The bobas in the above snap didn’t come from a bona fide Asian-style bubble teahouse. Instead, the fruity slushies and smoothies with their fat straws and soft tapioca pearls are blended at a timeworn restaurant that sizzles with steer. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
Chino Latino, the little tequila and taco shop owned by i-Fish, has closed. i-Fish, which is right next door, will turn the space into Little Fish, slated to open in January. See also: Jake Rand, formerly of Elway’s Downtown, opens i-Fish, a new downtown Pan-Asian restaurant…
The Bonefish Grill, a Florida-based seafood chain, just opened its latest metro location today in Lakewood. See also: Bonefish Grill is “polished casual,” and a pretty safe bet…
Last night, following the Denver Bacon and Beer Festival, eight local bartenders — Ryan Conklin (St. Ellie), Todd Mayville (Asti D’ Italia), Stuart Jensen (Green Russell), McLain Hedges (the Proper Pour), Kevin Burke (Colt & Gray), Melissa Durant (Acorn), Holland Rock-Garden (Roosevelt) and Anika Zappe (Star Bar) — gathered behind…
Cafe 180, a donation-based, pay-as-you-go restaurant in Englewood that’s been paying it forward, feeding anyone and everyone, independent of their financial situation, for the past three years, is bringing its charitable philosophies to a kiosk on the 16th Street Mall. Starting today, the kiosk, located near the D&F Clock Tower,…
Give a final farewell to the former Nathan’s Funtastic Fun at 3085 South Broadway. The one-time indoor amusement park in Englewood is slated to become a 4,580 square-foot Chick-Fil-A quick-service restaurant with drive-thru and outdoor seating — and that means the existing building will be demolished. If that ball room…
Let us give thanks for holiday dishes that appeal to everyone sitting around the table on Thanksgiving — carnivores and plant-based eaters alike. This week, a traditional side dish with a twist: instead of spinach, we’re using kale, and instead of cream, we’re using cashew cream. And believe us when…
The twenty-plus blocks stretching up Larimer Street from Speer Boulevard have become a real restaurant row, full of ambitious dining rooms and casual comfort joints, bars both upscale and still down-and-dirty. And dotted through those blocks are coffee spots– some dating back decades, some just open (MegaFauna’s little in-store cafe,…
Cafe Society dished up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a plate of larb from Real Thai, a Wheat Ridge newcomer, to a platter of street tacos, paired with salsas, from Taqueria 7 Salsas, a terrific joint that I discovered while cruising down Sheridan Boulevard. And then there…
A recent Time magazine story on the “13 Gods of Food” left a bitter taste when it failed to include a single female chef — although seven male chefs made the cut, and sixty more were included in an accompanying article. To be fair, some female food entrepreneurs were included…
The original Atomic Cowboy rode onto East Colfax Avenue a decade ago, and the bi-level bar lassoed a wide range of regulars when it added to its corral with Denver Biscuit Company, serving early-morning eats, as well as Fat Sully’s, for lunch and late-night slices. Fat Sully’s already had a…
Tonight is celebrity waiter night at Ocean Prime, where All-Pro linebacker Von Miller and Bronco teammates will trade in their day jobs and run interference at the front of the house. The fundraiser begins at 7 p.m. with a cocktail reception and silent auction; dinner will follow at 8 p.m.,…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed twelve,Jeff Osaka’s restaurant that will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a big bash Monday. For Chef and Tell, Lori Midson talked to Jesper Jonsson of Randolph’s about his long culinary trip to the Warwick Hotel. And Mark Antonation reached New China Kitchen in his Federal…
The national animal rights group Mercy For Animals gathered, along with local volunteers, in Larimer Square at around noon today to urge the lunchtime crowd to consider living a vegetarian lifestyle. It was hard to miss the group, which was joined by a giant inflatable puppy who lay in a…
There are numerous spellings for this fiery and tart toasted rice salad that’s a daily staple in Isan, a rural area of Thailand that borders on Laos, the birthplace of larb, laab, lahb or laap, but no matter how you spell it, the intensely aromatic flavors of dried ground chiles,…
Dancing Pines Distillery was one of the first twenty licensed distilleries in Colorado, opening in Loveland and selling its first bottle in September 2010. Now, three years later, husband-and-wife team Kristian and Kimberly Naslund, and partner Chris McNay, distribute their spirits, rum in particular, in 25 states. Kristian had been…
Last night, at the Omni Interlocken resort, ten local chefs, along with former White House toque John Moeller, competed in the Pairsine culinary showdown, an annual battle that’s part of the Denver International Wine Festival, a five-day wine-and-food-intensive soiree that spotlights Colorado chefs and more than 350 wines from around…
Jeff Atencio brewed his first batch of beer in 1987 while he was a student and a fire fighter living in Vail. Now, 26 years later, he and business partner Todd McClure, are ready to go pro. They’ll open Three Freaks Brewery in Highlands Ranch this winter. “I’ve been hemming…
Do you see dead people? Well, too bad. That’s not the sixth sense that the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is looking for. The museum’s Genetics of Taste Lab has partnered with Purdue University on a new community study to identify a sixth taste in the human spectrum: sweet,…
The Cantina has closed. Curt Sims and his wife, singer/chef Pam Savage, had opened the casual spot last spring, in the Golden Triangle space most recently occupied by the Hive. With the transition, the address returned to its roots: Sims owns the building, which long ago was the Denver Buffalo…
You’ll love this news! After years of hungry anticipation, the first three Trader Joe’s stores in Colorado finally have an opening date: Valentine’s Day, 2014. So mark your calendar for 8 a.m. February 14, when those doors will swing open, and start your shopping list. See also: A local musician…
Hot dog! There will be a new entree on the protest menu today: a giant, blow-up puppy on a bun that Mercy for Animals will serve up at the edge of Larimer Square, one of this city’s hottest dining destinations, this morning, along with a banner asking this question: Why…
