Taco Talk: Los Chingones DTC Opens Tonight

Residents and commuters in south Denver now have their own hip taqueria to call home: Troy Guard’s second outpost of Los Chingones opens today at the Belleview Station development on the northern edge of the Denver Tech Center. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. today, so cut your drive home short…

GQue Barbecue Opens Today in Westminster

The smoke continues to pour from new barbecue joints around town. GQue Championship BBQ opens at 11 a.m. today in Westminster serving Kansas City-style barbecue from competitive pit master Jason Ganahl. According to the company’s Facebook page, the kitchen will start out slowly, smoking enough meat for 200 customers today to…

Sean Kelly Opens Desmond Bar & Grill in Park Hill

Chef/restaurateur Sean Kelly recently grabbed the building vacated by Table Top in Park Hill and, after a quick turnaround, opened Desmond Bar & Grill at 2230 Oneida Street on Wednesday. Kelly’s last Denver appearance was at LoHi SteakBar, but he’s also fondly remembered for his groundbreaking restaurants Aubergine Cafe (where Mizuna…

100 Favorite Dishes: The Pretzel Dawg at Cured

No. 8: The Pretzel Dawg at CuredFriday lunch in Boulder features a completely different array of options from what you’d find in Denver. The compact city tucked up against the foothills has a reputation for crunchy offerings along the lines of vegan nibbles and organic everything, but there’s also a…

Reader: Fire Is the Biggest News to the Big Hitters Downtown

This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews Fire, the restaurant in the Art hotel that opened this summer with relatively little fanfare. But maybe that’s good, because her meals there were uneven; chef Chris Jakubiec needs to light a fire under his crew if this place is going to last, she concludes…

Carve Barbecue Brings a Little Southern Hospitality to Colorado Boulevard

Southern Concepts, the franchise group that operates three Southern Hospitality restaurants along the Front Range, just launched a new fast-casual concept, Carve Barbecue. Carved opened at 11 a.m. today with a soft opening; the South Colorado Boulevard smokehouse, located in the space that was previously Bruxie (a Belgian waffle eatery),…

Review: The Art Hotel’s Fire Needs to Turn Up the Heat

This summer saw its share of big food stories. The opening of Fire, an elegant restaurant in the Art Hotel, wasn’t one of them. Indeed, the restaurant was so far off the radar that unless you followed the food scene closely — or were a hotel guest who grabbed a…

Marczyk Fine Foods on East Colfax Closed After SUV Crash

Marczyk Fine Foods at 5100 East Colfax will be closed today and tomorrow as a result of an automobile accident on the property. An SUV plunged through the front door of the market earlier this afternoon, taking out a light post in the process. The Denver Police Department Tweeted at…

Trillium Space to Become Aloy Modern Thai

When Trillium closed on Larimer Street at the end of September, it skewed the dining scene away from chef-driven quality to bro-friendly bar-and-grill fare. But a new tenant has already claimed the space, and promises to bring something new to the neighborhood: The owners of Aloy Thai Cuisine in Boulder…

Max Market Now Open Next to the Inventing Room on Lawrence Street

Although the Ballpark neighborhood is losing a great restaurant when Lower48 Kitchen closes this weekend, the rest of this stretch of  2200 Lawrence Street is slowly filling out. The Inventing Room opened on Saturday and yesterday a new neighbor, Max Market, swung open its doors. More than a convenience store…

South University Roundup: Four New Eateries for the College Crowd

The intersection of South University Boulevard and East Evans Avenue is a constantly evolving hive of bars and restaurants, changing almost as quickly as the continuous cluster of traffic on the northeast edge of the University of Denver. Incoming freshmen may have plenty of cheap dining options, but by their…