Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanagin of Blue Pan Pizza Competition often involves rejection, and rejection can turn into a major motivation for those driven to win. Jeff Smokevitch, chef and co-owner of Blue Pan Pizza, which will open next week in West Highland, is no stranger to competition — or learning…
The Grateful Bread Company had been slowly building up steam since it was founded a decade ago by baker Jeff Cleary — but over the past year the Golden operation has been expanding rapidly, gaining national attention for both its artisan bread (which is still made almost entirely by hand)…
Ali Baba is a Lebanese restaurant, a Persian restaurant, a Mediterranean restaurant with hints of Syrian and Saudi Arabian modernity and haute cuisine. It’s also a mini-chain that got its start in Golden fifteen years ago, when partners Fiyahd Aoutabachi and Mahmoud Dukmak opened the first Ali Baba, which is…
Bonnie Lass at Adrift Tiki Bar Every bartender has a go-to drink — the drink they order when they get off work and slide into the solace of the quiet corner of a darkened bar somewhere. They wouldn’t think of burdening their bartender with a high-maintenance cocktail consisting of six…
Pisco Sour Peruvian restaurant on East Colfax was a cross between a dive bar, a sports bar for soccer fans, a nightclub and an eatery featuring some of Denver’s more unusual cuisine. While it was run-down and lost in time, the shabby remains of a once-swanky establishment held a kind…
Here in Colorado, we fight over green chile. On the East Coast, the battle is over chowder — the New England clam and Manhattan variations. When Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Chowder Room, she didn’t get a chance to try the restaurant’s Manhattan clam chowder. But that’s no loss, according to Dave Barnes:…
With the weather finally warming — and drying — up, many Denverites are moving their meals from the kitchen to the outdoors.The Post Brewing Company is doing the same, and will throw its second annual Backyard Benefit starting at 6:30 p.m. today in the brewery’s big backyard. The event will feature…
The second annual Wings & Whiskey at Ace Eat Serve on Sunday, June 7 drew 375 guests (a sellout) who gobbled wings from the chefs of eleven different restaurants to raise money for the Denver Housing Authorities Youth Culinary Academy. This year’s winners were chef Ryan Higgins of Lou’s Food…
With patio season upon us, give or take a few thunderstorms, it’s time to find some dishes that taste best when enjoyed outdoors, under clear skies. Humboldt delivers just that. The restaurant’s spacious patio overlooking 17th Avenue gets dappled sunlight thanks to tall, shady tree, providing the perfect setting for…
When I first visited Sugarmill almost a year ago, it was the only spot on the buzzing strip of Larimer that offered brunch. Oh, how the times have changed. As a reflection of the crazy development in RiNo as a whole, as of a month ago both Americatus New-World Italian…
The cute, pastel jewel box of a space that was once D Bar on East 17th Avenue has been stripped back to the rafters and is nearly ready to debut as the hip, urban Dos Santos Taqueria de Mexico, brought to us brothers Kristopher and Jason Wallenta. The two hope…
“Cinq a sept” is a winking French idiom for the happiest hours in a day — the evening time just after work and before dinner, to be filled with drinks, food and conversation…and maybe even a rendezvous with your lover. Happy hour is a little bit different in this country,…
Last week we dished up our 2015 edition of Denver’s top ten green chiles — and the comments have been coming fast and furious. Mostly furious. Says Sean: Any Colorado list (much less Denver) of top green chiles is not a list without Chubby’s. For shame. Adds Elissa: Sacrilege that Jack-n-Grill…
Monday, June 8 Local mixologists from some of Boulder’s top establishments, including Frasca, Mateo, Oak at Fourteenth, Riffs, Salt and West End Tavern, will be mixing up new cocktails featuring Colorado-based Dancing Pines Bourbon and competing for the best drink at today’s Moovers & Shakers. The cocktail competition gets shaking…
This was a light week for Denver restaurant openings and closings, other than the long-awaited debut of Milk & Honey Bar-Kitchen in Larimer Square and the opening of 740 Front in the space previously occupied by the historic Old Louisville Inn on Louisville’s Front Street — but other restaurants are…
After nearly two years since the lease was signed on the Larimer Square space that previously held Lime Mexican Cantina, chef/owner Michael Shiell is ready to unveil Milk & Honey Bar and Kitchen. Shiell will hold a series of soft opens beginning this weekend and will hold the restaurant’s grand…
Elle Taylor, owner and barista of Amethyst Coffee Company, opened her Golden Triangle shop in the Metlo building earlier this year. The warm, minimalist shop brews several Commonwealth Coffee varieties, and rounds out those offerings with one out-of-town roaster. Taylor likes to feature a roaster that isn’t easy to find in…
It’s National Donut Day, and Denver will be rolling in dough as outlets of national chains and local shops alike roll out deals. Habit Doughnut Dispensary won’t be open in time to celebrate the holiday, but Denver’s first doughnut dispensary will open soon, Mark Antonation reported earlier this week; Habit will be…
This weekend one Denver Chef will be crowned Wing King, ruler of all that is crispy, hot and messy, during the 2nd Annual Wings & Whiskey Competition at Ace. Besides appointing a new culinary king, this weekend is packed with other tasty, although maybe less prestigious events. So whether you’re in…
The happy hour at Govnr’s Park Restaurant & Tavern cements its legend as a place of good times since 1976. A two-for-one drink special is the main draw here, much like at another long-running haunt, Charlie Brown’s. But while that Capitol Hill spot trades on a sort of bygone elegance,…
There’s been a rumble rising from deep inside the Oskar Blues headquarters in Longmont over the past few months, but it’s been difficult to figure out what, exactly, is making all of that noise. It’s certainly not the beer. The answer may lie in a financial arrangement between the craft…
Fans of the crispy potato pancakes called latkes that were the specialty of Park Hill eatery Latke Love — until it closed a year ago after being unable to reach an agreement with the landlord — will be happy to know that the owners have signed a new lease and…
