When I arrived in Colorado seven and a half years ago, there was no Stranahan’s, no Colorado whiskey to speak of, and no war in my soul over what to order when I pulled up before the long oak with a taste for whiskey and some time to kill. I…
Got New Year’s Eve plans yet? No? Well, have I got an event for you…..
At 5 p.m. tonight, Z Cuisine, 2239 West 30th Avenue, hosts the last installment of the Z Cuisine Wine Tasting Series, which has followed the Tour de France. This final leg will take you from the wine varietals of Tonnerre through Annecy, Alsace and Savoie, and finish in Paris. The…
It’s inevitable: On January 1, some restaurant suddenly closes its doors, leaving customers wondering what happened and employees wondering where they’re going to collect their paychecks. But Kazmos Lounge is not skulking off into the night. Instead, it’s throwing a helluva goodbye party this weekend. “It was a heartache,” owner…
It was the year of the gastropub, the year of the gourmet hamburger joint and cupcake shop, the year of the noodle bar. For me, it was the year of the book, the year I lost my father, the year I found out it was to be my last year…
This week, Gustavo Arellano reveals his list of must-visit Mexican restaurants across the country. And n Denver? “Go to the Original Chubbys,” he advises. “What makes it so bueno? It’s a real paisa with buen diente the one who is making the suggestion and not a pinche bolillo who thinks…
For the 22nd straight year, participating 7-Eleven stores will be offering free 12-ounce cups of coffee and other hot beverages (including cappuccino and hot chocolate) between midnight on December 31 and 6 a.m. January 1. How do you know if a store’s participating? There will be a sign in the…
These wine glasses wobble, but they don’t fall down, which is a very good thing if you’re like me and insist on making every point with your hands. At which bar did I manage to keep my glass upright? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer…
It’s now safe to wear ties in the southern ‘burbs, because Denver’s last Trail Dust Steak House has bitten the dust. A call to the restaurant at 7101 South Clinton Street in Centennial nets you just this: “The South Denver Trail Dust has closed for business.” The north Denver Trail…
The menu where the above snap was shot is full of pastabilities, including the housemade pappardelle with shrimp, saffron and arugula. Who has their noodle wrapped around my little finger? Special bonus: Every Friday, anyone who gave the first correct answer to any of the week’s Where am I drinking/eating…
As a countdown to the Best of Denver 2010, coming April 1, Cafe Society is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in Denver. Send your own nominations to cafe@westword.com…
While Mike Shanahan, the former head coach of the Denver Broncos, is reportedly in talks with the Washington Redskins to become that team’s next head coach, his eponymous steakhouse finally opened on Christmas Eve at 5085 South Syracruse Street after a series of test dinners. “Mike was involved from this…
In less than four days, we’re going to be guilted into making a bunch of New Year’s resolutions that most of us will undoubtedly break, which is as good a reason as any not to make any resolutions at all. Nonetheless, as I was reading through the posts on www.egullet.org,…
If a day at the spa, followed by a meal prepared by French chefs that finishes with a dessert tasting of four flavors of crème brulee — Bailey’s, chocolate truffle, pumpkin, and Tahitian vanilla bean — sounds like something you might deserve after all of the holiday madness, then head…
Today is the last day for Chez Jose, and the seventeen-year-old restaurant at 3027 East Second Avenue is going out with a bang — a final fiesta that Lori Midson describes here. Meanwhile, the Egg Shell kept to its schedule, closing up the space at 300 Josephine Street that it…
At 5 p.m. tonight, stop by Great Divide Brewing Co., 2201 Arapahoe Street, for a beer-and-cheese pairing featuring five beers and five artisan cheeses. Admission is $18; RSVP to info@greatdivide.com. For more info, call 303-296-9460 or visit www.greatdivide.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online…
Colt & Gray has had a helluva year. First, it opened — which, as anyone who’s ever gone through a restaurant opening can tell you, is no small thing and never guaranteed until the first paying customer actually steps through the door — and then it got slammed with business…
I get a lot of e-mails from marketing people. A lot. Amid all the tales of bad service offered by people who demand that I tell their stories to the world and ads for discount Vicodin through the mail are pitches from boutique marketers blindly pimping their clients — many…
Garbanzo beans by the bucketload, couscous by the cart, pita in packets of five, bright lights and clean lines and free samples! That’s been the successful formula for Alon Mor, the owner of Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, who just added an eighth location to his multiplying Mediterranean feast houses. The Highlands…
This just in from Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson: On December 27, 2009, at approximately 1:54 P.M., Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responded to the Subway restaurant located at 18525 East Smoky Hill Road, Unit L, on the report of an armed robbery. Witnesses stated that the male suspect left…
“It’s been a good run, a fun run, but the landlord wanted us to pay twice what our rent has been,” laments Dan Oholson, owner of Chez Jose, the Cherry Creek burrito joint at 3027 East Second Avenue that’s been busting the seams of flour tortillas with meats, beans, rice,…
Next week, I’m heading south to Santa Fe for a few days of eating, drinking and stuffing my trunk with all of my favorite foodstuffs from Trader Joe’s. (Jealous, aren’t you?) And in anticipation of my journey down the flat stretch of asphalt that’ll eventually lead me to the land…
