Last September, I spent a whopping 24 hours in New York City, mostly in the kitchen of the James Beard House, where the FIVE, a coterie of local chefs and cocktail kings, strutted their talents to a sold-old cognoscenti of foodniks — one of whom claimed that it was the…
Despite the birthday party adjacent to us, where songs like”On Top of Old Smokey” were being sung by restless toddlers, the tune was actually fitting for the meatballs, calzones, pizzas, garlic knots and sausage rolls that emerged from the kitchen. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Every year on the third Thursday in November, the world celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau, field-fresh young red wines from France that are meant to celebrate the harvest and be enjoyed right away. This September, Colorado beer brewers will do something similar for hops by kicking off a Hops Nouveau party that…
Update: Tickets for the Great American Beer Festival sold out in a jaw-dropping 45 minutes today, smashing last year’s record of seven days, which, in turn, crushed the previous year’s rate of several weeks. Craft beer, it appears, is now as popular as a Justin Beiber concert. But the Boulder-based…
Pho 79 opened its sixth metro location at 1600 Champa Street last month, and on Monday, it acquired its liquor license. “We’re ready for business,” says general manager, Joe Ngo. “We want to provide good pho for the locals,” he adds, noting this “this location is the best, because of…
Pippa Taylor Strings 1700 Humboldt Street 303-831-7310 www.stringsrestaurant.com Part one of my interview with Pippa Taylor, executive chef of Strings, ran yesterday. This is part two of our chat Favorite restaurant in America: At this point, my favorites include Joël Robuchon in Las Vegas, Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago and Fenway…
After seeing that a recent Consumer Reports survey ranked Le Peep in the top ten of most popular restaurants in the U.S. — ranked on taste, value, service and mood — Jenn Wohletz decided to give this corporate-chain eatery another try. But she was not impressed by her meal at…
Resort 2 Kindness — a nonprofit committed to making a difference through random acts of kindness — will host Trucks for Pups, a food-truck gathering benefiting local dog-rescue centers, from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the parking lot of Petco at 8100 West Crestline Avenue in Littleton…
Patsy’s Italian Restaurant has been around since 1921, which means this neighborhood joint has survived the Great Depression, World War II, the Red Scare, the Vietnam War, disco, the Reagan era and the emergence of the Olive Garden. Decades of history have unfolded around its linen tablecloths, and as other…
Three craft beers, five dishes, all stellar, for less than $35. This restaurant’s happy hour is still the crème de la crème of Denver. 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…
Wine — just like every sport, art form, hobby or leisure pursuit — has a language all its own. And while someone just learning to cook would likely realize that the intimidating task of understanding what terms like “sauté” or “chiffonade” mean is simply another step in that process, why…
Ace Eat Serve opened today at 501 East 17th Avenue. The ping-pong hall, restaurant and bar is the newest eatery owned by Josh and Jen Wolkon and Matt Selby, owners of Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill…
Even presidents, CEOs and owners need hobbies, distractions and sidekicks – and that includes James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company, who, along with his buddy Scott Kinsey, will open Corner House, a java joint and bar, in late October at 2240 Clay Street in Jefferson Park…
Almost everyone who’s ever bar-hopped has, at one time or another, accidentally walked out of an establishment with their drink in hand. And on almost every one of those occasions, said drinker has been stopped by a bouncer, waiter, security guard or friend since, sadly, you can’t take your booze…
Ticketing for the Great American Beer Festival, run through Ticketmaster, got off to a rocky start yesterday during a pre-sale for Brewers Association and American Homebrewers Association members — many of whom were shut out from a Saturday afternoon session that is designed just for them. Sales to the general…
Last year’s listeria breakout gave all Colorado cantaloupes a bad name, even though the contaminated ones came from Jensen Farms in Holly rather than Rocky Ford, which has a long and proud melon tradition. So this year, the state and Rocky Ford growers are reminding Coloradans that our sweet, delicious…
There was plenty of action on the Denver dining scene in July — even without the open-shut-open saga of Sketch and El Diablo. Here’s our restaurant roll call for July:…
Pippa Taylor Strings 1700 Humboldt Street 303-831-7310 www.stringsrestaurant.com This is part one of my interview with Pippa Taylor, the executive chef of Strings. Part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Pippa Taylor is the first to admit her good fortune — and the last to take it for granted…
I hadn’t been to Le Peep in well over a decade — since I discovered eggs Bennie made from scratch are better — but I noticed that the recent chain-restaurant survey in Consumer Reports put Le Peep among the most popular restaurants in the U.S., ranked on taste, value, service…
Three weeks after the city red-tagged the First Avenue Hotel building — causing the immediate closure of both El Diablo and Sketch — both restaurants are back in business. For now. After a three-and-a-half hour hearing Monday, the Board of Appeals — a mayor-appointed committee that considers actions of the…
The Aurora location of Yogurtland, 18191 East Hampden Avenue, will donate 100 percent of all sales to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund today. The fund, which was set up by the Community First Foundation in partnership with Governor Hickenlooper, has raised over three million dollars thus far…
Anyone can make a plate of spaghetti — but in this town, only Patsy’s Italian Inn has been serving plates of homemade Italian spaghetti for more than nine decades. That was back in the days when celebrities had to sing, dance and have talent to be famous, back before The…
