Stoic & Genuine 1701 Wynkoop Street Aside from the name, everything about Stoic & Genuine shouts seafood. In the raw bar, oysters and crab legs glisten on ice. Emerald-glass floats, salvaged from fishing nets, fill a case by the hostess stand. Light bounces off mirrored panels like moonlight on silvery…
Pete Turner Illegal Pete’s Six metro locations (with more to come) illegalpetes.com Pete Turner never expected to wind up on the Drudge Report. But that’s where he landed last week — while he was dealing with an eleven-week-old baby, fighting a cold, moving the original Illegal Pete’s that he’d opened…
Frasca is holding a pop-up wine dinner, Mizuna will be welcoming a special guest at its wine dinner and Firenze a Tavola is getting in the Halloween spirit early with a community table “gangster” dinner. Keep reading for a taste of a trio of special events tonight. See also: Thirteen…
It’s been a year and a half since Taylor Swallow, his wife Kajsa and chef Brian Laird, whose cooking skills have taken him around the metro area since he departed Barolo Grill in early 2011, signed a lease for a new restaurant in transitional Jefferson Park, a neighborhood until recently…
Dry Dock Brewing teamed up with Wing Hut to hosted the third annual Dante’s Wingferno wing eating contest over the weekend. Proceeds from the fiery debacle benefited the Aurora Fire Department. Photographer Scott Lentz captured the action while steering clear of the hazardous materials. See also: Dry Dock Opening a…
There’s a new development going up at 2601 Larimer Street in Ballpark/River North, and it’s called, appropriately enough, 2601 Larimer. It will feature 20,000 square feet of office, retail and restaurant space — that’s the important part — and last night 2601 threw a neighborhood party to introduce its concept…
Menus are changing faster than the leaves, as chefs update their offerings to reflect the season. But at Panzano, executive chef Elise Wiggins approaches her menu with more than just fall produce in mind. She’s also aware of the way autumn makes us feel. See also: Fall Has Arrived at…
To wrap up Patio of the Week, I tried to think of a patio I enjoy all year, with or without heaters or fire pits, and I came up with a surprising answer: the back patio at the Horseshoe Lounge. In fact, the Horseshoe’s nondescript patio didn’t flash through my…
The conversation about Gretchen Kurtz’s recent review of Kobe An Shabu Shabu, a long-anticipated restaurant that opened this year in LoHi, got hot — hot enough to disintegrate the shabu shabu meat and veggies that diners are supposed to drop in hot broth and swish into a DIY dinner. See…
Helga’s German Restaurant and Deli hides midway between a Holiday Inn Express and a JCPenney (both high on the list of depressing businesses), in a warren of seemingly permanent road construction and suburban mall sprawl. There’s also a U.S. Army recruiting office and a Chuck E. Cheese’s nearby, just to…
Leopold Bros., Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe and Green Russell are teaming up for a nose-to-tail dinner at Green Russell tonight at 6 p.m. See also: Thirteen Top Spots to Trick-or-Eat on Halloween in the Denver Area…
Balancing a cocktail’s sweet and sour components is often like threading a needle: too much sugar turns your taste buds into a swamp of sweetness; too much lemon juice can dry them right out. Stoic & Genuine’s Ginger Crane ($12) hits that balance like a cat on a fence post,…
Lunch options for the Denver Tech Center crowd are about to get a little more interesting. Fry bread and Indian taco specialist Tocabe: An American Indian Eatery announced last week on its Facebook page that it will be opening a location in Centennial near Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre. See also: Jelly…
Czech Potato Pancakes from Sobo 151 Bar & Grill 151 South Broadway 303-778-1560 Sobo 151 isn’t known as a culinary destination, but those with a hankering for hockey and hearty Czech fare will always head here. When you’re watching the Avs — or playing billiards or trivia, or even listening…
Since Massimo Ruffinazzi, who was born and raised in Italy and then was a chef/partner at Il Fornaio, took over the Shangri-La coffee house in LoHi three years ago, he’s given neighbors plenty of reasons to hang out there. Great coffee, for starters, as well as homemade breads, salumi plates…
Boost Burger, the automotive-themed burger joint on South Federal Boulevard, opened last spring in a building that had previously housed a branch of Bubba Chinos. Things were looking good over the summer as a new, permanent sign went up to replace the original banner. But now the windows are boarded…
As Halloween descends on the city, there will be plenty of ghostly, ghoulish and gory events on October 31. But if your idea of trick-or-treating is really trick-or-eating, here are thirteen special events and deals to stash in your goodie bag. See also: Death on Wheels at the Emma Crawford…
Since he opened his first store in Boulder almost twenty years ago, Pete Turner has been serving up big burrito as well as lots of community support for neighbors, musicians and other good causes. But recently, Illegal Pete’s has also been the source of plenty of food for thought: A…
Man does not live on dread alone. Build a base for all the Halloween parties to come at wine dinners, cocktail dinners and other deliciously decadent events this week. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See also: Five Reasons Why Halloween Won’t Be the Cannapocalypse…
This week in Cafe Society, Mark Antonation visited with Lorena Cantarovici, who moved Maria Empanada from Lakewood to South Broadway this year. Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Kobe An Shabu Shabu, an offshoot of Kobe An, a longtime Japanese restaurant in Lakewood that just closed in anticipation of a move to Cherry…
Lo Stella Ristorante opened in 1850 in Portofino, Ital and now, over 160 years later, Denver is getting a taste of the famous restaurant that has been in the same family for eight generations. Lo Stella Ristorante opened today in the former home of Gallo di Nero in the Golden…
Caulden Jackson, a Johnson & Wales student and sous chef at the Early Bird in Westminster, braved a barrage of Halloween-themed challenges to take the top spot on Food Network’s Cutthroat Kitchen. The Texas-born father of two did everything from bob for eggs to cook cricket stew on a shovel,…
