When the first Spicy Pickle opened at 988 Lincoln Street in 1999, it quickly drew faithful fans with its hearty sandwiches — always accompanied by a homemade pickle. That early rush fueled lots of dreams, dreams of the kind of success that other homegrown chains, most notably Chipotle, which started…
Maybe you can’t jet off to Spain, but you can still enjoy Spain Unfiltered at Rioja, 1431 Larimer Street, a dinner featuring Spanish wines paired with five courses. The feast starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $195; call 303-820-2282 or visit www.riojadenver.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around…
When Sergio and Roxanne Negrin moved to Colorado last year, they brought the beaches of Florida along with them. Because Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe, the restaurant they opened last summer in a Lakewood strip mall, is infused with the sunny spirit of their former home…
When I bumped into my neighbor the other day, we got to talking about sausage. He’d recently acquired a beautiful new meat grinder and has been having a great time with it. I, coincidentally, have always wanted to make my own sausage, and asked if he’d show me how. “Of…
After a long day in the office, there’s nothing like kicking back with some happy-hour drinks — and maybe some happy-hour bites, so that you can still drive home safely. While the wine system at the Living Room, 1055 Broadway, is a lot of fun to geek out on, even…
More than a year after the Breckenridge and Wynkoop breweries merged their financial operations, the federal government has finally granted the companies a license that will allow the Wynkoop to brew and can its beer at Breckenridge’s Denver facility…
It’s been nearly nine months since Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk put together the deal to take over the old Gumbo’s space, where they planned to open a Denver outpost of The Kitchen, the Boulder restaurant they put on the West End of Pearl Street in 2004. “We want to…
Left Hand Brewing can do it with either hand, and the Longmont brewery will show you how with a new series of limited-edition, draft-only beers called Ambidextrous. The first of these, an imperial milk stout, is on tap at a handful of spots in Colorado and around the country; it…
There aren’t many chicken wings in this city that fly right, but these meaty suckers, rubbed with bold spices, are an exception. 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…
Wednesday, February 22, is National Margarita Day. Unfortunately, it’s not a paid holiday. Nonetheless, any day is a good day to down a margarita, which, incidentally, was allegedly the invention of a woman in San Antonio, Mrs. William (Margarita) Sames, who poured what she claims was the world’s first margarita…
The James Beard Foundation has just announced its crop of restaurant and chef semi-finalists vying for a coveted 2012 James Beard award, and several Denver chefs, one Boulder restaurant and one mountain distillery are all named as contenders…
Gluttons we might be, but we’re not exactly turned on by the notion of picking candy — or, worse yet, melted fruit roll-up goo — out of our private parts, so we’ve never been partial to edible underwear. But now we’ve learned that some creative genius has invented a type…
Michelle Obama’s ski trip to Aspen over Presidents’ Day weekend created a flurry of interest in our post from this time last year, when she and the First Daughters skied in Vail and ate at Restaurant Kelly Liken. Who knew that Rush Limbaugh was a restaurant critic? “The problem is,…
It’s Fat Tuesday! Still looking for a place to celebrate Mardi Gras? Here are some options… All three Jax Fish House locations — 1539 17th Street (303-292-5767, www.jaxfishhousedenver.com), 928 Pearl Street, Boulder (303-444-1811, www.jaxfishhouseboulder.com) and 123 North College Avenue in Fort Collins (970-682-2275, www.jaxfortcollins.com) — are throwing Fat Tuesday parties…
A woman dressed in purple is sitting beneath the Havana skyline, her shoulders dipping and swaying to the Cuban music pouring through the speakers. “Que rico!” she shouts after taking a bite of a rib. “Like Florida!” she exults, holding out the coffee she’s just sampled, her body continuing to…
The first cake that comes to mind when we’re considering Mardi Gras is the pancake, and there’s no shortage of venues around town that will be serving up stacks of buttermilk flapjacks in celebration of that holiday — and National Pancake Day — tomorrow. But ask Kim and Jake Rosenbarger,…
If you’re going to choose just one day of the year to binge, tomorrow — which is both Fat Tuesday and National Pancake Day — should be on your short (stack) list, if for no other reason than Snooze, Denver’s proliferating breakfast joint that’s gone national, is marking the occasion…
No. 37: Dolmades from Axios Estiatorio…
Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly-up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn’t exactly mince words. “When you have people who aren’t businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant company, the writing’s on the wall,” he says…
Three months ago, when Alex Stokeld revealed that he planned to open a third location of GB Fish & Chips in the former Deluxe Burger space next door to Mod Livin’, at 5325 East Colfax Avenue, he told us he was aiming for a February 1 opening. And that’s exactly…
You can get ready for Ash Wednesday by sinning big-time on Fat Tuesday. But that holiday is just part of the fun on on this week’s culinary calendar, which also includes National Margarita Day and the start of Denver Restaurant Week. Here’s a peek at the rest of the menu:…
Carrots: It’s the new dessert. 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 deck, worth up…
