What’s the buzz? A more casual version of Denver’s Beehive restaurant, which once occupied the address that’s now home to Table 6, is slated to open this June in downtown Boulder, in the former home of Saxy’s Cafe. Beehive chef/owner Janice Henning, who lives in Boulder, bought the space at…
While fingers and tongues keep wagging over all the recent action at Roam (read dozens of comments here), there are plenty of other fights around town. For example, the current Street 16 menu matchup between Upper Larimer — that hot-hot area stretching up from 20th Street in the Ballpark neighborhood…
As part of a month-long campaign to support Water for People, a Denver-based nonprofit, Freshcraft, 1530 Blake Street, will host a beer-pairing dinner this evening. The campaign is called All Hopped Up for Water, and its goal is to raise awareness for the global water crisis. For more details or…
There has been no sentimentality in the Spicy Pickle chain’s fall from grace — no extra effort to save the shop that started it all. While much of the rest of the city was pretending to be Irish and getting plowed, the original Spicy Pickle location at 988 Lincoln Street…
Chris Dailey — owner of Boulder Creek Events and a pair of Flatiron Crossing restaurants, Street Legal Pizza and Street Legal Burgers – has had a lifelong fascination with America in the ’50s. So when he found an open spot in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street project (soon to be the…
I wanted to weep with joy the first time I bit into an empanada at Maria Empanada, the subject of this week’s review. Years ago, I accepted the fact that I was never going to find an authentic Argentine empanada in this country — but at Lorena Cantarovici’s tiny shop,…
When the Broncos announced that Peyton Manning had signed a five-year, $96 million contract, the Colorado Tourism Office sent out a note asking if any local businesses were featuring deals or packages with a Manning connection that the state could market. While Denver Applebee’s and Lodo’s Bar and Grill locations…
As you may have noticed, spring has been threatening to commence here in Denver for the past several weeks. In spite of the fact that our split-personality-disorder-of-a-weather-pattern may at any moment revert to what we should have been subjected to since February, our seasonal wine drinking habits don’t seem to…
After the “holy shitstorm!” came the holy guacamole! 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, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining…
Coming off a big upset of Larimer Square in the first round, the Tennyson neighborhood and its backers now face hot Upper Larimer (which also beat out establishment-favorite Cherry Creek) in the second round. Below are our endorsements of each neighborhood, let us know which is the best with your…
On Tuesday, beer-makers from five Colorado breweries gathered at Funkwerks in Fort Collins to whip up a special beer to commemorate the late Danny Williams and to raise money so that his family can keep his one-of-a-kind gold mine beer cellar. “We pow-wowed on the recipe, and it came together…
This is part one of my interview with Patrik Landberg, exec chef of Charcoal. Part two of our conversation will run in this space tomorrow. Patrik Landberg Charcoal 43 West Ninth Avenue 303-454-0000 www.charcoaldining.com Patrik Landberg had no choice: It was either learn how to cook or succumb to a…
Always eat Colorado! Every month the Colorado Department of Agriculture releases a new Colorado Proud recipe by chef Jason Morse, now the executive chef of the Douglas County School District. The March offering sounds like a perfect snack for gourmands watching March Madness games. It’s Buffalo Sausage Flatbread Pizza, featuring…
Win some, lose some. Roam got a rave review in the Denver Post today — too bad the restaurant is no longer open. As Lori Midson reported late yesterday, Daniel Kuhlman, the owner of 1033 East 17th Avenue — which started out as the wine bar Tastes, then became Wild…
Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, will host the second annual Sprout Down to benefit Sprout City Farms, the nation’s first on-site farm-to-cafeteria growing space. Tonight’s festivities will include live music from Fingers of the Sun and Steve Rothenberg, speakers, performances by students and a silent auction; admission is based on…
The text from Mandi Clement read, “Please call me when you get a moment. Fairly urgent.” Thirty minutes later, I was at Roam, the Uptown restaurant that Daniel Kuhlman owns with his wife, Kristel — the same restaurant that originally opened as Wild Catch, an upscale sustainable seafood den that…
Three years ago, after searching for but never finding some of her favorite foods from Argentina, Buenos Aires native Lorena Cantarovici opened a Denver-area catering company that used her mother’s recipes for empanadas, tartas and dulce de leche…
It may be a bit brisk for outdoor dining but as of this morning, spring has official sprung. For us, that means it’s time to make an excuse to get out of the office for an extended lunch, grabbing a seat on a patio and enjoying some time in the…
Luciano’s Pizza and Wings has a number of signs on its windows, letting potential customers know that the restaurant is no longer open on Mondays. There is also a different kind of sign that lets people know Luciano’s will not be open on any day that ends in a “y”:…
Great Divide Brewing will release its second new beer of the year in July, Wolfgang, a big, malty dopplebock that will replace Smoked Baltic Porter in the brewery’s seasonal lineup. Wolfgang is the first beer that was designed and tested on Great Divide’s new seven-barrel pilot brewing system, which was…
Next Wednesday, when our Best of Denver® 2012 issue hits red kiosks all over Denver, we’ll reveal our pick for the city’s best French fries. In the meantime, chew on these spuds, which are most definitely fries to live — and die — by. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
You’re gonna need a scorecard to identify your almost-all-new Colorado Rockies this season, but the team isn’t the only entity shaking things up at Coors Field. During the Rockies’ April 9 home opener, Blue Moon Brewery @ the Sandlot will debut Farmhouse Red, a sour-style beer that may challenge the…
