Gordon McKennon doesn’t mind being judged. In fact, he welcomes it. Late last month, he and his wife, Joy, realized a longtime goal when they opened a small brewery inside of their three-year-old Aurora craft-beer bar, Peak to Peak Tap & Brew. With that change, Their customers can now do…
Rhein Haus in LoDo feels like a quintessentially Denver restaurant — house-cranked sausages, beer by the liter, indoor bocce ball courts for the active set — but the restaurant actually has its origins in Seattle. The owners of Rhein Haus also run a Mexican joint there called Poquitos, which has become…
Truth in advertising never sounded tastier. A new deli and bar simply called Wine Beer Fat is now open at 5350 West 25th Avenue in Edgewater, serving Old World wines, beers from Scotland, Belgium and the U.S., and Spanish-influenced sandwiches and small plates. Owners Dan Moir and Bili Davies-Moir opened…
It’s a busy week in Denver as we gear up for a long holiday weekend. From the trendy and celebratory to outdoorsy and schlocky, and even a little avian, everyone should be able to find an event to suit their fancy. Here are the ten best food and drink event…
Vesper Lounge, which replaced Lancer Lounge, is a good bar — but what has happened to Denver’s great dive bars?
With the opening of White Pie, the Uptown pizzeria from the owners of Dos Santos Taqueria, we’re taking the opportunity to look back on the year’s restaurant openings so far. There have been plenty of big-name launches from top Denver chefs like Lon Symensma, Andrea Frizzi, Elise Wiggins, Dave Query…
Peter Bouckaert, the renowned Belgian beer maker responsible for New Belgium Brewing’s groundbreaking sour-beer program and many of its other recipes, is leaving the nation’s fourth largest craft brewery after 21 years to launch a tiny — and mysterious — new project in Fort Collins called Purpose Brewing and Cellars…
Colin Argys began working at Turley’s Kitchen — the long-lived and much-loved Boulder eatery that’s scheduled to close for good at 3 p.m. this Sunday — in 2010, when he was still in college. “They were kind of the original health food restaurant in Boulder,” he says, “with a varied set…
If you’re looking for hot new restaurants or new offerings from familiar favorites, here are this week’s picks. We know Coloradans are clamoring for Hawaiian poke, so we checked out a tuna-and-rice bowl at a well-known sandwich shop that recently got a menu makeover. For the newest pizza joint in…
Yelp! A useful platform for crowd-sourced restaurant information, right? Or perhaps it’s just another online outlet for angry, hate-filled elitists to vent their ugly world views under the guise of a “review.” Feel free to show your worst self on Yelp or other online platforms; it’s just more entertainment for…
Punch your round-the-world ticket tomorrow when Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Denver’s newest brewery, opens its doors for the first the time at 925 West Eighth Avenue in the Art District on Santa Fe. Founded by Ben Gettinger and former 105 West brewer Andrew Moore, the brewery will have thirteen of Moore’s beers…
From a bagel-shop opening to a burlesque brunch, here are eight great food and drink events in Denver for the weekend of May 19 to 21, 2017.
The stretch of Broadway between 10th and 13th avenues isn’t exactly known for its restaurants; the zone is more of a late-night clubland with a few fast-casuals scattered in between. But signs are up at 1134 Broadway, right next door to music venue City Hall, announcing the imminent arrival of…
Love them or hate them, New England-style IPAs are only growing in popularity, which means that the beers and their attendant qualities — and adjectives, like hazy, turbid, juicy and lush — are going to be around for a while. Over the past eighteen month, since Odd13 Brewing, Cerebral, Weldwerks…
Back in February, we mused over Denver’s sudden infatuation with Hawaiian poke, the glistening dish of diced fish and Pacific Rim flavors that was once the territory of sushi bars looking to use up less attractive cuts of tuna and salmon. But in just the past two months or so,…
The Vesper Lounge in Capitol Hill is about to celebrate five years in business, but the location has been a bar since at least the 1960s. Owned by local restaurant mogul Frank Bonanno, today’s Vesper Lounge is a pleasant, cozy spot that has been nicely redone while still paying tribute…
Named in honor of the legendary Manitou Incline, Pikes Peak Brewing’s latest limited release is just as big as the 2,700 steps themselves — and might also make your knees buckle. Incline Imperial IPA, at 10.5 percent ABV and 185 IBUs, is “a study in hopping,” says Chris Wright, founder and…
No thanks to the spread of overly sweet, industrial drinks distributed in the 2000s, craft cider makers have had a tough time educating consumers about the quality and complexity of the Rocky Mountain region’s finer products being made today. “We literally had to grab people and say, ‘This is craft…
When Denver Beer Co. opens its new Old Town Arvada brewery and tap room in mid-June, the third location for the company, there will be no need for a food truck outside. That’s because the truck — or, trailer, rather — will be parked inside the brewery. Denver Beer Co. owners Patrick…
With so many great restaurants to choose from, cash-strapped Denver newcomers — challenged with rising rents and skinny paychecks — are finding it hard to have a fun night out without blowing the bank. Twenty- Something for Twenty-Somethings will help you find hot destinations where you can enjoy cutting-edge cuisine…
When Elise Wiggins opened Cattivella in April, she made good on her lifelong goal to have her own restaurant. “Better late than never,” she jokes. At her new eatery in Stapleton, which features an open kitchen anchored by a wood-fired oven, she’s offering her signature take on Italian food, showcasing regional specialties seen infrequently here in the States.
Apollo Peak, the Denver-based maker of Cat Wine and its aptly named canine counterpart, Dog Wine, has a new product that will hit pet-store shelves this week. It’s called Fur Loco, and it’s kind of like an energy drink for your four legged-friends who have already graduated to the hard…
