Tonight: Butcher Blocks and Lamb Hocks Disassembly Dinner at TAG

TAG will host the Butcher Blocks and Lamb Hocks disassembly dinner with Mark DeNittis tonight. The amazing event starts at 6 p.m. and costs $75; for more information, call 303-996-9985 or visit www.tag-restaurant.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings –…

Luciano’s Pizza and Wings reopens after disagreement with landlord

Luciano’s Pizza and Wings, which closed for five days last week after posting a lockout order on its door, is back in business. The Buffalo-style restaurant reopened over the weekend after what co-partner Paul Ferreri calls a minor remodeling and a disagreement with landlord Regas Christou, the Denver kingpin who…

Los Oasis Latin Grill will open in Boulder in early June

When the Boulder Draft House vacated its digs on 13th Street between Walnut and Pearl last year, it left a massive space, conveniently outfitted with a brewing system, empty for several months. But that spot is about to get new life. George Hanna, who once owned The Oasis (which shuttered…

Guess where I’m eating?

Before leaving for Mexico City — the land of tacos al pastor — I decided to Thai one on in Denver, noshing my way through a panang curry with pork that I’d asked the kitchen to prepare “Thai hot.” I clearly didn’t look the part, however, because what was dropped…

On the restaurant chain gang: I wore a giant bird suit

How many people have taken a life-altering inner journey of self-exploration and undergone a paradigm shift of both attitude and career transformation — all while dressed in a giant bird suit and passing out free onion-ring coupons at a movie theater? It was a Friday night at a Red Robin,…

Reader: Old South Gaylord Street is the suburbs

The fur’s really flying in the Old South Gaylord neighborhood, with Brown Dog Pizza’s liquor-license hearing set for June 1, and neighbors fighting neighbors over whether the block already has enough liquor licenses. Here’s the take from Davenyc222, responding to a resident who enjoys the urban amenities: Errrr…Gaylord IS a…

Tonight: Avery Tap Room/Oak at Fourteenth Dinner

American Craft Beer Week is over, but the beery events keep flowing. The Avery Tap Room in Boulder will team up tonight with the folks from Oak at Fourteenth (which is currently closed to repair the damage done by a fire) for a dinner that will benefit a fire-related charity…

Ask the bartender: Meet Raffi Jergerian, Colorado Cocktail contestant

Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…

Wyland’s Ocean Blue dries up

It was just a short seven months ago that Wyland’s Ocean Blue first opened its doors, bringing Northfield a seafood spot adorned with marine-life art by Wyland himself. But now the place has dried up for good. Wyland recently gave a statement to Texas-based Pegasus News, where two more outposts…

The Kitchen [Next Door] sets opening date of June 9

This under-construction facade fronts the newest member of the growing family of restaurants that began when The Kitchen opened on the West End of Pearl Street in Boulder. And though the crew is still hard at work installing beetle-kill floors and a bar made from reclaimed Douglas fir, the opening…

Nanna’s Teas will go in where El Gordo Loco went out

El Gordo Loco was the first victim of our Best of Denver curse, shuttering just a few days after we bestowed it with the Best Breakfast Under $2 award. But the building won’t stay empty for long: the house is getting a remodel and will reopen as Nanna’s Teas…

Happy Friday: Here’s a good place to find a date

In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…