Colorado’s craft-beer scene is known for many things — but its matchmaking abilities have been underestimated. The news that Cheeky Monk was closing up shop at 534 East Colfax Avenue inspired a lot of comments, some from fans and some from foes. And there were also a few surprisingly heartfelt…
“The original idea was to be in a band and tour the world, and that didn’t quite work, so we decided to bring the bands to us,” says Harry Smith of Black Sky Brewery, a Denver collective where different brewers come together to make a variety of styles of beer…
Ever since returning from a nine-day trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, last fall, I’ve been contemplating local Mexican restaurants with a different attitude. I used to become annoyed when a restaurateur announced the opening of an “upscale” Mexican eatery; the notion seemed to convey a sense that American chefs and restaurant…
Are you hungry yet? DISH, our annual celebration of Denver’s dining scene, will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 25. Our 22nd annual event will again showcase unlimited samples of favorite dishes from dozens of restaurants recommended by Westword food writers and readers, including Adelitas, Syrup, Little…
The owners of the Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Cafe and Lost Highway Brewing next door are closing the restaurant after ten years and moving the brewery to a new location, where they will begin canning beer. The restaurant shut its doors today, while the brewery will stay open through the…
Chef Kevin Grossi was a mainstay at the Big Red F restaurant group for years, starting at Lola before going on to head the kitchen at Jax Fish House in Fort Collins and then returning to Lola as executive chef for two years. When he left, it wasn’t on bad…
Last week we scoped out scoops, dishing up our list of the ten best ice cream places in town. But there’s more to a getting a good brain freeze than just ice cream, especially here in Denver, where endless sunny days give rise to creative, chilly desserts. Here, presented in…
Chef Max MacKissock of Bar Dough and Squeaky Bean co-owner Josh Olsen teamed up last night to present a series of goat dishes at the Acre, the suburban farm that Olsen runs as part of Warren Tech High School’s educational program. The Acre (which was originally founded as the Bean…
Cherry Creek is changing, and changing fast. Some of those changes have occurred at 2900 East Second Avenue, where Harman’s Eat & Drink opened three years ago — after restaurateur Mark Fischer first tried to make a go of a Denver version of his successful Carbondale eatery, Phat Thai, in…
This week you can celebrate two of life’s purest joys — food and music — at two musically-inspired events. You can also sip and snack your way through wine and beer dinners, celebrate a couple of anniversaries and an opening, and much more. Keep reading for all the tasty details…
Mark Antonation came to Colorado the same year that John Elway did, and one of the Texas native’s early food discoveries was green chile, in all of its regional versions. He recently wrote about some of those green chile variations — and all their delicious differences. “What I’ve learned over the years almost has…
Just in time for National Ice Cream Day, we dished up our list of the ten best ice cream shops in Denver. And since then, we’ve been taking a licking from readers who didn’t spot their favorites: Where was Nuggs? Ice Cream Riot? Sweet Cow? But amidst all this debate, one reader…
Sometimes food and drink news doesn’t come from the restaurant world. This week, it came from Denver’s music scene: Musician Nathaniel Rateliff has joined forces with the owners of the hi-dive to unveil the Overland, a bar and eatery — but surprisingly, not a music venue — that will open…
One of the most consistently inventive and satisfying menus in Denver will soon disappear: Harman’s Eat & Drink announced today on its Facebook page that the ownership will not renew its lease at 2900 East Secnd Avenue when it ends in October because of an “unmanageable increase” from the landlord…
Nearly two years have elapsed since Stanley Marketplace announced that it would be converting the former Stanley Aviation Building, where airplane ejector seats were once manufactured, into a multi-vendor indoor market at 2501 Dallas Street in Aurora. Some six months later, restaurateur Robert Thompson revealed that he’d be adding Punch…
We included Shanghai Kitchen, a cozy strip-mall eatery at Belleview Avenue and South Yosemite Street in Greenwood Village, on our annual list of the best Chinese restaurants in Denver, mainly for its roster of traditional dishes that go far beyond standard takeout menus — and not its ambiance. But the once-tiny…
Union Station is celebrating the second anniversary of its rebirth this weekend. Since it reopened in July 2014, the landmark has changed the face and pace of downtown Denver — and the fun’s just starting. This weekend, the station will host a resurrected international buskerfest, as well as its weekly…
This weekend is packed with gooey goodness. You can beat the heat at Keystone’s Wine and Jazz Festival or Copper Mountains Mac & Cheese Fest, or stay in Denver and sink your teeth into an abundance of tasty events happenings. Keep reading for all the delicious details. Friday, July 15 …
Cramped tables. Your friends tom yum, larb and pad woon sen with shrimp. Spice so intense you’re breathing fire. Everyone has their own taste, but everyone expects specific things from a Thai restaurant. Those expectations are almost useless at Aloy Modern Thai, which takes the cred owners Bo Bean and Arisa…
Brit Withey, artistic director for the Denver Film Society, has taken a cue from popular food-based film events around the world and added an ongoing Culinary Cinema series to the programming at the Sie FilmCenter. So far this year, Withey, in conjunction with the Colorado Restaurant Association, has presented The Birth…
As the Colorado Brewers Guild struggles to hold itself together in the wake of the defection of fourteen craft breweries — including the state’s four largest — its membership has elected to change the Guild’s bylaws so that representatives of large breweries will no longer be allowed to hold voting…
Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine have traveled around the world looking for stories about sustainable and socially responsible food production while eating plenty of great food along the way. Their online documentary series, the Perennial Plate, started with an exploration of Minnesota, where Klein was living and working, and has…
