This weekend an Oregon brewery brings a roving, pop-up pub to Denver for a good cause, caffeine connoisseurs can celebrate by raising a cup at the Grand Coffee Bazaar, and there will be a handful of other tasty events cooking around town. Dig into all the delicious details below. Friday, October 16 Museo…
Salati means savory or salted in Italian, and a new eatery called Salati Italian Street Food is bringing savory Mediterranean bites to Northfield Stapleton. Salati opened today at 11 a.m. (in the space that was formerly Euro Cafe) with a concept built around piadina and other street fare that owner…
Michael Shiell of Milk & Honey Bar-Kitchen and Solitaire’s Mark Ferguson are borrowing a page from a pastry chef’s playbook, adding foie gras to dishes like truffles and bread pudding. But they aren’t the only chefs around town cleverly blurring the lines between sweet and savory and, in the process,…
It starts with sweet tea, the saccharine lubricant to any good Southern meal. Prepare it wrong, and you’ll be revealed as a damn Yankee packing Celestial Seasonings. Do it right, and Southern hospitality is just a few sips away. Jezebel’s Southern Bistro & Bar is an oft-overlooked juke joint on…
Planet Sub opened on California Street just off the 16th Street Mall in January 2014. But the sandwiches never caught on and now signs are up on the door announcing that this location has closed. Planet Sub originated in Lawrence, Kansas in 1998 but traces its roots back to a…
Paul Prudhomme, the king of Cajun and Creole cooking, passed away right before National Gumbo Day. In his honor, we served up five places with great gumbo in Denver, where you could raise a spoon to one of the first celebrity chefs. Readers agreed with our picks of Bayou Bob’s, Gumbo’s…
Charity, cinema and seafood: All three are on the menu today. You can crack into a special seafood celebration at Baur’s, “Wok” to the future for a children’s charity, or roll to the Sie Film Center for a a tasty flick. Keep reading for all the tasty details on today’s…
Mondays used to be pretty miserable for anyone who wanted to go out to eat in Denver, but deals are beginning to emerge that should make the first day of the work week a lot more palatable. Every Monday night in October, for example, if you show up at one…
Mell’s Cheese is now open at 3000 Zuni Street in Lower Highland — but you’ll find far more than cheese here. Owner Paula Dick has created a sunny cafe and wine bar to go along with a tantalizing selection of imported and American artisan cheeses and meats. Mell’s — named for…
The brand-spanking-new, four-story RH Denver, The Gallery at Cherry Creek was dedicated this morning at 2900 East First Avenue. And tonight this upscale offshoot of Restoration Hardware will be celebrated at a big charity bash, where the liquor will be flowing. But the rest of the time? RH Denver will be…
When massive floods hit the Front Range two years ago, Boulder County, including the towns of Lyons and Longmont, was particularly hard hit. In response, Oskar Blues Brewery founder Dale Katechis founded CAN’d Aid to provide assistance to those struggling to rebuild after the waters receded. CAN’d Aid lived on after…
No. 11: The Polpetto Sandwich at Sarto’s Sarto’s is a little tucked away on its corner in the Jefferson Park neighborhood off Federal Boulevard, but the bright, elegant dining room and novel — at least for Denver — chef’s ciccetti bar have made it a draw since it opened last…
Fried chicken is sizzling hot around Denver these days — whether you’re enjoying the Japanese version, kara age, at one of the spots Mark Antonation touts, such as Sakana — or at the Post Brewing Company in Lafayette, whose brined fried chicken is so crackling good it won our Best Fried Chicken award…
Soon after my salad and dried-out meatballs arrived at Brik on York, I began to wonder: Had Elvis left the building? The thought persisted, buzzing about my head, on that night and others. I tried to shoo it away, looking for signs of greatness in the Neapolitan-style pizzas I’d heard…
The ‘burbs will be rocking tonight, when Party for a Cure invites you to fight cancer while enjoying wine from some of Colorado’s finest vineyards and drinking margs courtesy of Colorado’s own Coyote Gold pre-mixed margaritas. There will also be free samples of Izzybelle Chocolate Sauce, and live music courtesy of…
Chef Chris Thompson moved to Denver to open the Nickel in the newly refurbished Hotel Teatro in the summer of 2014. Expectations were high, considering that the previous tenant had been respected Denver restaurateur Kevin Taylor and his eponymous, dazzling eatery Restaurant Kevin Taylor. But after a complete ground-floor overhaul,…
Crown Manhattan at the Crown Social If you were going to make a cocktail using only spirits made in Colorado, what would you make? A vodka and soda might be easy, but what about a more complex cocktail such as, say, a Manhattan? Well, that’s a question that bartender Chelsea…
No 12: Takoyaki at Sakana Sushi & RamenThe little golden spheres called takoyaki rest in a bowl against a single green leaf of lettuce, topped with stripes of sweet, dark sauce and Japanese mayonnaise. The server warns us that they’re piping hot inside and to wait a few minutes before…
Bitters, tonics, syrups, teas, cocktails — and now, a rustic lodge. These are the awesome artisan things Shae Whitney and Brady Becker of DRAM Apothecary are overseeing in Silver Plume, about 47 miles west of Denver. The couple is currently raising funds to help finance the renovation of the historic…
A small Colorado brewery is taking a big step forward: Later this month, Big Choice Brewing in Broomfield will unveil a new beer packaged in 19.2-ounce cans with a resealable plastic lid – not the twist-off kind, but one that slides back into place so that the beer can be…
At 4 a.m. on a Sunday, most people are deep in slumber — if they’re not just stumbling into bed after a night of bar-hopping. But in the warren beneath the seats at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Nikki Olst is prepping for another game day. Olst is the…
Many of Denver’s best restaurants — including Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, Beast + Bottle, the Squeaky Bean and many more — will come together tonight to celebrate A Taste for Life, an event that raises funds to support Project Angel Heart. Now in its fifteenth year, A Taste for Life…
