November was the month for doubling down. Ambli, Bardo Coffee House, Godfather’s Pizza, the Post Brewing Company, Punch Bowl Social and the Soul Kitchen all made it a duo with new locations of their existing operations. In addition, the owners of Blackbelly, Bistro Barbes and Historians Ale House all opened…
Brrrr, these sixty-degree days are really chilling, um, nothing. But that’s okay, our internal body clocks know it’s winter, and so do Colorado’s breweries. That’s why they are unleashing a host of wintry beers and hosting the best holiday-themed beer bashes imaginable. So, grab your ugly sweaters (and flip-flops) and…
Have you had the spicy chicken white pie at Pizzeria Locale? Those guys make it look easy, but you can make a pretty good version at home too.
This weekend has something for everyone. Whether you’re into craft fairs (hipster or OG), communal eating, creepy dolls (there’s no other kind, really) or cleverly named cocktails, the Denver dining scene has your back. Here are eight great events from Friday, December 1, through Sunday, December 3. Friday, December 1…
TRVE Brewing, which has always eschewed trends in favor of doing things their own way, will release one of the company’s most unusual bottled beers to-date on Saturday, December 2. Wavering Radiant is a wild/sour ale that was spontaneously fermented using yeasts and microbes that are floating in the air…
The Wazee Lounge & Supper Club moved into an old plumbing shop at the corner of Wazee and 15th streets almost fifty years ago and has held court there ever since, standing as a reminder of a bygone era as lower downtown became LoDo and Denver’s urban core gentrified around it…
Local lovers of In-N-Out will soon have a reason to drive to Colorado Springs. The popular West Coast burger chain is developing a restaurant at the Corner of Interquest and Voyager parkways.
What’s celebrity chef Hugh Acheson doing in an Airstream trailer whipping up tacos in Denver? He’s busy promoting his latest cookbook. It may surprise fans of this Top Chef judge and two-time James Beard Award winner (one for his cookbook, A New Turn In The South: Southern Flavors Reinvented for…
Denver has never been much of a late-night city outside of a few club zones, but with the influx of service industry employees moving to town to fill restaurant jobs, more and more Denver residents are looking for food and drink options past 10 p.m. Corey Baker, chef/partner of Sushi…
I’ve been starting to run short on Denver neighborhood bars to visit, so it was time for another trip to Lakewood with a friend of mine who lives out that way. West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood is full of amazing-looking dive bars, so we decided to shoot for that general…
On Tuesday, Boulder’s Avery Brewing announced that it had given up a thirty percent stake in the company to Spanish brewing giant Mahou San Miguel. The sale keeps Avery founders Adam and Larry Avery in charge of the brewery’s future, but it means that the beer maker, founded in 1993,…
Dive Bar Beer will take a bit part in a new TV comedy series from writer-director Peter Farrelly (Dumb And Dumber, There’s Something About Mary) and Emmy-winning writer Bobby Mort (The Colbert Report). The show, Loudermilk, which airs on the Audience Network, stars Ron Livingston as Sam Loudermilk, a recovering alcoholic and…
When Steve Ells launched the first Chipotle in a former Dolly Madison ice cream parlor on East Evans Avenue nearly 25 years ago, it was the start of a revolution that would dramatically reshape the restaurant industry, making Denver the fast-casual capital of the country in the process. Today, the company announced that Ells’s time in the CEO role is coming to a close: Chipotle’s founder and leader is stepping down.
Fourteen months after Denver lost one of its great dive bars, The Squeeze is back in business.
As you navigate weekend brunch, consider adding a bit of flair to your morning by partaking in a do-it-yourself Bloody Mary bar. Instead of laying back and having a boring, endless steam of pre-mixed cocktails brought to you, take charge by taking a trip to the bar and artfully creating…
Bo Porytko and Dan Lasiy planted Rebel in an old dive bar at the edge of RiNo two and a half years ago, and they’ve been trying to persuade Denver to eat more adventurously ever since. Self-described opposites in their kitchen-management style, the lifelong friends nevertheless share creative control, fueled…
We’re all plagued by construction these days, with projects creating everything from road closures and traffic jams to the dust from a neighbor’s scrape-and-build and noise bouncing of the concrete canyons downtown. But when you’re trying to launch a new restaurant and the city tears up the sidewalks in front…
Where a quick-service Mongolian barbecue failed, pizza will give it a go. Pieology, a pizza chain based in California, will take over the space at 1147 Broadway where NuHu Mongolian Express closed just over a year ago. Pieology kicks off business tomorrow (Wednesday, November 29) with a giveaway that could…
Avery Brewing, which has been one of Colorado’s most unconventional beer makers for the past 25 years, has sold a minority stake of its business to Spanish brewing conglomerate Mahou San Miguel. The billion-dollar company also owns a thirty percent stake in Michigan’s Founders Brewing, which it bought into in 2014…
Bringing your dog to the bar has been a thing for eons, but what if we told you that your dog can knock back a cold one with you? Thanks to Brandon Zavala of Apollo Peak, makers of Cat Wine and Fur Loco, Fido now has his own artisan beverage…
Play it safe at Senor Bear and you don’t be disappointed. But at its best, the restaurant is playful, creative and rooted in Latin tradition.
Location, location….locations. Wayne Burns and Laura Worley have seen them all. A professional brewer for more than two decades, Burns has spent time in Michigan, at Kuhnhenn’s Brewing and Bell’s Brewery, and after moving to Colorado, at the Vine Street Pub & Brewery. In 2013, he and two friends founded Jagged…
