No. 4: Foie Gras Mousse at Charcoal Bistro Duck in to Charcoal Bistro on Old South Gaylord and you’ll find a completely different atmosphere than at its older sibling, Charcoal, in the Golden Triangle. While Charcoal is sleek, sophisticated and worldly, Charcoal Bistro is bright and casual while still maintaining…
Big beer fests aren’t easy to pull off. They require enormous logistical coordination, adherence to strict alcohol regulations, management of a huge number of people and deep understanding of a niche audience. Over the years, the granddaddy of these events, the Great American Beer Festival, fought with these issues as…
No. 5: Salt & Pepper Soft Shell Crab at Hop Alley Score a seat at Hop Alley and you’ll notice a number of things about the Larimer Street Chinese eatery. First, no one seems to mind waiting. That’s likely because everyone has an inkling (or proof from previous experience) that what…
Rohini and Marshall Miranda have been serving Indian cuisine in Denver for twenty years as the owners of Bombay Clay Oven in Cherry Creek. That’s given them plenty of time to hone service and recipes and to track customer favorites over the years. They’ll be taking some of those favorites…
Friday, March 21, was World Poetry Day, and on a damp day with big, chunky clouds hovering low over Boulder County, I found myself sipping ginger tea and reading poetry queued up by Facebook friends on my iPhone while waiting for an order of kitfo ba aib inside the new…
Do you miss the Inventing Room since it closed in the Ballpark neighborhood last fall? We do — which is why we’ll race you to Fruition this week for the return of chef Ian Kleinman’s Molecular Donut Pop-Up breakfast for some sweet Wonka-esque creations. The fun begins on Thursday; in…
No. 6: Masa Dumplings at Arcana The inspiration for Arcana’s masa dumplings, explains chef Kyle Mendenhall, comes partly from gnocchi, partly from tamales and partly from the fact that the kitchen can procure house-ground masa from neighboring restaurant T/ACO. Taste the dish, and that’ll all make sense: The masa forms…
Readers respond to the news that Cherry Cricket, an iconic burger joint, will reopen in Cherry Creek in mid-April.
No. 7: Dry-aged New York steak at Colt & Gray No matter your personal preference on cut and cooking specs for steak, you should head to Colt & Gray to taste what dry-aging can do to beef. This is one of the few restaurants in Denver dry-aging in house; here…
This week we explored the city’s Korean restaurants, uncovering a new favorite, Shin Myung Gwan, in an old location (the former Sae Jong Kwan). From there we rounded up a list of the ten best Korean restaurants in metro Denver, the bulk of those in Aurora. Perhaps Bravo’s Top Chef…
Southern eatery Tupelo Honey is still a few weeks away from an opening date, but two features stand out already. The first is the location: At 1650 Wewatta Street, it will be the closest restaurant to the north platform of Union Station. Surrounded by an upsurge of new apartments, offices…
No. 8: Singapore Curry Laksa at Jaya Asian Grill Singapore’s hawker markets teem with hungry patrons who line up for a little satay, chili crab or samosa. Just about every center hosts at least one laksa stall, where an owner ladles spicy coconut milk-based broth pooled with chile oil over…
There was a little monkey business last night as the Infinite Monkey Theorem unveiled its new wine bar inside the Stanley Marketplace. This is the second Colorado tasting room for IMT, which was founded by winemaker Ben Parsons in 2008. The company’s main winery and tasting room is located at…
Bravo’s Top Chef will come to Colorado to film season 15 of the popular show; here are ten ideas we think the show should incorporate to make cooking challenges a little more local.
Go bald or go home this weekend with a head-shaving event for charity. There’s food and drink on the calendar, too, whether you’re looking for hearty German fare and crisp beers to match, a community dinner in Boulder with the added bonus of Laws Whiskey, or one of the top…
Seoul, South Korea is one of the best eating cities in the world: Women hawk spicy rice cakes from teeming market stalls, tiny parlors put out tasty fried dumplings at breath-taking speed, and restaurants are often laser-focused on serving a perfect version of just one or two dishes, be that…
Nick Rellas and Justin Robinson founded Drizly in Boston in 2012 with the goal of making booze shopping easier by partnering with liquor stores to have beer, wine and spirits delivered straight to the homes of Drizly app users. Denver, apparently, has embraced the concept with gusto; numbers over St…
No. 9: Two Vegetable Dishes at Old Major Old Major has built a reputation with pork and other meats, displaying its mastery of steakhouse cuts, cured Italian salumi and nose-to-tail cookery. But Justin Brunson’s four-year-old LoHi restaurant is more than just a one-trick piggy; it’s a destination eatery where diners…
I’ve spent a fair bit of time at the Horseshoe Lounge. My old roommate is a regular who invites me there for a drink frequently, and I’ve been there on dates. I also once found myself there for a Meetup group that my friend was a part of — I…
The time has come to change our state’s “Welcome to Colorado” signs to “Welcome to Culinary Colorado,” because Bravo Media is bringing one of its most popular TV shows to town. Season 15 of Top Chef will begin filming in Denver, Boulder and Telluride this spring with now-familiar host Padma Lakshmi…
When Wednesday’s Pie opened in 2010 as the front for chef/restaurateur Frank Bonanno’s speakeasy, Green Russell, beneath Larimer Square, pies were only sold on Wednesdays (as the name suggests). After minor adjustments over the past seven years, though, the little diner-style foyer is now open daily for those looking to…
In previous years, the Colorado Brewers Guild had asked the breweries participating in Collaboration Fest to hold off on tapping their beers until after the festival — in order to keep the surprise. But in its fourth iteration, the nonprofit, which represents more than two hundred Colorado craft breweries, decided…
