Thanks to Taco Bell, Americans know the chalupa as little more than a outsized taco, a puffy fried flatbread of questionable origin stuffed with the Bell’s standard ingredients. But even in Mexico, the chalupa takes on various forms and isn’t always easy to identify by sight alone, depending on the…
Denver, get ready for garlic beer. Next month, Andrew Moore and Ben Gettinger plan to open the Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, a brewery that will specialize in “internationally inspired twists on traditional beer styles.” That means the Belgian-style tripel will be made with lavender, the stout will be brewed with…
We’ve long lauded the Adelitas house margarita; it was our best margarita in the Best of Denver issue for three years running, and this year, after a winter tweak that introduced a new tequila to its blend, it was one of our ten best house margaritas in Denver. But now…
A duo of cheese nights, a pair of tequila dinners, a world-renowned chef, Daniel Day-Lewis, and watching naked people get painted while you munch on pancakes at 2 a.m.: You can’t make this stuff up. Dive into the weird, wild world of Denver food events for the week of April…
In honor of the Cherry Cricket reopening this month after repair work necessitated by a late November fire, we served up our list of the Ten Iconic Burgers in Metro Denver. The Cricket definitely made the cut, and fans lined up on reopening day for another taste of the Cricket burger. But some readers don’t get it.
The variety and volume of new bars and restaurants have kept up the pace so far this spring, with Italian, Korean and Ethiopian restaurants joining speakeasies, barbecue joints and bakeries. Here are the ten most recent bars and restaurants to open in and around Denver, along with links to our…
Maybe we’ve got the munchies from all the pot smoke lingering in the air after yesterday’s 4/20 activities, but our watch list this week is filled with craveable burgers, sandwiches, fried chicken and pizza. But there’s also a new French bistro and some equally French-inspired pastries. Here are seven spots…
When Kelissa Hieber and Bess Dougherty first began talking about Makin Noise: A Pussy Riot Beer, it was as a way to help support women and GLTBQ causes and to stand up for all of the people who are underrepresented or belittled and who are in danger because of the…
In 2015, Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham, owners of New Saigon at 630 South Federal Boulevard, sold their restaurant and made plans to retire, only to discover that they missed the place. So they bought it back and reopened with renewed vigor. But now they’ve sold the restaurant again.
It’s a tale as old as time: two Midwest boys, brought together over a shared love of the outdoors, playful sports rivalries, health-nuttiness and the Colorado housing shortage. Tom Miner and Reed McIntyre shared all of this — and then they shared a plan to launch Unwrapp’d, a new company…
Saturday is Earth Day, and there are plenty of things to celebrate about this big old world of ours — whether you’re a tree-hugger or not. From KFC (Korean fried chicken) to creamy ginger-beet soup, from gose to stout, from high-end shopping to porch drinking, there’s something for everyone this…
It’s April 20, but Mason Hembree isn’t celebrating. Instead, the owner of Dad & Dudes Breweria will be fighting the federal government over a beer brewed with non-psychoactive CBD. Last September, Dad & Dudes was the talk of the town when it became the first brewery in the country to…
Phillip Simonson is obsessed with chocolate — but not just any chocolate. As a kid, he eschewed cheap, mass-produced milk chocolate and finally developed a love for the good stuff as an adult, when he discovered artisan, small-batch producers. He founded Chocolate Lab and introduced his truffles to Denver seven…
Last weekend, I went from doing perhaps the most hipster thing to the least hipster thing a person could do metro Denver in one night. The most hipster thing was attending opening night of Divisions, the collaboration between Denver hip-hop act the Flobots and local ballet company Wonderbound. Wonderbound is…
There’s a new bakery in Denver, rising from some familiar names in the restaurant world. Alex Seidel and Matt Vawter of Fruition and Mercantile Dining & Provision have teamed up with Keegan Gerhard and Lisa Bailey of D Bar to form Füdmill, a wholesale pastry production company that launched this week…
Forty ounces to freedom. Yes, the famous 40-ounce bottle of rosé wine that the country is suddenly thirsting for can be purchased in Denver.
Elite Brands of Colorado, which has specialized is distributing craft beer in Colorado for nearly fifteen years, won the Craft Beer Wholesaler of the Year award from the Brewers Association at the annual Craft Brewers Conference trade show, which took place last week in Washington, D.C. “The national award recognizes…
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…
Chad and Branden Miller’s father always told his sons to do one thing and do it better than anyone else. It was advice that stuck with them, so when they opened Black Shirt Brewing in 2011, that one thing was to make amazing ales, all of them in shades of…
Nearly a year ago, Elise Wiggins left her longtime position as executive chef at Panzano to pursue her vision of opening the Italian restaurant she’d always wanted. And the day has finally come; Cattivella opens to the public on April 19 at 10195 East 29th Avenue.
Louie and Regan Colburn, the husband-and-wife team behind Ohana Island Kitchen, were inspired to start their eatery because they wated to serve up a taste of Louie’s upbringing.They started small, but Ohana quickly became a big hit.
Brewing beer can be fun for the people who love it. But it can also be dangerous. Last week, Charlie Gottenkieny, head brewer and part owner of Bruz Beers in north Denver, was severely burned when a batch of beer he was making boiled over the top of the mashtun and…
