A little over a year — an one tense week while a state snafu held up its liquor license — the Squeaky Bean has opened in its new home. That was the biggest restaurant opening in June, and one of the biggest so far this year, but dozens of other…
A little over a year after it left LoDo — and after a very long week in which its liquor license got caught in a state snafu — the Squeaky Bean finally opened in its new, much larger home last week…
Because of the wildfires, many of the official firework displays around the state have been cancelled. But there are plenty of reasons to take pride in Colorado’s exploding culinary scene this week. Here’s what’s on the menu:…
Earlier today, we posted a contest giving one Cafe Society reader (and a tagalong) the chance to eat and drink for free at tomorrow night’s Justice League of Street Food Factory party at the Denver Design Center. Specifically, we wanted to know how many glasses of Avery beer were poured…
“Why not?” deadpans Eric Skokan when I ask him about opening Bramble & Hare, the new restaurant he’ll unveil to the public on Monday, directly adjacent to Black Cat, the gospel of seasonality that Skokan introduced to Boulder in 2006 just off the Pearl Street Mall…
Spuntino has added happy-hour specials and brunch to a roster that includes its renowned gelato, which rated our best ice cream list. Spuntino, which closed earlier this year to retool its concept, reopened in March with a new lineup that included Yasmin Lozada-Hissom and John Broening, along with original owner…
Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper’s infamous response to a question about his favorite beer has inspired numerous jokes and parodies over the past few weeks, not to mention his very own Denver beer, Clown Question, a Canadian lager-style beer brewed by Denver Beer Co. The name is based on the (tongue-in-cheek)…
It may not be the Bronx, but this new neighborhood spot has New York-style pies and more…
This is a joint that doesn’t waffle around when it comes to its smorgasbord of sandwiches — sandwiches with common names like “Joe” and “Jones” in their titles. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is…
“The Justice League of Street Food is back for its third year of urban feasting, and the group is more determined than ever to maintain the edge they’ve always had,” Andra Zeppelin, who handles the public relations for the Justice League of Street Food, told me back in May when…
Pizza Hut’s newest offering, P’Zolo stuffed sub sandwiches, are attempting to torpedo Subway. And while this isn’t the worst campaign the Hut has ever waged, the P’Zolo is definitely on its short list of food flubs…
Colorado Firefighter Appreciation Week begins September 8 and will culminate with the first annual Fight Fire With Beer Festival on Saturday, September 15 at the Twenty Ninth Street Mall, 1710 29th Street in Boulder. The week will honor firefighters currently risking their lives battling the High Park, Waldo Canyon and…
Burgers! Burgers! Burgers! As summer heats up, so does America’s obsession with burgers. And Denver not only has a number of stand-alone spots that serve up decent burgers, but several Denver-based chains devoted to burgers, as well as many national chains — including Steak ‘n Shake, which just entered the…
Nooch Vegan Market, a new marketplace going into 3360 Larimer Street in the RiNo neighborhood, is hosting a “we’re not open yet” dance party at 8 p.m. tonight. The speakeasy-style bash will feature drinks, snacks from the Vegan Van, tunes from DJ Brian Polk and “all kinds of dancing craziness!”…
Getting the State of Colorado to sign off on the Squeaky Bean’s liquor license has been an exercise in extreme patience for owner Johnny Ballen, manager Steve Gallic, chef Max MacKissock and the rest of the Bean bunch, who, as we reported Monday, were still waiting on a liquor license…
Yard House will open its 39th location in the country and its third in Colorado, at Park Meadows in Lone Tree, on Sunday, July 1. The first local Yard House opened in Colorado Mills six years ago; the second in downtown Denver in late 2010. The new Yard House is…
After a decade at 255 S. Broadway, Barker Lounge is moving to 475 Santa Fe Drive, once home to the Continental Club, One Eyed Jacks and most recently the NV Lounge…
Hogshead Brewery, which has experienced several delays to its planned opening, has begun serving beer. No one from the brewery responded to a request for comment, but the company posted a notice on its Facebook page saying it had soft opened…
His long, lanky body clad in a T-shirt, knee-length shorts and Converse tennis shoes, Josh Wolkon slips into a booth at Steuben’s, orders a Pimms cocktail and stretches his arms. The last few months have been a whirlwind for the owner of Steuben’s, which he unleashed in Uptown in 2007…
Pizza Republica, Rio Grande and Larkburger have begun donation programs to aid victims of the High Park, Waldo Canyon and Flagstaff fires and the firefighters trying to contain them. And here are two more ways to dine out for the cause. If you know of any others, please share them…
Most Middle Eastern restaurants sling pita pulled from plastic bags, but this Mid-East feast house bakes its own, resulting in puffed spheres that plume with billows of smoke at the poke of a fork. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Why did the chicken breast fillet cross the road? To get the f*ck away from Wendy’s employees who would most certainly cook it into a salty, leathery hunk of dreck. Wendy’s just rolled out two fresh berry-oriented seasonal menu items for summer: the Berry Almond Chicken Salad and Strawberry Shortcake…
