Two years ago, I was sitting at the bar at Highland Tavern, the purpose of which was not to eat, but to drink. But when a bartender handed over a menu, I was intrigued. It was anything but your standard issue bar board. Rather, the menu was full of food…
When Crema Coffee House opened on Larimer Street a couple of years ago, it quickly became one of my favorite spots in the city for coffee. My love affair started at a Noble Swine Supper Club event when owner Noah Price poured me one of the best cups of French…
A few hundred years ago, while sugar traders from Britain and the American colonies were distilling their molasses into fiery rum, a very different tradition was unfolding on the French islands in the Caribbean. The French produced their own sugar in Europe, and so had no need to refine it…
Bill Eye, the award-winning head brewer at Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing, has taken a job as brewmaster — and one of the managing partners — at Prost Brewing, an all German-style lager beer maker that plans to open in Denver next spring. Eye was responsible for several of the Dry…
Happy Place: The Mediterranean Restaurant, 1002 Walnut Street, 303-444-5335. The Hours: Daily from 3 to 6:30 p.m. The Deals: $1 off draft beers; $4 featured wines by the glass, sangria, and well cocktails; $6 martinis; $2-$5 small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
No. 48: Carnitas from Araujo’s…
If you haven’t been to this smashing sandwich shop, littered with cookbooks and lounging in a decades-old home somewhere near — but not in — the People’s Republic, you owe it to yourself to go. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
“I’ve been waiting five years for this!” screeched a woman who couldn’t stop trembling. And Jeremy Smallwood was grinning from ear to ear, despite the fact that he had been sitting idle in his car for more than two hours, patiently waiting for the snake of cars ahead of him…
The fourteen-year-old Dave & Buster’s location at 2000 South Colorado Boulevard just became the chain’s first spot to get a major overhaul, which will be unveiled today. The redesign is the initial phase of the company’s re-branding, and while there’s no schedule yet for rolling out the changes through the…
Some readers were not giving thanks for Jenn Wohletz’s “Get your Thanksgiving dinner from the Dollar Tree,” a seasonal guide to her favorite store. Sniffs dishpr: This comes off as snobby, elitist and in very poor taste. Adds GFTW: Westword, the DollarTree of rags. Oh, wait, they have to GIVE…
Talk about celebrating a milestone in style: www.voiceplaces.com/the-tasty-weasel-denver-boulder-2947185-l/”>The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike in Longmont, will celebrate Oskar Blues’s ninth birthday with a CANniversary Celebration complete with beer tappings, the unveiling of the Bone Wagon food truck, hand-canning, live music, tournaments and more. For more info, call 303-776-1914 or go to…
Highland Tap and Burger caters to a lot of different neighborhood groups, but owner Katie O’Shea has made a point of frequently hosting a large group of women in her restaurant who have one thing in common: a love for beer. At those gatherings of the Craft Ladies’ Beer Club,…
Turn off the oven! If you go out to eat tonight at one of a half-dozen restaurants, 20 percent of your tab will go to the Adoption Alliance. The participating eateries: Colt & Gray, Bruno’s Italian Bistro, Bombay Bowl, La Fogota (all three locations), Heidi’s (just three locations), Denver Ted’s…
Williams & Graham just opened to the public on Tuesday night — but word of the stylish speakeasy’s free shift meals for industry types got out fast. By the time the group meal was served, fifteen appreciative restaurant/bar workers — from Linger, Lola, Root Down and other Highland joints –…
Details were sparse when we heard Mile High Spirits was going into a space on 29th and Larimer Streets — we knew the new distillery would be making vodka, and we knew it was tentatively slated to open in January. Owner Joe Vonfeldt confirms that January is still looking good…
You can get exactly two things at this joint: French fries and craft beer. 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…
Eric Uffelmann Marlowe’s 501 16th Street 303-595-3700 www.marlowesdenver.com This is part two of my interview. Part one of my interview with Eric Uffelmann, exec chef of Marlowe’s, ran yesterday. How do you handle customer complaints — and what should customers do when they’re peeved about a dish? I immediately speak…
With national cram-your-gut-and-pass-out-on-your-couch day approaching, many food-insecure Denverites may be wondering how they will squeeze a huge Thanksgiving din-din out of a lean wallet. But never fear: Whenever there are poor locals looking for a holiday feast on the cheap, the Dollar Tree is there. The store has everything you…
Here are the winners of the 2011 Denver #WebAwards in the “food & drink” category, which were handed out at our awards ceremony last night at Casselman’s. These are only the winners; for a complete list of finalists, go here: “Here are your 2011 Denver #WebAwards finalists.” And thanks to…
Eric Uffelmann, the executive chef at Marlowe’s, is no fan of Denver Restaurant Week. As he tells Lori Midson in this week’s Chef and Tell, what he’d like to see less of in Denver is Denver Restaurant Week — at least in its current configuration. “Stop the hand-shackling during Denver…
Beaujolais is always one of the most anticipated varietals, and you can celebrate this year’s release at the Beaujolais and Beyond Festival that runs from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Infinity Park Event Center, 4400 East Kentucky Avenue. Admission is $55 to $75, and buys you tastes of French wines…
The folks who put on the Denver County Fair last July didn’t have a lot of control over the food sold at the event: The concessionaires came with the National Western Stock Show venue. But they’re making up for any complaints about that with their very tasty Denver County Fair…
