Before we move on to controversies in other restaurant neighborhoods, we’re taking one more turn around Cherry Creek. That’s where Rodney’s closed this weekend, prompting Denver Dave to say that Cherry Creek North is “just becoming another food court in any mall USA.” That rallied the CCN defenders, including JPL35,…
Cholon Modern Asian Bistro, 1555 Blake Street, is commemorating two years in business with a four-course wine dinner tonight…
From the street, Harold’s and the Bayonet Room doesn’t look like the kind of place you’d expect to find Noah Heaney, the former beverage purchasing agent for Big Red F and the current adviser to the president of the Colorado Bartenders Guild. In fact, Harold’s is attached to the modest…
Mayor Michael Hancock: beer geek. Okay, that might be a slight exaggeration. Still, Hizzoner will make his second appearance at a Denver craft brewery in as many weeks when he kicks off Prost Brewing’s three-day Oktoberfest celebration this Friday and taps the first keg of the brewery’s new Märzen lager,…
If I had to choose two words to describe menus these days, I’d use these: “short” and “sweet.” Not in terms of length, as anyone who’s gone to Linger knows. (There are enough dishes on that menu to circumnavigate the globe.) No, I’m referring to “short” as it relates to…
Thirteen bucks is more than twice the amount you’d pay for a pint of Ben & Jerry’s or Häagen-Dazs at the grocery store, so how good would ice cream have to be to convince your average foodie to spoon over that kind of cash? The answer? As good as Jeni’s…
After two and half years spearheading the line at Jonesy’s EatBar, chef Beau Simmons is no longer in the kitchen. It all went down last week, he says, when owner Leigh Jones pulled him aside and suggested that it was time for the two to part ways, a decision, he…
Update, September 28: Crooked Stave is now serving draft beer again after having come to resolution with the Department of Revenue’s tobacco and liquor enforcement division. It turns out that Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson, who has researched Colorado’s odd liquor rules, had asked Funkwerks Brewing in Fort Collins, where…
My accountant recently turned me on to this west-side suburban Mexican joint that’s been a fixture in the ‘hood for years, and while we don’t always see eye-to-eye when it comes to food, he steered me in the right direction here, although ordering the carne adovada was all my idea…
There are few pleasures in life as satisfying as sitting down with a good friend and a bottle of wine, maybe sharing a snack. Before the weather gets too cold to enjoy this pleasure in the truly great outdoors, do yourself a favor and head to Flights Wine Cafe in…
It’s pretty effin’ rare that I eat at a restaurant and can’t find anything to complain about. I’ve dined at countless restaurants in my 35 years on this shiny blue orb, and I’ve seen plenty of good, bad and ugly. I’ve had meals that were overcooked, undercooked, cocked-up so badly…
Cherry Creek North is changing, and the most recent development is the closing of Rodney’s, after close to three decades in the neighborhood. That’s a sign, Denver Dave suggests, that CCN is “becoming another food court in any mall USA.” But other readers disagree. See also: – Big Easy Creole…
Mateo, 1837 Pearl Street in Boulder, will host a four-course wine dinner inspired by the colors of fall this evening at 6 p.m…
Two weeks ago, we broke the news that Cherokee Dining on 12th Avenue, an iconic Golden Triangle gathering place and watering hole that’s occupied the turf at 1201 Cherokee Street for 28 years, is closing on October 14. But that’s just one part of a larger story. I also mentioned…
West Flanders Brewery opened its doors over the weekend at 1125 Pearl Street in Boulder, in the former home of BJ’S Restaurant & Brewhouse (which has relocated to 1690 28th Street in Boulder). The brewpub is one of several new breweries tapping into that town, including J Wells, Wild Woods…
Can craft beer be an ingredient in a cocktail, or should it stand alone? That is the question that dozens of bartenders around town have tried to answer over the past few years as Colorado’s world-beating craft-beer industry intersected with the resurgent cocktail movement. It’s a question that still hasn’t…
The Update, September 28: Crooked Stave is now serving draft beer again after having come to resolution with the Department of Revenue’s tobacco and liquor enforcement division. It turns out that Crooked Stave owner Chad Yakobson, who has researched Colorado’s odd liquor rules, had asked Funkwerks Brewing in Fort Collins,…
Big — BIG — portions of Southern-inspired cuisine are on the menu at this newcomer, where just about everything is done on a large scale. 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…
“All right, everybody ready to get their hands dirty?” asked Burton Koelliker, executive chef at Osteria Marco, as he and his crew rolled a few dozen balls of dough so that we could attempt to make pizza crusts. After much spilled laughter and flour, the students at Saturday’s “The Art…
Oktoberfest season is here, and with that comes the chance to eat brats, down pints and dress in pop culture’s best approximation of traditional German attire. In short, it’s a drunk, occasionally debauched form of heaven on Earth that took over LoDo this weekend, and will repeat next weekend. Continue…
Back before we had rock star chefs strutting their gimmicks on the Food Network, Denver had Duy Pham, who first made a (big) name for himself as the ridiculously young chef of the long-departed Tante Louise. He followed that illustrious gig with stints at Opal on Ninth Avenue, a restaurant…
There are so many monster zucchini ready to harvest in our garden that we’re planning to make zucchini bread. A lot of it. And take it to friends and coworkers. And probably complete strangers. This vegan recipe (adapted for mile-high altitude from The Joy of Vegan Baking) is moist and…
