More than a dozen restaurants opened in Denver this past month, including the long-awaited Punch Bowl — Social Food & Drink and The Populist. But there were some surprise closings, too, including Il Mondo Vecchio, the pork palace that’s gone to hog heaven, and Del Norte Brewing, the first brewery…
Update: Congrats to KDBryan! For your story, you’ve won a $20 gift card to Pete’s restaurants. Original post: Pete’s Satire Restaurant & Lounge, 1920 East Colfax Avenue, turns fifty this weekend — an impressive tenure, especially considering it’s been under the same ownership that entire time. The six-restaurant, family-owned Pete’s…
About a month ago, the government seized five tons of Colorado-grown plant life, and on December 4, members of Congress plan to light it up. No, not that kind of plant life. It’s the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree, and although they won’t have the munchies, those in…
The action on Broadway just keeps heating up. Punch Bowl Social – Food and Drink opened last week, El Diablo has unleashed its holiday light display, which is absolutely worth checking out, and just down the block, Historian’s Ale House, a joint from Denver Pub Venture 1, a company that…
Aging beers in whiskey or wine barrels has become one of the most popular ways for craft breweries to play with flavors and to entice the beer geeks who are always looking for new delicious treats. While a few breweries established barrel-aging programs years ago, many of the new breweries…
It’s incredibly difficult to do justice to the thousands of remarkable cookbooks published in 2012, but after spending days — weeks — roaming through the recipes and lush food porn of hundreds of them, I’ve picked out my favorites. These are the cookbooks that stock my selves at home, and…
Later today, we’ll post our Restaurant Roll Call for November, a compendium of all the opening and closing action on Denver’s dining scene over the last thirty days — and there’s been plenty. But we expect still more in December, as entrepreneurs hurry to get restaurants open before the end…
You want fried chicken that flies right? Fried chicken that’s deep-flavored, golden and meaty? This is your coop. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select…
Fat Jack’s Supersubs, a local sandwich chain, is adding a few new things, including a fourth location in Stapleton, local art…and chairs. Until now, none of the Fat Jack’s locations have had inside dining options — they’ve been carryout and delivery only — but the store at 1245 East Colfax…
Chef Jensen Cummings is about to leave his post at Row 14 so that he can concentrate on other ventures, including Slotted Spoon Meatball Eatery, the spot he plans to open next spring with pals and business partners Johnny Coast and Alex Comisar. Lori Midson joined the crew in Comisar’s…
Buy Local Week comes to a close today, but the campaign’s overall goal is to remind consumers to support local business, something that’s certainly worth doing year-round. Here’s a great way to do it: Visit the free, weekly wine-tasting at the very local Marczyk Fine Foods, 770 East 17th Avenue,…
Spirit Hound Distillers, the first distillery in Lyons, will celebrate its grand opening Saturday. The distillery is focusing on small-batch spirits like gin, vodka and whiskey — made in homemade stills and using a variety of local ingredients. The opening party will feature Spirit Hound spirits as well a distillery…
Guy Fieri is getting more bad press than Congress and/or Lindsay Lohan right now — okay, maybe the same amount of rotten press, but that’s still plenty — all apparently inspired by the review that Pete Wells, restaurant critic for the New York Times, just gave Fieri’s brand-new restaurant, Guy’s…
Pho 95 has opened in its new location at 1401 South Federal Boulevard, right down the street from its original spot at 1002 South Federal. Although it’s still waiting on the okay of its liquor-license application, the pho remains one of this town’s liquid assets. Keep reading for a look…
Everything about the dinner I shared last night with my parents was perfect, including this huge bowl of mussels bobbing with chorizo meatballs. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool –…
MegaFauna, which we named Best RiNo Boutique in this year’s Best of Denver, has added a quaint cafe, which serves Novo coffee and locally made treats. There’s even a late-night window so that pedestrians walking along Larimer Street can grab some coffee to go. “We wanted to create a casual…
When Carolyn Aloisi Magro was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2005, her daughter, Barbara Magro, noticed that one of the first things she was forgetting was how to cook. Her mother had always been in charge of family meals, and now her recipes were in danger of being lost. So Magro…
“Here’s the thing,” confides veteran journalist Dick Kreck, “the family is not crazy about the new Gaetano’s.” One family’s opinion of this Italian institution might not matter, but we’re not talking just any family, here. We’re talking The Family, as in descendants of the Smaldones who founded the restaurant in…
Thanksgiving is a day that gives us food for thought and time to reflect on the things for which we’re thankful — our health, our friends, our kids, our jobs and dogs, wine, and the family master baster whose glossy golden turkey supplied leftovers for the next week. And this…
The lineup for the Wynkoop’s annual Parade of Darks this Saturday reads like a Colorado beer geek’s wet dream — notwithstanding the stout made with bull testicles. In fact, the beer list is so electric that attendees may not know where to begin. Billed as a fest dedicated to “beers…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews Gaetano’s, a 65-year-old Italian joint in northwest Denver that just had a facelift of both its building and its menu. This is one of the last red-sauce joints left in that neighborhood, where both Pagliacci’s and Longo’s Subway Tavern shuttered over the past few months…
Bayou Bob’s Restaurant & Bar, 1635 Glenarm Place, is hosting a watching party for the Thursday night game between the New Orleans Saints and the Atlanta Falcons, which will be televised on NFL Network at 6 p.m. tonight. The Big Easy-inspired joint will be offering drink specials all night in…
