Former local boy Steele Platt has made very, very good: Darden Restaurants — an Orlando-based company that operates Olive Garden and Red Lobster, among other chains — announced today that it has agreed to buy Yard House USA Inc. for $585 million — cash, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. There…
Until this afternoon, southeast Denver had an abundance of restaurants named Pho Saigon — but that was before Pho Saigon Le at 8101 East Belleview Avenue caught fire. According to Channel 7, a blaze burned through the roof of the restaurant, and neighboring businesses in the strip mall were evacuated…
Green chile, meet cheeseburger. Downtown Denver, meet Bubba Chinos. The latest location in the chain started by Leonard Cordova, grandson of the late Stella Cordova of the original Chubby’s, will open tomorrow at 1361 Court Place, just steps from City Hall. And first-day customers will receive free chile cheese fries…
New patios are popping up all over town this summer. Star Bar introduced its outdoor “Bar Port” last month, complete with a draft system and a tiki theme. A half-dozen blocks and a world away, Edge at the Four Seazons unveiled its renovated patio in late June. Elway’s Downtown plans…
You could spend a small fortune keeping up with every Colorado beer release over the course of a year — believe me, I know. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t at least try a couple of them. In the old days — like, three years ago — beer releases were…
All systems are go for Tavern Platt Park, which will transform the former home of India’s Pearl (and Lola, Micole and Greens before that) at 1475 South Pearl Street. Tavern Hospitality Group, which bought the building, had a hearing with the Denver Department of Excise and Licenses on July 2…
I’m not sure which is more blistering: the pavement or this panang curry, which packs more heat than a desert sky in July. 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 –…
Beau Simmons Jonesy’s EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 www.jeatbar.com Part one of my interview with Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy’s EatBar, ran yesterday; below is part two of our chat. Favorite restaurant in America: Longman & Eagle in Chicago, whose motto is “Eat, Sleep, Whiskey.” They use local…
It never fails: Just when I become emotionally — and occasionally physically — attached to a certain fast-food item, the corporate overlords snatch it away like fiendish villains in a Joss Whedon movie (or one of his TV shows that hasn’t been cancelled prematurely). Okay, so some items don’t sell…
Two prominent restaurateurs are involved in very public spats with the city. Frank Bonanno, owner of Osteria Marco, among other restaurants, admits he can be a “dick.” Especially when fighting the Denver Department of Environmental Health: posting missives on his blog aimed at Danica Lee, the department’s food program manager…
Woody Creek Bakery & Cafe will donate ten percent of sales from all eight of its locations to the Red Cross wildfire relief fund today…
El Diablo does not look like this tonight. There are no crowds. In fact, the restaurant is closed, as is Sketch, its sibling next door. Very early yesterday morning, the city slapped the entire First Avenue Hotel building with notices to vacate the premise — immediately…
Colfax Avenue has always been Denver’s main thoroughfare. Created after the Rush to the Rockies of 1859, the Gateway Road flourished in the decades that followed as both a business district and a social hub, right up through the 1950s, when touristy motels lined both sides. But like Radiator Springs…
The second iteration of Beehive, chef/owner Janice Henning’s pared-down, seasonal foods showcase, opened yesterday in Boulder. The slim space that once housed Saxy’s Cafe now looks rustic yet serene, with stark white furniture and whimsical jar lights dangling overhead…
Ah, summer…and watermelon…and arugula…and goat cheese. Four of my favorite things, and this salad? It’s my new go-to for roughage. 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,…
There’s nothing more delicious than an evening spent in the company of friends, enjoying the magical experience that is the simultaneous consumption of inspired cuisine and grape-based libations — otherwise known as food and wine. Layer on top of that the fact that we can enjoy these heavenly events at…
When you’re sitting on the patio outside Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks, watching the uniquely Denver action along the 16th Street Mall and enjoying a happy-hour cocktail and a big slice of chocolate cake from Cake Bubbles in Lakewood, it’s easy to forget that you’re sitting in a link of…
Copper Kettle Brewing scored some hand-painted, custom table tops recently that incorporate not just game boards — like backgammon and checkers — but a few of the young brewery’s accolades, including its Great American Beer Festival medal and, of course, its nod as Best Brewery for Neighbors in Westword’s Best…
Opinionated. Tenacious. Temperamental. And, at times, a “dick,” especially when he’s in a courtroom arguing his case on front of a judge, who’s presiding over the latest infraction levied against him by the Denver Department of Environmental Health, with whom Frank Bonanno, who owns Luca d’Italia, Mizuna, Bones, Lou’s Food…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. According to Barb,…
Beau Simmons Jonesy’s EatBar 400 East 20th Avenue 303-863-7473 www.jeatbar.com This is part one of my interview with Beau Simmons, exec chef of Jonesy’s EatBar. You can read part two of our chat tomorrow. Beau Simmons stretches out in his garden, his face tickled by the leaves of his heirloom-tomato…
Happy birthday to 7-Eleven, which turns 85 today. And everyone is invited to join in the festivities, which include miniature birthday accessories, chances to win some sweet prizes — and free Slurpees for all…
