Burger King adds ten new items to its menu and fast-foodies don’t give a tinker’s cuss — but when McDonald’s places a new pie in its pantheon, people froth at the mouths, demanding as many as they can get their soon-to-be-greasy mitts on, blogging about them and not minding the…
It’s been six months since Nelson Perkins, chef/owner of Colt & Gray, inked a deal on the space — and basement — next door. When he landed the extra room, he announced that in addition to expanding the dining room of his gastropub on Platte Street, he’d be opening a…
While the pizza isn’t the finest pie in Denver, the staff — especially the bartender — might very well be the friendliest. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
It’s been an interesting few weeks for bartender Matty Durgin. The rum collector, tiki-night instigator and cocktail czar, who was initially hired to spearhead the bar program at Adrift, a new tiki bar and restaurant on South Broadway, abruptly departed before it opened last week. But that’s nothing compared to…
Close to a dozen restaurants have come and gone from the beleaguered Beauvallon project, but there are new signs of life at 925 Lincoln Street, the spot that Aqua left three years ago. A sign on the door reads: “Local, a new concept.” The concept is coming from Ryan DiFranco,…
It’s tough to be a vegetarian in the South, and damn near impossible to be vegan (at least if you want to it out). So even though Lucile’s Creole Cafe doesn’t have a huge vegetarian selection (and vegans are pretty much out of luck), the vegetarian options that are on…
We can’t count the number of times we’ve made a late-afternoon dash over to Masterpiece Delicatessen, the spot that was our Best Sandwich Shop in this year’s Best of Denver, only to remember too late that Masterpiece closes at 4 p.m. Fortunately, that’s about to change. Beginning May 1, Masterpiece…
Do you want a shot of attitude with that beer? Laura Shunk’s interview with Adam Hodak, the Green Russell bartender who doesn’t think bartenders should be pretentious, hit a few people in their funny bones, not to mention wallets lightened by the cost of craft cocktails. The comments keep flowing…
Penny Parker may have lost her job at the Denver Post, but she hasn’t lost her interest in Sense of Security, a charity that helps breast-cancer patients. Her third annual Evening of Decadent Delights — a benefit for the charity — will take place at Coohills, 1400 Wewatta Street, tonight…
Any cook can call himself a chef — and often does — these days. Historically, though, the term was reserved for those culinary professionals who’d actually mastered the craft of preparing food, which involved everything from running the kitchen to adding the perfect finishing garnish to a brilliantly constructed plate…
Would you like a jungle of cilantro smothering your shrimp tacos? If so, then this is your place. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday,…
Mandy Stevens and Kristian Barowsky were planning to unveil The Desk today, giving Denver a combination cafe-workspace that would allow the city’s numerous freelancers a place to post up with a cup of coffee, reserve a desk for hours at a time or hold a meeting in a conference room…
The owners of Denver Beer Co. found out how long it takes a bike-powered grain mill to chew up barley when they hooked the mill to a stationary bike provided by their Platte Street neighbor, Salvagetti Bicycle Workshop, and fired up the contraption. Read more: Denver Beer Co. uses pedal…
After last summer’s street-food shindigs wound down, there was some indication that the food-truck parties — at least the Justice League soirees, which were at the forefront of catapulting Denver’s street-food scene to prominence — might be grinding to a halt. “We haven’t made any decision about whether we’re going…
Opening Day at Coors Field may as well be a holiday in the Mile High City: Denver’s residents descend upon downtown en masse, kick off the baseball festivities early and keep partying until late. Earlier today, Jonathan Shikes, aka Colorado Beer Man, divulged a list of spots to find craft…
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. Spaghetti squash is fun to prepare and tastes delicious. This Cal-Mex-style dish utilizes mango, avocado, black beans and corn to create a…
Baseball fans are going to find awesome deals today on America’s favorite light lagers at LoDo bars and restaurants. Awesome, awesome deals. But if you are looking to drink something else, perhaps a deliciously flavorful ale brewed by one of this state’s amazing independent beer makers, you need to have…
Just in time for opening day, Breckenridge Ballpark Pub, 2220 Blake Street, has reopened after taking a month off for renovations…
Cafe Society dished out seven Guess Where? contests last week ranging from a blood orange mimosa from Racines to a noble pastrami sandwich at Backcountry Provisions to a waste-of-a-burrito among well-on-their-way wasted patrons at Hanson’s to a morning gut bomb of sausage-studded Hollandaise sauce, poached eggs and chicken-fried steak. For…
It was a photo in a magazine of a chef in his whites that inspired Fabio Flagiello to pursue a culinary career. “I was nine years old and leafing through a magazine and saw a chef in his jacket and hat, so I told my mom that I wanted too…
To be pretentious or not? About the only than that people could agree on after reading the interview with Adam Hodak of the Green Russell was that a margarita needs real lime…
On Friday afternoon, I got the text: “Heeeeey! I sold the Pinyon — going to make the move to Denver. Kablammo!” read the message from Theo Adley, the exec chef-owner of the Pinyon in Boulder, a restaurant he opened in late 2010 on the East End of the Pearl Street…
