Sergio Romero, John Broening, Anika Zappe, Andrew Parr — all big, bold industry heavyweights who have shared in the success of restaurateur Robert Thompson, owner of Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar and Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink , which originated in Denver and now has a second…
If you live in Colorado, chances are good that brunch is your favorite meal — whether you’re a yuppie, hipster or human who eschews labels. And metro Denver is full of great places to eat brunch, including Fooducopia, which just snagged the Best Brunch award in the Best of Denver…
Tonight at Cora Faye’s, Slow Food Denver is hosting an evening with sou- food scholar and author Adrian Miller, a finalist for the James Beard Foundation award for his book Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time. See also: The ten best culinary…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz reviews our 2014 winner for Best New Restaurant: Lower48 Kitchen, now serving in the Ballpark neighborhood. Read her review, now posted on the Cafe Society blog, to see what prompted our selection…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz ventured to Mecca Grill, a longtime go-to spot in Wash Park for Lebanese food. She found that the restaurant’s new owners are turning the focus to Morocco. Find out more about the changes in her review of Mecca Grill, now posted on Cafe Society…
Steven Redzikowski was having lunch with his parents in Boulder when his phone beeped. “My mom and dad and I were having lunch at Brasserie Ten Ten in Boulder, and then I got the text,” says Redzikowski, executive chef of Acorn at the Source and Oak at Fourteenth in Boulder…
A lot of restaurants, including this one, have “secret” menus, and on this particular in-the-know menu, there’s a clone of the Big Mac, only this version, heaped with shaved steak, melted American cheese, lettuce, pickles and onions, is way better than anything that comes out of the kitchen from the…
The Brewers Association released its annual accounting this week of the top fifty craft brewers in the nation as base on sales, as well as the top fifty brewers altogether. In Colorado, New Belgium, Oskar Blues, Odell, Left Hand, Boulder Beer and Craftworks — which owns the Rock Bottom and…
Regrets? We’ve had a few. And over the past 35 years, so, too, has Boulder Beer, the state’s oldest craft brewery. But a mistake made by a brewer in 2011 isn’t one of them, and the company will use that fortuitous mishap next month to celebrate its birthday. Boulder Beer…
April brings new hope every year to the Colorado Rockies — and new beers to the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, the in-stadium brewery owned by Coors. This year, the Sandlot has two new beers lined up for Opening Day at Coors Field, which is Friday, April 4,…
After nearly six years at WaterCourse Foods, last week exec chef Rachel Kesley was let go. “It’s complicated, but ultimately it came down to direction,” she says. “I always gave 150 percent to my job….I put my heart and soul into that place, and it’s actually really sad.” What will…
Shoni Jones Root Down C Concourse, Denver International Airport 303-342-6959 rootdowndenver.com This is part one of my interview with Shoni Jones, exec chef of Root Down at DIA; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. “Oops, I was way off,” says Shoni Jones, the executive chef of Root Down…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Often ranked among the country’s best food and wine festivals, the annual Taste of Vail gets under way today and runs through Saturday, April 5. This year’s event will host more than thirty chefs and almost 130 wineries; there will be seminars, picnics, dinners, wine tastings, auctions and much much…
Lower48 Kitchen 2020 Lawrence Street, Unit A 303-942-0262 lower48kitchen.com My first thought when I saw the opening section of the menu at Lower48 Kitchen was, “I want one of each.” So it’s no wonder that the column of small bites, with temptations such as a beignet filled with whipped tarragon…
From wine tours to local restaurants, from a tasting of local brews to a food festival in the mountains, there’s no shortage of culinary activities in Colorado to please your palate. On Colorado.com, the Colorado Tourism Office just released a sampling of the best food adventures across the state. Here’s…
Four partners — Araceli Reynos, Ezzie Dominguez and brothers Isaias Poot and Juan Bootista, all of whom hail from the Yucatán Peninsula, in southeastern Mexico — have joined together to open one of Denver’s only Yucatanian restaurants: Mayan Manjar Yucateco, which unlocked its doors last Friday, taking over the space…
Craft breweries and related companies love April Fool’s Day and each year, they skewer their fans, their competitors, big breweries and themselves with jokes. But these breweries are also innovators, and a couple of years ago, one of these jokes actually became reality when Wynkoop Brewing produced Rocky Mountain Oyster…
There’s usually an element of suspense in a restaurant review. Is the food worth your money? Does the atmosphere add to the experience? Is this a place you should visit ASAP — or avoid like the plague? But it’s a foregone conclusion that my next review will be a rave:…
This year’s Best of Denver — make that “Beast” of Denver — is behind us, but we’re already starting to think about next year’s issue, and while Lower48 was our pick for this year’s Best New Restaurant, the photo above, a marvelous dish of wood-fired octopus, comes from a restaurant…
Spring is officially here, and important culinary events are popping up across Colorado — from the annual Taste of Vail to the twentieth anniversary edition of Dining Out For Life, which benefits Project Angel Heart. There are also special dinners, lectures and beer festivals, of course. Keep reading for the…
Inga’s Alpine Lounge, says owner Leigh Jones, “is our ’60s and ’70s version of a swinging kind of apres ski lounge, an over-the-top place where, if it were a lodge on a ski mountain, would have a fur bikini-clad female villain or vixen of the moment on the slopes skiing…
