Food & Drink

After leaving Broadway at the end of June, Barker Lounge is now open in its new home at 475 Santa Fe Drive, in the building that previously housed NV Lounge, One-Eyed Jacks and the Continental Club…

The secret to not making a mess isn’t a bib, but gloves, as the astute diners sitting next me obviously had learned from previous experience. Now I know better. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts…

When Central, the new restaurant in Highland, whose kitchen is commanded by Lance Barto, a former exec chef of Strings, opens mid-month, a Food & Wine magazine-heralded confection queen will be spearheading the pastry program: Cicely Austin, who was named one of the top fifty pastry chefs in America earlier…

Just when I thought that Burger King had exhausted its creative juices creating the BK Bacon Sundae, the Whopper elves managed to turn out three new summer sandwiches, all based on barbecue…

Part one of my interview with Adam Watts, chef de cuisine at Jax Boulder, ran on Wednesday; this is part two. Adam Watts Jax Fish House Boulder 928 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-444-1811 www.jaxboulder.com If you only had 24 hours in Denver/Boulder, where would you eat? I’d start out with brunch…

Jenn Wohletz is on the chain gang — and last week reviewed Red Robin’s Burger Works, a homegrown concept from the Greenwood Village-based chain that debuted at the Shops at Northfield Stapleton last November. But not everyone enjoyed the culinary history lesson…

Best burgers, best pizzas, best new restaurants (and best restaurant patios), plus a gallery of miniature football stadiums made of meat, a guide on how to survive Casa Bonita and a few ranty lists on what servers (or diners) do to piss off each other in restaurants. Yes, it’s our…

Adam Watts Jax Fish House Boulder 928 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-444-1811 www.jaxboulder.com This is part one of my interview with Adam Watts, chef de cuisine at Jax Boulder. Part two of our chat will run on Thursday. Cycling makes you hungry, says Adam Watts. The former professional pedaler, who spent…

Giovanni’s Italian Cafe — a family-owned combination Italian bakery, panani, pasta and pizza joint that had relocated to 3355 South Yarrow Street in Lakewood after a fire at its original location in 2008, then moved on to 9134 West Sixth Avenue — has closed that spot, too. The phone –…

What is the meaning of artisanship? The line that separates a handcrafted ware from a machine-made product is blurring as consumer demand for authentic foods over commercial ones grows…

Construction of Ace — a new ping-pong hall, restaurant and bar that the Steuben’s and Vesta Dipping Grill partners hope to open by the end of summer — has been moving along steadily, thanks to Xan Creative, the design firm tasked with renovating the old Storz Garage space next door…

A great burger needs to stand on its own, a Westword reader noted last week in response to my review of Red Robin’s Burger Works, a new concept that the Colorado-based chain tried out at the Shops at Northfield Stapleton before rolling it outside Colorado state lines. That means the…

I’m a sucker for salted ballpark pretzels — they’re one of my guilty pleasures — and while the insipid cheese sauce didn’t even make it to first base, the pretzels hit a home run. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…

Not every vegetarian or vegan likes substitute meats — but those who do understand that there is such a thing as a fake meat that tastes like the real thing. Gardein is one brand that does fake meat really well, and many of its products are available on the menu…

Attivo Pizza & Subs, home of the “life changing” Pancho Villa sub, is now helping to bring new life to the revitalized Beauvallon complex…

Hurry to Denver Beer Co. if you want to get a taste of Clown Question, Bro, a Canadian lager-style beer that DBC brewed after the Washington Nationals’ Bryce Harper called a query regarding his favorite beer “a clown question.” But the rookie phenom took the homage in stride, and even…