Ryan Leinonen Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 www.trilliumdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Ryan Leinonen, exec chef/owner of Trillium. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Gotham Bar and Grill in New York. I really like Alfred Portale’s take on…
Last fall a load of pizza joints signed on to open in LoDo; now it looks like LoDo could soon be swimming in sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, an Omaha-based chain, has signed on to take the space at 1616 16th Street that had once been half of Dixons. “We…
The comments keep coming about Gabor’s, the classic neighborhood bar whose closure was the biggest bombshell of the new year; the space is slated to become Marion Street Tavern this summer. In the meantime, regulars keep pouring out their opinions. Here’s the latest from Boz:…
Here’s a deal that really flies: Bistro Vendome, 1420 Larimer Street, has been featuring French classics on Thursday nights. And tonight’s offering? Duck a l’Orange. For more details, call 303-825-3232 or visit www.bistrovendome.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings –…
I headed south for this week’s review, to Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, the second restaurant from Mary Nguyen, who also owns the fantastic Parallel Seventeen. I’ve eaten several meals at Street Kitchen since it opened last January, encountering both hits and misses as I tried to navigate the expansive menu…
Denver was slated to get a tiki bar, Mauka Tiki, in 2011, but when the ball dropped at the end of the year, the space at 218 South Broadway was still dark. Owners Jay Dedrick and Brett Kimball are moving ahead with their plans, says Matty Durgin, who’ll be the…
Hawaiian places are hard to come by in our landlocked state, and the sun set on a couple of them in 2011…
Great Divide Brewing puts on some great throw-downs, especially during the quarterly release parties it typically holds to fete its seasonal beers, three at a time. But the brewery will take a time-out this month even as it puts its first quarter seasonals — the new Nomad pilsner, Espresso Oak…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company is in the midst of expanding its brewing capacity for the first time in thirteen years — since the days when brewery co-founder Mayor-turned-Governor John Hickenlooper was still slinging suds at the LoDo landmark. In November, the brewery moved its four original twenty-barrel fermenters to the…
Something’s been bugging the hell out of us lately. We can’t understand why, come the first frost, people suddenly become allergic to drinking white wines. While you might think it horribly uncool to wear white after Labor Day, there is absolutely zero reason to stop drinking white wines once the…
One of the most coveted locations in Cherry Creek, right next door to the “celebrity” Starbucks at Second and Filmore, will soon have a new tenant: The Einstein Bros Bagel store is shuttering at the end of the month, and by early April, a second Margs Taco Bistro will take…
Bacon! What? There’s nothing else to say…except …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,…
Ryan Leinonen Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 www.trilliumdenver.com Hey!” hollers Ryan Leinonen to one of his cooks. “How’s that cauliflower soup doing? Make sure you keep an eye on it.” And for the next two hours, Leinonen, the chef-owner of the month-old Trillium, watches from afar at the bar, taking…
There are no Dippin’ Dots vendors at the National Western Stock Show — the company that created the “ice cream of the future” filed for bankruptcy in November — and Biker Jim’s truck, one of several at the Stock Show this year, wasn’t manned until 4 p.m.yesterday afternoon. Still, we…
Since the Best of Denver 2011, we’ve been posting occasional lists of our runners-up in some popular categories — lists that are not only available here, but on our Best of Denver app. And, as always, certain categories provoke plenty of discussion — which started just seconds after Lori Midson…
Some people think politics and alcohol don’t mix — but if you’re a fan of this potentially volatile combination, head to Highland Tavern, 3400 Navajo Street, at 7 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month. That’s when Drinking Liberally Denver — an informal, inclusive and (need we…
Street Kitchen Asian Bistro opened in January 2011 — but it took me almost a year to find my way to a satisfying meal at this spot. A friend and I stopped in recently as the lunch rush was coming to a close, passing exiting groups of cubicle warriors as…
Suburbs are rarely known as culinary meccas, and the sprawling subdevelopments to the south of Denver are no exception to this rule. But since the Tech Center and other business complexes attract commuting cubicle warriors in droves, a few restaurateurs with already-established urban locations ventured south last year, opening trendy…
For five years, Anthony Davis has been a barista and manager at north Boulder’s Amante, where he learned to pour shots and style out lattes with art. But this spring, the coffee enthusiast is striking out on his own closer to his Highland neighborhood home, opening 2914 Coffee at 2914…
In a world where our food has become increasingly and frighteningly far removed from its purveyors, the timeless art of butchery represents a comforting connection to the way things used to be. There’s something incomparably refreshing about having a friendly chat with a trustworthy expert about your food, especially with…
You could say that 2011 was the year that Denver’s men and women matched its mountains when it came to beer culture. Seven new breweries opened in the metro area and stayed so busy that all seven have already expanded — or are considering it. But good beer can also…
Mecca Grill, 270 South Downing Street, won a Best of Denver award in 2010 for “Best Lamb That Mary Would Have Liked” — but lamb is far from all that’s on the menu at this mini-mall storefront. As that award noted, the music choice is a little bizarre (when we…
