New Owners at Cafe Marmotte Focus on Quality and Customers

Cafe Marmotte was opened by Mark Reggiannini and Mairen Reagan nearly two years ago at 290 South Downing Street, but the French cafe has been under new ownership since early spring. Maria Katsaros and her brother, Stratis, are now in charge of the eatery, which won our Best French Restaurant award this year…

Two Unusual Suburban Barbecues Prove Slow Smoking Is Universal

American barbecue encompasses many regional variations, but even so, the confines of tradition make for a fairly narrow range of choices, especially in Denver’s smokehouses. Here, styles tend to be blurred, sides conform to picnicky favorites, and sauces are mostly of the tangy-sweet kind with varying levels of heat. But…

Stapleton Tap House Closing After Four Years in Northfield

Stapleton Tap House, which opened in 2014 as an oasis in the craft-beer desert that was the Stapleton neighborhood, will close on Friday, July 21. Tucked into a strip of eateries and shops at 8286 Northfield Boulevard, alongside the Harkins Northfield 18 movie theater, the small tap house will continue…

Craft Distiller Runs for Mayor of Salida

Beer is big business in Colorado — a business that can be a gateway to greater involvement in the community who’s supporting you by purchasing your beer. John Hickenlooper was one of the first to see the potential in the small-scale brewpub model when he opened Wynkoop Brewing Company in…

The Ten Tastiest Events on the Culinary Calendar This Week

Despite the generally accepted wisdom, we actually think dinner is the most important meal of the day. It’s certainly the most diverse (you can have pancakes for dinner, after all), and it’s still the only meal where it’s acceptable to unabashedly break out some adult beverages (you’ve got to rename…

Wayward, Coming in August, Announces Its Opening Team

Two months back, word came that the Way Back and American Grind owners Chad Michael George, Kade Gianinetti and Jared Schwartz had landed the lease for the former Zengo and La Güera space, and were plotting Wayward, a restaurant that would expand on the ethos of their flagship in a much larger…

Chef Carrie Baird Moves From Just Be Kitchen to Bar Dough

Just Be Kitchen (2364 15th Street), Denver’s only completely paleo restaurant, opened in April with chef Carrie Baird as the executive chef and partner. But Baird wasn’t in the kitchen very long. After taking some time off to pursue another opportunity, she’s emerged as the new executive chef at Bar…

Even More Barbecue: Billy Sims BBQ Touches Down in Edgewater

Food news tends to come in waves, whether an inundation of Hawaiian poke, a flock of new fried chicken places or new slices in the Denver pizza market. This summer seems to be the summer of barbecue news, with big names like Southern Hospitality closing up shop or cult favorites…