Lower48 Kitchen is letting fans in on a new tasting menu every single Tuesday. Tonight, the kitchen celebrates the wonders of potatoes, showing off their talents with the tubers. At Tuesday Tastings, $36 gets you two amuses, a first course, second course and dessert; and beverage pairings are $21 extra…
Late last year, chef William Wahl decided to put Indulge French Bistro, which he’d opened seven years ago on the edge of the now-hot Berkeley neighborhood, on the block. An ad on Zillo offered the French restaurant for just $200,000 (although the “Zestimate” of the property’s value was $426,981). See…
Customers looking forward to some potato tacos, a no-frills margarita or a basket of chips and salsa good enough to win Best Free Chips and Salsa in our Best of Denver 2014 edition will have to keep walking down Colfax Avenue. The door at Emilio’s Mexican Restaurant is locked and…
There’s still time to find a date for Valentine’s Day, and this week’s culinary events could give you a nudge in the right direction. Or instead, you can simply fall in love with Tuscan wine or Mexican tequila..or a free frozen yogurt today. Keep reading for a taste of what’s…
As always, there was plenty to talk about before, during and after the Super Bowl, from football to the halftime show to the commercials. But one of this year’s Budweiser ads drew special attention from the 3,200 craft breweries across the country — and the people who drink their beer…
Black Walnut Apple Manhattan Tables 2267 Kearney Street 303-388-0299 Sometimes you just have to come back to the basics: jeans and a t-shirt, steak and potatoes, wine and cheese. If you depart from time-tested templates, it’s best to have a good understanding of the solid base that serves as your…
New food and drink products lately have been some next-next-level bizarre, like whale testicle beer, 3-D printed desserts and bacon spread, but there have been some new edibles and drinkables that have blasted right out of the envelope, like the stratospheric awesomeness that is the cereal café. And have you…
As metro Denver continues to grow and previously down-and-out parts of town gentrify, dive bars are rapidly disappearing. Over the last few years, we’ve lost several of our favorites, and last night another classic watering hole, the Rustic Tavern, closed for good, after a final Super Bowl party that saw…
The area just north of West Washington Park was a hot dining destination four years ago, with spots like Cafe|Bar and Bittersweet opening to much acclaim. Although Bittersweet is still going strong, Cafe|Bar recently morphed into Grey Cactus Cucina Bar. And now La Scala, an intimate Italian eatery that opened…
A trio of popular restaurants are undergoing major overhauls. On January 9, Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch closed Rioja, which had marked its tenth anniversary in November, for an overhaul that will be revealed on February 4, when they reopen the Larimer Square favorite. Up in LoHi, Z Cuisine owner/chef…
We’ve already brought you a six-pack of Super Bowl parties to check out this Sunday, but the football fun just keeps on coming. Whether you want to see the Seahawks and Patriots battle it out, watch cheerleaders do their thing, or just enjoy a quiet dinner, these Denver Super Bowl…
Dive bars are disappearing all over metro Denver. The latest casualty? Eck’s Saloon, which was a rock-music haven as well as a popular Lakewood joint, although it had apparently become a lot less popular in recent years. Jon Solomon reported the news yesterday on Backbeat; once owned by Mike Bruno…
Whether you work downtown or hang out in Highland, Masterpiece Delicatessen has two locations (the newer of the two is in Uptown) that are sure to satisfy for a quick grab-and-go lunch or a sit-down meal with a friend or colleague. But don’t let your life intrude upon your lunch…
Chef/restaurateur Mary Nguyen opened Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in the Vallagio at Inverness development in Englewood four years ago as a south-suburban complement to her Uptown Parallel Seventeen, now repackaged as P17. Since then, she’s also launched Olive & Finch, which made our list of the ten best new restaurants…
The sad news traveled fast: Paris on the Platte would pour its last cup of coffee on January 17. Former and current regulars hurried over to say goodbye to Faye Maguire, who’d opened the coffeehouse 28 years ago, when that stretch of Platte Street was almost a no man’s land…
This weekend you can step into Denver’s culinary past at the historic Casa Mayan, learn how to make your own kimchi and sample tons of local stouts. Oh, and we hear there’s a big football game on Sunday. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See…
In her review of Brazen Neighborhood Eatery, Gretchen Kurtz extols the chef’s counter, where she says tastes are shared “like secrets,” food is delivered by cooks who describe it in great detail, and amuse-bouche, a treat usually given to insiders, are the norm. But Brazen isn’t the only spot in…
Celebrity cake maker Duff Goldman, who rose to fame with his show Ace of Cakes, is hoping to whisk you away with a new show premiering tonight at 9:30 p.m. called Duff Till Dawn, which the Food Network is billing as an “underground competition” pitting bakers against one another in…
John Fiorilli expects to host a lot of guests in February — so many, in fact, that the head brewer for Mountain Sun’s string of pubs and breweries has prepared 590 kegs of beer for the company’s 22nd annual Stout Month. “That’s about 100 more than last year,” he says…
No. 52: Belgian Waffles at Waffle Up 300 Elati Street 303-744-0174 In the streets of Brussels and many other Belgian cities, waffle vendors perfume the air with the aroma of yeast-risen batter and caramelized sugar. Tom McCarty fell in love with Liege-style waffles and perfected the recipe, bring the treats…
Denver has lost touch with its grungy roots. The city’s pre-boom years may not have seen as many amazing eating experiences as we have now, but what we had was character, damn it! At least, that’s what the old timers tell me. City, O’ City, the unofficial vegan capital of…
Billing itself as “the greatest wine event to have ever been presented in Colorado,” Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux Vintage Wine Tasting promises a special evening filled with some of the most prestigious French wines. Sixty wine makers from the Bordeaux region will be presenting their best 2012 vintages,…
