It’s quiet. The piano is silent tonight at Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, and the Denver Center theaters are dark on Mondays, bringing little foot traffic to 15th and Curtis streets. That leaves few distractions from an evaluation of the evening happy hour, a meal of which I had conflicting…
John Hinman’s pies are the stuff of legend at the Post Brewing Company, to the point where dessert gets as much attention as the Lafayette chicken shop’s fried bird. We gave the Post Best of Denver awards this year for Best Pie as well as for Best Fried Chicken. But despite…
With all the drum-beating over terrorism and refugees, it’s sometimes difficult to recognize those in our midst living with the realities. While Paris was under attack by extremists, the Kassir family — owners of Damascus on South Colorado Boulevard since 1990 — were sending a shipping container full of humanitarian aid…
What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re Pete Turner, owner of Illegal Pete’s. Not so much, if you’re Jim Nixon. Nixon is the owner of Illegal Burger, a two-location (so far) chain that he founded in 2013 in Evergreen. That’s where he already had a Mexican restaurant, a Senor Sol…
When did decaffeinated coffee become so fancy? When I dropped by Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery one recent morning for this week’s review of Honor Society, I heard the girl at the counter tell a customer that the restaurant doesn’t brew decaf. “The reason we don’t make ‘fancy’ coffee,” she said, pausing…
Today is all about cheese at Haystack Mountain Goat Creamery’s cheese-making course and creamery tour. Cheesemaking 101 will introduce students to the basics of cheese-making at home, and award-winning cheesemaker Jackie Chang will be on hand to answer questions. Students will learn about the science behind cheesemaking, basic equipment and ingredients,…
Living The Dream Brewing in Littleton is turning its dream into reality. The company recently installed several new fifteen- and thirty-barrel fermentation tanks, which will allow it increase its capacity from 49 barrels to 169. In addition, Living the Dream added 5,000 square feet of production space, enabling the brewery…
Show off your state-made tipples this holiday season with a fine bottle of Colorado booze. After all, as the days of December count down, chances are you have plenty of holiday parties, get-togethers and fancy dinners to attend — what better offering to bring than something to imbibe. From wine…
As of last Friday, the newest addition to the Denver coffee scene lives in the booming RiNo neighborhood. Stowaway Coffee + Kitchen aims to introduce an Australian-style café to Denver as a change from typical American coffee or brunch spots. Owners Amy Cohen and Hayden Barnie bring inspiration from their…
After years, decades of waiting for Denver’s economic boom to reach Five Points, that day finally seems to have arrived. But with all this newfound interest in the area, will Five Points lose its colorful past? Tom’s Home Cookin’ just closed after sixteen years…but that’s a relative drop in the…
Yesterday, we brought you a list of hard-to-find sandwiches in Denver that hail from all over the globe. Most of these sandwiches are unique in the city — unless you know of more than one place to find a St. Paul sandwich (a collision of white bread and American-Chinese egg…
The world of craft beer is changing. Over the past twelve months, more than a dozen craft brewers have been gobbled up, either by larger breweries, corporate breweries, European interests or private-equity investors. And there is more — much more — on the way. If you follow beer, then you’ve…
Justin Brunson wasn’t an obvious addition to the founding team behind Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery, a fast-fine restaurant that opened this summer in a new office building behind Union Station. If you’re looking for a charcuterie whiz, he’s your guy. If you’re craving a three-pound pork chop and pork-fat fries,…
The holidays are all about food, family and giving. Today you can bring together the trinity of holiday ideals during Dine Out for CASA. Take your family or friends to eat at the second location of Great Scott’s Eatery, at 7510 US Highway 287 in Broomfield, between 7 a.m. and…
Death Star at The Infinite Monkey Theorem Urban Winery Here we are between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It’s that wonderful holiday season, but it also feels like Star Wars season, with the latest installation of the Sci-Fi classic hitting cinemas later this week. Star Wars fandom is at an all-time high,…
There’s a new experimental brewery and restaurant heading to River North next year, one that plans to push boundaries when it comes to technique, style and ingredients. The brewers there have many decades’ worth of experience between them, having made everything from Belgian wits to Bavarian pilsners to American IPAs,…
The Force is strong with us this week, as the latest Star Wars fanfare finally reaches its culmination with the release of Episode VII: The Force Awakens — but maybe not as strong with the advertising wizards who came up with these ideas, which are curious, at best, and asinine…
Stepping into the historic 715 Club, at the corner of Welton and 26th in Five Points, is like stepping into another era. The entire bar is a museum of old Denver, with mementos from the past of both the city and original owner Charles Cousins hidden beneath a thirty-year-old layer…
New Saigon was one of the first Vietnamese restaurants in the city, and for many years the very best, winning Best of Denver award after Best of Denver award. After more than thirty years in the business, though, husband-and-wife owners Thai Nguyen and Ha Pham were feeling burned out, so…
Americans may not have invented the sandwich, but we’ve definitely taken the physics and geometry of nearly every bread-and-filling combination to extremes, from teetering Dagwoods to sauce-drenched sloppy Joes to heavyweight hoagies. We’re not the only innovators to latch onto sandwiches as the perfect portable street food or fast lunch,…
Since we told the story of the Coca-Cola ghost sign — a remnant of the past uncovered during recent renovations of 2801 Welton Street — we’re seeing ghosts everywhere, several involving Coca-Cola, a company that covered the costs for many of these decade-old signs. In June, a demolition project in…
Skip the traditional turkey: Make sure your Christmas dinner is a hit this year by signing up for the Seasoned Chef Cooking School’s Ultimate Christmas Dinner class,which will teach you how to cook up a feast fit for the holidays, but with a few unexpected twists. The menu will feature hot…
