GoodBird Kitchen, the fast-casual spin-off of the Post Brewing Company in Lafayette, is gearing up to open its first location in Longmont next week. A second location had also been planned but today Dave Query, founder of the Big Red F restaurant group behind the fried-chicken joints, announced that Goodbird…
Lucas Chandler isn’t the kind of chef who started out as a pre-teen kitchen rat scrubbing pots at his uncles’s Italian joint for less than minimum wage or stirring the sauce for his grandmother before Sunday family meals. But by high school was working in restaurants and then went on…
We started and finished our list of 100 Favorite Dishes with Denver originals: a crispy chile relleno from La Fiesta at number 100 and a plate of bison ribs from the Fort at number 1. In between, we sampled bites of great food everywhere from Acorn to Z Cuisine. Here…
Colorado is known as a breeding ground for fast-casual chains that have gone national with the likes of Chipotle, Noodles & Company, Qdoba and Quiznos all getting their starts in Denver. But smaller chains like Smiling Moose, which got its start in Edwards in 2003, are also looking for a…
Denver’s favorite meal might be brunch — and diners often put up with long waits to get into some of their favorites. But there are undiscovered gems around town, several of which made our 2015 edition of the Ten Best Brunches in Denver. One of the most popular spots in…
If you’re thinking about heading out for some Mexican food in the Berkeley neighborhood this week, look somewhere other than Tacos Jalisco, which closed at the beginning of last week for remodeling. A sign on the door states that the longtime 38th Avenue favorite will reopen on Sunday, January 2,…
In 2015, we brought you plenty of news of restaurant openings and closings, plus stories about all of the best food in Denver — from brunch and barbecue to burgers and green chile. Here are the ten stories you loved the most, based on readership — with the most popular…
Last Monday, the decade-old Hamburger Mary’s suddenly turned into M Uptown — the result of owners Jennifer and Jeff Kustok failing to come to an agreement with the franchise, which prompted them to go off on their own. But while the name has changed, they promise that the food, entertainment…
Growth and change were the main themes of the past year in Denver — and the restaurant scene was no exception. Fast-paced development has meant more — and more expensive — restaurant spaces, frustrating parking situations, and a wave of newcomers from other states looking for favorite foods they left…
The corner restaurant at South Federal Boulevard and Cornell Street was an Italian eatery for years before Bubba Chinos moved into the building a few years ago. The burrito slinger didn’t last long there before another fast-food joint called Boost Burger took over in early 2014, but it came and…
Over the past year, more than a dozen craft brewers have been gobbled up, either by larger breweries, corporate breweries, European interests or private-equity investors. And there is more — much more — on the way. Up until last week, though, there hadn’t been uch action with Colorado craft brewers…
After a decade as one of East 17th Avenue’s most reliable sources of burgers, booze and kitsch — it’s the home of Dreamgirls, Denver’s longest-running cabaret drag show — Hamburger Mary’s has been transformed into M Uptown. Turns out that owners Jennifer and Jeff Kustok couldn’t come to a new…
Yesterday we reported that Peruvian bistro Limon closed on 17th Avenue after nearly ten years in business. And it turns out that another Peruvian eatery closed earlier this month: Pikkas in Cherry Creek has also gone dark. Two newer restaurants downtown, Viand and Reunion Gastropub & Wine Bar, announced they’ll…
No. 1: Smoke House Buffalo BBQ Ribs at the Fort Our last favorite dish of the year is an oldie — a very oldie — but a goodie: the buffalo ribs at the Fort. Ad man Sam’l Arnold built that restaurant in the early ’60s as a scale model of Bent’s…
Denver is short one Peruvian cafe after Uptown’s Limón closed yesterday. Chef/owner Alex Gurevich had opened the Novoandino eatery in 2006, serving upscale cuisine heavily influenced by the South American country. There’s a sign on the door of 1612 East 17th Avenue that announces the closing, and the restaurant’s Facebook page now…
When I first walked into Revelry Kitchen, there wasn’t much revelry going on. No one was laughing over mimosas or micheladas, as they would’ve been on a busy weekend morning. No one was even waking up over coffee, which had yet to be made. Steel stools at the bar in…
The sidewalks are slick outside and the windows are covered with steam inside, where pots of soup and mole simmer and the smell of chiles, tortillas and carnitas waft through the air. At this time of year, a plate of tamales robed in rich red chile or Colorado-style green chile…
Over the past year, more than a dozen craft brewers have been gobbled up, either by larger breweries, corporate breweries, European interests or private-equity investors. And there is more — much more — on the way. So far, the damage has been limited in Colorado, but that won’t last. So…
Tamales are family food — that is, food that should be made by the whole family. That’s why the tidy little packages are such a staple in Mexican and Southwestern homes around Christmastime: They’re labor-intensive, so making them in big batches (with many hands) is the best way to optimize…
Opus Fine Dining, the Cherry Creek eatery that sprang from the merging of Aria and the original Opus in Littleton, closed over the weekend at 250 Josephine Street. Although the space has had a reputation as a black hole for dining establishments in the past, word has it that the…
Eating around the holidays can be tricky: You’re already on the path to overindulging, but comfort food is such a big part of the festivities that it’s seemingly unavoidable. If the scale’s been a little unforgiving lately, fend off the high-calorie feeding frenzy by heading to Zeal for a morning…
Torchy’s Tacos, that Texas import, won’t open its first Denver location until January 12, but the Torchy’s sign lit up last week at 1085 Broadway, and that inspired quite an illuminating discussion of Torchy’s and tacos in general. Says Chris: Torchy’s is amazingly good! Maybe Denver will now know what tacos (and…
