Aurora will add some Texas twang to its wide range of restaurants, when Dallas-based Dickey’s Barbecue Pit holds its grand opening there on Saturday, March 8. See also: First look: Dulce Vida opens in the Golden Triangle…
“When Restaurant Kevin Taylor opened, it was a completely new offering for Denver, a city still very much trying to find its way on the culinary map,” reflects Kevin Taylor, chef of Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House, Limelight Supper Club, Palettes at the Denver Art Museum, Rouge and the…
The brand new Former Future Brewing, which had to close for two weeks in order to restock its beer supply, reopened today — and will stay open all weekend. Located on South Broadway’s Antique Row, the brewery, which has a four-barrel system, ran out of beer after just a few…
It was an “inspiration trip” to Japan last fall, says Daniel Asher, that gave him food for thought. Asher, the culinary director of Linger and Root Down, says part of the journey stemmed from “wanting to be infused with a new perspective on cuisine, especially street food,” the mission being,…
UPDATE: We have a winner of our Gallo di Nero contest, in which we asked Cafe Society readers to answer this question: How many wood-fired ribeyes did Gallo di Nero serve during the month of February? Congratulations to zimmerlw, who came the closest with his answer of 43; the correct…
Grimm Brothers Brewing, which has been bottling its German-style ales and lagers beers since opening in Loveland in 2010, will begin canning its flagship Little Red Cap next month. The copper-colored altbier has won two medals at the Great American Beer Festival. “We have been looking at doing a more…
How sweet it is! The Golden Triangle now has a new bar:Dulce Vida, which finally opened this week in the former home of the Cherokee Grill. Jason Tietjen, owner of the Dive Inn, bought the space, promising to turn it into the kind of neighborhood watering hole he’d created on…
Give me caramelized plantains dusted with brown sugar and a scoop of vanilla bean gelato, and you’ve just made my day. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Construction has started on the former Subway Tavern, which the Larimer Group bought after the family that owned the spot — reputed to be the first place in Denver to serve pizza — put it on the block. The Longos sold the place in September 2012, after running the restaurant…
While the buffalo empanadellas at Bocadillo needed more pop in both the filling and the sauce, the special got Gretchen Kurtz thinking about other stuffed dough dishes she’s loved in Denver. On Wednesday, she served up five of her favorites, including the agnolotti at DiFranco’s. See also: Five favorite stuffed…
For lovers of beer, bacon and chocolate — not to mention wine — there’s a lot to look forward to this weekend in Denver. You can stir up some trouble at Brew & Stew, land in hog heaven at Cochon 555 or go ape at Monkey Town 4, whose arty…
Is St. Louis taking over Denver? On Saturday, March 8, Arch Pizza Co. will open its third St. Louis-style pizza restaurant in less than a year. And it will be the biggest one yet, with 2,800 square feet indoors and plenty of outdoor dining space outside, too, at 10101 East…
Ed Cotton, a contestant on season seven of Top Chef, the former chef de cuisine at BLT Market, a disciple of Daniel Boulud and the current exec chef of Sotto 13 in New York City, is touching down in the Mile High City on Saturday to cook up a storm…
Sunnyside is a fast-changing neighborhood, attracting restaurants like Bocadillo (which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week), with more new spots to come. And one of them will be moving into the former home of Hash, which Heather Haupman opened back in 2011 in a storefront that had held La Crema Cafeteria…
While Kyle Zeppelin, one of the developers of the Source, waits on a liquor license for a new — and still unnamed — permanent afternoon and evening tenant to replace CapRock Farm Bar, which poured its last cocktail on February 28, the vacated middlemost space will become center stage for…
Restaurateurs are some of the most generous people in metro Denver, frequently volunteering their time, staff and space for a good cause. But you’d have to go far to find a couple who’ve dished up more donations than Jen and Josh Wolkon, owners of Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s and Ace…
If you’re yearning for a little of this, a little of that and a little of everything else that’s on the small bites side of the menu at this intriguing restaurant, then you’d find yourself in good company. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the…
Richard Glover Fooducopia 1939 East Kentucky Avenue 303-722-7838 fooducopia.com This is part two of my interview with Richard Glover, exec chef of Fooducopia; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. Your three favorite Denver restaurants other than your own: Pho 79 on Havana and Mississippi. I love the broth, the…
Oysters are getting out of their shell all over Denver, with raw bars popping up at restaurants around town and the mollusks making frequent appearances on happy-hour menus, including the spot Lori Midson visited for yesterday’s Guess Where I’m Eating? The old adage used to hold that you should only…
Soon after he brought Tamayo to Larimer Square, renowned restaurateur Richard Sandoval opened Zengo in Riverfront Park, when the Platte Valley was still on the urban edge. But Riverfront has grown up, and so has Zengo; this week the restaurant is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Today through Sunday, March 9,…
Patxi’s, the San Francisco-based pizza peddler, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of dishing up pies here in the Mile high City. For the occasion, all three Patxi’s locations (Cherry Hills,the original in Cherry Creek and Uptown) are offering a free glass of champagne to any guests who dine with them…
Derek Dietz, the one-man show behind Bocadillo, has a fine-dining background, but you wouldn’t know it from walking into his restaurant. Potted plants, in various stages of dying, sit in front windows where curtains should be. Cookbooks and records spill out of banged-up wooden shelves. Fossils from the collection of…
