Friday is the only day of the week that La Fiesta is open for dinner, but that wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1960s when the place first opened — converted from a Safeway by founder Michael Herrera in 1964 — La Fiesta was packed to the rafters (or…
If you’re looking for a unique tea house that captures the spirit of its neighborhood, look no further than the just-opened TeaLee’s Tea House & Bookstore at 611 22nd Street in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. Located in newly refurbished 105-year-old Melbourne building, TeaLee’s provides a traditional tea experience in a…
Denver diners love fried chicken, but they didn’t love the takeout operations from White Fence Farm.
What decade is this again? With the opening of Tony Roma’s downtown (in one of the biggest restaurant black holes in the city), we’re having flashbacks to the ’80s — when baby back ribs were one of the hottest restaurant trends. The 46-year-old restaurant chain make its first appearance in…
“I shouldn’t like this!” I said to myself as I bit off huge, hasty mouthfuls of the torta Cubana at Taqueria El Gallito (403 Havana Street). I’ve never bothered with any kind of sandwich when visiting Mexican eateries in the past, since baguette-like bread doesn’t (at least to me) seem…
Huckleberry Roasters became the newest addition to Dairy Block at 18th and Wazee streets when it opened on January 31. Huckleberry, a staple in Sunnyside since 2011, made a name for itself as a neighborhood gathering place with quality coffee. Owner Koan Goedman made the decision to add the second…
This morning, the James Beard Foundation released its 2018 list of James Beard Award semi-finalists, an annual occurrence that always has us excited and proud of Colorado’s restaurant scene — at least until the winners are announced (which will be on May 7 in Chicago this year) and we’re blanked…
You don’t have to cross the Continental Divide to visit Colorado’s 2018 Winery of the Year; Creekside Cellars, at 28036 Bear Creek Road in Evergreen, is just a half hour from metro Denver. Awarded the distinction by the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE), the cozy winery on Evergreen’s…
The Newman family promised to keep things business as usual when they bought My Brother’s Bar.
While the original restaurant is going strong, the takeout locations that opened over the last few years are all closed.
Eating out with little kids can be tough — on both parents and other diners. While older kids tend to have dining out down pat, a restaurant trip with the younger set can prove a challenge. But what if there was a place you could bring your child where you can enjoy…
Two Denver restaurants are expanding in different direction to accommodate customer demand and show off some kitchen favorites. The Kitchen Table is adding lunch hours, while Stowaway Kitchen is taking on dinner three nights a week. The Kitchen Table has been a favorite since 2013 for Midwesterners and others seeking…
Bacon has yet to experience its biggest moment in metro Denver. Bacon Social House, which opened at 2434 West 44th Avenue in the Sunnyside neighborhood in 2015, will expand this year with a new location in Littleton, according to owner David Dill. Dill says the new Bacon Social House will…
The new restaurant at the Kimpton Hotel Born has a spot for you.
Grits aren’t exactly a common find in Denver’s Mexican restaurants, but the flavor of ground corn is one of the anchors of Mesoamerican cooking, so fried rectangles of white grits feel right at home with other Mexican flavors at Que Bueno Suerte (1518 South Pearl Street). Chef Vicente Sosa makes…
Fractured Prune, a chain with an awful name but good doughnuts, just opened at 9696A East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village. But some readers are pushing other spots.
In what may have been the slowest week on record over the past three or four years, only one establishment opened: a reboot of Fractured Prune Doughnuts.
Panzano and Ace Eat Serve are about as different as two restaurants can be. The first is an upscale hotel restaurant specializing in Italian cuisine and drawing a downtown clientele along with guests from the Hotel Monaco above, while the second is a breezy Uptown eatery specializing in pan-Asian comfort…
Chuck E. Cheese’s has the creepy mouse, Domino’s has the Noid and Little Caesar’s has the repetitious little emperor, but they don’t hold a candle to StevO’s Pizza & Ribs (800 South Havana Street), whose mascots sit outside the eatery and all come on four or more wheels. As you…
The closure of Fractured Prune Doughnuts at 4090 East Mississippi Avenue last year left a hole in the hearts of many Denver doughnut lovers, but the Maryland-based company didn’t stay away from Colorado for long. A new franchise owner, Mark Rothermel, has reopened Fractured Prune at a new location, 9696A…
Last week we were disappointed when our usual run for breakfast burritos to Quijote’s (1043 Broadway) came up cold; we were met with a locked door and the lights out. The bustling taqueria was closed, with no notices on its door, phone or website. The options for a cheap, tasty…
Every neighborhood should have its own deli, and the Golden Triangle is about to get one. Anthony Lygizos and Luke Hendricks have signed a lease at 1200 Bannock Street and will open Leven Deli there this spring. Lygizos and Hendricks are both restaurant veterans who met while working at Potager…
