This was a slow week for restaurant openings, but overall the pace for May picked up speed compared to the rest of 2017 so far. Not as fast as the sale of doughnuts in Aurora, though. Doughnut lovers took advantage of National Doughnut day today and completely bought out the…
Even if you frequent the Uptown neighborhood, it’s possible that you’ve walked right past Blueprint Bar without realizing it. The second restaurant from Ryan DiFranco, after DiFranco’s on Lincon Street, opened almost a year ago at 450 East 17th Avenue, on a quiet corner that previously housed Caveau Wine Bar…
If you’re a jazz fan in Denver, you probably spent some time at Dazzle, where live music kept the Golden Triangle and Capitol Hill neighborhoods swinging for nearly twenty years. But the hip hangout closed in May, leaving a void in the scene — that is, until last night, when…
It doesn’t take much to fill up a weekend in June. There are so many choices in Denver, from hiking and biking to concerts, comedy and culture. But you should leave room for craft beer as well because many breweries bring out their biggest and best events during the warmer…
The buzz for this weekend is simple: bikes, bars, beers and the Bard (some of them all at once). Surely one of those will grab your attention. Here are the best food and drink events on the culinary calendar for the weekend of June 2 through June 4. Friday, June…
Born in Pennsylvania in 1808, William Larimer went on to become a merchant, a railroad baron, a western land speculator, a leader of the Pennsylvania militia and, in 1858, the founder of Denver. His name appears downtown on Larimer Street and Larimer Square, and up north in Larimer County. One…
The corner restaurant spaces at 15th and Arapahoe streets downtown seem to have revolving doors — at least when it comes to the establishments serving food. Less than a year has passed since Cool River Cafe moved in at 1480 Arapahoe Street, while III Forks Steakhouse moved in next door…
Riff Roasters Coffee wants to teach you the right way to drink your coffee: slurping it, in the name of science. Generally, it’s considered rude to slurp your drinks or food — but according to Riff, co-founders and owners Dave Lash and Matt Schaefer, who actually encourage the practice. In…
Along the ever-changing artery of Denver known as Colfax Avenue, some bars change and adapt with the times and the trends, or are bought and sold more times than you can count. In contrast, a few throwbacks like the PS Lounge bravely and defiantly stick to their guns and their…
Last week, Fort Collins Brewery became the latest beer maker to be acquired by another company — part of a wave of buyouts, mergers and consolidations that are sweeping the craft-beer industry. In this case, the buyer was Canada’s Red Truck Beer Company, which said it plans to close FCB…
Outspoken, brash, passionate. Chris Black has never minced words when it comes to beer, and for twenty years, he’s been telling it like it is at Falling Rock Taphouse, the LoDo bastion of craft beer. Beginning une 2, Black and Falling Rock will begin a ten-day birthday celebration of two…
A couple of weeks ago, we noticed that the space at 1134 Broadway bore new signs announcing that Element Kitchen & Cocktail would soon be opening in what was once part of the City Hall space. A few clues on the company’s Facebook page indicated that Dallas chef/restaurateur John Tesar…
Jeff Bolton grew up in Arvada, in a time when “downtown Denver was not a place that you went,” he recalls. Now he’s running the kitchen at Kachina, Sage Restaurant Group’s restaurant in the Maven hotel downtown.
JJ Chinese Seafood, at 2500 West Alameda Avenue, was once a go-to restaurant for Denver’s off-duty chefs, a status it earned with its adventurous Cantonese menu, live seafood and relatively late hours that allowed many in the service industry to slip in for a meal before its midnight closing. But…
Changes to the craft-beer industry in Fort Collins have been coming at breathtaking speed over the past six months, but the latest change is one of the biggest and one of the strangest. Last week, Red Truck Beer Company, a brewery from Vancouver, Canada, announced that it had purchased the…
We’ve all been faced with the “Where should we go?” question. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times we need help. Whether it’s finding the perfect place to celebrate the right occasion, determining what kitchen can accommodate an unusual dietary restriction, or maybe just discovering a new place to…
Adrian Miller, one of the country’s top food historians, soul-food experts and biscuit aficionado, rises to the occasion with his crew’s list of the ten best biscuits in Denver, from fast-food favorites to brunch specialists.
Although the growing Denver dining scene is getting more sophisticated, there are gaps in the culinary map that covers the metro area. Communal Platter is out to change that, with dinners and an app.
You might be hosting a barbecue in your back yard on Memorial Day, but plenty of people will be searching for a spot where they can get some good ribs or brisket. To help them make plans, we recently shared our Ten Best Barbecue Joints in Metro Denver — and What You Should Order There. But readers disagree with our choices.
You’re probably exhausted from Memorial Day weekend — all that drinking, barbecuing and leaving town can be hard work. Relax. Take care of yourself this week! Return to a simpler time — eat some nostagic comfort food, like doughnuts or TV dinners. Play games with childlike wonder. Denver restaurateurs understand…
At the end of May, Fadó Irish Pub, one of the first spots to open in LoDo in anticipation of Coors Field, suddenly closed.The owners say they’re looking for a new location; in the meantime, fans and foes alike have been responding to the news.
National Hamburger Day is Sunday, May 28, which falls on Memorial Day weekend this year — the perfect time to celebrate the all-American meal. Whether you like your burger old-fashioned or newfangled, simple or over the top, there’s a burger for you. From white-tablecloth eateries to greasy spoons, here are…
