Like many Coloradans, I’m a little obsessed with my dog. He sleeps on my bed. He’s attended concerts with me and even come on a vacation or two. And of course I’m obsessed with what he eats (or, rather, what I feed him). I won’t bore you with the details,…
The West Highland neighborhood and Highland Square complex have experienced ups and downs as gentrification continues and tastes change. Frasca duo Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson recently opened Pizzeria Locale on West 32nd Avenue not far from Frank Bonanno’s Salt & Grinder, bringing new energy to the street. But there’s…
The sunlit interior of Maria Empanada, Lorena Cantarovici’s rendition of an Argentinean bakery and cafe, invites guests to linger, with three distinct spaces that capture various aspects of the South American country’s social culture. The front section adjacent to the bakery cases and coffee bar is “a little bit of…
Denver Restaurant Week hasn’t actually been a week-long for years. Soon after the event started more than a decade ago, some participating restaurants decided to extend the DRW deals on their own. And a half-dozen years ago, Visit Denver, the organizer, made it official — extending DRW to two weeks…
Kobe An Shabu Shabu 3400 Osage Street 303-284-6342 Somewhere along the line, cooking became a chore. For reasons best left to food historians and sociologists, the art of feeding ourselves has tumbled in popularity and now hovers just above taking out the trash on the list of most despised household…
In anticipation of his upcoming guest chef appearance at the James Beard House in New York City, Ryan Leinonen and his team at Trillium will host a “practice” James Beard dinner tonight. See also: Plates for the Peak, Pinot Party: The Fifteen Top Culinary Events This Week…
Frankie Valli and the Fall Seasons at Old Major 3316 Tejon Street 720-420-0622 “This is actually something I came up with last fall,” says Kevin Deming, a bartender at Old Major, referring to a cocktail he calls Frankie Valli and the Fall Seasons. “It ended up not going on the…
No. 67 Ronnie’s Favorite at Rosenberg’s Bagels and Deli 725 East 26th Avenue 720-440-9880 By now, the story of of Joshua Pollack, owner of Rosenberg’s Bagels and Deli, and his water-treatment system set up to mimic the chemistry of New York City’s bagel-perfect H2O is practically the stuff of legend…
I’ve lived in Denver for four years and in that time we’ve never had a traditional autumn. By traditional I mean a crisp, cool, bright falling-leaves, East Coast-style fall. So I took full advantage of this nostalgic (to me) weather, and went to The Big Wonderful at Sustainability Park last…
Changes are afoot — er, make that afish — at Kobe An. This past weekend, the long-running Japanese restaurant served its last meal in Lakewood, shutting down prior to an upcoming move to Cherry Creek North early this winter. It’s taking over the former home of Cherry (and Bar Luxe,…
“World of Beer is taking on the world.” That’s the mission statement of the Tampa-based brew and restaurant chain that has opened locations in Belmar, Cherry Creek and LoDo in the past few years. The company’s bid for world-beer domination continues, with another location planned for Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall,…
Every single person who’s been spreading the rumor that because recreational cannabis is now legal in some places, trick-or-treating kids will suddenly be loaded with THC-infused edibles needs to sit down, shut up, quit scaring the fuck out of everyone, and just do what they would normally do on Halloween…
Last week Chipotle Mexican Grill officially endorsed Proposition 105, the Colorado ballot initiative that would require food that has been genetically modified or treated with genetically modified material to be labeled, “Produced With Genetic Engineering.” Although Chipotle — and other restaurants — would not be subject to the regulation, the…
Wedging four people into a tiny booth at Golden Europe was no easy task: accommodating the lefties in the group, making sure I had room to take photos of my food, sitting comfortably without becoming entangled in the lace curtains above the table. It was a tight fit, and made…
The second edition of Crown the Town Denver will offer participants a chance to take a self-guided bar crawl through the Baker neighborhood tonight. Each of the four participating pubs and restaurants will be creating one-of-a-kind cocktails created especially for Crown the Town. See also: Plates for the Peak, Pinot…
Choctoberfest hit the Denver Tech Center over the weekend offering sweet samples of gooey goodness to guests who also got the chance to experience beer and wine pairings with and chocolate, cooking demonstrations, chocolate contests, and kids’ activities at the Denver Marriot Tech Center. Photographer Jake Shane came away from…
The Denver Adventurous Eaters Club may be calling it quits, but there are still plenty of places for adventurous eating in Denver. From the pho houses of Federal to the fine dining establishments offering offal in many forms, the variety and quality of unusual eats has never been better in…
Denver Restaurant Week started more than ten years ago to showcase the metro area’s dining scene in February — the time of year when restaurant traffic is generally at its slowest. A half-dozen years ago, to boost business at the beginning of the Great Recession, a second week was added…
Chef Duy Pham’s culinary career in Colorado has been all over the map. Starting at the legendary Tante Louise on Colfax, he also ran Restaurant Fifteen Twenty-One in Pueblo for several years before heading back to Denver to man the kitchen at Epernay. His latest venture is in suburban Parker,…
Cliff and Zachary Young opened a bar,restaurant and live music venue around the corner from CY Steak — Cliff Young’s other venture — last year under the name BaRed. The intention was for the name to be pronounced “Bar Red,” but to avoid confusion, the Youngs have updated the name…
It’s Monday, October 13, and I’m sitting in a red Toyota 4Runner with Jake Norris, head distiller at Laws Whiskey House. The Toyota is idling outside the whiskey house, a new distillery in a warehouse district just off South Broadway. He’s very excited because, at last, he’s able to do…
Only three months ago, we reported that Pho De had opened in the spot previously occupied by Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant and, before that, Vietnam Grill — the quaint bistro that had won Best Vietnamese Restaurant in our 2013 Best of Denver edition. But the stock pot at Pho De had…
