We’re hungry for validation here in the Queen City of the Plains, and when someone from either coast bestows it on a local institution, we flock to be part of the conversation. With a James Beard award, national plaudits, and a Ruth Reichl bump, Rioja and its owners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch…
Sam Slade grew up around cakes and other baked goods at her family’s bakeries in Chicago, so batter is in her blood. At the beginning of the year, she launched Valhalla Cakes inside the Temple Bakery in the Curtis Park neighborhood to test the market for her own creations. And…
Denver’s dining scene is booming, and while neighborhoods like RiNo and Berkeley are exploding, suburbs outside the city limits are getting interesting new restaurants, too. In response to the news that Zomo will move in where El Tepehuan moved out, Jan says: Who’d a’thunk that downtown Englewood could become a…
The Dairy Arts Center is holding the fourth annual Moovers and Shakers Cocktail Competition starting at 5:30 p.m. today. Some of Boulder’s best mixologists — from such restaurants as Basta, Blackbelly, Frasca, Mateo, Oak at Fourteenth and Riffs — will be competing to make the best original cocktail featuring Colorado-based…
Is the ramen honeymoon finally over in Denver? Despite a rash of noodle shop openings over the last eighteen months or so, at least one has slipped through the cracks. Tengu, which opened in December 2014 in the Industry building on Brighton Boulevard, is now closed. Tengu initially closed for…
Curry lovers in Denver know where to go for a fiery fix: Biju’s Little Curry Shop in RiNo, which chef Biju Thomas opened in a tiny, hidden spot at 26th and Walnut streets at the end of 2014. And with new spot at 4279 Tennyson Street that just opened earlier this…
Brewery lawn games have taken on a whole new meaning at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, which recently completed a nine-hole disc golf course outside of its North Dock taproom and production facility. For help in building the nautical-themed course, which has alternate tee boxes for eighteen holes, the brewery…
The Squeaky Bean has always been a little out there (with Saturday Bingo Brunch and celebrity cocktail shrines as evidence), but soon the downtown farm-centered restaurant could soon be taking its creativity to new heights. Partner and chief bean farmer Josh Olsen is working with a team of high school…
Boulder shoppers looking for quality meat cuts, pre-made foods and a quick breakfast or lunch have known about the tiny nook inside chef-restaurateur Hosea Rosenberg’s Blackbelly restaurant in east Boulder for some time, but because of space limitations, the chef’s vision for a complete, meat-centered market was never fully realized…
Woody’s Wings N Things occupies an easy-to-miss space in a Westminster strip mall. But as Mark Antonation advises in this week’s Ethniche, you do not want to miss this spot, an independent restaurant that has some American standards (corn dogs) but also incredible Asian dishes. In fact, he says, the Things…
Restaurants have been popping up in non-traditional spaces for years now, housed in everything from shipping containers to repurposed industrial buildings. But a restaurant inside a library? That’s a head-turner. When Seeds Library Cafe opened last year inside the Boulder Public Library, it served a much-needed purpose: giving patrons a…
Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge’s new fine art program kicks off with a show by Denver artist Adam Buehler. At the opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. today, the restaurant will be serving sips and snacks and Buehler will be on hand. He’ll return tomorrow through Saturday to paint live…
Sure we’re bummed that the weekend’s 4/20 Rally at Civic Center Park was cancelled, but the real 4/20 is still a day away – and a little wet weather’s not going to stop us from celebrating Denver’s premier holiday. There are plenty of events, shows, weed deals and other happenings…
The Jalapeno Rally at Bellwether At Bellwether, you can get a haircut, a cappuccino, a cocktail and a motorcycle all at the same time. The masculine vibe of the collaborative space centers around whiskey; in fact, Bulleit bourbon flows straight from a tap behind the bar. Bar manager Demi Deherrera…
The history of rail travel in Denver goes back a long way, to the 1860s, when the first trains began pulling into town. But the history of beer goes back even further, to 1859, when thirsty gold miners flooded the area and German brewmeisters followed. The two just seem to…
Who knew? Just as Denverites warmly welcomed a spot dedicated to pierogies, the Pierogies Factory, when it opened last year in Wheat Ridge, they’re celebrating the return of Kolache Factory to Lakewood. Yes, Denver’s western suburbs are rolling in dough, and one reader is hungry for more. Says Becky: What is this…
Sometimes experience is the only good teacher. You can read about something, look at photos, have someone explain it to you (maybe even draw you diagrams), but until your own senses have taken everything in, what you’ve been told is merely a shadow on a wall compared to the reality…
Bob Berlute came to Denver last week to see the billboard that his father had painted decades ago on the side of 2801 Welton Street, a ghost sign that was uncovered in the process of developer Star Mesa Property’s restoration work on the building. The sign, too, has been restored,…
At the end of February, Ian Clark, the chef-owner of Bru Handbuilt Ales and Eats, told us he’d be opening a new ice cream shop called Heifer and the Hen next door to his brewery-restaurant on Arapahoe Avenue in east Boulder. Clark is a self-professed ice cream addict who had…
A little spring storm didn’t deter pork and porter pros on Saturday; the Bacon and Beer Classic hosted two sessions in the chilly main concourse of Sports Authority Field at Mile High with beers from nearly fifty Colorado breweries and pig-based eats from more than thirty restaurants, food trucks and…
A recent rash of Denver restaurant break-ins has spread to the Berkeley neighborhood. Il Porcellino (4324 West 41st Avenue) owners Bryan Albano and Bill Miner were greeted this morning by a smashed-in front door and a missing cash register; nothing else was taken and the register was empty, they report…
There’s no shortage of good sushi in Denver proper, so what would motivate someone to drive to the suburbs for fresh fish? A menu of all-you-can-eat sushi for less than 25 bucks all day, every day — that’s what. Sushi Katsu at 2222 South Havana Street in Aurora (with a…
