Food trucks are revving up for the first big event of the spring season, the”Rolling Into Hunger” bash that benefits Food Bank of the Rockies on April 29 in the parking lot of Mile High Spirits, 2920 Larimer Street. Stephen Daniels and Mandy Birks, owners of the Crock Spot, have…
Eat out today — and eat out often. Because more than 300 restaurants are joining in the eighteenth annual Dine Out for Life, a benefit for Project Angel Heart, donating 25 percent from all food sales — whether at breakfast, lunch or dinner — to the charity that prepares and…
The Wazee Supper Club has been serving cold beer and hot Colorado-style pizza since it was founded 38 years ago by the Karagas brothers, Jim and Angelo, who’d opened My Brother’s Bar a few years earlier at 2376 15th Street. From the start, the Wazee was lower downtown’s go-to neighborhood…
The first out-of-state location of Fire on the Mountain, a wing chain based in Portland, Oregon, will open tomorrow at 3801 West 32nd Avenue. Although usual business hours will be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, Fire on the Mountain will open at 5 p.m. tomorrow and Friday…
When Denver Beer Co opened last August, owners Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford had an unusual business plan: They wouldn’t brew the same beer twice. Since then, the two have mostly stuck to that — with a few notable exceptions — and on Tuesday, they brewed their hundredth batch of…
A little more than nine months ago, we ruffled a lot more than a few feathers by voicing our opinion on the local wine industry. Everyone from the Front Range Winery Association to hobbyist vintners juiced over where we got the balls to speak our minds on such an –…
President Obama may have made the biggest splash during his two-day trip to Colorado at The Sink in Boulder, but Secret Service staffers knew where to go in Cherry Creek North for a late-night snack during the darker hours — no, not that kind of snack…
If you tried to eat at Venue Bistro yesterday, which was my mission, a sign on the door called for other plans. From what I hear, the spring runoff is good for fishing, and the staff at Venue obviously thinks so, too, judging from the fact that the Highland restaurant…
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. If you’ve been…
In the many, many times I’ve eaten at this innovative restaurant, I’ve never had a disappointing dish. In fact, just about everything that’s graced my plate has been a marvel, including the exquisite Hawaiian red snapper tartare. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…
Hana Japanese Bistro is the complete package — complete with instructions on how to eat there, too. During a recent meal at this six-month-old spot in Louisville, every dish came with a lesson plan. “Eat the hand rolls first,” our server advised as she dropped off a tray of sushi…
Last month, the seafood hot pot at Da Lat rated a 100 Favorite Dishes designation. But when Heather Miller ordered it, the dish contained an unexpected ingredient: a cockroach. Lori Midson shared her cockroach story here , and the comments have been flying. Should the dish have been comped? The…
Mizuna, 225 East Seventh Avenue, will present a Burgundy wine dinner tonight with special guest Brett Zimmerman, master sommelier at Boulder Wine Merchant. Seats costs $120, call 303-832-4778 for more details. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings — and if…
Hana Japanese Bistro is the full package — complete with instructions. Every meal at this six-month-old spot in Louisville starts with warm towels and complimentary bowls of miso soup (a little dish of pickled vegetables or edamame often finds its way to your table, too). And on my most recent…
Wayne Adams doesn’t like to talk about the ghosts, the apparitions dressed in seventeenth-century period garb that haunt the Capitol Hill corner store that’s been in his family for 38 years. “They get more active when you talk about it,” he says matter-of-factly, detailing the rows of Shurfine brand canned…
“I love pizza. No. I love pizza!” And to prove his declaration, Justin Vogel slams his elbows on the bar, revealing a wrist-to-elbow jet-black tattoo inked with the word “pizza.” Point taken…
Renegade Brewing will put the pedal to the metal in May as it rolls out plans to package one of its beers in sixteen-ounce aluminum cans and add two new stainless steel tanks. The ten-month-old brewery will accomplish both tasks with the help of two small Colorado companies that have…
Executive chef Elise Wiggins of Panzano, our Best Italian Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2012, broke down a 175-pound wild Russian boar from Tender Belly in her restaurant’s kitchen on Saturday afternoon. And of course, we wanted to show you where the bacon — and much of the other…
Olivea, 719 East 17th Avenue, is hosting a special dinner tonight featuring a Catalonian tapas menu paired with wines of the same region. “Our regional series is for the more adventurous eater,” says Brooke Bishop, director of operations for Olivea and its sister restaurant, Duo. “We go more in-depth within…
The Colorado Brewers Guild provided proof today of what most Colorado residents have known for a while: beer is good for us, economically at least. On Tuesday, the Guild, which represents craft breweries in the state legislature, said Colorado’s 139 licensed craft breweries pump $446 million a year into the…
Israel Trevino has been trying to get back to Colorado since he left in 2000 and returned home to Texas, where he opened two outposts of La Playa Mexican Cafe in Harlingen and Austin. Those successful operations allowed him to explore possibilities for another location, and he settled on Centennial…
It’s been called the “burgundy bible” for zealous restaurant nerds, and for the first time since Tim and Nina Zagat (pronounced Zuh-GAT) launched their Survey in 1979, Colorado — the whole state — is getting its very own Zagat restaurant ratings guide, which is a big deal considering that the…
