Before there was brunch, there was breakfast — and Pete’s Kitchen was serving it morning, noon and night. The classic diner on East Colfax was already decades old when Pete Contos acquired it, and turned it into the flagship in his fleet of Greek restaurants. And Pete’s Kitchen, which Lauren…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH; crowd-pleaser Patxi’s Pizza qwill return, bringing meatballs and deep-dish pizza. Patxi’s got its start…
No. 17: Fried Green Tomatoes at Sassafras American Eatery One of the best aspects of the fried green tomatoes at Sassafras is that you can order them three ways. For breakfast try the fried green tomato Benedict, then at lunch go with a fried green tomato po’boy and finally, order…
Occidental Bar, which opened over the weekend in LoHi, is in many ways the polar opposite of its older sibling Williams & Graham right next door. Owners Sean Kenyon and Todd Colehour have gained international recognition for their exclusive speakeasy, recently earning best cocktail bar in America at this year’s Spirited…
While Illegal Pete’s just celebrated its twentieth anniversary, another Denver taco spot, Moontower Tacos, has called it quits after two and a half years. Says Ruben: They were just one of the good taco spots in Denver. I liked them because of their breakfast tacos, but found myself going to places…
Can there be a third act? That’s the question for the homegrown U Baron Group, which has mounted a string of restaurants in the former Lowenstein Theater complex since taking over a space there in 2012. The first run was Udi’s Pizza Cafe, which offered a combination of pizzas and…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its 21st annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH. Milk & Cake will bring several kinds of cupcakes, including red velvet, pumpkin spice and chocolate salted…
A sign on the door at Moontower Tacos reads simply “Closed. Thanks for 2.5 good years.” Owner Brent Thrash and his crew gave a valiant effort in their attempt to bring Austin-style tacos to the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grant Street, but now we’ll have to look elsewhere for our…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH, including Chuey Fu’s. Joe Knoblich will be pulling his truck right up to DISH,…
They attract massing crowds during the day, then disappear by nightfall. Surrounded by samey chain restaurants, food carts and kiosks serve some of downtown’s most unique cuisine. They pop up all over the 16th Street Mall, but you might not even notice the variety of tastes being whipped up as the…
Last week we reported on the upcoming MassRoots Munchie Crawl, a variation on the popular pub-crawl concept that “will take a group of stoners to a string of locations along Broadway.” While some readers applauded the move, one did not approve of our choice of nouns. Says Cr Del: So,…
If you aren’t familiar with Pete’s collection of restaurants, you’ve either been living under a rock or are a newbie to town, so let us educate you on this little chunk of Denver dining history. With a reign over most of the small cafes and diners on Colfax Avenue and…
The menu at the pop-culture-riddled Carbon Beverage Cafe, which just opened in the former home of Paris on the Platte, reads either like the weed-addled daydreams of a couple of sofa-bound stoners or like the offbeat but brilliant creations of some clever cooks. While pot references abound (side sauces are…
On Sunday, September 21, Westword will host DISH, our twenty-first annual celebration of Denver’s dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword writers and readers will be sampling dishes at DISH; Angelo’s Taverna will be back with a selection of oysters. Angelo’s will be offering raw East…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining and drinking scene. More than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes at DISH; City, O’ City, always a big draw, will be serving Thai tempeh cabbage rolls. The…
On Sunday, September 20, Westword will host DISH, its twenty-first annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, in Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, where more than forty favorite restaurants of Westword food writers and readers will be sampling delectable dishes. Here’s what Cracovia Polish-American Restaurant & Bar will be…
Welcome back, Ototo. The space at 1501 South Pearl Street that debuted five years ago as Ototo Food and Wine Bar is returning as a new incarnation of Ototo, with an intimate dining room and the same signature raw bar and sashimi of the Den Corner. For the next three weeks,…
Baum has gone through several incarnations since it first opened on Capitol Hill as a bakery specializing in Japanese baum cakes. It morphed into a bakery/cafe, then a sushi bar/bakery, then back to a bakery/cafe. But the current incarnation of Baum will close at 6 p.m. today, and the fiery…
KRUPS, the coffee- and espresso-machine maker, just launched the KRUPS Best Brew Awards 2015, the company’s fifth annual competition to find the best coffee shops in select cities across the country — and for the first time, Denver is included on that list. Through September 29 (National Coffee Day), you…
School may have started, but at least there’s recess, and Recess Beer Garden — which includes a restaurant, a 38-foot bar and a huge, 4,000-square-foot beer garden — opens this weekend at 2715 17th Street in a former book-binding warehouse in Lower Highland. Recess will be open from 10 a.m…
No. 18: Pink Lady Roll at Sushi Sasa Don your leather pants and pink coat and get ready for a superb ride of flavor when you order the Pink Lady Roll at Sushi Sasa. It sings with rich omega-three and well-balanced heat, and has a pleasing texture thanks to the…
The sad news spread quickly yesterday: After 34 years, Robert Tournier is retiring, and closing Le Central, “the affordable French restaurant” he opened at Eighth and Lincoln back in 1980 and has been running ever since. Says Joseph: The neighborhood is losing a gem. Really sad to see this go. Adds…
