Cult-favorite, pricey and snooty — three adjectives you may have heard associated with Silver Oak Winery at some point in your life as an oenophile. The first two are true enough: A passionate set of followers obsess over the brand, hoarding prized vintages in cellars for future generations to savor;…
It’s been nearly two years since restaurateur Ed Novak retired, selling the forty-year-old Broker, one of downtown’s last fine-dining bastions, and its only surviving sibling restaurant, the Cork House Wine Restaurant, to Jerry Fritzler, a long-time employee and partner…
Lone Tree is a long bike ride away from City Park, which makes it tough on the typical inner-city cyclist to try the beers at Lone Tree Brewing. So Lone Tree Brewing, which opened just six weeks ago, has teamed up with the Denver Bicycle Cafe, another brand new business,…
Jennifer Rosen had an amazing array of interests. We met her in the early ’80s, when she and sister Robin Chotzinoff covered a Chippendale’s show: Jenny provided the photos, Robin the words. Robin went on to provide many more words as a longtime staff writer for Westword, but we always…
No. 45: Pasta puttanesca from Sketch…
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 to $520 in discounts at…
After readers responded to my lament about the lack of interesting ethnic food near the Tech Center, I decided to explore not just the southern suburbs, where I grew up, but the entire circle outside of Denver city limits, looking for the best ethnic restaurants in the metro area, strip-mall…
Hunter Pritchett Luca d’Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d’Italia. Part two of my chat with Pritchett will run in this space tomorrow. Hunter Pritchett and his kitchen crew are thumbing through an Italian phrasebook, one…
The long, strange trip of Quiznos, a homegrown chain, took another turn yesterday when Avenue Capital Group, a New York hedge fund, took controlling interest in the company. Reports the Wall Street Journal, “The deal, approved by all Quiznos creditors, keeps the chain, known for toasted subs, out of bankruptcy…
Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza, a New Mexico-based company that has a restaurant at 550 Broadway, managed to do what Brown Dog Pizza, an outfit out of Telluride, could not — secure a liquor license for 1001 South Gaylord Street. Brown Dog got badly bitten in that dogfight, which involved…
Wine down at the Greenbriar Inn, 8735 North Foothills in Boulder, which hosts Open Cellar Night every Wednesday, when all bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off. The restaurant also offers a multi-course menu with wine flights, as well as bottle specials and tours of the cellar. Reservations…
Sushi Den and Sushi Sasa long ago deep-sixed the notion that good sushi doesn’t exist in this landlocked state. These two formidable restaurants turn out exceptional dishes that rival those in any American city, seaside or not…
No. 46: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle House…
Like bubble tea and flavor-it-yourself water, kombucha is yet another trendy liquid. It’s a tea-based beverage that’s fermented with yeast and bacteria, which is supposed to yield some kind of “healthful” results — or so we’ve heard. Healthful or not, the stuff does give you a bit of a boost,…
Danny Williams, a Boulder beer lover who had one of the most unusual jobs — and one of the most unusual cellars — in the world of craft beer died last night of cancer. Williams, who was 52, had worked for the Boulder-based Brewers Association for ten years as, among…
Hot dogs are haute in Cherry Creek, where The Hawt Dog & Sausage Cafe opened last week. And now Geisty’s Dogg House, featuring gourmet sausages, sliders and wings, is set to open next month at 1116 13th Street on The Hill in Boulder. The Geisty’s website promises that customers can…
We’ve written before about the vegetarian food at Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street. The restaurant remains one of our favorite (and least obvious) places to grab a bite to eat in the area — you wouldn’t think a steakhouse would cater so well to vegetarians, but this one does. In…
Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years ago in…
Hooked on Colfax, the eclectic, buzzy java joint at 3213 East Colfax, is planning a big expansion, one that will double its square footage and seating capacity, which is busting at the seams, says barista Zach Griffin…
The final numbers are still being tallied, but Breckenridge Brewery saw close to 30 percent growth in 2011 — about double the growth rate of the craft beer industry as a whole — which makes this week’s installation of more brewing tanks excellent timing. “We’re psyched about it,” says Terry…
Denver lays claim to several noteworthy Middle Eastern restaurants, but there are plenty of flops, too, including the place where the above snap was flashed. Achingly slow service, a server whose vocabulary consisted of nothing more than “no problem” and lukewarm food completely devoid of seasoning made this a total…
Richard Sandoval opened his first restaurant in New York City fifteen years ago, and since then, his empire has expanded across the United States. He currently has six spots in Colorado, including the recently opened Cima in Avon, Venga Venga in Vail and a pair of La Sandias in Northfield…
