With strong cocktails and well-priced nibbles, happy hour turned out to be my favorite time of day at bubu Lowry, which I review this week. But happy hour isn’t always so happy. Earlier this summer I was meeting a friend for an early dinner at Cho77, chef-owner Lon Symensma’s casual…
Colorado governor John Hickenlooper recently demonstrated the purity of the Animas by slurping from a bottle of river water (with an iodine back). In 2013 he told a U.S. Senate committee that he once drank fracking fluid while meeting with Halliburton executives, describing the experience as “almost ritual-like.” In honor…
When a Minneapolis craft brewer revealed last week that it will make a General Mills-sponsored Wheaties beer, the story made national headlines. But cereal beers are nothing new for Black Bottle Brewery in Fort Collins, which has been working loosely with the cereal giant for the past year on several…
Slide into the weekend mouth-first at one of a trio of culinary events tonight. At the ninth annual Corks and Forks, presented by the Seattle Fish Company from 6 to 9 p.m., you can sample wines, spirits and food crafted by local chefs. There will also be live music, a…
Sativa IPA won’t get you high, but it will almost certainly cause a healthy buzz at the Great American Beer Festival next month. The beer, made by Dad & Dudes Breweria in Aurora, is infused with cannabidiol oil, a non-psychoactive hemp extract. Although there are several hemp beers made in…
Sometimes it seems like you need to eat a small meal before braving the wait list at some brunch establishments around Denver. If your taste buds have ever been treated to brunch at Devil’s Food Bakery & Cookery, you know just how long the wait can be on the weekend,…
When Pisco Sour closed on East Colfax Avenue last year, fans of the Peruvian restaurant weren’t entirely out of luck; the closing just meant a fifteen-mile detour south to a newer Pisco Sour near Park Meadows Mall. The owners of 7 Leguas Mexican Grille don’t want their customers to have to…
Wanna catch a buzz? There are now 309 active brewing licenses in the state of Colorado, according to the latest study released by the Colorado Brewers Guild. Although some are owned by breweries that haven’t opened yet, the numbers represent an incredibly robust scene. Add to that the fact that…
No. 26: Xiaolongbao soup dumplings at Shanghai KitchenIn strip malls and shopping centers from the city’s heart to the suburbs, Denver is peppered with Chinese restaurants — but certain dishes are hard to find among the hundreds of plates of kung pao chicken, sweet-and=sour shrimp and beef with broccoli. Other…
The 16th Street Mall is in the news these days. The same day that Patricia Calhoun’s list of ten reasons to love the 16th Street Mall went live, two tourists from California dining at the Rock Bottom Brewery wound up beaten up by a crowd of still unidentified miscreants. But…
Crazy Mountain Brewery, which has grown extremely quickly since opening in the Vail Valley in 2010, has taken over Breckenridge Brewery’s former headquarters at 471 Kalamath Street – a location that has been a brewery for nearly two decades. For the time being, owners Kevin and Marisa Selvy decline to…
If Troy Guard’s combination of Pop Rocks and yellowtail sashimi at TAG hinted that he was a magician, his treatment of TAG|Raw Bar just down Larimer Street confirmed it. One day the subterranean space was TAG|Raw Bar, and then, before we could blink, he’d waved his wand and turned it…
Governor John Hickenlooper has proclaimed August “Colorado Proud Month,” and today you can show your Colorado pride by digging into this state’s produce — both at a famous farmers’ market, and at a Boulder restaurant. Here are the details on today’s fresh events. In celebration of Colorado Proud Month, Colorado…
We recently spotted banners hanging from the side of the Valverde Country Club, at 1319 West Alameda Avenue, announcing two conflicting messages: that the kitchen is now open and that the building is for sale. Since the Country Club is not on our regular rotation (we prefer less posh digs…
When Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, restaurateur Justin Cucci’s latest carnival of colors and flavors, opened this past spring at 1215 20th Street, Louise Vigil suddenly started getting phone calls from trendsetters trying to make reservations — before they realized they were dialing the wrong Ophelia’s. Instead of reaching the hip new…
Chile Vodka Avocado at The Terminal Bar “It’s really important to pair cocktails with the season,” says Rae Raymond, bar manager at The Terminal Bar, located inside the newly renovated Union Station. “That’s what people want to drink at the time, and our bodies just sort of crave certain things…
It’s still baseball season, if anyone cares, and baseball season means hot dogs. And while the Billy’s Gourmet Hot Dogs in the Ballpark neighborhood is still going strong thanks in part to fans who continue to pack Coors Field (for completely unknown reasons), the same can’t be said for the…
How sweet it is! Yesterday Lauren Monitz served up the Seven Best Sweet Brunch Dishes in Denver — some of the Mile High City’s top sugar highs. But for sugar lovers, there’s always room for more. Says Jessica: This list is amazing but I am afraid it has a glaring omission:…
Honor Society, chef/restaurateur Justin Brunson’s latest enterprise, opens today at 10:30 a.m. for lunch and dinner on the stretch of 16th Street between Union Station and the Millennium Bridge. The “fast fine” eatery combines counter service with a chef-designed menu to deliver farm-fresh food (from the same sources as Brunson’s…
The Denver Caffeine Crawl poured its way through the city Saturday, hitting up four favorite local roasters who are helping to brew the local craft-coffee scene. Although this was the 36th annual crawl, that scene has been growing fast over the last five years, exploding much like the microbrewery business. …
Restaurateur Alan Zizmor closed Hideaway Kitchen & Bar in Genesee last winter for a makeover, reopening in April with not just a new look, but also a new chef: the young but seasoned Nick Shankland. The chef, who has done time in some of Denver’s top kitchens, quickly installed a…
Zolo Grill is teaming up with Isabelle Farm for their annual Isabelle Farm Dinner this evening. The chefs at Zolo will be using farm-fresh ingredients from Isabelle to cook up a five-course meal that celebrates community, sustainability and fresh ingredients. The menu will feature dishes like watermelon chile gazpacho, Tender Belly pork…
