Axios Estiatorio, opened back in 2011, has become a Berkeley neighborhood mainstay among newer, trendier bars and restaurants that have folks flocking to the hopping stretch of Tennyson Street between 38th and 44th Avenues. Dinner is already a known and loved quantity — Axios won our Best Greek Restaurant award…
No. 37: Lao Sausage at the Asian Cajun The Vietnamese-by-way-of-New Orleans restaurant phenomena hit Denver a few years ago but never spread much beyond the neighborhoods near the intersection of Federal Boulevard and Alameda Avenue. The Asian Cajun wasn’t the first to serve up the concept here, but it has…
While Gretchen Kurtz took the week off, Juliet Wittman interviewed Bob Stocker, who raises goats on El Regalo Ranch. Stocker sells his meat at both local farmers’ markets and to some area restaurants, which inspired us to serve up a list of four places where you can get your goat…
Restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz was on vacation this week, so we took the opportunity to explore some Colorado-grown products. Juliet Wittman visited with goat rancher Bob Stocker at the Boulder County Farmers’ Market where he talked about just how smart — and delicious — goats can be. And we followed up…
Earth Day has come and gone, but those looking to extend the celebration of our planet a little longer should head to Boulder, where every day is Earth Day. Especially at Fresh Thymes Eatery, which is throwing an Earth Week bash in honor of honey and the bees that make…
Seeds Library Cafe, the brainchild of Boulder County Farmers’ Market director Brian Coppom and the result of a collaboration between the market and the City of Boulder, held a preliminary celebration this morning before the cafe’s grand opening on Monday. In a beautifully designed, sunlight-filled space on the Boulder Public Library…
Earlier this week, Westword’s Juliet Wittman spoke with goat rancher Bob Stocker of El Regalo Ranch about raising goats and using the meat in recipes. Stocker explains that, depending on the cut, goat should be either cooked long and slow until it’s “falling-apart tender” or cooked quickly on the grill at high…
Just past the first-year mark, Atticus seems to be settling into its space and discovering what the kitchen is best at. In a family neighborhood scattered with college students, you’re not quite sure what to expect upon entering, but the welcoming atmosphere will lure you in regardless. Their menu has…
And the hits just keep coming for Jefferson Park, where many of the new buildings featured in Denver Fugly are located. Now, in the culmination of what may have been another fugly situation, veteran chef Brian Laird — think Barolo Grill, Sketch — is out at Sarto’s. But should the…
California chef, caterer and restaurateur Dory Ford is helping Denver revive a piece of its history by opening Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge tomorrow night. The Baur’s name in downtown Denver goes back nearly as far as the city itself: The O. P. Baur Confectionery Company was established in 1872…
The building at 321 East 45th Avenue in Globeville has been home to many businesses over the years: the Portulaca Cafe, the White Owl, Crash 45. In the 1930s it served as a meeting hall for Slovenian residents of the neighborhood. But tomorrow it begins a new life as Fort Greene,…
New owners are making plenty of improvements to Lamar Station, the new name for the center that Casa Bonita has anchored for over four decades. They’re adding a coffeeshop, two galleries and a brewpub, and looking for someone to run a year-round urban market. They’ve also signed that pink eatertainment…
The modern day Tupperware party? Brunch, booze and bags. At least that’s what industrial chic San Francisco brand Timbuk2 would have you believe. In honor of spring cleaning, a much needed girl’s day out or just a beautiful Saturday in Denver, Timbuk2 is throwing what they call the Bad A$$…
The bagel sensation Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen is going to have a gluteny friend next door by early next year. A new bakery, The Rolling Pin, is the brainchild of Rosenberg’s current pastry chef, Jay Thomas. If all goes as planned—which doesn’t always happen when opening a new business in…
Biju’s Little Curry Shop is closed today for a private event, but owner Biju Thomas doesn’t want customers who show up to be completely disappointed. In a neighborly gesture, Park Burger — just around the corner in the same 2601 Walnut building in RiNo — agreed to lend a hand…
What’s the weirdest name for a restaurant in Denver? We thought the Fractured Prune might take the prize when that doughnut chain rolled into town, but then the Belvedere closed — and we learned that downtown joint will be replaced by The Greedy Hamster. Says theFabulousMarkT: Well, we already have…
When Sarto’s opened in the Jefferson Park neighborhood last October, Denver diners familiar with chef Brian Laird’s flair for Italian cuisine from his days at Denver classic Barolo Grill were excited to sample his new menu and grab a seat at the cicchetti bar, where Laird stitched together an array…
Aurora’s Havana Street is awash with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area; the cultural landscape is primed with every kind experience, from fine-ish dining to lovable dives to mom and pop eateries from almost every nationality and culture: Ethiopian, Vietnamese pho, dollar-a-scoop Chinese, Mexican…
Somewhere in the woods of Oklahoma, mushroom expert Graham Steinruck has uncovered another trove of blonde morels, which he’ll sort and then ship back to Denver. That’s where his business partner, Nick Martinez, uses his restaurant connections to find buyers for these Midwestern delicacies, along with other foraged mushrooms and…
Bob Stocker of El Regalo Ranch — just ten miles northwest of Salida — is busy these days, so busy that he won’t be able to attend the Boulder County Farmers’ Market, where he’s been a fixture for the past year, until the first Saturday in May. He and his…
No. 38: Breakfast Congee at Onefold Coffeehouses come along and settle in to neighborhoods without much notice or fanfare, doing more or less the same thing from place to place: a few breakfast items, some pastries and sandwiches, some hot soups or egg dishes if there’s room behind the counter…
Ever since Chipotle teamed up with Frasca owners Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson to roll out a fast casual version of their original Boulder eatery Pizzeria Locale, we’ve known it would only be a matter of time before the whole concept went national. After all, Stuckey and Mackinnon-Patterson have the…
