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…
Cafe Society served up three Guess Where contests last week, ranging from a sea-offending heap of worthless calamari from Odyssey Italian Restaurant, to an omelet topped with a thicket of superfluous arugula leaves from Early Bird (catches the weeds), to a bacon cheeseburger flipped by an abrupt short-order cook who…
The Denver dining scene lost two long-time restaurants this weekend. Longo’s Subway Tavern poured its last beer — for now — on West 38th Avenue; after 52 years, the Longo family sold the circa late 1800s building to Larimer Associates, and although COO Joe Vostrejs says they’re not yet sure…
West Flanders Brewery, 1125 Pearl Street in Boulder, hosted a soft opening over the weekend in the former home of BJ’S Restaurant & Brewhouse (which has relocated to 1690 28th Street in Boulder). The new brewery tapped its keg just in time for the fall — a season definitely worth…
After an afternoon of shopping for cheap to moderately-priced unassembled end tables and bathroom shelves at Ikea — a trip that usually lasts into the early evening if you start on the top floor — there is one last spot you really can’t miss: the Swedish food market. This section…
The Lime at Landmark has dried up. Since they’d signed the lease on the spot in 2007, the troubled Landmark development had gone through bankruptcy and assorted banks, and owners Pam Savage Sims and Curt Sims decided not to try renegotiating the deal again. “The latest problem was we were…
“It’s been a good run and we’ve had a great time here, but it’s just time to move on,” says Barb Longo. And so Sunday evening, Longo’s Subway Tavern will close…after 52 years. Barb’s been there for 38 of them: She started working at the Subway when she was eighteen…
The Alpha King Challenge, a low-key hoppy-beer contest that takes place every year during the Great American Beer Festival, will move this October from the Falling Rock Taphouse, which has hosted it for thirteen years, to the Rock Bottom Restaurant. The move seems like a strange one for Hopunion, the…
Happy Place: Bar Louie, 8332 East 49th Avenue, 303-457-5900. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers; $4 wines by the glass; $5 martinis; half-priced select appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Beer cocktails have found a niche at bars across Colorado over the past two years, as mixologists look for new ways to blend flavors. On Sunday, September 23, eight of the city’s finest bartenders will gather at Ghost Plate & Tap and do battle with one another in the Beer…
