Are Denver’s dives an endangered species? Over the past year, two of the dives featured on last year’s list of the dozen best dive bars have lost their divey status — one, the Hill-Top, closed and just reopened this past weekend as the Rocky Top Tavern, and the Squire, while…
Mark Antonation has been eating his way along Federal Boulevard for over a year for our Federal Case series, but even as he moves up the street, new places open behind him. Lotus Vegetarian joined the lineup a few months ago, and now Pho Market Vietnamese will be going into…
Wine dinners usually focus on the more famed regions, such as France and Spain; however, there are many varietals to be had from around the world. And tonight Greek wine is making its debut in the Denver dinner scene at Axios Estiatorio. See also: Beer calendar: Caution, Cannonball Creek, cans…
When the Source opened last summer in a redeveloped nineteenth-century foundry not far from the National Western Complex, the space was electric, crackling with the unexpected juxtaposition of food, urban grittiness and vintage architectural bones. It was just the kind of place to throw down a few tacos or grab…
Colorado Cider Company, one of the state’s cider pioneers, was founded by Brad and Kathe Page in 2011. Now, they are celebrating their success with an expansion that has enabled the cidery to triple its annual production capacity from 25,000 gallons to 75,000 gallons, and includes four new 2,100-gallon tanks…
Bud Light got the Denver Broncos-related headlines last weekend after Peyton Manning told reporters at a post-playoffs game press conference that the main thing “weighing on my mind is how soon I can get a Bud Light in my mouth. That’s priority No. 1.” But in the week leading up…
Oskar Blues has introduced a new kind of vessel for taking beer to go from its Tasty Weasel taproom in Longmont. The Crowler, a cross between a can and a traditional growler, is a 32-ounce recyclable aluminum can that can be filled, purged of CO2 and sealed within minutes. Turn…
The Hill-Top Bar was tiny, but had a mighty reputation as one of this city’s best dive bars. It closed last year, and was transformed into Rocky Top Tavern, which opened this past weekend. Although there’s no way you’d call the very renovated Rocky Top a “dive,” it has all…
The menu at this enduring Japanese restaurant boasts, among other marvels, huge bowls of unadulterated, delicious ramen, each of which comes with seven side dishes, all of the Japanese persuasion — and if you’re anything like me, you’ll want to eat every last bite. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Noah French Sugarmill 2461 Larimer Street 303-297-3540 sugarmilldesserts.com This is part one of my interview with Noah French, pastry chef and co-owner of Sugarmil; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. It’s just before noon on a Wednesday, and already Sugarmill, the Ballpark-neighborhood dessert temple from pastry chef Noah…
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 visit every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the report…
What are the iconic tastes and culinary institutions of this city? For our 2014 Denver Bucket List, which we’ve been filling this week on Cafe Society, we looked to some time-honored traditions: a martini at the cruise room, a burger at Bud’s, a turkey leg at the Taste of Colorado,…
With all the craft beers in Colorado, it can be difficult to know where to start sampling. Culinary Connecters will take you through two taprooms and one brewery in the LoDo and LoHi neighborhoods on a two-hour tour that begins at 6:30 p.m. tonight. At each stop, you’ll hear from…
Back in October of last year, Don Fox, the CEO of Firehouse Subs, a national chain with thirteen outpost in the metro Denver area, had this to say about the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “October 1st will be a watershed moment,” wrote Fox in Forbes magazine. “On that day, the…
Considering that Acorn, which opened last summer in The Source, grew out of Oak at Fourteenth, Bryan Dayton and Steven Redzikowski’s smash neighborhood eatery in Boulder, the name seems apropros. Especially since “kitchen-wise, it’s a quarter of the size of Oak,” says Redzikwoski. See also: Steve Redzikowski, chef of Acorn…
Federal Boulevard, that long stretch of asphalt that takes joyriders on culinary excursions through Mexico, Latin America and Asia, has never been short on pho parlors, and it’s about ready to get one more: Pho Market Vietnamese Restaurant, which just erected a kaleidoscopic can’t-miss-it sign on its exterior, is set…
Kokopelli Beer Company in Westminster held its grand opening last Friday with six of its own beers on draft, including a milk stout, an IPA, an American pale and an English pale, along with a couple ciders and a sour from other brewers. The new brewpub, owned by Christine Wares,…
Racines just started a five-week-long celebration of its thirtieth anniversary as 2013 came to a close. But it’s the restaurant that will be doing the giving today: Stop in for a meal any time before 10 p.m. and Racines will donate 10 percent of your check to The Center, a…
What are the hundred things everyone should do in Colorado before they die? We posed that question to our writers and editors, and this week we’ll be rolling out their answers across our blogs, with can’t miss events/activities in music, the great outdoors, the arts and, of course, food. Check…
It was back in 2009 when Ruth’s Chris Steak House, a national chain of beef emporiums, shuttered its downtown Denver space at 1445 Market Street, an address that’s now occupied by Chloe. At the time, the shrine to steak had defaulted on taxes owed to the City of Denver, which…
Chocolate is sweet and sultry and delicious. Chocolate tastes great, smells great and looks fantastic. Chocolate is supposed to be fun. But Bill Beymer of Odell Brewing wasn’t having much fun in late 2012, when he was trying to figure out how to melt hundreds of pounds of chocolate into…
Slow-cooked vegetables are a staple in the Middle East, and while I’m partial to vegetables that are cooked al dente, there’s no denying that the cumin-spiced stew with slow-cooked green beans, tomatoes and garlic from this Middle Eastern joint creates a richly flavored appetizer that could easily become a mainstay…
