No. 89: The Diavola Calzone at Pino’s Neighborhood Pizzeria A calzone always seems like a good idea in theory: all of your favorite pizza toppings cuddled together in a steaming pocket where flavors meld into gooey goodness with each bite. But in practice, calzones rarely live up to expectations. Rather…
St. Patrick’s Day is almost a week away, but the beer is already running green. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 12, in downtown Denver, but the real partying kicked off last night at bars all over town — many of which we included…
Downtown Englewood gets a new bar tonight with the opening of the Englewood Grand at 3435 South Broadway Street. The simple, straightforward watering hole is the work of Phil and Erika Zierke, neighborhood residents who saw the need for a community gathering spot with an enticing but uncomplicated drinks list. The bar…
With the St. Patrick’s Day Parade rolling through downtown Denver on Saturday, many Denverites will be overindulging in green garb, green beer and Irish whiskey. If you want to participate in the debauchery, check out our list of the best places to celebrate St. Paddy’s this weekend. If you’re not…
Johnny Ballen, co-owner and resident prom-tux model at the Squeaky Bean Farm + Table downtown, is pretty good at keeping a secret. After all, he landed the property at the corner of South Downing Street and East Hampden Avenue nearly two years ago and has been working on converting the…
One of the best parts of happy hour is matching and mixing dishes into strange table spreads that would have a Cordon Bleu instructor in tears. At happy hour, no one’s going to tell you not to order a sandwich, arancini and a pizza all at the same time. This…
Round one of our Readers’ Choice poll is complete and, thanks to your submissions, we’ve whittled the list down to five finalists in each category. The polls are back open, so it’s time to make your votes count. You can pick your favorite in more than eighty Food & Drink…
Saint Patrick’s Day is still a week away, but this weekend Denver will be going green — and for once we’re not talking about weed. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held downtown starting at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 12, which means you can expect to see…
There are plenty of great restaurants on Colfax Avenue — check out our list of the twelve best as evidence — and then there are the quiet spots that serve the neighborhood day-in and day-out without much fuss or notice. Such was the case with Pete’s Cafe & Steak House,…
In anticipation of the Best of Denver 2016, which lands on March 31, been rolling out lists that align with some of the categories on our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. Yesterday, we served up the Twelve Best Restaurants on Colfax, and immediately heard from fans about places that…
The only thing better than noshing on food from sixteen of Denver’s top chefs is doing it in support of a great cause, and today is your chance to do just that. The 33rd annual Great Chefs of the West Gala, benefiting the National Kidney Foundation, will take place from…
This weekend, Molly’s Spirits in Lakeside is hosting a bottle-signing event with special guest Curtis James Jackson III. You may know him better as rapper 50 Cent. The star will be on hand from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, to sign bottles of Effen Vodka, a brand…
Is Englewood on the verge of a restaurant Renaissance? Here’s more evidence: Squeaky Bean founder and co-owner Johnny Ballen is moving into the south Denver suburb with a new eatery called Cochino, which he expects to open at 3495 South Downing Street by the end of April. Ballen’s still working…
Colfax Avenue is known for many things: dive bars, gritty urban street life, a thriving music scene, late-night action. Most striking though is the diverse roster of restaurants nearly as long as the street itself, with old-school greasy spoons and steakhouses, taquerias, walk-up windows, pizza joints, bakeries, coffeehouses and culinary samples…
Name confusion is a fact of life in the craft brewing industry these days, which is why there have been so many trademarks battles — and trademark resolutions — in the past few years. The folks at Prost Brewing in Denver and The Post Brewing in Lafayette have a more…
On Monday we shared the news that The Kitchen restaurant group will be moving into Cherry Creek with a new restaurant slated for a late summer opening. This will be the fifth Kitchen, including one in Chicago, for founders Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson, who got their start in Boulder…
In the 1500s in what is now Germany, there was a law that beer could only be made with three ingredients: water, barley and hops. But that was then and this is now. In the United States in the new Millennium, you can find beers made with just about any…
Clamato preparado, which takes the michelada theme and, skipping the beer, cranks the formula up to eleven, has hit town with a tomato-splattered splash. Part beverage, part snack and part base for your own adult beverage (if you’re packing beer, tequila or vodka), clamatos preparados have been popping up at…
To run a successful restaurant, you need to serve good food. Behind the scenes, you also need a good numbers guy, and Mark Reggiannini of Cafe Marmotte happens to be both. Reggiannini, who owns the casual French bistro with his wife, Mairen Reagan, got his start as a math major,…
Life can come at you pretty fast, so sometimes it’s nice to slow down, enjoy a leisurely stroll and experience life at 3mph. Today you have the opportunity to do just that by joining Walk2Connect Founder Jonathon Stalls for a northeast Park Hill walking tour that stretches from the Garden/Love,…
Chef and culinary instructor Stephen Kleinman, whose lengthy Denver career includes heading up Centerplate Catering and the food program for the Colorado Convention Center, has been out of restaurant kitchens for some time. But a visit to his son Ian Kleinman’s new dessert bar, the Inventing Room, last fall was…
Consumer Concept Group, which founded Smashburger in Denver in 2007, got a big win last week when a Denver City Council committee approved the proposal that CCG and partners Tivoli Brewing and Midfield Concession Enterprises had submitted to open a restaurant/brewery at the Westin at Denver International Airport, as well…
