saturated market, and national eat blogs and food writers are having a heyday with bidding farewell. Dessert must go on, though, and Jezebel just polled its readers on what sweet they thought would become the post-cupcake trend…
As the northern hemisphere tilts toward the sun during this season, the increased heat and humidity (what there is of it in Colorado, anyway) tends to drive oenophiles away from the full-bodied reds and toward the lighter, crisper whites. South of the equator, it’s wintertime, but that’s no reason not…
So that oil spill in the Gulf — bummer, right? And it’s still spewing, and apparently doesn’t intent to stop anytime soon. We might be landlocked here in this state, but that doesn’t mean no one here cares about the BP disaster; to prove it, Bull & Bush Pub &…
Health.com just called out the most fattening foods in all 50 states, and the seven-pound breakfast burrito at Jack-n-Grill, a gut bomb that Man v. Food host Adam Richman forfeited after barely making a dent, was awarded the fattiest food in Colorado…
A recent CNN investigation uncovered a dirty little secret about the difference between Chicken McNuggets in this country and their British counterparts: BP may be polluting the Gulf, but the Brits are at least getting chemicals out of their food. McNuggets in the USA were found to contain an “anti-foaming…
Morton’s Steakhouse isn’t part of tonight’s LoDo Bites, the eating orgy featuring twenty restaurants and watering holes in lower downtown, but it’s still offering something special tonight for diners who duck out of the heat and into the cool confines of the Morton’s at 1710 Wynkoop Street: Two new items…
After being pleasantly surprised to be nominated at all for a prestigious American Institute of Architecture’s Los Angeles Chapter, restaurant design award, Boulder sandwich shop Modmarket was thrilled to walk away last week with not one but two cafe design awards: people’s choice and the jury prize (which it shares…
Do you ever feel like July might as well be renamed “barbecue month”? Even though this ancient cooking method hails from the Caribbean, we Americans have utterly claimed the summertime ritual for our own. Like with so many traditions though, they can get a bit – um — old if…
For more than fifteen years, Chef’s Noodle House commanded the corner of Havana and Sixth Avenue, but back in February, its Vietnamese chef and noodle emperor, Billy Lam, whose family once owned T-Wa Inn, shuttered the joint and disconnected the phone. But the space didn’t stay empty for long. Earlier…
As with everything at this excellent restaurant, the vegetable dishes are done extremely well, including the plate in the above pic that benefits from a lob of butter and soft, chewy rolls, called pav, that are perfect for scooping up the mixed vegetables, or bhaji. Can you guess where I’m…
Denver’s mobile food scene just keeps rolling. Today’s Civic Center Eats Outdoor Cafe will mark the third outing for the “Steamin’ Demon,” a new vegetarian and vegan food cart from City O’City executive chef Chris Medved and sous chef Max Maxfield. The two are keeping company with several other mobile…
We remember when LoDo’s restaurant scene was a vast wasteland beyond the Wazee Supper Club — and the area wasn’t even known as LoDo. But those days are long behind us, as evidenced by LoDo Bites, the second annual “sip, sample, stroll” event, which will send diners out into the…
