Photos: Red Poppy Tea and Hookah Parlour opens in Highland

The Highland neighborhood is smoking hot these days, and last week it got even hotter when Red Poppy Hookah Tea and Hookah Parlour opened at 2120 West 29th Avenue. Co-owners Mayes and Sakshi Mears already have a Red Poppy in Iowa; when they decided to open a second spot, they…

Full Steam Tavern opens at 1434 Blake Street

The space at 1434 Blake Street that was once home to the legendary City Spirit has gone through many incarnations over the past decade, from Andrew’s Pub & Lounge to Lure Lounge to SportsBook to Pre-Game Sports Bar to the Blake and, finally, Kraine Station, a Ukrainian restaurant that barely…

Fabio Flagiello, exec chef-owner of PastaVino, on organs

Fabio Flagiello PastaVino 1043 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-955-8791 www.pastavino.com This is part one of my interview with Fabio Flagiello, exec-chef owner of PastaVino. Part two of my chat with the Boulder chef will run in this space tomorrow. “There’s something about the life of a chef and restaurant owner that’s…

Denver Beer Co plans a major expansion and a second tasting room

The Denver Beer Co, which just celebrated its first birthday last month, plans to spill over into a separate, 1,700-square-foot space next door that will be called the Barrel Room at Denver Beer Co. The addition, scheduled for completion in December, will allow the brewery to expand its production capacity…

Zucchini lovers get lucky at Lucky Pie

Abundant. Plentiful. Excessive. I’m not referring to campaign commercials here. I’m talking about that other seasonal annoyance: zucchini. (Not an annoyance, you say? Then you must not have a garden. Or a neighbor with one.)…

Rick’s Tavern is up for sale

Some sales are done in secret, with the employees only learning the day the deal is done — if then. In more drastic cases, employees show up to find the door of the establishment where they thought they worked locked, with a “Closed” sign on the door. And then there’s…

Guess where I’m eating a whole state of french fries?

I’d asked for a small side of shoestring tubers. What I got was the whole fucking state of Idaho. 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…

Pho Vy’s vegetarian pho comforts the south suburbs

Pho is delicious year-round, but we’re coming up on the time of the planet’s rotation around the sun when it’s particularly satisfying: fall and winter. There are a few places in the metro area that offer this Vietnamese noodle soup made with vegetable broth instead of the default beef mixture,…

The Comfort Cafe will close for good this month on Tennyson Street

The Comfort Cafe, a donation-based, non-profit community kitchen and restaurant in Berkeley Park that was the second pay-what-you-can-afford spot in town, struggled from the start. Over its two-year existence, Comfort Cafe has had to close temporarily once and reduce its hours another time. But now owner Jan Bezuidenhout will close…

Reader: Original Pasquini’s needs more than a new look

Pasquini’s has gone through many changes since Tony Pasquini opened the first restaurant at 1310 South Broadway 25 years ago. While his sister, Melinda Pasquini, took over the original spot in 2004, Tony went on to open more restaurants and also franchise other efforts. There have been some bumps along…