Our Ten Bottomless Mimosas list had people planning early for the weekend, and also pouring out their own suggestions. How about the Post? Burnt Barrel? But other readers thought trying out the ten places on the list would keep them busy all fall. Says Jayne: My friends and I thank…
This week brought breakfast, sandwiches, Indian street food and a downtown hotel restaurant to the Denver scene. Corinne and 54Thirty, the restaurant and rooftop bar at the new Le Meridien Hotel downtown, which Laura Shunk wrote about earlier this summer, are now both open. And Stapleton a.m. sensation Four Friends…
We hope you’re hungry for fresh Mexican fare, frozen treats and hefty sandwiches this weekend. This week’s Watch List brings an updated Mexican menu in Sunnyside, lunchtime hours for a rebellious restaurant in RiNo, and an ice cream shop from a favorite South Broadway cantina. La Chupaflor 11 East Louisiana…
Tavernetta, the brand-new Italian eatery at 1889 16th Street from the owners of Frasca Food & Wine, has only been open for a week, but now the doors are shut again — temporarily. A kitchen fire shortly after 9 p.m. last night (September 21) caused an evacuation of the building…
Don’t be intimidated by the names underneath the dishes pictured on the outside of Chutney, a new casual takeout spot for Nepalese and Indian food at 2740 South Havana Street. Even if you’re not familiar with these cuisines, the staff will guide you through the unusual yet appealing dishes offered…
Blake Edmunds and his kitchen just rolled out several new dishes at Señor Bear; they’re adapting the three-month-old restaurant’s offerings for the season, and also for the neighborhood’s tastes.
Denver lost a treasure earlier this summer when Debbie Kuehn, known to many as “the Cookie Lady,” passed away in June after a battle with cancer. Kuehn ran the popular Santa Fe Cookie Co. at 303 16th Street downtown, offering fresh-baked cookies with an honor-system payment method that felt like a…
Duane Thompson can survey a dining room and note every butter dish out of place, every misaligned chair, every improperly folded napkin in an instant, even while engaging you in a conversation where you’d swear you have his full attention. That’s because Thompson is one of those rare individuals who…
Breckenridge Brewery might have launched on beer in 1990, but the Farm House is definitely a dining destination, with a solid lineup of chef-driven creations that can get a little bit boozy.
To get the very best impression of Mint Indian Restaurant, come with a group, ask lots of questions (your server won’t mind), order à la carte…and share the feast.
Two and a half years ago, four friends living in Stapleton opened their own breakfast eatery after lamenting the dearth of options available in the neighborhood. It seems neighbors agreed about the need; their restaurant, aptly named Four Friends Kitchen, was a near-instant success, drawing residents from around northeast Denver…
Since 2000, Jack Martinez’s Jack-n-Grill has been serving up New Mexican-style Mexican food at 2544 Federal Boulevard.But now he’s selling the building because of a divorce, and although there’s a second Jack-n-Grill in the northern ‘burbs, the closing of the original Jack-n-Grill on Federal will definitely mark the end of an era.
This week’s restaurant openings all come from known quantities in the metro area, from everyday lunch stops to the finest of fine dining. Denver’s favorite anglophile eatery, GB Fish & Chips, added a new location in Arvada, its fourth since launching the brand ten years ago at 1311 South Broadway. Spicy…
Folks with a passion for barbecue want nothing more than to share that passion — along with some smoked meats.That’s exactly what Tony Roberts and Dan Casey, two friends who have been cooking together on the competitive barbecue circuit for years, plan to do. The two will open Proud Souls…
With so many restaurants continuing to open in Denver — and continuing to lure customers with new concepts and diverse dining options — it seems that every week is restaurant week in the city. But there’s only one official Denver Restaurant Week, and the food-filled celebration organized by Visit Denver…
When my dining companions and I walked into Addis Ababa Ethiopian Restaurant for a recent dinner, the entire place was dark, empty and a bit dingy. The waitress looked surprised to see us and seemed even more surprised when I asked to be seated for dinner instead of telling her we…
Standing in front of Tavernetta, the new Italian restaurant from Frasca Food and Wine owners Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, you almost wouldn’t guess you were in Denver — despite being only a stone’s throw from Union Station. New hotels and apartment buildings crowd in around the stone facade of…
Eggs and bacon are a basic part of the diner experience. Steuben’s owner Josh Wolkon knows that, and even though the two Steuben’s locations in Uptown and Arvada have never been open early, the menus are riddled with fried eggs, crispy bacon and even “Joe’s Breakfast,” a straight-up diner combo…
If you’re relatively new to Denver, you probably don’t remember a time not so long ago when the city was desperate for a good sandwich. But in the last years of the twentieth century, we were facing a new millennium with the same insipid chains that passed off poorly made…
It’s been thirteen years since the first Kitchen opened on the west end of Pearl Street in Boulder, where it quickly became a regional bastion for farm-to-table fare and launched a restaurant group that today has outlets across the country. In August, that group opened Hedge Row in Cherry Creek. Overseeing the menu there and at the Kitchen is Meg Grace Larcom.
In his DIY Takeout series, Nick Evans has been chowing down on great takeout food around Denver and then reverse-engineering his favorites at home to come up with recipes for home cooks. Check out his videos on how to make everything from a Chipotle burrito to Smashburger to a Biker…
Family owned and operated sandwich eatery Stack Subs originally opened in August 2012 on South Union Avenue in Lakewood before spawning a second shop in Belmar at 420 South Teller Street. Now owners Rick and Ann Koerner are taking aim at the big city and will open a new Stack…
