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…
Captain Chunk at the Squeaky Bean 1500 Wynkoop Street 303-625-2665 Captain Chunk ($10) is a boozy, rum-based cocktail on Squeaky Bean’s Autumn drink menu. It’s no coincidence that the drink shares a name with a character in the 1985 Steven Spielberg movie The Goonies. “We name our drinks after old…
Last week Mark Antonation compared a barbacoa Chipotle burrito to a barbacoa Qdoba burrito — and found that despite Qdoba’s new, no-charge-for-extras policy, the Chipotle burrito was a better deal. When we shared the experiment on our news blog yesterday, more than a hundred readers weighed in, serving up opinions…
Edgewater, with a population of just over 5,200, may have the highest ratio of Thai restaurants per capita of any spot in Colorado. Fans of Thai cuisine in the metro area are already familiar with the vibrant flavors and tongue-melting heat of U.S. Thai, but newcomer Thailicious, open less than…
You snooze, you lose! If you live or work in the southern ‘burbs, it’s time to rise and shine — and get to breakfast. Every year on its anniversary, Snooze chooses a nonprofit to honor. This year, the Snooze in Centennial will honor Art from Ashes, a Westword MasterMind winner…
The 40 West Arts gallery is hosting a food-themed Farm to Table art exhibit through November 22, featuring pieces in various media from over 25 artists. As part of the exhibit, the gallery also hosted a food-as-art and Jello mold contest, with entries judged and awarded ribbons based on most…
Plaid flannel shirts and lots of beards: it must have been just another day at one of Denver’s top hipster hangouts. Actually, it was the Jacked Up Lumberjack Party at the ViewHouse on Saturday. Partiers grabbed their axes and suspenders to help raised money for Environmental Learning for Kids. This…
