The West End Tap House, at 3945 Tennyson Street, opened this afternoon and is hoping for a quiet weekend to sort out the kinks and the glitches before it gets rolling next week. The new pub features twenty craft beer on tap, mostly from Colorado, as well as twenty wines…
Black Shirt Brewing will tap its imperial rye IPA, Red Evelyn, tonight and tomorrow at 5 p.m. as part of Colorado Craft Beer Week, but it plans to reserve the rest of that beer for a new, limited growler program, which it will roll out on Easter Sunday. The brewery…
Zanitas Mexican and Margaritas, which originally opened in Boulder in August of last year — and then shuttered just four months later — is back in business, this time in south Denver, right off I-25 and Hampden in a new retail and restaurant development that also includes a Smashburger. See…
Denver Beer Co co-owner Charlie Berger loves baseball and he’s come up with the perfect beer — and beer name — to celebrate the Colorado Rockies. The brewery will tap Walt Weiss (pronounced with a “v,” German-style) at 10 a.m. on April 5, which is the team’s home opener against…
World of Beer, a Tampa, Florida-based chain of beer-centric tap houses, opened its 37th location this week in the new City Set development in Glendale, behind the Hilton Garden Inn at the corner of Colorado Boulevard and Cherry Creek Drive. The bar has sixty rotating taps (consisting primarily of craft…
This was the first time I’ve been to this diner during the daylight, but morning, noon and night, breakfast is on the menu, and while it’s more conducive to a 2 a.m. grease soak — after a few beers or ten are swishing in your belly — breakfast for dinner…
The Alamo Drafthouse will officially open on Monday, March 25, with a grand-opening ceremony featuring Pam Grier. But starting today and running through the weekend, the Drafthouse will be showing a series of bargain-priced films — just $2 per ticket! — including recent hits like Zero Dark Thirty and classics…
Three years ago, Blake Street Tavern moved a block south from the spot it had been for close to seven years, into the massive warehouse space at 2301 Blake Street that had once been home to Polly Esther’s (and many clubs before that). The first floor was filled with a…
The Bubba Chinos that opened last summer in a space near City Hall that has been many, many restaurants over the years has closed, too — for “renovations,” according to a sign on the door that says the place will reopen in ten days. But if it does, it doesn’t…
The Hideaway Steakhouse, 2345 West 112th Avenue in Westminster, is turning two. It’s seen some challenges since it opened, including losing opening chef Chris Cina and gaining Steve Prograr, who recently left Abrusci’s to sign on at Hideaway. See also: – Hideaway Steakhouse opens today with chef Chris Cina at…
The Wazee Supper Club got a makeover last year, so it will be ready for its close-up at 6:30 p.m. Monday, when fifteen women will be there to audition for three spots on Denver’s newest reality show, Mile High Social. This group of finalists has already been whittled down from…
Charlie and Pam Nathan opened the Blue Cow Eatery in Morrison in 1990, and have had a hopping breakfast and lunch business ever since. Five years ago, they added dinner service Thursday through Sunday — but only during the Red Rocks season. Which officially kicks off at the end of…
Despite the stained tablecloths, the pulsating music (and then none at all) and a dining room bereft of any bodies during the lunch hour, the housemade pupusas (and hot sauce) at this South American restaurant are worth a return visit. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
I learned about Mad Greens, the Denver-based, salad-serving fast-casual chain shortly after I moved to Denver. I spotted one of the stores on the 16th Street Mall, and figured the eatery catered to on-the-go, single health nuts and people who made lunch dates for reasons other than eating. So naturally,…
We’d missed the closure of Hoot and Howl — just as most people missed the restaurant/venue when it was actually open in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton. That development isn’t very old, but already the space at 8270 East Northfield is getting a reputation as a black hole, having already…
Garren Teich 1515 Restaurant 1515 Market Street 303-571-0011 www.1515restaurant.com This is part two of my interview with Garren Teich, exec chef of 1515 Restaurant; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Most memorable meal you’ve had: In Pines Point, Maine, there’s a little lobster shack where you can buy a…
Jaedo Ryu has big plans for Bop & Gogi, the fast-casual Korean restaurant that he and his wife opened last fall in Centennial (and I review this week). His goal of opening five locations and ultimately franchising may sound ambitious, but who knows? As Steve Ells likes to say, he…
Bop & Gogi, a fast-casual Korean joint, opened last fall in Centennial. Gretchen Kurtz reviews Bop & Gogi this week and likes many things there, including spicy radish kimchi, with chunks of daikon radish and a touch of ground pear — but not much stink. See also: – Bop &…
Johnson & Wales University, 7150 Montview Boulevard, is welcoming chef Lena Kwak for a cooking demonstration and tasting featuring her gluten-free flour: Cup4cup, which she co-developed during her time with Thomas Keller at the French Laundry in California. See also: – Reader: Gluten-free diets are not a fad – Denver’s…
I slipped in at lunch, because Bop & Gogi, a fast-casual Korean restaurant that opened in Centennial in October, seems like a lunch kind of place. But there was only one other person inside, tapping her keys while waiting for takeout, and I knew there would be no fitting in…
Vesta Dipping Grill, 1822 Blake Street, will be featured on the Travel Channel’s Food Paradise series tonight as part of the program’s exploration of the best steak dishes around the country. See also: – Trends without end, round five: Pickling, pop-ups and moving beyond buzzwords – Photos: Happy birthday to…
With the additions of everything from neighborhood taverns to high-end lounges, Denver’s bar scene got even better in 2012. Residents and tourists alike have many more options when they’re looking for fun after the sun goes down — or even before that. Here, in no particular order, are Cafe Society’s…
