Kim Jordan, the CEO of New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, is no longer the majority owner of the company she co-founded in 1991. Instead, Jordan is just one of 456 owners as of December 28, when she sold her family’s 59 percent stake to the now 100 percent employee-owned…
David Payne Jelly Cafe 600 East 13th Avenue, 303-831-6301 1700 East Evans Avenue, 720-596-4108 www.eatmorejelly.com This is part one of my interview with David Payne, executive chef of Jelly Cafe; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. My mom,” sighs David Payne, “wasn’t a good cook. At all.” Peppers…
For the past three years, certified sommelier and chef Kendra Anderson has penned a weekly “Swirl Girl” wine column for Westword, giving readers — novices and bona fide oenophiles alike — crash courses that detail her love for the grape, and now she’s taken her passion one step further. Anderson…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company will debut its newest canned beer next week — one with some unusual Colorado ingredients. No, it’s not Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout — although two-packs of that ballsy beer will also be released in cans soon. The beer is called Belgorado and it’s made almost entirely…
Several restaurateurs apparently made new year’s resolutions to give their places a facelift. After more than a decade holding down a prime corner in Larimer Square, Tamayo has closed for a major renovation of both the space and the menu. The original Jelly is only two years old, but it’s…
Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House has been showcasing select craft breweries at its LoDo location, 1610 16th Street, every Wednesday at 4 p.m. And today, the pizzeria will surrender its taps to three brews from Great Divide Brewing. See also: -Good execution turns into good pizza at Lucky Pie…
By 9 a.m. this morning, Westword pot critic William Breathes had received at least three e-mails asking how he felt about his “real identity” being outed in the New York Times today by Frank Bruni, the former Times restaurant critic turned columnist. In a piece titled “Colorado’s Marijuana Muddle,” Bruni…
New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins will debut a new series of seasonal beers this year, most of them focused on a new or unsual variety of hops. The Hop Kitchen beers, as the series is called, will be sold only in 22-ounce bomber bottles and on draft. “People want…
It’s a roster that includes some of the biggest and boldest names in Denver’s culinary landscape: Matt Selby, Sean Yontz, Ian Kleinman, Kevin Morrison and Jorel Pierce. Those are the five chefs that Leigh Sullivan, president of Leigh Sullivan Enterprises, has chosen to round out this year’s FIVE, a jackpot…
The term “celebrity chef” is as ubiquitous as pork belly, but I bet that if I asked ten people for a definition, I’d get ten different answers. To some, it means a nationally known chef with a mug you’d recognize from appearances on TV. Denver has a few of these,…
Late last week, we broke the news that Living the Sweet Life, a bakery in LoHi, had shuttered, but the space already has new occupants, namely a cartel of sausage slingers — they who own the Über Sausage, a diminutive frankfurter house on East Colfax that opened in 2011 across…
Denver has plenty for the discerning plant-based diner, especially pizza. This town has so many good vegan pies that it’s getting increasingly tough to pick a favorite. One thing we know for sure: The vegan and vegetarian pizzas at Sexy Pizza are swoon-worthy, especially on that delectable, decadent, perfectly baked…
Just shy of a month ago, Paul Attardi, the familiar front-of-the-house face of Fruition, Alex Seidel’s (still) spellbinding restaurant on Sixth Avenue, parted ways with his sidekick after a ten-year business partnership. And now, what may very well be the best front-of-the-house job in a Denver restaurant is up for…
At a potluck dinner party at my home a few years ago, I made the mistake of handing Pete Marczyk a can of Scotch Buy black pepper that had expired in 1988 — which meant the pepper was old as the friends’ marriage we were celebrating, and a lot less…
The discussion over Gretchen Kurtz’s review of Restaurant Fourteen Seventy-Two has demonstrated how passionately people care about Platt Park (however it’s spelled), why you shouldn’t eat Mexican food in Charleston, what constitutes low-country cuisine and other lessons of geography, including itsbootytime’s suggestion that “if I had to guess this critic…
Jenna Johansen joins the crew at Trillium, 2134 Larimer Street, tonight for the latest in the restaurant’s Scandinavian dinner series. The paired menu will feature courses inspired by the cuisine of Denmark. See also: – Jenna Johansen talks frankly about her boot from Around the World in 80 Plates -…
Dazzle will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary tomorrow. To commemorate the occasion, the club is throwing a party with the Bob Montgomery/Pete Olstad Big Band and the Funky Fresh Trio benefiting the Gift of Jazz, an organization supporting the past, present and future of jazz in the Rocky Mountain Region. And…
The Space Creators, a Denver-based real estate development and brokerage firm, has announced a new partnership with The Desk, a co-working cafe that opened last year in the space that once held Buffalo Exchange, at 230 East 13th Avenue. “It’s great news,” says Desk owner Kristian Barowsky, who co-owns the…
When Tamayo, chef Richard Sandoval’s modern Mexican restaurant, opened in Larimer Square in 2001, it was easily one of the most innovative design schemes — and food concepts — on what has now become one of the city’s liveliest blocks for a dose of culinary artistry. But while the majority…
Boney’s does barbecue “low and slow,” its website promises. But in this case, “low and slow” wins the race — because Boney’s just unveiled its new location at 1543 Champa Street, just two doors down from its former home at 1555 Champa. The bigger, better space will allow owner/operators Lamont…
Cheap rent, hip locals and an urban feel are three of the main ingredients that have turned River North into one of Denver’s hottest neighborhoods for new breweries. Three of them — River North Brewery, Black Shirt Brewing and Our Mutual Friend Malt & Brew (which is technically in Five…
There’s nothing quite like a basket of fried pig’s ears to start a conversation, although at this bar, which was recently given a major makeover, conversation is at the heart of the convivial vibe. The ears share menu space with Salisbury steak and perogies, too, making it every bit as…
