The sensational salsa bar still remains, but the menu at this particular outpost of a prolific taqueria has a new focus: gorditas, including one smeared with a robust chicken mole. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where…
Happy Place: Kona Grill, 3000 East First Avenue, 720-974-1300. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and Monday through Thursday from 9 to 11 p.m. The Deals: $3-$4 beer speials; $4-$5 cocktail specials; $5 wines by the glass; $7.50 sake bombers; $4-$6 food specials. Were we happy?…
New Belgium Brewing started small in 1991, but in the 21 years since, the Fort Collins beer maker has grown into the third-largest craft brewer in the county — and it will get even bigger in 2014 when it opens a second major brewery in North Carolina. But New Belgium…
Colorado is home to the highest number of Google searches for Halloween treats, according to NBC’s Today; fortunately, the Centennial State has plenty of places to get our sugar rush. And we just acquired one more: A second Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop (the original is at 1512…
Hot dog! Mile High Vienna Stand has moved from its original space on Santa Fe right up the street to a bigger spot with parking! “People kept telling me we were too busy — something I didn’t think was possible,” says owner Sonny Jarock. “But this new space is great…
Happy Friday! There are three big parties tomorrow, including a birthday blowout at Lola that promises plenty of “good booze, good grub and live tunes.” Here’s a taste of what else is happening this weekend:…
When Paul Reilly shuttered Encore earlier this year, in April, he found that he had some free time on his hands for the first time in a long time, and while he was scouring the ‘hoods for a space where he could open a new restaurant, he also welcomed the…
The original Mile High Vienna Stand has moved from 258 Santa Fe Drive to a larger space half a block away at 300 Santa Fe, in the heart of Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe. “People kept telling me we were too busy — something I didn’t think was possible,”…
Is the idea of eating insects for protein — rather than as part of a reality-TV show contest –really that weird anymore? John Beers of Chapul Cricket Bars doesn’t think so, and he’s on a mission to change hearts and minds — by chirping about the health and environmental benefits…
I’m a big fan of the hot dogs at this wiener joint, but the Italian beef sandwich, dipped in what the restaurant calls “gravy,” is my go-to guilty pleasure Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts…
Fans were shocked and saddened when Terroir, a much-lauded farm-to-table restaurant on Longmont’s Main Street, closed after five fruitful years. “It’s definitely bittersweet,” says Tim Payne, who ran the restaurant with his wife, Melissa Newell, and manned the line as executive chef. See also: – First look: Former Bitter Bar…
Ed Kammerer Highland Pacific Restaurant & Oyster Bar 3934 West 32nd Avenue 303-477-6644 www.highlandpacific.net Part one of my interview with Ed Kammerer, exec chef-owner of Highland Pacific Restaurant & Oyster Bar, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: We used to have…
Jesse Morreale has decided he can’t fight city hall on two fronts. And so after last call on Saturday, October 27, he’ll close Rockbar, the hipster hangout he opened in the motel at 3015 East Colfax Avenue that he bought almost seven years ago; the Denver Department of Excise and…
Rockbar will close this weekend, after more than six years as a hipster hangout on East Colfax. While owner Jesse Morreale and the city continue to trade barbs, a few customers are spilling their memories of nights at Rockbar: See also: – Rockbar will close this weekend after a goodbye…
Celebrity chef Ming Tsai and chef Troy Guard are teaming up tonight in the kitchen at TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, for a special five-course collaboration. And both chefs will be taking a break from the burners to spend time with guests…
Even if you’re too busy to read books, there’s a good chance you’ve dog-eared the pages of Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, or at least chatted with someone who has. Malcolm Gladwell’s book spent an incredible 193 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and its premise…
There are many stops along the road to adulthood: getting your driver’s license, going off to college, taking your first (legal) sip of beer. Before all those, however, there’s another: your first cup of coffee. I remember mine clearly. I was a teenager at an outdoor sporting event in Wisconsin…
Lost amid the avalanche of beer tappings during the Great American Beer Festival was a pumpkin beer that Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing made just for Old Chicago restaurants as part of its Halloween Mini Tour. The beer, 4 Foodies Ale (see the video above), was brewed in collaboration with Guerrilla…
Wine drinkers typically skew into two categories: those who love the taste of dirt, and those who are all about big fruit flavors. Put another way, the first group consists of peeps who worship at the altar of everything old world, including wines from across the pond (read: Europe), usually…
Leaf & Crumb, a bakery specializing in tea-infused cakes and cupcakes, just opened at 4416 East Eighth Avenue. Owner Jennifer Rocha, who gave up a career as a pharmacist to pursue her passion for baking, and her crew officially put the icing on the cake yesterday. Westword photographer Elyse Mitchell…
Breweries, big and small, have been opening at a dizzying pace over the past year along the Front Range, from Colorado Springs to Windsor and everywhere in between. Denver alone welcomed eight new breweries in the past twelve months, while Boulder County added at least eight, including four within the…
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. Pete just celebrated…
