Fermaentra Brewing, Alpine Dog and Locavore Beer Works are all opening this weekend, all part of the continuing boom in the craft-beer business. By the end of the year, there could be fifty breweries operating within Denver city limits, with many more in the surrounding suburbs. But could this be…
Now that Left Hand Brewing has turned 21, it’s old enough to drink legally — and it will be celebrating circus-style with Nitro Fest, just as Boulder kicks off its own restaurant week. And in Denver, bacon and beer will be joining forces. Keep reading for a taste of what’s…
Each year since 2005, Denver’s Department of Community Planning and Development has worked with the mayor’s office to select winners of the Mayor’s Design Awards, which go to homeowners, businesses, nonprofits, artists and other groups and individuals who add to Denver’s visual cityscape through excellent design. Among this year’s honorees…
When people walk into Fermaentra, owners Brennan Mann and Spencer O’Bryan want them to know they’re in a brewery. “Otherwise, you’re just in a bar in LoDo,” Mann says. That’s why beer drinkers at Fermaentra, which opens its doors for the first time on Saturday, will be able to look…
Denver isn’t known as a ramen town, primarily because there aren’t many joints that specialize in nothing but the Japanese noodle soup. In Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle you’ll find dozens of Japanese restaurants that have “ramen” or “noodle” in their names — but not so here in Denver…
Happy hour takes the edge off, helping us unwind after a long day. But for people in the restaurant biz, happy hour isn’t so happy: It marks the beginning of a long shift to come. That’s why Cart-Driver, which I review this week, stays open late, with food and drink…
The onset of winter sent me scurrying for a dark beer — and I wasn’t alone. Boulder’s FATE Brewing Company was packed to the rafters with everyone from high-fiving bros to families with little kids. Lots and lots of little kids. What secret sauce is FATE squirting to get a…
Pete Turner will open his seventh Illegal Pete’s store for breakfast at 7 a.m. today; this one is in Fort Collins. The homegrown chain got its start in Boulder almost twenty years ago, around the time that Qdoba launched and a few years after Chipotle made its debut on East…
Boulder Restaurant Week begins tomorrow; more than fifty of Boulder’s top restaurants will offer a special, three-course $27 prix fixe dinner menu through November 22. The eating orgy kicks off at 4 p.m. today with First Sip, an evening of free beer from Avery Brewing Company and music at Prana,…
Gardiner Hammond has always been a fan of Capitol Hill — the bars, the music halls, the mix of people and styles. So when he began searching for a location for his brewery, Alpine Dog Brewing, he focused on this eclectic neighborhood. “It’s the densest part of Denver,” he says…
The Source opened its doors in late August 2013 for customers of its first restaurant, Comida Cantina. A month later Acorn set up shop, joined by a warehouse full of other businesses, many of which peddle fresh-made or packaged specialty food and beverages — think coffee, beer, bread and beef…
Cozy Cottage epitomizes the friendly neighborhood café — the place you can walk right in, grab a complimentary cup of coffee and see the same grandmotherly servers on every visit. It’s charming — the kind of place you hope opens next door. With the Tennyson dining scene blowing up, Cozy…
Pete Turner delivered the word last Wednesday — with a very lengthy explanation on his illegalpetes.com website. When his seventh store opens in Fort Collins tomorrow, it will be named Illegal Pete’s — just as his original store was when he opened it on the Hill in Boulder almost twenty…
Ski resorts haven’t always made craft beer a priority, but that has changed a lot over the past two years. The latest pairing between local brews and winter sports is at the Base 9 bar inside Breckenridge’s Beaver Run Resort and Conference Center, which is introducing a new craft-beer program…
What does a visitor to Denver need to know about the dining scene? That we have a history that stretches far beyond Denver omelettes, that there are many ethnic options, that the seafood in this landlocked city is plenty fresh, that’s it’s important to get out to the neighborhoods, and…
Jeff Grimm just landed the job as executive chef at Punch Bowl Social — restaurateur Robert Thompson’s dining and entertainment warehouse on Broadway — a month ago, but he’s already thrilled about what he calls a “community stable” environment, where teamwork and pitching in are part of the kitchen’s culture…
Cart-Driver 2500 Larimer Street 303-292-3553 The midterm elections may be a blip in the rearview mirror, but Denver remains a battleground. Only instead of politicians vying for voters, restaurateurs are fighting for guests. This is especially true in the pizza business, where the campaign remains as heated as the thousand-degree…
This past weekend Upslope Brewing celebrated its sixth anniversary with a Six Years of Beer party — and the fun isn’t over: Tonight Upslope will be brewing up a progressive dinner through the Lee Hill neighborhood, where its taproom is located. See also: Cooking Classes, Wine Tastings and More on…
This week’s Arctic blast and snow flurries shoved aside our Indian summer in a hurry. But fall’s close doesn’t have to mean the end of Denver’s sunny patio time. So that you’re not relegated to the indoors all winter, we compiled a list of wintry patios — some enclosed, some…
At dinner recently I was handed a sushi-style menu, with a list of items to check off by the piece. The restaurant wasn’t Japanese; it had simply adapted the format for its charcuterie and cheeses. We glanced at the long list and set it aside, not in the mood for…
When Left Hand Brewing introduced its Nitro brand in 2011, the beer maker’s top brass wanted things to run smoothly — both in how the beers poured and with control of the brand itself. The former worked out perfectly. The latter, not so much. While the creamy beers, especially Milk…
Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of Boulder’s Frasca Food and Wine, is a certified Master Sommelier, one of the most difficult professional certifications to earn in any line of work. Since the first Master Sommelier examination was held in 1969, only 135 North Americans have passed. Stuckey’s influence on the renowned restaurant’s…
