I’m a sucker for a good hot and sour soup, and when the kitchen tosses in a foie gras dumpling or two, it’s definitely an added bonus. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into…
Jake’s Brew Bar in downtown Littleton is expanding into the building next door, doubling its indoor capacity and adding a 1,500-square-foot beer garden in back. See also: Loveland’s Grimm Brothers Brewhouse will start canning beer…
Restaurant stages, i.e. unpaid apprenticeships, are very different from the useless internships many of us endured in college. Far from killing time making copies, kitchen interns gain real-time, real-world experience that translates directly to necessary skills. For example, Peter Ryan says he wouldn’t be where he is today without the…
Eric Cimino Luca D’Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 lucadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Eric Cimino, chef of Luca D’Italia; part one of our chat ran yesterday. What’s the best food- or kitchen-related gift you’ve been given? I love getting new cookbooks, especially the odd, quirky ones,…
Wafflich, the neighborhood breakfast-and-lunch joint at 4166 Tennyson Street that chef Benny Kaplan opened after closing Shazz two years ago, had some problems from the start — chief among them the fact that it didn’t serve waffles. Now the tiny spot on Tennyson Street has been turned over to the…
Is it time for the “fancy burger trend to call it quits”? That’s what Eric Cimino, chef at Luca d’Italia, suggests in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. And nothing gets the meaty juices flowing like a big burger battle. “Not if it’s delicious!” says Phillip. “I’m over it,” says…
It’s all about cocktails today. Cocktails, and the spirits in them. DSTILL will hold its second annual showcase tonight at the McNichols Building in Civic Center; meanwhile, the second annual Apres Ski Cocktail Classic will be putting a little sauce on the slopes starting today at Aspen Snowmass. See also:Wine,…
Legend has it that in 1620, the pilgrims set foot on terra firma at Plymouth Rock. But did they really? Likewise, is The Plimoth, the charming new eatery that chef-owner Peter Ryan named after his Massachusetts home town, really a “neighborhood eatery,” as the tagline claims? Does it actually cater…
Opening day is less than a month away, and sports fans are licking their lips over the promise of a new season. And some margs from Rio on the Rocks, a ballpark branch of Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, the homegrown chain that got its start in Fort Collins 27 years…
Dinner and a movie? How about dinner inside a movie? At Monkey Town 4, artist Montgomery Knott’s new installation at Exdo Hall, diners sup on gourmet food and wine pairings inside a cube whose walls feature works by eighteen local and national video artists. Denver native Knott debuted the original…
Governor John Hickenlooper, co-founder of the Wynkoop Brewing Company, signed legislation this week that will continue to fund the Rural Economic Development Initiative, a program that “encourages local governments and businesses to join forces to develop community infrastructure and private facility projects and job training grants,” according to the state…
Hey, restaurants: If you’re going to serve nachos, even if they’re $5 happy hour nachos, can you please take an extra ten seconds to melt the damn cheese? It’s bad enough that 90 percent of the chips are naked, but no one, not even those too drunk to see beyond…
John Holly’s Asian Bistro, which already boasts a duo of outposts across the city, including one in Lone Tree and a second in the Harvard Gulch neighborhood, just upped the count to three with this week’s opening in Washington Park, taking over the former Japon space at 1028 South Gaylord…
Dinner and a movie has always been a dating-world staple. While you engaged in small talk over dinner, it’s comforting to know that if you run out of conversation, the action on the silver screen will soon fill those dreaded, awkward silences. Not to mention that the action could move…
Eric Cimino Luca D’Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 lucadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Eric Cimino, chef of Luca D’Italia; part two of our chat will tun tomorrow. Like a lot of kids, Eric Cimino had a grand plan for when he arrived at adulthood. He wanted…
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…
Xtreme Action, a locally owned bar that celebrates mixed martial arts, just opened on the 16th Street Mall (actually, above the 16th Street Mall — it’s on the second floor of a building at the corner of 16th and Champa) and readers and customers alike are getting a kick out…
To celebrate its first year of business in Denver, Little Carmine’s Italian Sandwiches will be featuring a buy-one-get-one sandwich deal from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today — and it’s even throwing in a free cookie! Cookie supplies are limited, so get in there early to secure yours. See also:…
In anticipation of the Best of Denver, we’ve already shared our list of the ten best new restaurants in Denver — spots that opened in 2013 that are all contenders for the Best New Restaurant award. But last year, we also saw many restaurants close and then reopen — sometimes…
Nooch Vegan Market, a small speciality store in RiNo, will close that location for good at 7 p.m. today. But Nooch will be back in business in a few weeks — and in a space that’s twice the size of its current store. See also: Nooch Vegan Market opens in…
Last winter, Peter Ryan, former executive chef/instructor at Cook Street School of Culinary Arts, inked a deal on an out-of-the-way space in North City Park that he felt was just right for the neighborhood eatery he dreamed of opening — in what happened to be his own neighborhood. But the…
A bowl of hearty pasta Bolognese, especially on a cold, blustery day with the threat of snow in the air, is exactly the kind of soul-warming food that I want from a kitchen. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
