Golden City Brewery, which was Golden’s only craft brewer for nearly two decades, is feeling a bit of pinch now that it has been joined by three other craft-beer makers in the town. But it is possible to teach an old dog new tricks, and beginning this May or June,…
When Colorado booze manages to infiltrate the secretive San Francisco market, it’s time to take notice. A recent trip to the Other Queen City found bottles of Leopold Bros. Highland Amaro Fernet being downed. This, in a place where Fernet Branca, the leading manufacturer of the bitter-tasting stuff, draws 40…
For a while there it looked like Jammin Joe’s was really jamming. After opening a barbecue joint in West City Park last summer, Joe Van Dyke recently opened a second location at 4272 South Broadway, and right after that a third restaurant in Wheat Ridge. While the South Broadway spot…
I drink coffee — a lot of it — but I don’t drink caffeine, and finding great decaffeinated coffee beans isn’t easy. But at this roasting facility that also doubles as a “java room,” the interior of which looks a lot like a tap room, the decaf beans are chock…
Earlier this week, in the kitchen of Metropolitan State University’s Hospitality Learning Center, two Colorado chefs showcased their fish scaling, fileting, pin-boning, butchering and cooking skills as part of the Seattle Fish Skuna Bay Kentucky Derby Challenge, a two-hour timed battle that earned one of them the opportunity to compete…
When Trinity Brewing founder Jason Yester created the recipe for Red Swingline, a hoppy IPA that is also cheek-puckeringly sour, his goal was to make something “signature American.” But in doing so, he may have helped to pioneer a style that beer drinkers in the rest of the country will…
Talk about throwback Thursday! Tonight The Lobby is hosting its second annual New Kids on the Block, an ’80s-themed, beercentric party. New Kids on the Block features the best and youngest — breweries that have been around for under two years — of Denver’s craft-brewing scene. See also: Beer calendar:…
World of Beer Cherry Creek celebrated its one-year anniversary at CitySet this past weekend. It was the first restaurant/bar to open in the Glendale project, but far from the last. Although last summer the developers had predicted that “the state’s first urban gastronomic urban village” would be full by fall,…
Last night, to say the least, was a late-night food-and-drink prowl, starting at Biker Jim’s, weaving across the street to Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizza, closing the bar down at the Squeaky Bean and stopping into this restaurant for a cocktail somewhere in the middle of the haze. I knew I wanted…
Of all the food categories in our annual Best of Denver issue, none is quite like Best New Restaurant. To determine which spot should take home the coveted golden statuette (actually, a framed certificate), we started our discussions even before the end of 2013, the official cut off to be…
Prost Brewing will begin packaging its three core beers in twelve-ounce bottles next month as part of a renewed effort at distribution. The German-style brewery, which opened in August 2012, had previously only packaged its beers in 64-ounce growlers, which it sealed and sold to liquor stores. But the growlers…
Westword’s Best of Denver issue is starting to hit red kiosks all over the city, and will soon be up on westword.com. The indispensable issue, our thirtieth anniversary edition, is our yearly sonnet to the people, places and things that we love most about this city, thick with page after…
When Trinity Brewing founder Jason Yester created the recipe for Red Swingline, a hoppy IPA that is also cheek-puckeringly sour, his goal was to make something “signature American.” But in doing so, he may have helped to pioneer a style that beer drinkers in the rest of the country will…
Colorado Craft Beer Week kicked off last Friday at the Governor’s Mansion, where our brewer-in-chief, John Hickenlooper, toasted the brewing industry in the state and unveiled three draft handles that will now serve the historic home. But the events at breweries, restaurants and bars around the state will continue through…
Happy birthday, Casa Bonita! Tomorrow Denver’s amazing Mexican village in a shopping center, a Colorado landmark celebrated on South Park, will mark its fortieth birthday. In honor of that august occasion, yesterday Bree Davies served up plenty of puke-filled memories and secrets of this beloved spot, and readers offered many…
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…
Pizza Fusion is hosting a Brewhaha tonight to raise funds for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. In addition to plenty of pizza and beer, the event will feature live music and beer trivia, with chances to win Pizza Fusion prizes. See also: Brewery battles, aperitivos and Girl Scout cookies…
You’ll find plenty of foodniks singing the praises of Oak at Fourteenth, the lauded restaurant that Steve Redzikowski and Bryan Dayton opened in Boulder in 2010 — and again in 2011, following a crushing fire. And you’ll find just as many ardent admirers of Acorn, the sequel to Oak that…
Late last November, when Matt Selby exited his executive chef post at the Corner House, an irresistibly charming restaurant in Jefferson Park co-owned by James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish, he stepped away from the spotlight, quietly doing time in the kitchens of Beast + Bottle and Jonesy’s EatBar and…
An older man walks into a restaurant, all gussied up in a suit, a tie and the kind of hat my grandfather used to wear. “This is the best food in the world!” he exclaims to the owner, who nods in agreement. The proclamation is a gigantic overstatement…with the exception…
Things don’t always go according to plan — and in TRVE Brewing’s case, that’s going to make a lot of Denver beer drinkers happy later this spring. That’s when TRVE owner Nick Nunns will turn the keys to what will eventually be a 5,000-square-foot production brewery, called the Acid Temple,…
Mecca Grill was a longtime go-to spot for Lebanese food in Denver. Under new owners, it’s turning the focus to Morocco. In her review of Mecca Grill, Gretchen Kurtz says that while you’ll still find worthy Lebanese dishes there, she’s also longing for more Moroccan food — and other ethnic…
