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…
Thomas Salamunovich Larkspur 478 Vail Valley Drive, Vail 970-754-8050 www.larkspurvail.com Larkburger www.larkburger.com Part one of my interview with Thomas Salamunovich, exec chef of Larkspur and Larkburger, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: Respect each other, have a sense of humor, and…
If you’ve been looking forward to a sizzling sugar steak to kick off this year’s Independence Day, you’ll have to reschedule. Bastien’s Restaurant, a Denver’s Best Low-End Steakhouse winner and 2010’s Best Addition to the National Register of Historic Places, will be closed all next week…
Red Robin’s new spinoff concept, Red Robin’s Burger Works, is a smaller, less-dramatic-and-more-metallic version of the original, meant for smaller urban spaces. It has less hustle and bustle than the original stores, and also much less less square footage. But the Greenwood Village-based company did put a handful of its…
Every Thursday, the Banjo Billy Bus provides a three-hour brewery tour for $34, with visits to Wynkoop Brewing Co., Strange Brewing, Breckenridge and Denver Beer Co. Tickets include three pints and a designated driver; go to the website for more information. For information on dozens of culinary events around town,…
Seems like there’s no escaping the blazing temperatures we’ve been dealt for the past two weeks. Or is there? Instead of whining incessantly about the heat, we’re planning to soothe our blistered palates with carafes of the most delectably downable white wines we’ve sampled lately — all of which happen…
Pizza Republica, 5375 Landmark in Englewood, has partnered with the Progress Cares Foundation to aid firefighters on the front line of the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs. The restaurant will be preparing lunch for the workers from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow and needs as many extra hands as…
