The Black Crown Lounge has graced South Broadway with its antique-filled dining room and bar for the past four years, but the charming piano lounge and restaurant set inside a restored mansion has recently changed hands. New owner Kell Peplau-Kaiser has changed the name to the Crown Social and has…
No. 39: Prosciutto Pop Tarts from the Bakin’ Bakery Food Truck Renee LaLonde started her food truck, Bakin’ Bakery, through a Kickstarter campaign in early 2014 and has been peddling a range of sweet and savory baked goods — with a judicious dose of bacon — around the city for…
This week Glendale officials revealed their plans for Glendale 180, a 22-acre parcel in the heart of the tiny town (a former dairy area that was later completely surrounded by Denver) which will one day boast 25 restaurants, shops and other businesses. But Glendale isn’t just looking to the future; it’s…
Linger and Root Down visionary owner/chef Justin Cucci likes to get in over his head, taking risks that he admits seem destined to fail. When Root Down opened in an old gas station in a transitional neighborhood blocks from where the action seemed hottest, Denverites scratched their heads, but were…
When I go on vacation, I’m as much of a food tourist as I am a sightseer. So before a recent trip to Scandinavia, I scoured everything I could get my hands on for traditional Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dishes, and mapped out bakeries and restaurants where I could find…
Spangalang Brewery opens today in the former Department of Motor Vehicles office on Welton Street, in the heart of Five Points, an area that was the African-American cultural center of the West decades ago, but started a slow slide in the ’60s. Now development is coming back — but is…
The opening of the Boulder County Farmers’ Market is my favorite herald of spring—even on years when it falls on a wet, icy day. This Saturday, however, was bright and cool, slowly warming hour by hour. And hour by hour the crowd, sparse at first, swelled. For a few weeks,…
Denver has two finalists in the <em>Food & Wine</em> People’s Best New Chef contest; both Alex Figura of Lower 48 Kitchen (our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014) and Steve Redzikowski of Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn (our Best Chef in the Best of Denver 2015) are…
Dakota Coburn’s quiet intensity expands into full-on enthusiasm as he reminisces about vacations in Mexico and his initial forays into that country’s cuisine when he was eight — from his first taste of real mole to tacos al pastor straight off the spit of a Puerto Vallarta street vendor to…
So there I was, sharing a meal with my husband that shouldn’t have been romantic, given how packed and loud it was at D Bar Denver, an updated version of D Bar Desserts that opened in a new Uptown location this fall after an eight-month closure. But the place was…
The James Beard Foundation may not have shown much love to Denver chefs and restaurants when none of the five Colorado nominees for James Beard Awards moved on to the list of semi-finalists last month (meaning that Colorado is out of the running entirely on the May 4 awards night),…
Whether dining out is a daily occurrence or a special occasion, a little planning ahead will guarantee that a portion of your dining dollars goes to a worthy cause this month. April 30 is Dining Out for Life night in Denver, which means that if you hit one of 250…
The Colorado culinary scene sometimes feels like one big family — albeit sometimes a rather incestuous one. And last night’s Colorado Restaurant Association Industry Spotlight awards ceremony at the Ritz Carlton was one hell of a family reunion, as individuals from around the state’s scene were honored by their peers…and…
Masaki Ishitani has been working as a sushi chef in Denver for the past ten years, but before that he was a ramen cook in Nada, Japan. And now he’s returning to his roots, opening his own noodle house called Miyako Ra-men Spot on South Broadway, which he expects to…
City, O’ City recaptured the crown as Best Vegetarian Restaurant award in the Best of Denver 2015, but there’s also a lot for non-vegetarians to enjoy at the restaurant…even if service can be sporadic, according to readers. Says Sporobolus: City, O’ City does so many things right — variety & creativity…
I really know very little about Korean cuisine. I’ve had Korean barbecue and bibimbap and a few other iconic dishes, and I’ve pulled off David Chang’s recipe for bo ssam (a roasted pork shoulder dish that’s excellent for dinner parties) from his Monofuku cookbook. But when it comes to the…
Basil Flats opened in 2010 in Longmont with an eye toward growth — slow,local growth — while keeping the focus on a quality menu and good customer service. Now five years later, founder Joe Serafin, previously a founding investor and chief operating officer at Noodles & Company, is unveiling a…
January 2015 wasn’t the start of the ramen bowl trend by a long shot, not even in Denver, but it was the date that Katsu Ramen flung open its doors in Aurora to stupendously long lines of noodle-crazy customers — so crazy that they ate through the kitchen’s stock by…
Industry will celebrate its first anniversary on Brighton Boulevard this week, and in addition to offices and communal spaces, the project features Will Call, a brand-new concept from the Little Pub group, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed. Much to the dismay of Rocko220: So sorry for the unusual Westword over-reach…
The Denver restaurant scene is getting so crowded that restaurants are starting to open up inside of restaurants. Yesterday, a pop-up breakfast eatery called a.m.BS debuted inside To the Wind Bistro at 3333 East Colfax Avenue, with plans to continue regular Sunday morning service from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting…
This week in Westword Food & Drink, Gretchen Kurtz visited Will Call, the latest from the Little Pub Company on industrial Brighton Boulevard, to see if the kitchen’s Venezuelan-inspired menu of arepas and bar snacks is worth a visit or in need of some re-tooling. RESTAURANTS OPENING THIS WEEK* Basil…
Ietef Vita, aka DJ Cavem, is everywhere these days. The 2013 Westword MasterMind just spoke about his efforts to raise kids right through urban gardening at TedXManhattan, and tonight he’s hosting the Denver HipHop Green Dinner at Redline Art Gallery with his wife, Alkemia Earth, a vegan chef who’ll do a…
