Cantastrophe! Oskar Blues, the Longmont brewery that inspired the canned craft beer craze, has canceled its 2011 version of Burning Can, a festival it kicked off last summer. The fest, which debuted in Lyons in 2010, was going to be held in Longmont on June 18 and feature around 100…
For this week’s review, I visited African Grill and Bar, an oasis in an Aurora strip mall that offers a culinary journey to West Africa — as well as an education on the fare served in Ghana, Nigeria, Gambia, Senegal and Liberia. Here’s a side of food porn of some…
If you booked a table to cash in on the $52.80 prix fixe deals offered during Denver Restaurant Week (or, as TAG’s chef de cuisine, Jensen Cummings, more accurately put it, “Denver Restaurant Half-Month”), you helped create a banner year for the event. According to Visit Denver, the seven-year-old citywide…
A few months ago, we ranted about four all-too-common restaurant wine service mistakes that drive us absolutely mad. And while it’s one thing to have a less-than-transcendental wine experience when there’s no trained sommelier on staff, it’s quite another to have one when there is. After a few recent wine-and-dine…
For a man who’s known around the country for his meat-tastic fare served out of his original hot dog cart, Biker Jim is astoundingly sensitive to the needs of his non-meat-eating clientele. (His wife, we’ve heard, is vegan herself. How’s that for a match made in heaven?) Walking into his…
It’s beer festival season, which means that over the next few months we’ll have some sort of fest — and sometimes two or three — every weekend. Which is why it’s important to pace yourself. The first fest takes place this Saturday — rain or shine! — in Fort Collins…
The demands from the pig pluckers, who ran off with Euclid Hall’s pig mascot last Sunday during EatDenver’s The Big Eat, have risen — and they keep getting more and more hilarious. Initially, the ransom note called for five servings of bone marrow and five fine whiskeys to be placed…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. Whitney Aris, who…
Robin Baron Udi’s Pizza Cafe Bar Udi’s Bread Cafes (four locations) www.udisfood.com This is part one of my interview with Robin Baron, executive chef of Udi’s Pizza Bar, Udi’s Bread Cafe and the soon-to-be-open Pickled Lemon in Boulder. Part two of my interview with Baron will run in this space…
Last Friday we got a first look at the The Kitchen [Next Door], the third in the growing family of restaurants that started seven years ago when The Kitchen sprang to life on the west end of Pearl Street in Boulder. Partners Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson will open their…
The closing of Tarbell’s and The Oven at the Streets at SouthGlenn continues to fuel a discussion of what kind of restaurants, exactly, will work in the suburbs, as opposed to the city. Here’s the take from b/art: Wow. We actually would drive to the Oven from the Wash Park…
There’s nothing like a crisp, refreshing summer seasonal straight from the tap, especially after a hard bicycle ride. Every Wednesday through July 31, starting today, Star Bar hosts Beer and Bikes, Bikes and Beer, where participants can enjoy a freshly tapped keg of New Belgium’s new summer seasonal, Somersault; proceeds…
Residents of Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal may speak different languages, live within different political systems and celebrate different traditions, but the people of West Africa are bound by their cuisine. They all rely on plantains, tomatoes, goat meat, cassava and peanut butter, combined and prepared in countless ways…
My meals at African Grill and Bar left me hungry to try more jollof rice and fufu, which led me to Hessini Roots International, just a few blocks past Stapleton in Aurora. The restaurant, tucked into a lonely row of shops on a nearly deserted residential street, was quiet when…
I love it when an unfamiliar cuisine forces me out of my comfort zone, sending me into a post-dinner frenzy of research as I try to understand a culture through what it eats. When I first sat down at African Grill and Bar, an Aurora restaurant that specializes in west…
The Tavern Hospitality Group, which owns the six Tavern locations, the Soiled Dove Underground and Cowboy Lounge, has expanded its empire to Littleton. Yesterday, the Tavern Littleton opened its doors at 2589 West Main Street. This is a smaller version of the Tavern Downtown, which was named the best sports…
The Savory Spice Shop is a wonderland of scents, of curry powders and chiles, lavender-fragranced sugars and Thai rubs, but according to the spice parlor’s owners, the shelves are devoid of a kick-ass Texas barbecue rub, so they’re unleashing a little contest, asking self-described Texas barbecue buffs to come up…
We’re optimistic that the clouds will break for good later this week, returning Denver to its typical sunny self. But until then, we’re combating our rainy day depression by doing what we always do: drowning our sorrows in a good meal and a good drink. If you’re feeling the same…
We often get requests from readers who want to know where they can get their hands on hard-to-find ingredients, some of which, like tortillas made with lard, are relatively easy to find locally, but this latest question has us completely stumped…
While the burgers here have their legion of fans, I was far more impressed with the bowl of chili studded with onions, sprightly cilantro leaves, hominy, beef, assertive spices and swatches of cheddar. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Los Oasis isn’t the only restaurant gearing up to revive some real estate on Boulder’s 13th Street. The former B.Side Lounge, a vast space that includes a backroom with a live music stage that’s been empty since late 2009, also has a new tenant: Shug’s Low Country Cuisine is is…
The Rapture has been postponed from last Saturday to October 21, and the renovation of McCormick’s Fish House & Bar has also been postponed — but only until May 31. That means you have another week to enjoy the bar’s legendary greyhounds (fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice), happy-hour food deals and camaraderie…
