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…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard became involved with Taste of the NFL, an organization that benefits Feeding America and other organization that fight hunger and homelessness, several years ago, including participating in pre-Super Bowl events in Scottsdale, Arizona and New Orleans. Now he’s bringing the concept to Denver in the form of…
Michigan natives and friends Jeff Smokevitch and Giles Flanigan have fired up the ovens and are just a couple of weeks away from opening Blue Pan Pizza on West 32nd Avenue in the Highland neighborhood. The new eatery, which will specialize in Detroit-style pizza but also offer several other styles,…
If you’ve read this week’s review of the Chowder Room, you know how excited I was that a restaurant dedicated to chowder was opening in Denver. (If you haven’t read it yet, what are you waiting for?) You also know how disappointed I was to find out that one of…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the Chowder Room, which specializes in a dish whose various incarnations are the stuff of big arguments on the East Coast. Denver’s real liquid asset, though, is green chile, and we just served up our ten favorite versions of verde in Denver, every one of…
Tonight there’s a dinner for those of us who never wanted to grow up but somehow ended up here, anyway. Dinner Lab Denver will host “Neverland: a Celebration of the Grownup Palate,” a culinary tale that will unfold on your plate featuring childhood dishes presented in a grownup way; the…
I love the Boulder County Farmers’ Market. It’s my church, my community and my sustenance. But for the last few weeks visits have been a bit dispiriting as I confront rows of greens, greens and more greens: arugula, lettuce, spinach, mizuna, tatsoi, broken up by occasional displays of turnips and…
“There’s plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there’s only five of them in the whole world, and that’s all there’s ever going to be,” Grandpa George said in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “Only a dummy would give this up for something as…
Pug Ryan’s has been a Summit County favorite for four decades, evolving slowly, ever so slowly, from a restaurant and bar into a brewpub in 1996. In 2004, Pug’s became one of the first Colorado breweries to begin canning beer, and this month, the spot began distributing its first-ever canned…
Aurora’s Havana Street is awash with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area; the cultural landscape is primed with every kind experience, from fine-ish dining to lovable dives to mom and pop eateries from almost every nationality and culture: Ethiopian, Vietnamese pho, dollar-a-scoop Chinese, Mexican…
As we reported yesterday, Dan Landes is selling WaterCourse Foods, the legendary vegetarian restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, but he’s keeping City, O’ City — a community gathering place and vegetarian restaurant even non-vegetarians can love. Says Jacob: I’m not a vegetarian and I LOVE City, O’ City. Go at…
In January, when the rest of the city was sporting orange in preparation for the big game against the Colts, I was counting down to another, far less publicized event: the opening of the Chowder Room, a casual seafood restaurant on a busy stretch of South Broadway. If you’ve lived…
The Mayweather v. Pacquiao fight may not have had the thunder many expected, but the real fight will be at TAG at 7 p.m. tonight, and it should be a knock-out. The restaurant will hold a beer v. wine party featuring two booze heavyweights — Master Sommelier Doug Krenick and Cicerone Shane…
Bones executive chef Johnny DePierro is going to have a busy summer: He’s taking on a second job at MiJo, the joint he’s launching with his sous-chef, Michael Nevarez, inside the soon-to-open Avanti Food and Beverage development in lower Highland. While both DePierro and Nevarez will maintain their current responsibilities…
The second annual Wings & Whiskey throwdown will take flight at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, at Ace Eat Serve, to benefit the Denver Housing Authority’s Youth Culinary Academy, which provides mentoring, education, employment and training for students between the ages of 16 and 21 who are interested in a…
Breckenridge Brewery rolled out its latest restaurant last week: The Farm House in Littleton. With about 8,000 square feet, seating for nearly 300 people inside and a couple hundred more seats in on the patios and in beer garden, the Farm House instantly becomes one of southwest suburban Denver’s biggest restaurant attractions. Don’t worry…
“I have the feeling we’ll be announcing something very, very huge in the next month,” Dan Landes told us in late April, when WaterCourse Foods, the restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, celebrated its first anniversary as a all-vegan eatery, after a long run as the city’s leading vegetarian restaurant. And…
Alice In Watermeland at Angelo’s Taverna “Everybody that walks in the door is either an old friend or a new one,” says Kyle Nickerson, bar manager at Angelo’s Taverna. His keen sense of hospitality is fitting at this relaxed neighborhood Italian restaurant and bar, where his new cocktail menu treats…
When Paris on the Platte closed in January, it marked the end of an era on Platte Street, one that began nearly thirty years earlier when Faye Maguire opened the coffee shop in what was then a Bohemian — and hardly gentrified — neighborhood. But times change and the street,…
