On September 29, 2011, after the first night of the annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Left Hand Brewing publicly revealed a bottled beer that its owners and brewers had spent two years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to create. See also: – Strange Brewing faces a trademark…
It seems like everybody and their neighbor wants to be in the wine business. Last week, we spilled the juice on Denver-based Club W’s first year in the monthly wine club business. While we found their edgy-cool offerings well worth the hype, as we did our research we couldn’t help…
In November, shortly after Colorado voters approved Amendment 64, thus creatiing the possibility of limited retail sales of marijuana in the state, we provided a list of Five Colorado pot-themed beers to pair with Amendment 64. Well, you can make that a six-pack. As Oskar Blues has reminded us with…
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…
Renegade Brewing, which opened in the Art District on Santa Fe just eighteen months ago, said today that it will open a pub serving pizza salads and lots and lots of craft beer near the University of Denver. The Renegade Publik House, in the former Spicy Pickle spot at 2043…
You can get chicken tikka masala here, as well as vindaloo and biryani, but this is a restaurant — Indian, obviously — that offers so much more, including a delicious cashew chicken curry strewn with cilantro. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
Jay Leandro Pub 17 on Welton Street 1750 Welton Street hyatt.com/gallery/pub17/index.html 303-295-1117 This is part one of my interview with Jay Leandro, exec chef of Pub 17 on Welton Street; part two of our conversation with run tomorrow. According to Jay Leandro, it all started with a chicken. “I was…
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey will release the latest batch of its highly-prized, limited-edition Snowflake series at 9 a.m. on Saturday. This one was cask- conditioned for months in two hand-picked Malbec barrels from Denver’s Spero Winery. The distillery puts out one or two Snowflake series batches each year, an event that…
Ondo’s Spanish Tapas Bar, 250 Steele Street, is commemorating three years in business this evening with drink specials — including $3 Basque cider and $5 house wines — throughout the night. There will also be a traditional, Basque-style Pintxos bar featuring a variety of tapas for $2 each. See also:…
In honor of National Cookie Day, EDGE Restaurant & Bar unveiled a twelve-foot Christmas tree made from macaroons today, at a reception introducing new general manager Matt Barber. The tree will remain on display until New Year’s Day. See also: -Soccer Saturday at EDGE -Feast with the 1-percenters at Edge…
The forces-that-be at Kentucky Fried chicken have constructed the ultimate in culinary cross-marketing: combining KFC’s fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies with its original-recipe fried chicken to create an original-recipe cookie formula. It’s a clucking weird idea, but are these new hybrid cookies the next big thing for KFC — or an…
Food programming has come a long way since Julia Child cooked her way into our hearts, boning chickens, flipping potato pancakes and never missing a beat when the occasional pan dropped on the floor. For all her affability, Child was trying to do one thing: demystify fine cooking for an…
Jerry Feld bought his bar at 404 Broadway before he was even old enough to have a liquor license; for the first year, it was in his uncle’s name. Feld went on to run Club 404 for sixty years, creating generations of fans. But once he hit eighty, he was…
An appreciative crowd of convivial drinkers bellied up to the bar last night at Ghost Plate & Tap, the site of Industry Denver’s first Winter Talent Showcase, a cocktail-centric bash that pimped the mad mixology skills of several Denver bartenders, including Dante Reesman, Melissa Durant, Matty Durgin, Jason Patz, Anthony…
Want to get lucky as you ring in 2013? The Westword New Year’s Eve Guide will be inserted in our December 13 issue and will include information on select December 31 entertainment options to ensure that when the clock strikes twelve, you don’t strike out. If you know of any…
Mellow Mushroom seemed like the perfect place to celebrate the passage of Amendment 64, what with its giant, color-changing psychedelic mushroom motif. But this pizza chain is based in Atlanta, and last time we checked, Georgia wasn’t anywhere close to legalizing marijuana. Still, we’ll give a thumbs-up to Mellow Mushroom’s…
It was my lucky day, stopping at a restaurant/bar that stocks Avery Odio Equum, a brilliant sour that’s a rarity, given that only 443 cases were produced. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered…
The phrase “say my name” may get you slapped at a bar under normal circumstances, but today it could net you a free Sweet Jim Beam Bacon Swiss burger at Red Robin. That’s because on December 4, participating locations of Red Robin will give a free burger to anyone whose…
Jenn Wohletz doesn’t like Guy Fieri. She’s been an anti-fan since the late ’90s, and recently served up “Five reasons why Guy Fieri should drive to Douchebagistan and never come back.” And responses to her piece keep coming. Some positive, some definitely not… See also – Five reasons why Guy…
The revamped, and recently reviewed, Gaetano’s will host one of its monthly wine dinners tonight, showcasing various wineries by pairing their vino with a special four-course menu. This dinner features wine selected by local Italian wine expert Mario Scanu. See also: -All in the family: How do the Smaldones feel…
Colorado foodophiles have one — make that seven — more reasons to ballyhoo our culinary scene: Today, Pagosa Brewing Company, Avalanche Cheese Company, Ritual Chocolate, Serendipity Confections, Dancing Pines Distillery, Leopold Bros. and Syntax Spirits were all named as finalists vying for a 2013 Good Food Award. See also: -…
At the end of November, the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses approved the dance cabaret license application filed by Pasquini’s Pizzeria on 17th Avenue, which means this latest location in the Pasquini’s empire can now offer live music, which has been such a hit at the Highland location. There…
