One of Denver’s oldest and most esteemed Vietnamese bakeries will soon be serving banh mi sandwiches in a spot that exemplifies the new face of Denver. Vinh Xuong Bakery, owned by the Huynh family, will open its third location inside Zeppelin Station, a multi-use space slated to debut in late 2017…
Cafe Marmotte was opened by Mark Reggiannini and Mairen Reagan nearly two years ago at 290 South Downing Street, but the French cafe has been under new ownership since early spring. Maria Katsaros and her brother, Stratis, are now in charge of the eatery, which won our Best French Restaurant award this year…
Linda Appel Lipsius learned sales from her family’s OrangeGlo and Oxiclean business, and with Teatulia she’s using modern marketing to push tea, a beverage steeped in tradition, and help the economy of Bangladesh in the process.
American barbecue encompasses many regional variations, but even so, the confines of tradition make for a fairly narrow range of choices, especially in Denver’s smokehouses. Here, styles tend to be blurred, sides conform to picnicky favorites, and sauces are mostly of the tangy-sweet kind with varying levels of heat. But…
Where to eat slow food in Denver and Boulder.
Denverites love their breakfast. Although they’ll have to wait a few more days to try Hashtag, there are plenty of other options.
The country marked National Fried Chicken Day this week, but chicken is what’s for dinner — and breakfast, and lunch, and late-night snacks — every day in Denver. Here are five recent stories.
If you have to be first, here are two restaurants set to open today and Monday. Armed with our recommendations, you’ll be able to stride in and confidently state your order for a first course that will elicit an “excellent choice” from your server. Or start out your day first…
Hedge Row is the Kitchen restaurant group’s new concept: a casual, wood-fired eatery that will open Monday, July 10, at 100 Steele Street in Cherry Creek.
CLIF is recalling tens of thousands of its bars amid fears of that several flavors may have been exposed to unknown quantities and varieties of nuts — just in time for the peak of hiking, mountain biking and backpacking season in Colorado.
Two months back, word came that the Way Back and American Grind owners Chad Michael George, Kade Gianinetti and Jared Schwartz had landed the lease for the former Zengo and La Güera space, and were plotting Wayward, a restaurant that would expand on the ethos of their flagship in a much larger…
Just Be Kitchen (2364 15th Street), Denver’s only completely paleo restaurant, opened in April with chef Carrie Baird as the executive chef and partner. But Baird wasn’t in the kitchen very long. After taking some time off to pursue another opportunity, she’s emerged as the new executive chef at Bar…
Food news tends to come in waves, whether an inundation of Hawaiian poke, a flock of new fried chicken places or new slices in the Denver pizza market. This summer seems to be the summer of barbecue news, with big names like Southern Hospitality closing up shop or cult favorites…
Yesterday we celebrated the birth of our great nation, and today there’s no better follow-up than to commemorate the birthday of SPAM, one of America’s most exemplary food inventions. Sure, SPAM is kind of a mystery, a quivering pink block of meat in a can, but the processed meat —…
Eight years after Jean-Philippe Failyau opened the first Park Burger in a tiny space near the University of Denver, he’s now advancing three different restaurant concepts, including the soon-to-open Birdcall in five Points.
The food at Stella’s on 16th indicates that the team here definitely knows what it’s doing: creating a spot that’s as integral to the fabric of the growing neighborhood as a grocery store, bank or gym.
Something’s wrong with this picture of the Bourbon Grill, one of Denver’s most recognizable walk-up joints. There’s no line at the window, where typically all manner of char-grilled chicken platters and sandwiches sided with white rice, fries and egg rolls are served day and night to a steady stream of…
Chicago has many regional food favorites, but the most famous may be its Italian beef sandwiches. Still, if you haven’t spent time in the Windy City, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of this hearty taste sensation. My indoctrination came late in life, but the experience made such an…
The name Kevin Taylor is one of the most recognizable in the Denver culinary scene, even with Restaurant Kevin Taylor three years gone. Theater-goers know the chef from Kevin Taylor’s at the Opera House, and those who have been in the city long enough look back fondly at shining stars…
Smokin’ Joe’s BBQ closed June 30 at the Streets at Southglenn, but the fire won’t be out for long at 6955 South York Street. Already Cub’s Q Barbeque has worked out a deal to take over the space, and could be smoking meats there by late July. Cub’s Q first…
Denver is losing some of its best bars, both old and new. Last month the Overland closed at 1967 South Broadway less than a year after Nathaniel Rateliff and a couple of members of his band opened the place. But some readers weren’t fans.
Here’s the skinny — and the fat — on the past six months of barbecue action in Denver.
