The aroma of fresh-baked cookies is once again wafting above Republic Plaza on the 16th Street Mall. Alexis McLean, niece of the original Santa Fe Cookie Co. owner Debbie Kuehn, reopened the shop on October 2 after the bakery closed earlier this summer. Kuehn, known to her faithful customers as “the Cookie…
Details about restaurants and retail in the Dairy Block development downtown keep rolling out, but a Denver restaurant family is ready to introduce something on a grand scale that will change the cityscape in a big way. Restaurateurs Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno have confirmed that they’ll join the party with…
Before moving to Boulder to open Emmerson, Michael Gibney and Jeb Breakell amassed star-studded New York résumés. Here they discuss their goals for the restaurant, what’s challenged them in their relocation to Boulder, and why you should always order dessert when you’re dining at Emmerson.
Blueberry pop-tarts smothered in a foie gras-enriched sauce; popcorn served with jet-black huitlacoche-and-squid-ink butter; deviled eggs stuffed with steak tartare: does this sound like just another RiNo bar? Kendra Anderson’s Bar Helix opens tonight at 3440 Larimer Street with all this and more. Anderson, a sommelier and former caterer better…
Juicy Burgers & Dogs has been attracting burger lovers from the Denver Tech Center and surrounding areas for the past seven years — so much so that the place was running out of room, especially on its tiny patio. But another longtime favorite, Karl’s Deli, closed up shop earlier this…
When Rob and Karin Lawler, owners of Truffle Cheese Shop, decided to open a wine and cheese bar, they discovered that Denver diners “didn’t want to treat it like an educational experience,” Rob remembers. So instead they created a winsome neighborhood spot.
Puerto Rico, Florida and Texas have all been hit hard by hurricanes this fall, and the latest relief efforts are focusing on Puerto Rico. Here are two ways to help out our fellow citizen on the Caribbean island, along with a pizza fundraiser for the American Lung Association. Pizzeria Locale…
What kid doesn’t want a fresh, warm cookie after a long day at school? Under the Umbrella Cafe and Bakery will soon be serving up treats along with a breakfast and coffee menu at its second location in the heart of the Baker neighborhood beginning mid-October. The building at 300…
Denver’s Dive Bar Beer just unveiled Nice Dart American Lager, which is modeled after PBR and the rest of the cheap, easy-drinking lager brands that are found in dive bars. But craft-beer lovers may not buy the concept behind the new brew.
Are we just getting used to this? Another month, another twenty new restaurants — ho hum. What’s not so ho hum is when the food is unique, fun or flat-out spectacular. Sandwiches are nothing novel, but the Obey Sandwichery team — the same chefs braising whole animal heads at Rebel…
Denver’s dining scene is not only growing, it’s diversifying. Building on 2016 trends, market halls remain popular, veggie-forward menus still reign, and New American cooking is a prime genre (though maybe that’s not so much a trend as a catch-all for the personal cooking that defines America’s restaurants at large)…
Next week, Create Cooking School is teaming up with Mondo Market to serve up a sample of what the school will offer when it opens early next year. From October 2 to 6, co-founders Erasmo Casiano and Diego Coconati will lead lunchtime cooking demonstrations at Mondo Market at Stanley, located…
Rain Adams has been cooking and baking for most of her life and she recently launched her own bakery selling cakes decorated for special occasions, cupcakes, cookies and other sweet treats. The story isn’t uncommon, but the difference with this story is that Rain Adams is 14 years old. Adams…
Buffets are a great place to dine alone. You can sample every dish offered that you wouldn’t normally try — and nobody judges you. At least that was my rationalization for multiple trips to the six different buffet islands at the oddly seductive Mr. Panda Super Buffet at 2852 South Havana Street…
The City Park West neighborhood has been home to the Kitchen Table, Dave Kilroy’s tribute to his Midwestern upbringing, since 2013. But the counter-service eatery at 1426 East 22nd Avenue that served neighbors and employees of the nearby hospital and healthcare complex — not to mention herds of eager Yelpers…
Biju Thomas, founder of Biju’s Little Curry Shop, has been steadily growing his brand since opening his first fast-casual South Indian restaurant at 1441 26th Street in RiNo in 2014. In 2016, he added a second Biju’s at 4279 Tennyson Street and also struck a deal with Whole Foods Market…
When Christian Graves and his wife decided it was time to leave San Diego, they each made a list of five places where they’d like to live. They landed in Colorado, where Graves is now heading the kitchen at Citizen Rail in the new Kimpton Hotel Born.
Call me guilty of reading too much Hemingway, but I once romanticized about running with the bulls and living to tell the tale. You don’t have to risk your life or fly to Spain if you want to run with the bulls; at the recently opened El Torito Taqueria y…
Maybe the word “barbecue” just appeals to Denverites, or maybe Korean cuisine is finally earning some respect outside the growing Korean community in the metro area. No matter the reason, Korean restaurants are popping up all over town — and not just in hidden strip malls in the suburbs. In…
When you’re trying out a new cuisine, it’s important to be curious and have an open mind…not to mention an empty stomach. Food that you’re unfamiliar with isn’t weird; it’s just weird to you. Dining with utensils that aren’t forks, spoons or knives – or perhaps dining with no utensils…
Not everything opening up in the blocks behind Union Station is a wood-fired restaurant or lavish eatery from an out-of-town corporation. There’s a Whole Foods going in on 17th between Chestnut and Wewatta streets, which will include a second outpost of Birdcall, the chicken sandwich joint that opened this summer…
The Bonnie Brae neighborhood is slow to change, with homes, shops and restaurants stuck in the slow sap of time — especially when compared to other parts of town that are transforming before our eyes. But occasionally a light winks out (or a new one comes on) at the shopping…
