While it sometimes seems that hip new restaurants require that employees have cool tattoos and piercings, other spots have strict policies against piercing, tattoos and other body ornamentation. Jenn Wohletz went after such prudey-pants policies last week, in her list of five reasons restaurant employees should be allowed to have…
Snow may hit late tonight — what better place to hole up than Beast + Bottle? The new restaurant just introduced a mid-day brunch menu in anticipation of nice weather, but it should work just fine on a snowy day, too. Brunch service currently runs Friday through Sunday from 10…
This past week on Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Tom’s Urban 24, the upscale diner that Tom Ryan opened last fall in Larimer Square. Read her review of Tom’s Urban 24 here. Sixteen blocks further up Larimer Street, Jonathan Power is the chef/co-owner of The Populist, which opened just a…
Our first clue that something was up at Strings came when we heard that many long-time employees had left the restaurant that the late Noel Cunningham had founded in 1986. Our second clue was when the annual Mother’s Day brunch hosted by Strings, a benefit for Volunteers of America, started…
I used to love this rough bar back before it was turned into a restaurant. It was the only place in town that would serve you up to 1:59 a.m. Now that it’s remodeled, I love sitting at the bar to eat. And it’s not just any bar — it’s…
Five months after getting its liquor license, Trader Joe’s has finally begun work on its first Denver store, located at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Bulldozers began rolling at 790 Colorado Boulevard, where there will eventually be an 18,000-square-foot outlet of the California-based market chain. See also:…
Some people say the first green shoots of spring have the most chi or energy, while others insist they’re particularly cleansing for your system. No matter what the reason, most of us are yearning for fresh tastes after a plodding winter of carrots, onions, potatoes, winter squash and dried beans…
For nearly twenty years, Carmine’s on Penn Italian Restaurant has been stuffing Denver with its heaping bowls of gourmet pasta. Though Carmine’s pricing is often as bloated as its patrons’ bellies — largely due to serving sizes that are injurious for a single person to consume — the restaurant jas…
Hoping to capitalize on both baseball season and the popularity of Denver’s burgeoning taproom culture, MillerCoors and the Rockies have decided to give the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which is inside of Coors Field, a facelift — and then open the brewery to the public even on…
Ah, spring. The beginning of a new baseball season is always so full of hope, so full of life, so full of chances to turn over a new leaf. Perhaps you should start with your beer? If that’s the case, here are five ways you can celebrate the season and…
Tom’s Urban 24, which I review this week, isn’t a chef-driven restaurant. The bar is where the real personalities reside, with seven mixologists bringing their own craft and spirits (pun intended) to upscale, round-the-clock libations. Last month two of them, Les Baker V and Chris Clewell, shared the spotlight by…
Being stylish has its price: For restaurant employees, having a tongue barbell, ear plugs, bright pink locks or an anime tattoo on their arms could get them fired, bitched at — or not hired in the first place. An unconventional look with body modifications and Manic Panic really should not…
While Gretchen Kurtz was eating a $13 burger at Tom’s Urban 24, Jenn Wohletz dropped by a link in the tiny Five Star Burgers chain. “The green chile cheeseburger was an exercise in Southwestern excess and ecstasy, with a fat, medium-rare burger that dripped pinky beef juice, smothered with diced…
Vesta Dipping Grill, 1822 Blake Street, is introducing Pre-Game Pop-Ups for the 2013 Rockies season today. Specials include Korean BBQ rib sandwiches and fresh fruit cups sweetened with agave syrup and chili lime; more pop-up items will appear on the menu throughout the season. See also: – Photos: Happy birthday…
Mmmm, bacon. And hot, pickled jalapenos. And almost-as-hot green chile, and cheese, all melted over a mound of French fries. This not-so-simple side provided more than enough lunch — and heartburn — for two. Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Zdenek Srom is almost ready to open his Bohemian Biergarten, a European-style beer garden that’s taken over the space at 2017 13th Street in Boulder that most recently held Shug’s Low Country Cuisine and B.Side and Trilogy Lounge before that. When we stopped in yesterday, there was still construction work…
Highlands Garden Cafe is back in business. After a long winter’s nap, this week Pat Perry reopened her restaurant in Highland, where the garden is already in bloom. To celebrate the new patio season, Highlands Garden is taking names for a drawing to win a $50 gift certificate to Mondo…
Hundreds of people packed the first — but certainly not last, and defintiely sold-out — DStill, “An American Craft Spirit & Cocktail Showcase,” at the McNichols building last night, drinking in the atmosphere…and drinking up some of this state’s most liquid assets. The event was a triumph for the Colorado…
There is almost nothing better in the world than really good green chile spread on top of a juicy beef patty or slathered over a pile of hand-cut fries. Five Star Burgers is a transplant from Taos, and even with this city’s staggering number of burger joints, Five Star manages…
Jonathan Power The Populist 3163 Larimer Street 720-432-3163 thepopulistdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Jonathan Power, executive chef of the Populist. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: I don’t make it up there often enough, but I love Pizzeria…
For the first time in more than a decade, the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which has been open only to Colorado Rockies ticket-holders — and then only on game days — will be open to the public on non-game days beginning May 2. The news means that…
The Food & Drink section of the Best of Denver 2013 contained more than a hundred categories (with a dozen more food-related awards in Shopping & Services); many of those also featured Readers’ choice picks. And although readers showed good taste in choosing Smashburger over McDonald’s for Best French Fries…
