Denver isn’t home to many Cubans or Cuban-Americans; there are fewer than 6,500 in the entire state of Colorado, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. As a result, the number of Cuban restaurants in the metro area can be counted on one hand. There’s Cuba Cuba, the breezy, upscale eatery…
Clamato is big business in Western cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles, but the over-the top beverages called Clamatos preparados that use the clam-flavored tomato drink are just beginning to pop up around Denver. I stopped in at La Changada and Clamatos Chuper Vasos last week to check out the scene,…
Denver was recently named the Best Place to Live in the United States by U.S. News and World Report, an honor we celebrated with our Twelve Reasons Why Denver Is the Best Place to Live. But one reader thought our piece was overly positive — in fact, he wondered how…
March 14 is known as National Pi Day (it’s 3.14, after all) — the nerdiest, most delicious unofficial holiday of the year — and spots across the country are celebrating with specials. Some involve a stretch of the imagination, some a bigger challenge, but all should be delicious. Let the…
If you’re heading out for a morning after brunch, don’t stop by Pete’s Cafe & Steak House. After 44 years, Pete Gatseos has closed his little cafe at 514 East Colfax Avenue — although the family will continue to operate one in Thornton. Says Jenn: This was the first place…
St. Patrick’s Day is actually March 17, but the party has already started, and this morning downtown will be filled with people coming out for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, one of the biggest celebrations in the country. And there are plenty of places to continue the party, as…
Gretchen Kurtz made a French connection this week when she talked to chef Mark Reggiannini about how he went from math major to chef/owner of Cafe Marmotte, one of the city’s up-and-coming French eateries. Mark Antonation chugged his share of Clamato in search of a growing trend in Denver’s Mexican food…
The Berkeley neighborhood is about to get a taste of the Midwest in the appropriately named Midwestern Saloon, which opens to the public tonight at 5 p.m. The Midwestern is the creation of Andrea and Dan DeShano, industry veterans who grabbed the vacant spot at 4961 Tennyson Street after the…
No. 89: The Diavola Calzone at Pino’s Neighborhood Pizzeria A calzone always seems like a good idea in theory: all of your favorite pizza toppings cuddled together in a steaming pocket where flavors meld into gooey goodness with each bite. But in practice, calzones rarely live up to expectations. Rather…
St. Patrick’s Day is almost a week away, but the beer is already running green. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade kicks off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 12, in downtown Denver, but the real partying kicked off last night at bars all over town — many of which we included…
There are plenty of great restaurants on Colfax Avenue — check out our list of the twelve best as evidence — and then there are the quiet spots that serve the neighborhood day-in and day-out without much fuss or notice. Such was the case with Pete’s Cafe & Steak House,…
In anticipation of the Best of Denver 2016, which lands on March 31, been rolling out lists that align with some of the categories on our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. Yesterday, we served up the Twelve Best Restaurants on Colfax, and immediately heard from fans about places that…
Is Englewood on the verge of a restaurant Renaissance? Here’s more evidence: Squeaky Bean founder and co-owner Johnny Ballen is moving into the south Denver suburb with a new eatery called Cochino, which he expects to open at 3495 South Downing Street by the end of April. Ballen’s still working…
On Monday we shared the news that The Kitchen restaurant group will be moving into Cherry Creek with a new restaurant slated for a late summer opening. This will be the fifth Kitchen, including one in Chicago, for founders Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson, who got their start in Boulder…
Clamato preparado, which takes the michelada theme and, skipping the beer, cranks the formula up to eleven, has hit town with a tomato-splattered splash. Part beverage, part snack and part base for your own adult beverage (if you’re packing beer, tequila or vodka), clamatos preparados have been popping up at…
To run a successful restaurant, you need to serve good food. Behind the scenes, you also need a good numbers guy, and Mark Reggiannini of Cafe Marmotte happens to be both. Reggiannini, who owns the casual French bistro with his wife, Mairen Reagan, got his start as a math major,…
Chef and culinary instructor Stephen Kleinman, whose lengthy Denver career includes heading up Centerplate Catering and the food program for the Colorado Convention Center, has been out of restaurant kitchens for some time. But a visit to his son Ian Kleinman’s new dessert bar, the Inventing Room, last fall was…
Consumer Concept Group, which founded Smashburger in Denver in 2007, got a big win last week when a Denver City Council committee approved the proposal that CCG and partners Tivoli Brewing and Midfield Concession Enterprises had submitted to open a restaurant/brewery at the Westin at Denver International Airport, as well…
Southern food has been in the national culinary spotlight in recent years and Denver restaurants are responding with more and more examples of heartland cooking. Grind Kitchen + Watering Hole, which opens tonight in Cherry Creek North, isn’t what you’d call a Southern eatery, but chef/owner Preston Phillips draws inspiration…
Canadians, for reasons unknown, love Clamato, especially in the version of the Bloody Mary known as the Caesar. My Canadian uncle used to mix beer and Clamato juice and call it a Red Eye. At first I couldn’t understood why anyone would want to drink a seafood-flavored beverage, but as…
The Best of Denver 2016 will land on March 31, and now’s your chance to bring out your personal best, in the second round of our Best of Denver 2016 Readers’ Poll. We’ve tallied the votes cast in the first round, and now we’d like you to vote for your…
This past Saturday marked the birthday of Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant ramen, and the debut of Slurp, a pop-up ramen event hosted by Ramen Mafia. The event was a collaboration of a few noodle lovers paying tribute to papa noodle. Distiller Jake Norris of Laws Whiskey House, artist Andrew…
