Paige Schuster loves beer, but her heart is in philanthropy, specifically in the family foundation that she and her mother started seven years ago as a way to remember her father, who was killed in a plane crash when Schuster was seventeen. Now, Schuster and her husband, Marcus Christianson, have…
Pumpkin dishes are popping up in restaurants all over Denver — but you can also harvest your own fresh fruit at a Colorado pumpkin patch. Here are five farms where the pumpkins are just ripe for the picking. See also: Five best places to pick apples in Colorado…
I’ve had my share of really, really lousy latkes, especially in Denver. But there’s at least one restaurant in the Mile High City that manages to make the potato pancakes the way they should be: crisp and golden on the surface and savory, starchy and fluffy inside. Here, you can…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part two of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part one of my chat with Mace ran yesterday. Most noteworthy meal you’ve ever eaten: Franina Italian…
Rakun, a sweet little boutique specializing in locally made and vintage items, is now even sweeter, with the addition of a “teeny tiny tea house.” Rakun owner/entrepreneur entrepreneur/mother Meghan Throckmorton has always focused on sustainability, and that carries over into the charming refreshment area where you can get fortified for…
We’ve all heard of Chicago-style deep-dish pie and a New York slice — but St. Louis pizza? That’s what Marc Kak says that he and his partners, wife Stacy and Matt Leiss, are bringing to Denver with Arch Pizza, which just opened on just East Colfax Avenue and will soon…
Sample more than twenty fine wines from Marczyk Fine Foods’s fine wine shop, Fairfax Wine & Spirits, at tonight’s Lowry Uncorked. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Eisenhower Chapel in the Lowry Town Center, and you can not only try the wines, you can buy them,…
Last winter, when it was dark by 5 p.m. and I really missed summer, I longed for two things: panzanella, which I make every Sunday during tomato season with red, yellow and green tomatoes from the farmers’ market, and the gloriously simple burrata-peach bruschetta from the Kitchen Denver. Both epitomize…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
Denver Beer Co, which opened in August 2011 as one of the pioneers of Denver’s third major brewery wave, will take a major step up next year by adding a large new production facility that will immediately make it one of the city’s largest breweries. Owners Patrick Crawford and Charlie…
The owners of Zephyr Brewing tell an increasingly common story: The crew of Colorado natives wanted to start a brewery in Denver, but couldn’t find a good spot in Washington Park or Capitol Hill, so they headed to River North. “We were looking for up-and-coming neighborhoods,” says Brian Wood, who…
Three popular breweries, two of them in Denver, announced expansions this week, meaning more delicious beer for their fans in the coming months. In Denver, Black Shirt Brewing has added a new brewhouse and replaced some equipment that should allow greater distribution, new beers and more barrel-aging. Wit’s End Brewing,…
“Is this your first time here?” asked the enthusiastic server who’s a definite asset to this pizza place. As a matter of fact, it was my first time here, and apparently that admission results in a complimentary heap of Parmesan-dusted, butter-brushed bread sticks, most of which accompanied me home, not…
TheWatering Bowl has been touting Dogoween, its Halloween party, for weeks. But the opening of this dog-friendly bar at 5411 Leetsdale Drive has been dogged by delays; the owners hope to finally open “your best friend’s bar” later this week. In the meantime, here’s a look at what you and…
UPDATE: After a year in Denver, Arch Pizza closed all of its metro-area stores in November 2014. The move came on the heels of an aggressive expansion by the St. Louis-style pizza chain, which opened its third store in March. Last month, comedian and television host Jimmy Kimmel squarely insulted…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part one of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part two of my chat with Mace will run tomorrow. “I was a fat, chubby kid –…
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…
Location, location, location. The Palm is located right off the 16th Street Mall, a location that has caused the steakhouse considerable headaches — and earned it a boycott by Occupy Denver that ended late last week when the national office of the Palm reversed its stance on the anti-camping ordinance…
When it comes to beer, men seem to be king. However, groups of women around the United States are beginning to steal the crown. These “princesses of pilsner,” as they refer to themselves, are showing the world that girls love beer just as much as boys — and can appreciate…
During the Great American Beer Festival, we highlighted ten of the other stars of the show: our favorite beard heroes, from the groomed to the burly. One of our beard stars turned out to be growing for a cause: Carlos Migoya, aka “Dirty Santa,” has been cultivating his facial crop…
The sixth of seven children, Brian Crow says his mom spent a lot of time in the kitchen, and he spent a lot of time in there with her. “I was just real curious about my mom’s cooking at an early age,” he says, laughing as he recounts the time…
On Saturday, November 2, a casting crew from MasterChef, the Fox reality show that gives amateur cooks the opportunity to compete for a huge cash prize, the scintillating MasterChef trophy, and maybe even rainbows and unicorns from chef Gordon Ramsay, who, along with restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot,…
