A couple of fun openings highlighted this week’s restaurant news, with the much-anticipated Mas Kaos bringing tacos and pizza under one roof to Tennyson Street and Korean barbecue Dae Gee getting the tabletop grills going at its third location on Broadway. But more sobering news came early in the week…
How do you pack a little extra value into an already busy restaurant? Add happy hour or brunch to bring in the crowds at hours where chairs sit otherwise empty. Or for a bar that already does a decent happy hour, a new chef-driven menu might do the trick to…
Silvana Vukadin-Hoitt, who offers private Turkish coffee readings at her Silvana Mondo antique and art gallery at 4420 Tennyson Street, talked to us last week about her Bosnian heritage and the art of hospitality. Along with inky cups of coffee, Turkish delight, dates and almonds, she served intricate Bosnian pastries filled with…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard opened his first Bubu on Larimer Square in the summer of 2014. The spot took over the former home of TAG: Raw Bar, specializing in light and healthy bowls with an Asian bent. A few months later, Guard opened a second, larger Bubu in Lowry. But after dinner…
Patrick Mangold-White operates the charming Kaos Pizzeria in a Victorian house on Pearl Street and the newer Uno Mas Taqueria just a couple of blocks south. Along with his Gaia Bistro in between the two, he’s got quite a lock on the Platt Park neighborhood dining scene. So when the…
Although yesterday was May 5, the Cinco de Mayo celebrations will continue around town this weekend. The biggest party is the annual Cinco de Mayo festival in Civic Center Park on Saturday and Sunday, but the party will spill over into bars around town…and historic realities be damned. Says Steve: …
It’s difficult to write about There without lapsing into “Who’s on first?” territory. There is a bar and restaurant in Telluride opened by three industry veterans five and a half years ago. And There will be a second location for partners Andrew Tyler, Oren Cohen and Enrique Margulis when it…
With so much turnover in both the crazy restaurant and real estate scenes, it seems like a mini-miracle when a business survives even a few years in Denver, let alone 35. One of those success stories? Le Bakery Sensual. Against all odds, owner John Spotz has found a niche for…
Lauren Monitz recently visited Aurora’s Sushi Katsu, which has an all-you-can-eat offer that had her swimming in fish. (There’s a second Sushi Katsu with the same offer at 9555 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial.) The decor at the strip-mall locale is minimal, but the deal — $24.95 at dinner, and $14.95 at lunch…
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate by snagging some tickets to Tacolandia, a giant celebration of Mexican street-style tacos. We first introduced Tacolandia at DISH last September, and it was so successful that we’re spinning off the concept into a new event that will be the taco the town! Join us from…
The Colorado Restaurant Association recently announced the winners of its annual Industry Spotlight Awards, which are given to chefs, restaurateurs and others in the Colorado food-service industry for excellence in a variety of categories. In addition to recognizing superstars in the restaurant world at an awards dinner on May 10, the…
Landry’s Inc. just closed Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks on the 16th Street Mall, and while a few fans had a moment of silence for the joint’s inexpensive oysters, and others fondly recalled the address’s days as the Mall Exchange, most diners did not mourn Willie’s passing. Says Alex: Good riddance…
When last we checked in with chef Scott Parker, whose resume includes ten years at Table 6 and time at several Vail and Telluride restaurants, he was overseeing doughnut sandwich ops at the Habit/Carbon dual doughnut dispensary and coffee house. That was nearly a year ago though and Parker has…
Matt Aboussie went to Alaska on a seasonal construction job immediately after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado in 2007 — an athlete with a business degree, he didn’t feel that his job prospects were particularly bright — and eventually was introduced to commercial fishing in Bristol Bay. “I…
In this era of celebrity chefs and bigger-is-better restaurants, food has become synonymous with entertainment. But to Bradford Heap, food is serious business, and not just because his livelihood is wrapped up in Colterra, Salt and Wild Standard, his three Boulder-area restaurants. The classically trained chef believes that what we…
Fans of the hip Korean barbecue joint, Dae Gee, which got its start in Westminster and came to 827 Colorado Boulevard in 2014, have a new place to pig out. Dae Gee’s third location is now open at 460 Broadway, complete with tabletop grills, a full liquor license and a…
Landry’s Inc., owner of an alarming number of steak and seafood restaurants here in Denver (and across the country), announced the closing of Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks on the 16th Street Mall yesterday. Willie G’s has been a part of the Mall scenery — and a regular stopping point…
The Tacolandia celebration of street tacos was so successful at DISH last September that we’re spinning off the concept for a new event that will be the taco the town! Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, for the new, improved Tacolandia, presented by Estrella Jalisco…
If you see shakshuka on a menu anywhere in Denver, there are two very good reasons why you should order it — even if you’re not sure what you’re getting. First, the combination of soft sibilance and hard k, twice in one word, is simply fun to say. Second, unless…
There’s a sign up at Chubby’s at 1231 West 38th Avenue that reads “Open During Construction” — which is more or less true. But when we dropped in earlier this morning, that construction may have been the cause of a power outage that had employees scrambling. Another sign quickly went…
A fire broke out overnight in an apartment above Roseberg’s Bagels & Deli at 725 East 26th Avenue in Five Points. One person was found dead in the apartment, according to the Denver Fire Department, but the cause of death is not yet known. Reports indicate that the fire broke…
Jim Pittenger, owner of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, has been restructuring his mini-empire this spring. After going in on Pop’s Place with chef Stephen Kleinman on Lawrence Street (in the former Lower48 Kitchen space), Pittenger hit one into the ballpark, opening a Biker Jim’s on the third level concourse at…
