The Wynkoop Brewing Company presented its inaugural Masters of the Brewniverse Beer Festival and Brewery Pageant on Thursday night at the Oriental Theater. Guests got to sample lots of beer from more than fourteen breweries while watching reps and brewers from each brewery compete on stage for the crowning title…
When Mayor Michael Hancock’s office announced that it would be sending green chile from the Original Chubby’s, as well as other local Mexican restaurants, to the mayor of Seattle to pay off a Super Bowl bet, we were concerned: Did the mayor mean the original Chubby’s, the restaurant on West…
Lines formed hours before the doors opened this morning, but Denver has been waiting much longer for Trader Joe’s, the famous West Coast grocery store chain, to arrive in Denver. And today, three stories opened simultaneously in the metro area — one in Boulder, one in Greenwood Village, and one…
Caveman Cafeteria might have put the brakes on its food truck, but the paleo-centric company started by Army vet/standup comedian Will White is still on the move. Caveman Cafeteria, now under the motto “Where the Hunters Gather,” is now delivering — nationally. See also: Cavemen didn’t have trucks, but that’s…
After almost twenty years in lower downtown, longtime restaurateur Kenny Sonoda is calling it quits, and at the end of service tomorrow, the Sonoda’s at 1620 Market Street will go dark. When Sonoda opened this second location of Sonoda’s — in the former home of the Manhattan Cafe, a pioneer…
Over the thirty years of the Best of Denver, we’ve made a few changes: We now do our Readers’ Poll in two rounds, for example, and the first round of voting ends tonight; a second round with just the five finalists in each category will start late next week. And…
Most of the reservations at romantic restaurants around town have already been scooped up, but you should still be able to have a lovely evening out with your loved one at a neighborhood joint. And if you’re own, at least when you’re at a bar crying in your beer, it’s…
Clear your calendar and unbuckle your belt: The tenth annual Denver Restaurant Week is only days away. And unlike past years, when it had sprawled well into March, this time DRW is really a week long: From February 22 through February 28. (For the first time this year, there will…
For the first time ever, Denver will host the annual Craft Brewers Conference, the industry’s biggest trade show. The conference, a four-day-long series of seminars, networking events and parties, will bring 7,000 beer-minded people to town April 8 through April 11. To show off the Centennial State, the Colorado Brewers…
“This year has been awesome, scary, rewarding, exciting, educational and eye-opening, and reaching the one-year mark is humbling,” reflects Kevin Morrison, who will celebrate the first anniversary of his Highland taqueria, Pinche: Tacos, Tequila, Whiskey this afternoon and evening with a parade of food-and-drink specials. But while today’s jubilee will…
A few days ago, I had the misfortune of eating the horrible macaroni and cheese from Moe’s Original BBQ, specifically the outlet at 3295 South Broadway. The cooks at Moe’s could learn a few tips or three from the kitchen crew at a certain mountain restaurant that also makes macaroni…
The name Los Chingones — “The Badasses,” more or less — suggests that Troy Guard’s new restaurant is populated with tequila-slamming roughnecks. Yet its paloma, a tequila drink made with pink grapefruit and soda, is not exactly chingón, shall we say. The gentle yet addictive paloma has single-handedly caused my…
Caitlin Mandigo City Bakery 5454 Washington Street 303-292-3989 citybakerydenver.com This is part two of my interview with Caitlin Mandigo, bread baker at City Bakery; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. There are all sorts of romantic notions about what it’s like to bake bread. What’s it really like? Baking…
“Start sessioning!” That was the cry when Session Kitchen opened last fall, with an emphasis on jam sessions in the art that fills the space, as well as the timing of sessions in the size of its plates. But several months after the restaurant opened, Session Kitchen is downplaying the…
When Tincup American Whiskey hit liquor-store shelves, it came with plenty of Colorado trappings. The bottle makes multiple references to the state, as does the leaflet attached to the neck. Its website is plastered with whiskey bottles positioned picturesquely in Colorado mountain backdrops, and the company boasts of its connection…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the beeriest of them all? The Wynkoop Brewing Company, which has hosted the Beer Drinker of the Year contest for years, has introduced a new competition: the Master of the Brewniverse competition, which honors the makers rather than the drinkers — although they benefit…
There I was, looking for inspiration (you could also call it procrastinating), with coffee in one hand and Fast Company in the other, and what was the first thing to catch my eye in the magazine? A poll about how people find inspiration when stuck on a challenge. Really? Was…
“It was just normal kitchen drama,” says Tommy Lee, the owner of Uncle, who fired his longtime chef, Jon Mendoza, earlier today. “I have to do what’s best for my team, and there was some tension [between Mendoza] and the staff,” he adds. However, Mendoza — who started at Uncle…
Three of Colorado’s fastest-growing craft breweries — Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, Upslope Brewing in Boulder, and Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards — have all recently released year-end numbers as well as projections for 2014 that should see each of them reaching an annual production of 15,000 barrels or more…
Lanny Dick has been volunteering with Project Angel Heart for over two decades. He was there in 1991 when the non-profit served its first meals, he worked with Bargreen Ellingson to build the new kitchen where Project Angel Heart now is based, and yesterday he put the finishing touches on…
Lola has been open for a decade — three years in its original home on South Pearl Street (which is now becoming Tavern Platt Park), and almost seven in LoHi, where it was one of the first new restaurants to venture into what’s now one of the hottest dining destinations…
Renegade Brewing announced last week that it will begin bottling some of its beers for the first time; the initial offering will be released next month. The brewery’s Conviction Series will include 22-ounce bombers of four limited-release beers: Sunday Morning, a coffee-infused American strong ale; Alpha Maiden, an India wheat…
