Boulder is the cradle of craft brewing in Colorado, and nearby Longmont is home to two of the biggest breweries in the state, but until recently, southeastern Boulder County was primarily known only as the former headquarters for the Rock Bottom chain. By this fall, however, there will be eight…
Candy, coffee and ice cream? Enstrom just opened its new location at 6770 West 52nd Avenue in Arvada — a door down from its previous Arvada location. Turns out the Enstrom family, which has had four generations in Colorado’s candy industry, owns the building, and when Stephanie’s Candy moved out…
Longmont-based Mobile Canning Systems has helped thirteen small Colorado craft breweries can more than a million beers since the company started up in 2011. In fact, the demand from breweries that want to begin packaging their beers is so great that Mobile Canning took delivery of its second mobile canning…
In Philadelphia, cheesesteaks are a cultural obsession — but the sandwich infatuation stretches all across the nation, including Denver, where we have dozens of cheesesteak shacks, some of which do justice to the city where they originated and others that don’t. This one falls somewhere in the middle of the…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “We grilled some sausages…
I had Paula Deen’s back (for the most part) when she finally divulged that she had type II diabetes, but I’m afraid that butter-bump’s latest scandal is indefensible. For those of you not in the butter zone (or on the earth), Deen dipped herself in a deep fryer during a…
The Little Pub Company just opened the latest in its chain of neighborhood bars and restaurants, The Whittier Pub, at 2000 East 28th Avenue. Mark Berzins, who runs Little Pub, told Westword earlier this year that he’s not normally an urban pioneer, preferring to open new locations in established areas…
Arnold Rubio Tamayo 1400 Larimer Street 720-946-1433 richardsandoval.com/tamayo This is part one of my interview with Arnold Rubio, exec chef of Tamayo; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Arnold Rubio’s smile is infectious, and it’s all because of Richard Sandoval, the New York-based chef and restaurateur who owns…
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…
There are plenty of chefs who are passionate, hungry, driven. But Kimber Hollar is all that and a merlot burger. “I was thinking earlier today that I’m just this small town girl from a cow town who never thought I’d be doing this,” says Hollar, fighting back tears. “This is…
Ondo’s Spanish Tapas & Bar, 250 Steele Street, is hosting a flamenco dance party tonight, with professional performances from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and a special prix fixe menu available all evening. Keep reading for a look at the selection. See also: – Ondo’s welcomes spring with a new menu,…
Many restaurants rely on a good happy hour or late-night bar scene to help drive traffic. But breakfast-and-lunch spots have to find another draw, and The Universal, which opened in a strip mall on West 38th Avenue last summer, found it in biscuits rather than craft-beer, grits rather than gin…
Twelve Degree Brewing, which opens tonight in Louisville, is rewriting history. Not only is it the second craft brewery to open in the former headquarters of the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery chain (the company, now owned by Craftworks, has since moved to Broomfield), but it is doing business in…
What’s the hardest test you’ve ever heard of? For many, the bar exam — the test every aspiring attorney must pass in order to legally practice law — will come to mind. The test’s difficulty cannot be denied; only about 55,000 people pass every year. But the fact is, the…
Global Goods and Coffee Shop opened this spring in Olde Town Arvada with all the trappings of a coffeehouse — but with a different goal. Global Goods is run by an international nonprofit organization, Global Refuge, that provides immediate aid where it is needed, without getting tangled up in the…
The owners of Winter Park Winery — winemaker Jon Brickner and his wife, Cassidi — have brought the grape divide to Denver, recently uncorking Mile High Winery, a tasting room, retail outlet and full production facility in River North. Like its mountain sibling, which is actually located in Fraser –…
After owning two restaurants and a nightclub in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Joseph Gerace was burned out and ready to take his cooking in a new direction. So he packed his bags and moved to Denver, where he and Alli Evans bought a 1961 Ford Grumman that they turned into…
When you’re looking for a special-occasion restaurant, not many chains fit the bill — but the Melting Pot is an exception. Colorado has four locations of this fondue-based eatery, and although most of the menu is meat-centric, it does include a four-course vegetarian dinner that will suit the most particular…
“There are a bazillion farmers’ markets out there, but I don’t know of any that are doing a chef dinner at the end,” says Leigh Sullivan, whose restaurant consulting company, LSE, has partnered with HobNob Events and the Downtown Denver Partnership to create chef-driven dinners as part of downtown Denver’s…
I have a very good friend who’d be an even better friend if he liked oysters, but since he doesn’t, it just means more for me, and on Monday night, when they’re just a buck a slurp, I can get my fix without having to hawk my pearls. Can you…
For every kind of fruit, there’s a moment of perfection. At a certain time an apple, for instance, will be bright and crisp, perfectly balanced between sweet and sour. A week or two later, those apples are still delicious — but there’s a shade less crunch and the flesh has…
Parsley is known for its healthy food and healthy distrust of business-as-usual in corporate America. “American Express is a big, greedy bank that will take every penny that they can get,” says owner Jason Bailey. “They advertise ‘fewer fees’ and ‘double the rewards,’ but that couldn’t be more opposite of…
