A stormy night in Boulder, rain lashing down, flood warning in effect, and four of us sitting in a comfortable corner of the Dushanbe Teahouse. Looking out, we can see the swollen creek rushing by, and we speculate on just how high it might rise. There’s no one on the…
Protesters gathered outside the First Avenue Hotel late yesterday afternoon, waving signs and asking the city to allow Sketch and El Diablo to reopen — and for employees of those restaurants to start collecting paychecks again. They’ve also started a petition on the web — at www.saveeldiabloandsketch.com — asking the…
The Infinite Monkey Theorem is now the official wine partner of the USA Pro Challenge, which means that the world-class cyclists who will be pedaling through the Colorado Rockies next month will be rewarded at the finish of each of the seven stages with Monkey Theorem wine in the VIP…
Roostercat Coffeehouse will soon open as a fair-trade, farm-to-table coffee shop in a funky space at 1045 Lincoln Street…
The Squeaky Bean’s Johnny Ballen wasn’t at the Bean on Saturday night. Instead, he was bartending a party for the class of 1972 at Regis University — the same college that actor and comedian Bill Murray attended years ago. And Ballen, who wore one of his Squeaky Bean tuxes to…
There are as nearly as many variations on curries as there are countries, and while I’m a sucker for an incendiary vindaloo, and I can’t get enough of a piquant panang, the lamb curry in the above snap is not from an Indian restaurant; nor is it from a Thai…
This is the second in a series of pieces profiling Colorado-grown products…and what some local restaurants do with them. Read the first installment, on Hazel Dell mushrooms, here. Sticky, fragrant, bright orange fat. Rendered from chunks of silky guanciale, it slathers the agliolini all’ Amatriciana pasta at Cellar Wine Bar,…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a rather anemic roast beef sandwich from Pajama Baking Company to green chile-smothered carnitas from Citygrille to a heap of deep-fried Mexican onions specked with red chile flakes…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Beat the heat with a spiced drink with a little hit of caffeine to keep you going. This recipe (inspired by The…
On August 19, Pagliacci’s — which has been owned by the same family since 1946 — will serve its last bowl of minestrone. “It’s been an awesome experience,” says Mark Langston, whose mother bought the place from other relatives in 1977. “It’s just time to move on.” A developer has…
Vesta Dipping Grill turns fifteen this month, and owner Josh Wolkon and crew have invited former Vesta chefs Tyler Skrivanek of Duo, James Rugile of Mizuna, Wade Kirwan of Adrift, Dillon Maddox of Solera, Drew Hardin of Lola and Brandon Biederman of Steuben’s to cook at a six-course feast and…
If you spilled tears at the news that Gaetano’s, one of Denver’s only remaining red sauce joints, was temporarily shuttered for an extensive facelift (and a new menu to boot that’s definitely not old-school Italian), grab a bucket and a box of Kleenex, because after 66 years of serving spaghetti…
Happy hour will not be very happy today at El Diablo and Sketch tonight. The restaurants remain closed, after the city slapped the building in which they’re housed, the First Avenue Hotel, with a notice to vacate very early on Tuesday, July 10. According to the city, the structure is…
Sean Kenyon isn’t the kind of guy to shy away from the spotlight — or the liquor cabinet. The Denver-based cocktail kingpin (or bartender, as he prefers) has been slinging drinks for 26 years, and he’s incredibly good at it, racking up contest titles and accolades around the world, sitting…
After eleven years, Lime is closing its location in Larimer Square this weekend — but customers will have two days of fun in the meantime, filled with signature tacos and mighty margaritas…
Rocky Ford cantaloupe took a big hit last year, unfairlyfingered by the FDA in the early days of the listeria outbreak in a September 14, 2011 release that warned consumers not to eat Rocky Ford cantaloupes. And never mind that the real culprit, Jensen farms, was more than a hundred…
The United Artists mega-movie house and Dave & Buster’s, both anchor tenants at Colorado Center, the sprawling development at I-25 and South Colorado Boulevard, are getting a neighboring waterhole and restaurant…
Happy Place: The Kitchen, 1530 16th Street, 303-623-3127 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $1.25 oysters; $3-$7 appetizer specials; $4 select beers; $5 wines by the glass and specialty cocktails. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
After several days of eying everything on my plate with suspicion (food poisoning has a way of making you cynical), I finally got my appetite back, celebrating the return of a hungry belly with a roast beef sandwich…followed by a scoop of ice cream, both of which you can find…
For me, going to the suburbs for anything is like taking a spaceship to a distant planet populated by strange aliens and strip malls. Still, on occasion I’ll haul my shorts out to an outlying town. In this case, it was Thornton, because I’d heard that Cinebarre has movies, booze…
There’s lots of action on the Denver restaurant scene — the ongoing controversy over Frank Bonanno’s fight with the health department, the upcoming Tavern Platt Park…and today, the opening of a new Bubba Chinos downtown, just steps away from City Hall, which will be serving up free chile cheese fries…
Friday night is Burger Night at both Marczyk Fine Foods locations — 770 East 17th Avenue and 5100 East Colfax Avenue. The stores serve up beef from Niman Ranch on brioche buns from City Bakery, with all the fixings, for $6.99. And tonight’s grill-out will help raise funds for Red…
