For almost two decades, Project Angel Heart has been delivering meals across the metro area to people living with life-threatening diseases. So it’s appropriate that the non-profit’s biggest annual fundraiser, Dining Out for Life, features food, and lots of it. Today, if you eat breakfast, lunch or dinner (or all…
The Spice Market of Addis Ababa is almost a city of its own — a serpentine stable where merchants hawk the raw materials that combine deliciously in Ethiopia’s distinctive cuisine. In the spring, when the sun finally comes out after two rainy months and bakes the muddy streets into damp…
There are very few times when I don’t care what I’m drinking. Fact is, I’m usually the annoying person asking the bartender what brand of bitters he’s using and the ounce measurements of the martini glasses. I love and respect cocktails, their history and the people who craft these spectacular…
The traffic of I-70 is just a few hundred feet away, but this watering hole is a tiny oasis of serenity — on weekday afternoons, at least. On most weekends, though, that parking lot will be filled with cars, classic and otherwise. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus:…
After months and months of speculation, anticipation and dropping gazillions of dollars in rent on a space that sat vacant for more than a year, the parcel of land at 1631 Wazee Street, formerly Il Fornaio, is finally springing back to life…
Same concept, new chef and a revamped menu that now includes a generous terrine of foie gras that may very well be one of the most expensive starters at a metro Denver restaurant. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Veteran Denver restaurateur Leo Goto has a new restaurant in Littleton. Leo Goto’s Riverfront, located at 2852 West Bowles Avenue, on the Platte River, had what general manager Joseph Madril described as a “very soft opening” last Monday. The new restaurant, which formerly housed an events center, is currently open…
Emily and Chris Deutschman, owners of Magnolia Restaurant & Sushi Bar, in Lafayette, are opening kaTcH Fish House in June at 1300 Pennsylvania Street, in the former home of Pizzicato Pizza. “The restaurant concept emphasizes seafood recipes found on the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf of Mexico,” notes the…
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 1001 16th Street 303-534-7616 rockbottom.com…
When Breckenridge Brewery’s newest restaurant opens on March 1, 2011 in what is now Amato of Denver, at the corner of 16th and Central streets, it will feature forty Colorado craft beers on tap, along with small plates, seasonal menus, beer dinners, a private events room, a rooftop patio overlooking…
Chase Wilbanks, executive chef at La Tour in Vail, came down from the mountains to cook up six courses (and display an awesome crab tattoo that you can see here) at the third Hush Denver dinner on April 24. Up to this point, Hush — the not-so-secret dining club –…
This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Eric Stein, instructor and chef at Johnson & Wales University. To read part two of that interview, click here. Eric Stein Chef/instructor Johnson & Wales University Eric Stein is using his fingers to count. “Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,” he says to himself,…
Devon Smith got her family to eat like cavemen and won $2,000 for it. The Centennial teen, 17, scored the dough via the Young Epidemiology Scholars program for high-schoolers, through which she conducted a study on the health benefits of the Paleo diet. The diet is based on the notion…
The King is at it again, and this time he’s taking names — namely, “brunch.” Yes, Burger King is taking aim at the blubbery midsection of the country, introducing its new “Brunch menu” in select markets. Technically an acronym for breakfast and lunch, “brunch” really translates to a long, liquid…
Some of Denver’s favorite restaurants are hosting special events tonight, featuring everything from rum to Wynkoop beer to five of the town’s best chefs. First up: The Five — Troy Guard of TAG, Jamey Fader of Lola, Matt Selby of Steuben’s and Vesta, Brian Laird of Barolo and Tyler Wiard…
Looking for a way to better yourself — or your carbon footprint, or your understanding of food? Avogadro’s Number, 605 South Mason Street in Fort Collins, is hosting a free panel discussion at 5 p.m. today titled “Global Food Security: What Is It and How Does It Affect Me?” Colorado…
There’s hardly a day that goes by that someone — usually a Texan (no offense) — doesn’t bitch and whine about their unfulfilled quest to find enchiladas suizas in Denver. See that photo up top? That’s a big plate of enchiladas suizas that I’m sure will generate all sorts of…
Q: My husband and I were given a bottle of moscato as a gift about six years ago. Is it still drinkable, or should I toss it? Swirl Girl Answers: This is an eternal question in wine: How long should I/can I hold onto a wine before I drink it?…
A tiny coffee bar quietly opened up earlier this month in the Grant Street Mansion at 1115 Grant Street in Denver. Carmen’s Cafe serves Lavazza coffee and a small assortment of South American specialties and other treats from the first floor of the sprawling, red building…
Denver’s Del Norte Brewing will release its fifth beer in bottles in May, appropriately labeled Cinco. And since the brewery only produces Mexican-style lagers, the name also brings to mind Cinco de Mayo, an American holiday when beer is de rigueur. “It’s a lighter, more carbonated version of Orale [one…
Steve Progar, who opened Abrusci’s Italian Eatery two weeks ago in the former space occupied by Campo De Fiori, 300 Fillmore Street, is betting that Creekers will embrace a restaurant that’s intended to be an everyday dining experience absent of sticker shock prices…
Coming up with new beer names, let alone great beer names, isn’t easy, especially in the state with 115 breweries, each cooking anywhere from five to 65 different beers a year. But brewers are nothing if not creative – and occasionally, um, irreverent. Listed below are ten fantastic beer names…
