It’s always onward and upward for Josh Wolkon, the restaurateur who brought this city Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s and the Steuben’s Food Truck (better known as “Pearl”) with the help of his wife, Jen, and other cohorts, including Matt Selby, Brandon and Emily Biederman, and Jeff Bustos. Now Wolkon has…
Our Backbeat blog just reported a trio of bar closings. Mo’s has gone dark at 1037 Broadway after two-plus years. “It’s been a long run and something new is always on the horizon,” reads the Mo’s Facebook page. “Change is good and we want to thank all those that have…
Breckenridge Brewing has joined fellow Colorado breweries Odell, Great Divide and Oskar Blues in offering four-packs of some of its limited-release beers. The brewery will start with 471 IPA and 72 Imperial, a double chocolate cream stout made with chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; it’s the first time 72…
David Bumgardner Williams & Graham 3160 Tejon Street 303-997-8886 www.williamsandgraham.com This is part one of my interview with David Bumgardner, exec chef of Williams & Graham. Part two of my chat with Bumgradner will run in this space tomorrow. The executive chef of Williams & Graham is leaning over the…
Santiago’s, the homegrown burrito chain that makes what might be the best green chile in Colorado, is trying its luck at Bullwhackers Casino in Blackhawk. The ever-growing institution opened two locations inside the casino on the day after Christmas: a full-service, 64-seat restaurant on the top floor, and an express…
Colorado has produced several successful Mexican chains — the Rio Grande group, for example, and Santiago’s, which seems to add another outlet every week. But one longtime chain is suffering from shrinking pains — and its employees are suffering, too. Last week, the Armadillo closed its restaurant in Littleton, and…
On Friday, the 300 (or so) restaurants participating in Denver Restaurant Week will be posting their $52.80 (for two) menus for the two-week eating orgy that starts on February 25; we’re offering $52.80 to both the diner and the restaurant employee who offer the best Denver Restaurant Week survival tip…
BIN 1884/The Empty Bottle, at 1886 South Pearl Street, will host the Martellozzo Wine Tasting, with Patrick Cappelini and food catered by Strings, from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door; for more information, call 303-722-5478. For information on dozens of culinary events…
Aaron Lobato says that he, his brother Andre and their business partner, Joey Newman, have several concepts already written should the perfect opportunity to open another restaurant come along. And last summer, a couple of years after they opened Interstate Kitchen & Bar on Santa Fe, they got the chance…
There’s good beer in Boulder and good beer in Denver, but what about in between? Tyler Ruse and Nathaniel Miller, who both grew up in Boulder County, hope to fill the craft-beer gap along the Highway 36 corridor this April when they open a tap room called Big Choice Brewing,…
For anyone who has ever spent too much time in the grocery store, wrinkling their foreheads while reading ingredient lists and pondering the nutritional benefits of calcium sorbate or xanthan gum, NuVal is designed to help. The nutritional rating system scores most food on a 1-100 scale — and the…
My close friend-slash-accidental mentor, Allen Johnson, is visiting from Mississippi this week. It’s always bittersweet to see him, only in that it sucks to see him go. He happens to be one of the most inspirational people I’ve ever met, especially when it comes to cooking. His professional advice aside…
The burgers at Crave Real Burgers are monstrous creations, patties stacked so high with other ingredients — including things like pulled pork, duck and, um, hot dogs — that sometimes it’s hard to find the beef…
The Denver Tech Center location of Fourleaf Chopped Salads isn’t particularly convenient; it’s tucked away in a strip mall off the I-25 frontage road and located a little below street level, so it’s easy to miss. And the hours of operation — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays only…
Twenty-seven years ago today, Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe opened its doors at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. The area has changed a lot since then — this part of Highland is now the best restaurant neighborhood in the city — but the Aguirre family still runs Rosa Linda’s. Here’s an e-mail…
Steve Ballas tried more than fifteen barbecue sauces before picking the one he now serves on his Memphis Dog at Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs, so it’s no surprise that he’d spend just as much time deciding on the beer that will bear his name. Steve’s Snappin’ Ale, which will be brewed…
I’m hot for this cocktail, called the “Burning Ring of Fire.” Made with pepper- and cucumber-infused vodkas and muddled cilantro, mint and basil, it’s selling like a house afire at this new restaurant. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
The Denver Tech Center is “an area distinctly lacking in interesting ethnic food,” I said in last week’s review of Street Kitchen Asian Bistro. In fact, I almost expanded that sentiment to cover everything south of Hampden Avenue, an area filled with fast-casual and upscale chains that tend to overshadow…
The city of Lafayette has been hosting the Quaker Oatmeal Festival since 1996. This annual celebration starts with an oatmeal breakfast, which leads into an oatmeal baking contest, a health fair and a 5k run, and ends with hundreds of people getting plenty of fiber in their diets — and…
Cafe Society served up six Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a big $2 breakfast burrito to an order of goat curry to this cocktail in a plastic cup. For correctly linking the glassware to the Grizzly Rose, Dawn wins an EatDenver deck…
Bento Japanese and Asian Cuisine, which opened just last fall, has closed at 890 South Monaco Parkway — an address that’s already swallowed up a Silver Mine Subs outpost, Grilled Skewer Vietnamese and a Famous Philly Cheesesteak. And Bento wasn’t the only restaurant to open and close in just a…
At 7 p.m. tonight TAG, 1441 Larimer Street, will host It’s a Miracle!, a five-course dinner with the founder of Mikuti, a company that supports East African artisans. Tickets are $68 each and benefit Mikuti; for more information, call 303-996-9985 or go to www.tag-restaurant.com. For information on dozens of culinary…
