The Colorado Brewers’ Festival gets under way tomorrow in downtown Fort Collins. The two-day event will feature over seventy beers from forty breweries, live music and food. General admission is $20 while VIP tasting packages range from $40 to $100 and include access to tonight’s Connoisseur Beer Tasting Party. For…
A steady trickle of African immigrants has made the Denver metro area, and Aurora specifically, a haven for quality African cuisine. But closer to downtown, and just down from the white-hot TAXI development in RiNo, is a taste of Somalia at the Safari Cafe…
It’s been several months since Bravo’s Around the World in 80 Plates was filmed in cities spanning the globe, but the memories for hometown chef and contestant Jenna Johansen, who made it through seven countries — and countless challenges — before she was given the boot in last night’s Thailand…
This week’s Westword includes Laura Shunk’s last review, of Fruition; earlier today, she posted her list of “Denver spots I’ll miss most..” Since we announced a month ago that Laura was moving to New York, Westword has received a smorgasbord of applications for her food-writing job. And although Eater recently…
Three and a half years ago, I moved to Denver because I wanted to work in restaurants. This city’s restaurant scene, I reasoned, was growing. It would afford opportunities to dig in and help build something, and when the city inevitably rose to culinary greatness, I could proudly say I…
All of us — chefs included — gasped in awe when this arrived at our table. And despite the flood of fresh herbs and rivers of soy, the fresh calms tasted like they’d just been plucked from the sea. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
Hugo Matheson The Kitchen Boulder & [Upstairs]; The Kitchen Denver 1039 Pearl Street, Boulder; 303-544-5973 1530 16th Street, Denver; 303-623-3127 www.thekitchencommunity.com This is the second installment of my chat with Hugo Matheson, exec chef of The Kitchen. Read part one of Matheson’s interview. Favorite restaurant in America: After all these…
It’s hard to find a good cheese sandwich these days. Sure, plenty of delis, sub shops and even some fast-food chains are serving up sammies like they just became stylish, but few make a really superior cheese sandwich. The exception to this rule? Which Wich?, a diminutive sub chain out…
Hugo Matheson, the co-owner of the original Kitchen in Boulder, along with the new Kitchen Denver, is obsessed with the business. “I live and breathe every detail of the restaurants,” he says in this week’s Chef and Tell interview. “I can’t imagine doing anything else.” No matter how stupid restaurant…
Cafe Options, 1650 Curtis Street, welcomes Elway’s Cherry Creek executive chef Tyler Wiard at its Work Options for Women cooking class tonight. Wiard will be demonstrating grilling in this hands-on class, which benefits WOW. Call 303-573-0733 for more information. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our…
Sushi Bay, a new restaurant in the Berkeley neighborhood, opened its freshly-decorated doors on June 10 in the former home of the Hole, at 3877 Tennyson Street. It boasts an extensive menu for both lunch and dinner, and the bar is stocked with various types and flavors of sake. Happy…
Last week, we revealed the name of the new fast-casual meatball emporium that Row 14 executive chef Jensen Cummings and his partners, Johnny Coast and Alex Comisar, will open later this year: They’re calling it the Slotted Spoon Meatball Eatery. But we left it up to you to guess the…
The sign on the window ballyhoos the joint’s Mexican food and seafood, but it shouldn’t be pimping either — certainly not its camarones a la diabla…unless you’re pining for shrimp that tastes like freezer burn masked (unsuccessfully) by an insipid sauce. #Just say no…
Laura Shunk, who chose Fruition for a farewell dinner with her parents and a last review in this week’s Westword, isn’t the only one who considers that restaurant a go-to spot. Foodies from Chicago who’ve eaten around the world focused on Fruition as their number-one dining destination in Denver, and…
On the rare occasion when someone else is footing the bill for dinner, it’s understandably tempting to choose a restaurant where you can ring up a big tab. But an expense-account dinner shouldn’t be just an excuse to drop a bunch of Benjamins on a flashy place — you should…
Crooked Stave, the one-man sour-beer-making brewery operation that’s been in Fort Collins for nearly two years, plans to move to Denver shortly. Owner Chad Yakobson said in his monthly newsletter that he will sign a lease this week on a Denver “Barrel Cellar” and bottling warehouse — although he hasn’t…
This, declares Pete VanItallie, gazing around his new pub, is “exactly what I had envisioned when I dreamed of opening a neighborhood place.” He points to a photograph on the wall, a gift from his uncle and godfather, that’s a framed shot of the old Finley homestead in Ireland. “He…
The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, which celebrated its thirtieth anniversary this year, is the gastronomic and vinous equivalent of every foodie and wine lover’s mecca; it’s our golden fleece, our Holy Grail, our industry’s version of the Olympics…
Hugo Matheson The Kitchen Boulder & [Upstairs]; The Kitchen Denver 1039 Pearl Street, Boulder; 303-544-5973 1530 16th Street, Denver; 303-623-3127 www.thekitchencommunity.com This is part one of my interview with Hugo Matheson, exec chef of The Kitchen Boulder and The Kitchen Denver. Part two of our chat will run in this…
Taco Bell is rolling out a more upscale menu on July 5, and after eating a test dinner hosted by America’s Next Great Restaurant chef Lorena Garcia, Jenn Wohletz suggested that the “Cantina Bell menu may make Chipotle a little nervous.” Only if Garcia stays in the kitchen, doubters respond…
Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main Street in the old mining town of Gold Hill, ten miles outside Boulder, is marking fifty years in business under the ownership of the Finn family. The celebration continues with a Colorado wine dinner at 6 p.m. tonight, featuring wines from Augustina’s, Cotton Wood and…
My last week in Denver was not really my last, since I have friends and family here who will draw me back to the Mile High City. But after three years of living off the local restaurant scene — first waiting tables and then writing about food — eating in…
