When the owners of the soon-to-open Prost Brewing bought a 72.25-barrel brewhouse in Germany late last year, craft beer-industry watchers wondered what they’d do with that much capacity. After all, most recent start-up breweries have opened with just a fraction of that kind of beer-making brawn, anywhere from one to…
It’s been a whirlwind week for Jenna Johansen. The former executive chef of Dish, in Edwards, which she still co-owns, made her smashing debut on Around the World in 80 Plates, a new chef-driven reality show on Bravo that premiered on Wednesday night (Johansen, by the way, made it through…
The Boulder outpost of Hapa Sushi, 1220 Pennsylvania Avenue, will exist under new ownership beginning at 1 p.m. today, but will continue to operate as Hapa until Monday, when it will reopen as Sushi Hana Inc. “We kind of grew out of the place,” says one employee. “We needed to…
For those of you who have been begging for an update on the re-sprouting of the Squeaky Bean — and there are a lot of you — we’ve got that and more, thanks, in part, to quirky king bean Johnny Ballen, who, we now know, may have been a used…
After a more than three-decade run as BJ’s Carousel, Denver’s longest-running gay bar closed last July. Jason Tietjen, who’d worked at the Candlelight Tavern for the last decade, took over the spot and gutted the place from top to bottom. Now, after many months of work, the Dive Inn is…
I just learned that Dunkin’ Donuts has introduced two breakfast burritos: the Southwest Veggie Breakfast Burrito and the Southwest Steak Breakfast Burrito. While I do not begrudge DDs its newfound interest in the fine art of creating the breakfast burrito, I can’t help but scratch my donut hole in bewilderment…
Sugar House is gone, as is Perky Cups. But if you’re interested in wearing a hot outfit while pouring hot coffee, Hot Chick a Latte has a job for you. A sibling of the Seattle chain opened at 4736 East Colfax Avenue two years ago, and just posted a help-wanted…
Ryan Tedder, the lead singer with One Republic and a Grammy-winner for his work in the recording studio, knows his music — but does he know food? Tedder jumped on board at the Hell’s Kitchen location of Justin Timberlake’s Southern Hospitality, and now Tedder and his father are bringing the…
The Colorado Chocolate Festival gets under way at the Denver Merchandise Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, today at 4 p.m. The two-day celebration of all things chocolate includes competitions, demonstrations and chocolate-and-beer pairings, with more than 75 vendors offering samples. Admission is $5; kids under twelve get in free. Tickets…
A glitch with the size of the front door may have created frustrating zoning issues for owner Cindy Wang, and brothers (and sushi chefs) Mike Nakanishi and Ken Zheng, but on Monday, Aoba, a new Japanese and sushi restaurant, finally opened in the former Organixx space at 1520 Blake Street…
It’s above 80 degrees right now in Denver, which means that for the past several hours, we’ve been doing nothing but daydreaming of our favorite patios, counting down the minutes until we can shut down the computers and head outside for a drink. Adding urgency to our mission is the…
Over a holiday meal at Elway’s a year and a half ago, One Republic lead singer and now Grammy-winning producer Ryan Tedder was telling his family about Southern Hospitality, the Manhattan restaurant started by Justin Timberlake; Tedder had jumped on board when a second location opened in Hell’s Kitchen. “Ryan…
Denver-based Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill is heading south to open its first stores outside of Colorado: in San Antonio and Austin, Texas. These are also Garbanzo’s first franchise operations. The chain, which Alon Mor started in 2007, specializes in delectable fast-casual Mediterranean cuisine; I reviewed the location on South Colorado two…
Joshua LaBure, the man behind Chomp! Vegan Supper Club and the vegan Neat Market (and a member in good standing of the vegan activist collective Plants & Animals Denver), has arguably done more for vegans in this town than anybody else. And now, he’s about to take his efforts to…
Update: Make that eleven and counting. Read this post throughout to find other updates on each brewery. The gang’s all beer in Colorado these days, with at least ten — count ’em, ten — brewpubs slated to start pouring before the end of summer. Two opened north of town in…
On the days that I’m hankering for al pastor tacos, I’m always on the spy for the spit, but while this bar doesn’t have a spit anywhere in sight, it nonetheless manages to turn out respectable al pastor tacos — and it doesn’t forget the grilled pineapple, either. Can you…
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. Marczyk’s just received…
Dirk Holmberg Café 180 3315 South Broadway, Englewood 303-761-4510 www.cafe-180.org/home/ Read part one of my interview with Dirk Holmberg, exec chef of Cafe 180. What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: More Mexican seafood dishes — that would be a good start. But I’d…
I used to work at T.G.I. Friday’s — I was young, I needed the money — and when customers would ask me what they should order, I unfailingly advised them to stick to appetizers and cocktails: no mussy, no fussy, and no details for me to screw up…
Washington State wants to ship a forty-pound box of Rainier cherries to a restaurant in every state in the country, in an effort to push the product — and it’s is looking for the right recipient in Colorado. Many readers have weighed in with suggestions, including Matthewfw: Cafe 180 since…
Jenna Johansen will celebrate the debut of Bravo’s new reality show Around the World in 80 Plates at Studio F, 1801 Wynkoop Street, with a series of globally-inspired pop-up dinners starting tonight. Johansen is one of twelve chefs competing on the show for $150,000 in prize money. “I’m thrilled to…
A procession of lovely Fridays has made work very difficult when the weekend is just hours away. One recent Friday, as the temperatures crawled slowly and steadily toward the 80s, I gave up trying altogether, ditching my coffee-shop seat and computer in favor of a long lunch with a friend…
