Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was in Denver over the weekend, promoting her pin collection, “Read My Pins,” that’s currently installed at the Denver Art Museum, and revisiting the town where she spent her teenage years…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. With the chilly weather this past weekend we decided to skip salad, and instead grabbed some fresh fingerling potatoes and yellow baby…
Jack in the Box, home of good curly fries and notoriously bad tacos, is opening a new store today at 2020 South Federal Boulevard. Doors open at 9 a.m. with an inaugural fiesta including giveaways. This is the second in a series of new, improved Jacks to pop up in…
The first truck gathering of the season rolled into the parking lot by South High School on Saturday, with dozens of outfits serving everything from chile to tater tots…
Is restaurant service a lost art in Denver? That’s what Laura Shunk asked in a post recounting some of the service problems she’d encountered at Charcoal, the restaurant she recently reviewed. Dozens of readers provided their own answer to that question…
There’s a full schedule of food events this week, including a culinary extravaganza at Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, on Wednesday. Here’s what else is on the menu:…
I’m sure I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Brunch is my favorite meal of the week. There’s simply nothing better than pissing away a Sunday afternoon in the company of eggs and bloody Marys — or, in the case of the Village Cork, eggs and foie gras, which…
“We’ve been in Denver almost five years to the day,” says Amy Kempster of her and her husband, Adam Dunbar. And in that time, the pair has made a major impression in the Denver dining scene: Kempster has worked behind the bars at Jonesy’s EatBar, City O’ City and Colt…
The Boulder Farmers’ Market opened for business at 8 a.m. last Saturday, and from the moment the opening gong sounded, 13th Street between Arapahoe and Canyon was thronged. Organizers have no way of providing an exact number, but they estimate that around 8,000 people attended…
In this interview, Courtney Wilson, bar manager at Williams & Graham and president-elect of the board of the Colorado Bartenders Guild, weighs in on what she’d like to see next for the guild, the drink that makes her forget her aversion to vodka and what she drank when she partied…
Those of you who live in Platte Park or Washington Park can spend your weekend thanking the god of breadheads: Buffalo Doughboy Bakery, one of the most amazing bakeries in Denver, is shuttering it current location at 33 East Dakota Avenue after service on Sunday and relocating to the former…
Denver’s Del Norte Brewing debuted a new beer, El Guapo, last night at all 25 Old Chicago locations in Colorado. The 5.6 percent ABV beer is a hoppier answer to Bohemia, the Czech-style Mexican pilsner, says Del Norte co-owner Joe Fox. “We were looking through our portfolio and we didn’t…
Charcoal, I noted in my review this week, has a service problem. The front-of-house team is generally a good-natured bunch of people. They’re friendly, they’re eager, and they seem to want their guests to have a good time. But they missed the boat when they ignored the small details, which…
Happy Place: Paris on the Platte Café and Bar, 1553 Platte Street, 303-455-2451. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $3 draft beers and well drinks; $5 wines by the glass; $1 off all appetizers. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
Notoriously sleepy Cherry Creek, where most people tuck into a martini at 5 and turn to their feather pillow by 7, was pulsating Wednesday night, at least at Margs Taco Bistro, the Mexican taco bar that originated in downtown Denver before adding a second location in the heart of Cherry…
Fellow diners at this Ethiopian restaurant kept stopping by our table to ask what we’d ordered, and I can’t blame them, because everything that was heaped on our plate — the stews, the vegetables, the lentils, the kifto — was excellent. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone…
Fazoli’s, America’s favorite Italian fast-food chain, is on a sizzling growth streak right now, and instead of resting on its fettuccine, the company has decided to capitalize on its popularity by making some massive — and possibly ill-advised — changes, which turn the chain from fast-food to casual dining. Fazoli’s…
Denver may be landlocked, but our ship occasionally comes in — loaded with fresh fish. Yesterday we served up Denver’s five best seafood restaurants. Says UncleDave8: I can totally back this list. Refreshing change from most Denver diners’ choices like The Fresh Fish Company, Pappadeaux, Oceanaire and Ocean Prime. Still,…
Beer dinners are quite popular these days (and rightfully so); reserve a spot at one of these before they sell out… Sunday, April 15 Upslope beer dinner at Centro Latin Kitchen & Refreshment Palace, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder. Chef Ian Clark presents a five-course menu paired with five beers…
The Organic Pizza Company outpost at 891 14th Street in the Spire has expanded from a take-and-bake pizza joint to a “full-service pizzeria,” and will host a grand reopening event Thursday, April 19. The expansion includes more seating, a flat-screen TV, a new menu and, most important, a liquor license…
Bartender Matty Durgin recently landed behind the stick at À Côté Bar a Absinthe after parting ways with Adrift, the tiki bar that just opened on South Broadway. But the rum aficionado immediately began making plans to integrate his favorite spirit into the drink list there — even if those…
Anyone who says you can only find good seafood on the coasts is just plain wrong. A number of restaurants in Denver are helmed by chefs who really know their way around fish. They bring in the best specimens they can find, and they turn out some truly exceptional ocean-focused…
