Food & Drink

There’s a debate raging in food circles about tasting menus and whether chefs have become tyrants by forcing multi-hour parades of plates on unwitting guests. For now, Troy Guard’s name doesn’t factor into that discussion, but I wouldn’t put forty courses past him. After all, this is a chef who…

There’s nothing quite like a bubbling-hot chicken pot pie when the weather is chilly (despite today’s projected warm forecast, the air was was anything but balmy), and that’s exactly what I ordered for lunch at an off-the-radar restaurant in the suburbs that serves its pot pie in a cast-iron skillet,…

Red Ginger opened its doors today in the former home of Sonoda’s at 550 Broadway. The restaurant is serving a range of Asian fusion dishes — including sushi currently discounted by 50 percent — but the new owners didn’t make any significant changes to the space. In fact, those doors…

Back in 2006, Doug Naiman’s Aviano Coffee was one of the first tenants in the Beauvallon, the beleaguered behemoth in the 900 block of Lincoln Street, and it was one of the last ones out, finally forced to leave by the construction curtains that swathed the building in 2009. From…

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…

Gayor Geller grew up in Harvard Gulch, a tree-lined neighborhood near the University of Denver, and Maddie’s, the breakfast and lunch restaurant he’s opening on Friday morning in that same ‘hood, is a “family project,” he says, that’s been a dream for decades…

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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Family recipes run…

Cured has opened a new “micro-grocery” store in its space at 1825 Pearl Street in Boulder. The Larder is now selling such essential items as bacon, eggs, milk and local greens. “It was something we wanted to do since we originally opened,” says Will Frischkorn, who owns the specialty cheese…

George Eder Pizza Republica 5375 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village 720-489-2030 www.pizzarepublica.com This is part one of my interview with George Eder, exec chef of Pizza Republica; part two of our conversation will tun tomorrow. George Eder grew up in Detroit, one of five siblings whose mother insisted on cooking breakfast,…

You know when you sincerely promise yourself you’ll try something different the next time you eat at a restaurant, but then don’t because you just love that one thing so much? That’s me with the Truffle Mushroom Swiss burger at Smashburger. Every single time I’ve eaten at a Smashburger, I’ve…

Recognize this spot? You won’t soon. This is the former Rockstar Bar, which the owners of Katie Mullen’s will soon turn into an Irish pub — adding to the 55 restaurants/bars/coffeehouses already in the LoHi neighborhood. And the news brought another round of responses in the Highland/hipster debate. See also:…

Technomic Inc. has released its inaugural list of Chain Restaurant Consumers’ Choice Award honorees, winners, chosen from 115 fast-food, fast-casual and full-service restaurants, with the winners selected by consumers. So now for the two pressing questions: What, exactly, is Technomic, and which restaurants got A+ grades? See also: – Colorado…

This old bar in Globeville is getting new life with a change in ownership. And if a cabaret license comes through, yes, there will be dancing. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a…

The folks behind Katie Mullen’s have taken over the former Rockstar Bar location at 3358 Mariposa in Highland, a space that couldn’t be more of a contrast to the big, swank Irish bar (four bars, actually) that Paul Maye opened downtown almost four years ago. But construction has already started…

If you’ve got FourSquare, the location-centric app that allows you to check into (and check out) new spots on your smartphone, you already know that Michael Hancock isn’t the only mayor in town. For more than a year, we’ve hosted a custom Westword FourSquare badge that users can earn when…

The happy hour at Dazzle has always been a thing of beauty: $3 craft beers, $4 glasses of wine and an array of foods ranging in price from $3.75 to $6.75, catering to both carnivorous and plant-based palates. There’s often live music in the lounge, and all the shaken cocktails…