A new fast-casual restaurant called Broken Rice opens today at 1390 South Colorado Boulevard, offering a variety of Vietnamese, Thai and Chinese dishes in an upscale, fast-casual setting. While Broken Rice is run by a California-based company, this is the first Broken Rice in the country. Ric Gordon, President of…
Finding acceptance and successfully integrating are not easy tasks for immigrants to Colorado, who can face ignorance, fear and hostility. But food can be a bridge to understanding and sharing culture, and often leads the way to acceptance of people whose customs are different from those of the majority. Immigrants…
In the ten years since Libby and Brad Birky opened SAME Cafe, the country has gone in and out of a recession, political landscapes have shifted, and issues that weren’t on anyone’s radar — such as no-tipping policies and living wages — have become national flashpoints. The Birkys have changed, too, expanding their operation, adapting to the community’s needs, and posing even bigger questions about what SAME Cafe — short for So All May Eat — can do to support its guests. One thing, however, has never wavered: their commitment to the fight against hunger, and for this, their pay-what-you-can restaurant has become a national model.
When chef Mary Nguyen opened Olive & Finch at 1552 East 17th Avenue in 2013, she never expected it to be anything more than a passion project. “The success of Olive & Finch has been a surprise because I really opened it to meet my own needs,” the chef explains…
No. 23: Sloppy Joe at Thunderbird Imperial Lounge It’s not often that you see an old-school Sloppy Joe coming from a restaurant kitchen, so when the dish popped up on the menu at this new Highland eatery, we had to try it. Good thing too, because consulting chef Goose Sorensen…
Infinite Harvest has great food, no atmosphere. That’s because Tommy Romano, the aerospace engineer who launched the Lakewood complex, isn’t in the business just to provide high-end restaurants with superior microgreens: He believes Infinite Harvest is a gateway to the food of our future — especially if that future carries us far from Earth.
With so many great restaurants to choose from, cash-strapped Denver newcomers — challenged with rising rents and skinny paychecks — are finding it hard to have a fun night out without blowing the bank. Twenty- Something for Twenty-Somethings will help you find hot destinations where you can enjoy cutting-edge cuisine…
Every strip mall and shopping center in every Denver suburb seems to house a pho joint, usually one with a name that pairs the word “pho” with a number — either the address itself, a lucky number or something personal to the owner. There are so many of these spots…
The Mango House at 1532 Galena Street in Aurora is dedicated to providing services for refugees trying to make a new home in Colorado. The privately funded space includes a medical practice called Ardas Family Medicine, a dental office, a food share for refugees, the office of Project Worthmore, and…
We’ve all been faced with the “Where should we go?” question. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times we need help. Whether it’s finding the perfect place to celebrate the right occasion, determining what kitchen can accommodate an unusual dietary restriction, or maybe just discovering a new place to…
The Blue Parrot, the oldest restaurant in Colorado and a classic red-sauce joint, has closed. While many diners will miss it, one reader wonders where to go for good Italian in town.
How does Denver kick off the first month of 2017 after two years of astonishing restaurant growth? By witnessing some twenty January openings to keep pace with last year’s numbers. From an all-day market restaurant to an Argentinian empanada shop to a glitzy, celebrity-studded steakhouse, here are a dozen of…
The blocks behind Union Station are fast becoming a restaurant destination, even if not many Denverites know about the new maze of offices, hotels and apartments that have sprung up in the past year or two. The area is already home to Honor Society, Public School 303, Ink Coffee, the…
We were expecting the Blue Parrot, Louisville’s 98-year-old Italian restaurant, to close on the last weekend of January, but it looks like the Colacci family decided to serve their last customers a week early. According to the Blue Parrot’s Facebook page, the restaurant sold out of sauce and spaghetti on…
We just named Chop Shop Casual Urban Eatery one of the ten best fast-fine (or fine-casual) eateries in metro Denver, and now chef/owner Clint Wangsnes has added his upscale cuisine to a new neighborhood. A second Chop Shop is now open at 200 Quebec Street, in the former Salty Rita’s…
No. 24: Fish and Chips at Public School 303 There was a time when finding good fish and chips in Denver was a difficult proposition, but fry-cooks got their act together and now its possible to get a decent slab of battered seafood at any number of destinations. Even so,…
The blocks behind Union Station are quickly becoming Denver’s newest dining destination. The Pig & the Sprout arrived last summer and Public School 303 rang its opening bell in October. And this weekend welcomes both Stella’s on 16th and Hearth & Dram, which begins dinner service on Saturday, January 28,…
Variety is the name of the game at Stella’s on 16th, which opens tomorrow (January 27) at 1550 Wewatta Street behind Union Station. The combination market, deli, bakery and restaurant is built to cater to the business crowd downtown as well as to residents of the many new condos and…
Need a little more renewal than the January 1 ushering in of 2017 could provide? You’re in luck; on January 28, Denver’s Asian community will observe the Lunar New Year, an important celebration in many Asian countries that is attended by a number of different traditions representing a fresh start…
Denver Restaurant Week, presented by Visit Denver, launches its thirteenth year with ten days of discounted dinners from restaurants across the metro area from February 24 to March 5. To help you plan your dinner outings, Visit Denver is rolling out more than 150 Restaurant Week menus today at noon…
No. 25: Panuchos at Que Bueno Suerte At Que Bueno Suerte on on South Pearl, chef Vicente Sosa, a native of the Yucatan, has added several items from his home territory to a menu balanced between upscale culinary creations and homey cooking from the chef’s childhood. Tacos are one of the greatest…
Chef Corey Baker says he didn’t so much find sushi as fall into it — but doing so had an element of fate. “I got a job at Sushi Den…at age seventeen,” he recalls. “It felt kind of like destiny. Sushi Den was the first restaurant I went to: When…
