No. 2: Fried Chesapeake Oyster at Hideaway Kitchen + Bar Head up Interstate 70 to Genesee Park (it won’t take as long as you think) and then look for the shopping center tucked behind the Chart House. In the far corner, you’ll see the Hideaway, looking more like a neighborhood…
The First Avenue Hotel has seen a lot over the past century, but the wildest chapter started three years ago, in July 2012, when the city slapped a notice to vacate on the circa 1906 building that developer Jesse Morreale had purchased in 2008 and renovated, arguing that the structure was unsafe…
Pete Turner founded Illegal Pete’s in Boulder twenty years ago, when he opened his first burrito joint on the Hill. Yesterday afternoon, he opened his first out-of-state restaurant in Tucson — which attracted a packed house of customers and an estimated fifty protesters with a petition demanding he change the name, claiming that…
There may be snow in the forecast, but there are plenty of heart-warming events.From the Denver Beer Festivus to holiday markets and festivals, here are ten tasty reasons to brave the weather this weekend. Keep reading for all the delicious details. Friday, December 11 The Denver Pavilions Holiday Carousel opens today,…
Tina Pachorek, co-owner of the Cheeky Monk and Lost Highway Brewing, has been working with the Denver Police Department’s District 6 and its commander, Tony Lopez, for years, trying to make the neighborhood around East Colfax Avenue safer. “He and his staff have been a big advocate for our area for…
Where’s the line between high class and low-end? Denver is more socially and regionally stratified than ever, but most of us end up mingling in with and among each other like enriched flour cereal squares in a bowl of Chex Mix. On the high end you have a place like…
Nearly a year ago New Saigon’s owners, husband-and-wife team Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham, were feeling burned out after more than thirty years in the business, so they sold the restaurant and made plans to slowly transition the kitchen to the new owners. They kept New Saigon Bakery next door in…
Pete Turner ran his homegrown chain of burrito joints for for nineteen years without hearing so much as a peep about its name, Illegal Pete’s. But then last year Turner opened a location in Fort Collins — and activists there complained that the name was a slap at the undocumented. “I didn’t…
Over the last eighteen months, several new bars/restaurants have moved into Five Points. First came Rosenberg’s Bagels & Deli, which brought new crowds to the area. Then came Dunbar’s Kitchen & Tap House, followed by Spangalang Brewery, and there are many more to come. But with the additions come losses:…
In a city bubbling over with craft breweries and themed cocktail spots, where do adults go who want to hang with the big kids but drink like a little one? Often non-imbibers are relegated to the limited options from a soda gun or a single pot of coffee that’s been…
Get your food-truck fix at Civic Center Nosh & Posh from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today. The monthly gathering of food trucks and mobile boutiques brightens up Civic Center Park with a variety of foods and fashions to choose from on the second Thursday of every month through April. For…
The Boulder County Farmers’ Markets organization, which operates weekly markets in Boulder and Longmont, has been the envy of Denver food lovers for years. Many of them make regular visits to Boulder; some complain that Denver farmers’ markets tend to be more like flea markets than purveyors of healthy foods…
Denver’s most brewery-centered neighborhood will get even more crowded next year when MicroStar Logistics, which supplies kegs to craft breweries around the country, moves from Greenwood Village to River North. The company will take 13,000 square feet of space in Gauge, at 35th and Wazee streets, a new project from…
The Cobbler’s Corner shopping center at 44th Avenue and Alcott Street in Sunnyside is beginning to fill out, with the likes of clothing boutiques, florists and salons already attracting customers. Bacon Social House opened in the back courtyard of the development at the end of November, and now another stop…
History is important — especially in Denver’s white-hot real-estate market, where it seems like vestiges of the past are torn down daily to make room for new buildings — and the Wynkoop Brewing Company is a living piece of it. Not only is it housed in a 116-year-old warehouse, the…
As our holiday gift to parents who like an occasional night out with the kids, we just posted The Ten Best Places to Eat in Denver — With a Toddler. And parents definitely appreciated the suggested. Lindsey says, simply: Nice. Thanks for thinking of us. Then there’s this from Betsy:…
It can be hard to explain the appeal of Andre’s Confiserie Suisse to some of my peers and younger friends. The tiny restaurant in Cherry Creek — which closes at the end of this month after 49 years in Denver — is more of a happening place for the senior…
Los Parceros, Denver’s only Colombian restaurant, would be easy to miss if not for the bright blue, yellow and red school bus parked in front of its East Colfax Avenue storefront. For owner Joaquin Contreras, the bus is a warm reminder of home, where similar buses, called chivas, were used…
The West End Tavern will be hosting the world premiere of Melting: Last Race to the Pole, today at 7 p.m. The film follows Eric Larsen and Ryan Waters on their 500-mile journey to the North Pole. Larsen, Waters and the filmmakers will be on hand to answer questions at…
A week into December, many of us have finished our big-ticket Christmas shopping and are too exhausted from the near-riots of Black Friday to contemplate hitting the stores for more. If you’re still looking for something for your remaining friends and family, heading to the mall for a Norelco shaver…
Platform T opened over the summer in Glendale with a wide selection of loose-leaf tea, a full bar with coffee drinks, beer, wine and cocktails, and a small menu of breakfast and lunch items. Over the weekend, a second Platform T began brewing at the corner of First Avenue and…
Noble Experiment at AcornThe Noble Experiment at AcornIt’s ironic that the flavors often associated with the winter holidays actually come from tropical climates. Nutmeg, for example, is a seed plucked from trees indigenous to Indonesia. Allspice hails from Mexico and Central America. And cloves are flower buds that grow on…
