Forget the Friday-night dinner-and-a-movie combo — so trite. Cook Street School of Fine Cooking, 1937 Market Street, is hosting a Culinary Date Night frm 6 to 9:30 p.m. today. Bring your date for an evening of cooking and fun; admission is $79 per person. For more information, call 303-308-9300 or…
Happy Bastille Day, Denver. We’ll grab just about any excuse to pop open a bottle of French wine and chow down on baguettes, but the storming of the Bastille on July 14 may be the best excuse we’ll find all year. While one of our favorite spots for a French…
It didn’t quite hit the July 1 target, but Belvedere Restaurant is now open at 323 14th Street, in the former home of Cafe Berlin. (That restaurant moved to a second-floor spot at 1600 Champa Street.) Kinga Klek, who also owns Kinga’s Lounge, transformed the spot into a fine-dining restaurant…
Williams & Graham, a new speakeasy that’s the vision of Todd Colehour, a former head honcho at Kona Grill, was slated to open in June with cocktail-tender Sean Kenyon. Until recently, Kenyon had been the star-tender at the now-closed Squeaky Bean, spearheading the beverage program. He was set to oversee…
Twisted Olive, the giant martini lounge and restaurant that opened in November 2009 in the Shops at Northfield Stapleton, has dried up. The Twisted Olive website says just this: “Twisted Olive is Closed. We’d like to thank everyone who supported us over the last two years.”…
It was late last year when we started spying beer cocktails in bars. There were just a few at first, and most of them were basic twists on micheladas or other fizzy drinks — experimental and not always tasty. But lately, the beer cocktail has become a veritable trend, with…
About a year ago, the Wash Park Underground opened on Downing Street in the alley below Mecca Grill. That spot, which sought to turn the address into one that was more savory than previous tenants, featured Foosball, shuffleboard, art by local artists, craft beer taplines and bar food served late…
Yesterday, in my Guess where I’m eating? post, I called out one of the worst offenders of green chile that I’ve ever seen. Disgusting doesn’t even begin to describe what was on that plate. Interestingly, I had high expectations for the Butcher Block’s green chile, mainly because more than one…
There are only a dozen or so bars or restaurants in Denver that have been around for four decades under the same ownership. It’s an exclusive club, and those who have been inducted are a testament to hard work — and in some cases to hard drinking. The Bull &…
Noah Stephens Vert Kitchen 704 South Pearl Street 303-997-5941 www.vertkitchen.com This is part two of my interview with Noah Stephens, exec chef/owner of Vert Kitchen. Part one of my chat with Stephens ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I love French restaurants, and my favorite is Le…
Just over a year ago, Dylan Moore, the owner/chef of Deluxe and Delite and co-owner of Deluxe Burger, launched the Little Orange Rocket, a tangerine-hued food truck that hustled what Moore called “refined street food from around the world.” And while it was a good ride, says Moore, the truck…
While food trucks are on a roll in Denver, Commerce City has been putting the brakes on the business…
Last week, Kendra Anderson poured out the “Five things every man needs to know about wine,” and offdisc, for one, didn’t appreciate the advice: OMG — first you start off all condescending towards men and their reluctance to admit out loud that they drink wine, then you proceed to give…
The Boulder Blind Cafe has had several incarnations over the past couple of years, and it’s now back at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 1419 Pine Street in Boulder, this week. Nightly installments of the vegetarian (gluten-free and dairy-free, too), multi-course dinner and concert in the dark run through Saturday, July…
The brand-new zpizza, at 1695 29th Street in Boulder (and also 4940 South Yosemite Street in Greenwood Village), will offer free samples of its Provence pizza to celebrate Bastille Day from 11 a.m. to noon and again from 4 to 5 p.m. today. For more info, call 303-545-5222 or visit…
The Cook Street School of Fine Cooking has educated many aspiring chefs — and now the school wants to do the same for aspiring sommeliers, as well as those who simply want to learn more about wine. On July 26, Cook Street will open its Wine Annex, a space within…
Breakfast could be the toughest meal of the day for plant-based eaters. With meat, cheese and eggs off the menu, that doesn’t leave much beyond toast (no butter) and fruit (no yogurt). But Cafe Europa still manages to cater to the vegan breakfast crowd…
Adam Dunbar was only at Encore for seven months, but during his time there he made sweeping changes to the cocktail program, helping the restaurant transform into a serious spot for libations. Pre-Prohibition classics and innovative concoctions filled the beverage board, which included the best martini in town. But now…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with 25 years behind the bar, including at some of this town’s most liquid assets, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of…
Star-tender Sean Kenyon had all of his cocktail recipes ready to go for the late July opening of the Occidental, a cocktail bar that would have taken over the Squeaky Bean, which closed last month when owner Johnny Ballen and his landlord — ARV Holdings, the entity run by the…
In this week’s review, I visit Wooden Spoon Cafe & Bakery, a favorite neighborhood joint where I spend many weekend mornings. I like just about everything the shop serves, from the pastries to the breakfast sandwiches to the lunchtime versions. To go with my review of Wooden Spoon, here’s a…
I’m hitting the highway soon for a little Colorado summer road trip. But before I pack the tent, the beef jerky, the CDs or even the cooler, I’m stashing my copy of The Beer Drinker’s Guide to Colorado map (fifth edition!) above the sun visor…
