Food & Drink

In case you haven’t heard, Westword’s Best of Denver issue hits the streets later this afternoon, and somewhere within the confines of the newsprint is a big shout-out to the chef whose lamb chops are depicted in the above photo. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

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…

In advance of the Best of Denver 2013, which will hit the streets (and the web) later today, we took a look back at the winners of the Best New Restaurant award over the past decade. Most of those winners are still going strong; a few have lost the chefs…

Central Bistro & Bar will start serving lunch tomorrow, eight months after Isiah Salazar opened his restaurant on the very edge of LoHi, almost three months after opening exec chef Lance Barto abruptly left the kitchen. That kitchen is now in the hands of Gerard Strong, who’d come from Z…

The snow is melting, which means just one thing: Time for a beach drink! Although this hot spot — once a popular watering hole with garbage haulers — was about the last place I expected to find punch, I was thrilled with this cocktail. And that’s not trash talk. Can…

After prowling for more than a year to find the perfect space to open his first restaurant, Mario Nocifera, a former Frasca Food & Wine alum who commanded the front of the house at the nationally recognized Boulder restaurant for two years, finally dried the ink on a space last…

Following on the heels of Zengo, Richard Sandoval’s Latin restaurant in Riverfront Park, which recently began offering bottomless brunch, Tamayo, Sandoval’s modern Mexican in Larimer Square, is now strutting a similar deal: $35 for unlimited cocktails, including margaritas, Bloody Marias, mimosas and Bloody Marys, along with an endless flow of…

Although there are many good meat replacements on the market, a decent dairy-free cheese can be tough to come by — and you can forget about a cheese memorable enough to pair with a glass of wine. Daphne Medina, creator of Door 86 Vegan Cheese, to the rescue. She’s accomplishd…

There have been several big restaurant openings in the past month — including Old Major and Beast + Bottle — but diners are already setting their sights on fall, when Brian Laird, longtime chef at Barolo (and most recently at Sketch and consulting with the Armoury), will open his own…

People may debate the quality of the food at Bubba Chinos, but no one is going to quibble over the quality of the mural that local artist P.J. Sierra, also known as Stale Art, painted behind the first Bubba Chinos at 160 Federal Boulevard last week. Danielle Lirette stopped by…

Yard House is known for its massive beer lineup and almost as massive menu, but its new Eat Late menu, offered from 10 p.m. to close in all 43 locations, focuses on a handful of serious dishes — including a black truffle cheeseburger and Monte Cristo pops — priced well…

There are Mexican feasts — and then there are paradillas, aluminum trays, beneath which lie burning coals, exposing the best eats from south of the border, so large in scope that even a soccer team can’t crush it. This restaurant, which serves nearly two dozen paradillas, recently added a slew…

For months, Brian Laird has been plotting under the radar, slowly and methodically working on lease negotiations for a new restaurant in Jefferson Park, and finally, just last week, Laird and his business partners, Taylor Swallow and Kajsa Gotlin, inked a deal on a century-old corner space at 2900 West…

Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified pupusa from a new joint on Federal Boulevard, to a hearty plate of ham, eggs and pancakes from Breakfast King, to a decadent lobster roll from a new seafood shack and fish market…