June saw a bounteous harvest of restaurant openings, with a variety of flavors to match Denver’s increasingly diverse scene. Cuban sandwich shops, tiny taquerias and even a Mexican-Korean fusion joint joined spacious new downtown dazzlers, Sicilian trattorias and a health-centered vegetarian eatery. Familiar names dotted the landscape, with the the…
The Fourth of July isn’t just about fireworks and freedom — there’s also beer and barbecue! Just in time for this holiday weekend, Colorado’s craft brewers have released an unprecedented number of brand-new canned and bottled beers. Jonathan Shikes recently served up a guide to 25 of these new brews —…
Yes, Monday is July 4 — but this weekend isn’t all about stars, stripes and screaming eagles. Earlier this week we shared our list of ten places to celebrate both food and freedom over the next few days, but the weekend doesn’t have to be all about stars, stripes and screaming…
When Gayor Geller and his family opened cozy breakfast spot, Maddie’s, at 2423 South Downing Street three years ago, they already owned the former service station next door and had plans to convert it into a restaurant space. That construction project started earlier this year and Geller says he hopes to move…
Arcana 909 Walnut Street, Boulder 303-444-3885 Arcana opened in Boulder in February with an ambitious menu designed to tell the story of early American cuisine through regional ingredients. But opening chef Matthew Lackey, a Tennessee native and student of celeb-chef Sean Brock’s return-to-roots cooking style, was let go in April…
At 5:30 p.m on the first workday of the week, there isn’t an oyster to be found at Brazen. Before most Denverites had punched the clock and slid down the brontosaurus tail, Brazen patrons had already declared this Mollusk Monday, ordering happy-hour oysters by the dozen. They came from over…
Brothers Toshi and Yasu Kizaki already hold down the corner of South Pearl Street and East Florida Avenue with their trio of restaurants: Sushi Den, Izakaya Den and Ototo. But now they’ve added something the area needs even more than another restaurant: a parking structure on the east side of…
Where was Jelly? Elaine McCarthy O’Neill The Eggs Benedict with their incredible hollandaise sauce at Snooze is beyond amazing. By far our favorite place for brunch, totally worth any wait! Like · Reply · Message · 2 · Yesterday at 8:47am Alex Morquecho Alex Morquecho Anna Marie Coronado-Ramos here’s some…
We get hit with an avalanche of announcements every day, promising everything from new shake flavors at popular burger bars to products from national food manufacturers who don’t even sell their products in the Denver area. The one that particularly caught our eye this morning had this subject line: “Teriyaki…
Grilled chicken or steak, pork carnitas, beef barbacoa: From day one at the original Chipotle at 1644 East Evans Avenue, those were the only protein options. And it remained that way for years until the company added soy-based sofritas as a vegetarian option three years ago. But today Chipotle will…
Vegan soul food? Isn’t that concept a little odd, like baseball without a seventh-inning stretch, or a backyard barbecue without beer? Not to Lonni Byrd, chef and co-owner of Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, a vegan soul-food restaurant that opened in Park Hill this winter. “We knew the anomaly of…
Restaurateur Robert Thompson has spent the last four years growing his group of Punch Bowl Social restaurants in Colorado and beyond. With six of the gastro-tainment spots already offering food, bowling and booze in as many different states and with several more planned for later this year and into 2018,…
Pineapple Margarita at La Loma Pineapples always remind Yoid Gomez of home. Born in Havana, Cuba, Gomez uses his nostalgia for the tropical fruits native to his home country as inspiration for his current job as bar manager at La Loma, the venerable Jefferson Park eatery that will soon move…
Social media might have ruined yoga: With Instagram and Facebook posts of tiny LuluLemon pants in tree pose in front of waterfalls, or worse, the dancer pose requiring uber-flexibility polluting our feeds, it makes sense that some might be a little intimidated — or just downright annoyed. “Yoga has become…
Everyone screamed for ice cream after New Belgium Brewing and Ben & Jerry’s teamed up on their first beer collaboration last year, so the two like-minded companies are planning another one for this fall. “Inspired by one of Ben & Jerry’s smash hits, New Belgium has developed Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough…
Noodle cravings can sneak up at the oddest of times, but when temperatures slither into the upper 90s, the thought of a hot bowl of ramen or a steaming mound of chow fun could curtain such desires. Some soup lovers advocate consuming hot broth to induce a cooling sweat, but…
At the end of 2014, we talked with two hopeful butchers, Chad Nelan and Alex Windes, who had just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the opening of Elevation Charcuterie, their wholesale sausage and cured meats company. While the fundraiser wasn’t successful, Nelan and Windes kept at it, raising…
Does every newly hot Denver neighborhood need a nickname? LoHi was just part of Highland — or was that the Northside? — until Lola helped start the transition that turned that area into a major dining destination almost a decade ago. The Butcher Block was one of the few spots…
We’re heading into a holiday weekend, but that’s no reason not to sink your teeth into some fun right now. This week you can learn more about beer, party on South Platte or enter a hot, hot wing-eating challenge. Keep reading for the delicious details on the top ten culinary…
Yesterday morning a car smashed into Cigars on Sixth, which we called the “ultimate man cave” when we awarded it Best Cigar Bar in the Best of Denver 2013 (which was the last year we gave that award). Although the cigar store has seating just on the other side of what…
Brunch is definitely Denver’s favorite meal, but breakfast burritos may be this city’s favorite dish. Is there another town in the country where breakfast burrito vendors go from office to office every weekday morning? Is there another city in the country where cars line up so that their drivers can…
This week we said hello to new restaurants from familiar names, including Moxie Eatery, a surprise on Broadway from chef Dylan Moore, who helped popularize this strip that marks the eastern edge of the Baker neighborhood with Deluxe and Delight, two adjoining restaurants he ran for nearly ten years. A…
