July has been blazing hot — with restaurant openings as well as the weather. But it seemed like for every new eatery that popped up, another favorite went dark. Here are the most recent restaurant openings and closings in Denver, along with links to our original coverage. And for a…
Recent restaurant closings have begun to take their toll on the Denver dining scene, with old favorites like Beau Jo’s exiting Denver city limits this Sunday, July 30, and newcomers like the Thunderbird Imperial Lounge bowing out suddenly in a Highland space that’s had trouble gaining traction over the past…
The Brown Palace Hotel has been holding down its pie-shaped piece of Denver for 125 years. But when it came time to brew a beer to commemorate that anniversary, the historic hotel only gave itself, and Strange Craft Beer Company, five months to prepare. Time has a funny way of…
What an educational weekend Denver has in store for you, the intrepid seeker of culinary knowledge. Choose from a seminar on surf-and-turf, a tea school, a cheese conference and a Peruvian festival, you’re sure to learn something new if you just apply yourself. And if you’re not the studious type,…
Over a year after Katie Mullen’s Irish Restaurant and Pub shuttered its doors at 1550 Court Place, right on the 16th Street Mall, the space has finally been claimed by Hacienda Colorado, a homegrown chain that bills its fare as “Mexican Food With Altitude.”
The Way Back has gone from a cultish little cocktail bar to a much-buzzed-about commodity in recent months. Once Denver diners started catching on that the food at 4132 West 38th Avenue was every bit as good as the drinks, the ownership team of Chad Michael George, Kade Gianinetti and Jared…
There have been many momentous occurrences in the history of cheese in America. In 1831, Wisconsin’s first farmstead cheese factory was opened in the town of Koshkonong. In 1918, Velveeta was invented by Emil Frey of the Monroe Cheese Company in Monroe, New York. And in July 2017, Chipotle Mexican Grill reversed…
The American Cheese Society is hosting its annual conference and Festival of Cheese (an event that’s open to the public on July 29) in Denver this week, aptly naming the entire group of events Cheese With Altitude. So what better time to talk about Colorado’s own awesome cheese makers —…
Tooey’s Off Colfax has it’s own thing going on. From punk rockers hanging out before or after a show at the Ogden Theater, to the industry crowd grabbing happy hour on their day off, to a healthy group of soul fans dancing on “Soul Night” on the fourth Saturday of…
As pressure builds on craft breweries across the country, some are taking unusual steps to keep themselves competitive and avoid selling out to large beverage companies like Anheuser-Busch InBev and Heineken. On Tuesday, July 25, the Brooklyn Brewery, the nation’s eleventh largest independent beer maker, announced that it had taken…
Earlier this summer, the Emich sisters announced that they would be moving Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place from its home at 2027 13th Street to a new location outside of downtown Boulder. They’ll keep Shine open there until September, but speculation as to who would take over the address, complete…
After months of research, and a few delays, Left Hand Brewing in Longmont is finally releasing Nitro Milk Stout in a can — and is calling it “the first ever U.S. production run of a U.S. made nitro widget can.” Several breweries in the United Kingdom, like Guinness, have been…
Walking through the continuous construction zone that is downtown Denver, it’s not easy to find much of the wild-west romance that has charmed visitors to the Mile High City for decades. Rail tracks have been torn up and old brick buildings have been torn down. Even the confluence of Cherry…
Adrian and Brenda Bonilla are veterans of the west Denver street-food scene, having launched Mega-Burger in 2006 on Federal Boulevard and then briefly serving Mexican-style hamburgers under the Las Hamburguesas name inside the Valverde Country Club (a now-defunct dive bar on West Alameda Avenue). The couple’s latest venture, with partner…
Ditch your darts and grab an axe next time you’re enjoying a beer: The growing trend of axe-throwing has made its way down from the back yards of Canada to two Denver venues.
Few people have had more of an impact on Denver’s current dining scene than Frank Bonanno. The New Jersey native and his wife, Jacqueline, own and operate ten establishments in this city: Mizuna, Luca, Bones and Vesper Lounge in Capitol Hill; Osteria Marco, the Green Russell, Russell’s Smokehouse and Wednesday’s Pie in Larimer Square; Salt & Grinder in Highland; and, as of July 17, French 75 downtown.
If you’re like me and love a piping hot Philly cheesesteak sandwich, you’ll get a true taste of Philadelphia fare at Large Marge’s at 3890 Kipling Street in Wheat Ridge. If you’ve never had an authentic cheesesteak, you’re in for a treat.
The Great American Beer Festival, which takes place from October 5-7 this year, just keeps getting bigger. As of last week, the Boulder-based Brewers Association, which hosts the extravaganza, had registered a staggering 2,259 breweries into the competition, up from last year’s record-setting 1,752 breweries. All told, there are 8,218 beers…
In 2012, Rick Abitbol was an out-of-work, opinionated brewer who’d been fired from his last two jobs. So, with a $50,000 loan from his dad, a couple of credit cards and some crossed fingers, he decided to open Brewery Rickoli in Wheat Ridge, specializing in gluten-reduced beers. The last piece…
Chef Lon Symensma has his bases covered when it comes to Southeast Asian cuisine. ChoLon Modern Asian has been going strong on the 16th Street Mall since 2010, serving high-flying interpretations of classic dishes gleaned while traveling and working abroad and in New York City. Next came Cho77, which captures the…
America is obsessed with tacos. What in Mexico is considered an everyday snack, a working lunch, a late-evening indulgence or just a tortilla with leftovers on top has become the subject of nearly unlimited variations and convolutions (many complete with an eye-popping price tag) here in the United States. One…
Denver’s culinary calendar is overflowing in the summer, with farmers’ markets, fairs, festivals…and lots of seasonal bounty showing up on restaurant menus. Since no single person can take it all in, we’ve been serving up slideshows of some of the events you might have missed.
