Vinue Food and Wine Bar, 2817 East Third Avenue, is hosting a mixer for singles between thirty and forty this evening. The event, which costs $79.95, includes a food- and wine-tasting and begins at 6 p.m.; call 720-287-1156 to RSVP…
What are your favorite places, services and events in the metro area? Give them the spotlight they deserve: The Westword Best of Denver 2013 Readers’ Poll is now live, and we want your input. What is Denver’s best food truck? Who has your favorite milkshake? Best bartender? Best diner? You…
After way too many beers, this sign was a sight for sore (and bloodshot) eyes. Since Scott and Todd Leopold moved their Leopold Bros. Distillery here from Detroit, it’s become a Colorado institution — like the place where we found the Leopold Bros. Whiskey Bar. Can you guess where we’re…
Jax Fish House opened in LoDo — in the space once home to the legendary Terminal Bar — sixteen years ago. In bar time, that could be a century ago, and so Jax closed at the end of service on New Year’s Eve for a quick, but major, and remarkable,…
Cornbread is right up there with potato salad and grits as a good, old-fashioned, home-style side. And yes, it can be vegan — making it a great pairing with a bean-based soup (last week’s Southwestern-style stew, for example). Adapted for altitude from Veganomicon, this version is a country-flavored favorite. See…
The Fainting Goat, 846 Broadway, will introduce a new menu today at 11 a.m. The pub’s fare now features spinach and artichoke dip, sliders and salads, and a “seared” blue cheese and bacon cheeseburger; check the website for the rest of the selection. The Goat is also debuting a new…
Too busy to get to everything on Cafe Society’s plate this week? Here’s another helping of some of our entrees: Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Early Bird Restaurant in Westminster. Here’s the capsule version of her full review: It might seem easy to make an omelet, but it isn’t — as the…
Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli, which has been slinging mouthwatering meatball sandwiches in north Denver for decades, has temporarily closed. See also: – Carbone’s Italian Sausage Deli is closing…maybe – Red alert: Denver’s old-school Italian joints are disappearing – Best Sandwiches – 2011 – Carbone’s…
The Bistro inside of Tony’s Market at 950 Broadway has cut back its hours in anticipation of remodeling the space — and cut out its kitchen altogether. And that project will not only change the configuration of the area, but what’s offered there. The Bistro’s kitchen will be removed, replaced…
Want to try the lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper sent to Maryland Governor John O’Malley after losing a bet on the Broncos/Ravens game? Mary and David Miller, owners of Triple M Bar Ranch, will be in Boulder on Saturday, January 26, delivering meat to chefs — and while they’re…
After decades as the Arabian Bar, one of Denver’s classic dives, the LoHi address got a major facelift –everything in it is new — and opened yesterday as Local Bar @ Highland. While we’d reported last October that Barry Zadikoff, owner of Barry’s on Broadway, had plans to essentially turn…
For the past sixteen years, Backcountry Brewery has sold a lot of beer during the winter months and done decent business in the summer. But like any other ski-town brewery, it has struggled during the rest of the year. “Recently, we started experiencing more demand, but because of the seasonality…
There were plenty of Colorado natives — two- and four-legged — around when we stopped by this bar for a glass of Colorado Native, a creation of AC Golden Brewing, a Coors subsidiary. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a…
Customers are very fortunate to have fast-food chains that offer adequate — if not 100 percent nutritious or gourmet — breakfast menus for those days when flipping pancakes or cracking eggs at home isn’t time-efficient. And fast-food patrons are also fortunate that not every chain offers breakfast items, since more…
The final tally from last weekend’s NFL playoff game goes beyond the scoreboard for Colorado: Colorado also lost twelve prime lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper shipped across the country to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to pay off a bet debt. But first, he ate a little crow on the…
Sweet! Although LoHi has lost Living the Sweet Life, that space at 1535 Central Street won’t be empty long. Über Sausage is taking it over, and will open a second spot — twice as big as the original on Colfax — this spring. “I love this neighborhood, I love the…
If you love pinot noir and chardonnay — specifically, the particularly revered varieties which hail from the postage stamp-sized wine-producing region of Burgundy, France — you may want to buy a lottery ticket today. See also: – The Boulder Burgundy Festival delivered the juice – Four top wine trends for…
Q’s Restaurant, 2115 13th Street in Boulder (in the historic Hotel Boulderado), is featuring a three-course beer dinner for $26 this weekend. Service begins at 4 p.m. today and tomorrow…
Red Ginger, offering “Asian Fusion Cuisine,” plans to open soon at 550 Broadway, in the spot formerly occupied by Sonoda’s, a seafood and sushi place that closed in July. It will join Chipotle and Noodles & Co. in the eatery-dominated plaza. See also: – Pizzeria Locale opening in Denver in…
Triple M sheep, destined for Maryland?Governor John Hickenlooper is grilling lamb chops on the steps of the State Capitol this afternoon, in advance of mailing a package of a dozen lamb chops from the Triple M Bar Ranch in Manzanola to Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, to settle their bet on…
Hunter Pritchett’s first job on the line, at fourteen, was slinging fried fish at a Long John Silver’s, a gig that certainly could have persuaded him to go in a very different direction from cooking. But Pritchett, the executive chef of Luca d’Italia, wasn’t deterred, cooking at restaurants around the…
In a recent interview on Esquire.com, Wolfgang Puck commented on chefs’ well-roundedness — or surprising lack thereof. “You have many anxious chefs who know how to cook twenty recipes really well, but they don’t have a good foundation for other things,” he said. Kristen Cofrades, who, along with her husband…
