When Mitch Abate, Matt Causey and Andy Causey opened Downslope Distilling three years ago, they didn’t just start working on the variety of vodkas, rums and whiskeys that comprise their regular line. Almost as soon as they got their license, they set up a one-off and also put together a…
This week’s review took me to Land of Sushi, a strip-mall joint in the southern suburbs with a killer happy hour deal. But I was more interested in other, rarer finds — including live scallops and fresh uni. Here, to go with the review, is a side of photos. For…
November has been a busy month for restaurant openings, with some highly anticipated spots — including Coohills, Williams & Graham and Ambria — now serving. And then there’s this: Twin Peaks has thrown open its doors in Lakewood…
Crabtree Brewing has never canned its beers and doesn’t own a canning line; its owner, Jeff Crabtree, doesn’t even think craft beer belongs in a can. Nevertheless, the Greeley brewery’s Eclipse black IPA will probably become the first Colorado beer to be packaged in sixteen-ounce cans…
This is the time of year when your inbox, mailbox and voice box are inundated with warm and fuzzy requests to support your favorite charities, the majority of which most of us guiltily ignore — at least I do (but I spend all of my spare change on PBR and…
The wine topic that everyone seems to be obsessed with this week is what goes best with turkey (Thanksgiving is next Thursday, or hadn’t you heard?). Not us. There’s still plenty of time to tackle that topic, and if you tend to procrastinate as much as we do, then you’ll…
I’m a sucker for good bread, and if you, too, are a bread head, then you’ll appreciate a dough that rises above the rest at this upper-crust restaurant. 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…
Eric Uffelmann Marlowe’s 501 16th Street 303-595-3700 www.marlowesdenver.com It’s just past 4 p.m. on a Monday, and the bar at Marlowe’s, the oldest independently owned restaurant on the 16th Street Mall, which will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary next February, is already crushed with a sizable crowd. Equally sizable plates and…
The holiday beer releases came early and often this year, and there are now dozens of them on the shelves and on tap at bars where you can get your cheer on. The Falling Rock Taphouse, in particular, knows how to get into the spirit, wrapping its tap wall in…
The space at the Tabor Center that’s now home to Ambria, chef/owner Jeremy Kittelson’s restaurant that opens today, was a Ling & Louie’s just two weeks ago…but it’s undergone an amazing transformation. Still, it’s hard to focus on the surroundings when the dishes look as good as they did in…
Ever wish you could ask your favorite chef a question? Tonight, you can: Rocky Mountain PBS will host a live Facebook chat with several PBS chefs. The event will be moderated by chef Christy Rost, who’ll be talking with guest chefs Katie Brown, Rick Browne, Chris Fennimore, Daisy Martinez and…
In one year, the average American consumes 45 pounds of sugar (enough to fill a wheelbarrow) — and most of this is sugar we drink. Excess sugar intake is a driving force behind the obesity epidemic, and while soda gets scapegoated, the fastest-growing marketing sector is the so-called “fruit drink”…
Colorado’s distilleries will get their due in the New York Times travel magazine on Sunday. And the piece, in “Blithe Spirits,” has already been posted on the web. The article celebrates this state’s burgeoning spirits scene, describing distilleries ranging from the Boulder Distillery to Peach Street Distillers to Leopold Brothers,…
In the past few years, attention-seeking breweries like Sam Adams, Scotland’s BrewDog and Germany’s Schorschbock have been engaged in a battle over who could make the highest-alcohol beers in the world — turning out concoctions that weighed in at 40, 50 and even 60 percent alcohol by volume. But back…
I’m constantly on the hunt for sushi joints where quality is paramount but I don’t have to drop half my savings on one meal…
New Orleans-based Naked Pizza made it a mission to give pizza a healthier image, starting with a probiotic crust chock-full of grains such as spelt and quinoa, and finishing with toppings cut from fresh ingredients. The idea caught on quickly: The pizza chain has franchised across the country — and…
Leonard Cordova’s Bubba Chinos empire has been on an expansion tear this year, with locations opening in Boulder, on East Colfax and at 88th and York (though Cordova says that Bubbachinos franchise is no longer associated with his company). Yesterday, he added another one: the thirteenth Bubba Chinos in Colorado…
If you’ve been to Virgilio’s, which took over a massive spot at 10025 West San Juan Way in Littleton for its second (and now, only) location, then you no doubt already know about the garlic knots. Although they’re not vegan — the knots are brushed with garlic butter before they…
What a month for restaurant openings. Coohills, a French-influenced restaurant from Tom and Diane Coohill, flung the doors open to the public last Wednesday; Ambria unlocks its doors tomorrow, with chef Jeremy Kittelson presiding over the kitchen; District Meats, New York restaurateur Charlie Palmer’s tribute to off-cuts, opens later this…
I’ve always been fascinated with the discipline of being a vegan. It’s doubtful I’ll ever make the decision to be one myself, but I admire those who have. I especially appreciate those who choose to do so quietly, which is why I invited my good friend, fellow music enthusiast and…
Even if I’m not celebrating a damn thing — and definitely when I am — I go straight for the bubbly. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool –…
Monday, November 14, was 2011 Military Appreciation Monday at hundreds of Golden Corral restaurants across the country, where free “thank you” dinners were served from 5 to 9 p.m to anyone who has ever served in the U.S. military — no ID required. But there was no Military Appreciation Monday…
