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…
Casa Bonita had been the landmark tenant of the JCRS Shopping Center, at 6500 West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood, for forty years when the property was sold last May. But new owner Broad Street has confirmed not only that Casa Bonita is staying put, but it’s on a long-term lease…
On June 13, Manny and Melissa Garza, veterans of the D.C. intelligence community who’ve settled in Colorado, will host the grand opening of Dungeons & Drafts, a geek-themed bar and restaurant in Fort Collins. The new pub owners want to create a destination for nerds in Colorado who are looking…
Not too long ago, I received a message from Adrian Miller — writer, barbecue judge and executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches — asking if I knew of any restaurants in town that offered Korean fried chicken. I was stumped, but after some furious Googling, I found one…
Beans aren’t something we generally turn to when it comes to satisfying the munchies, especially on 4/20, when only the crunchiest, tangiest, snackiest snacks will do. Other than bean dip, that pasty concoction of childhood junk-food memories, beans are often relegated to the status of side dish or as a…
If you’re an early riser, it’s tough to find places that serve brunch before 10 a.m. Tasked with the challenge because my friend had to work at 11 (thank you, Rockies game), we ended up at Sunny’s in Sunnyside. We hadn’t heard much about it since it opened almost exactly…
Gretchen Kurtz recently reviewed Block & Larder, a four-month old spot in the Berkeley neighborhood brought to us by the Forgy brothers, who are also behind Freshcraft in LoDo. But is there another influence in the kitchen? Suggests Jeff: Jeremiah Tower called from 1985. He wants his Jackson Pollock squeeze-bottle sauced…
Is Block & Larder hanging tough with its hanging tender steak or just playing chicken? Gretchen Kurtz took in a few dinners to see what this new steak-house-styled eatery, from the owners of Freshcraft downtown, are cooking up on Tennyson Street. Farther north, we got word from Adam Roy that…
The newest Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers is opening on Sunday in Wheat Ridge, only a few miles from the actual cottage where the company got it’s start under the ownership of Margaret and Philip Isely. Not only is Natural Grocers celebrating the opening of the new store, but it’s also…
Just when you thought it was safe to store all your winter clothes, Colorado laughs and throws a nice little snowstorm in our faces. What better way to enjoy the unpredictable weather than with a hot bowl of ramen. In the land of trendy, it seems that new ramen houses…
A couple of days of construction can make all the difference between a little cluttered chaos and a functioning restaurant. The new Cheba Hust on Colfax Avenue opens tomorrow with a full liquor license in addition to owner Scott Jennings’s list of craveable sandwiches and other munchies. Workers were putting…
Yes, another craft brewery is coming. This one is Little Machine, and Brett Williams, Mike Dunkly and Ben Chenard are gearing up to open later this year at 2924 West 20th Avenue, right by Sports Authority Field, an area definitely thirsty for craft beer — even in a town overflowing with…
Solitaire owners chef Mark Ferguson and manager Andrea Faulisi Ferguson are placing their faith in Denver’s restaurant goers to separate high-end menus from stodgy dining experiences. “It’s not white table clothes where you have to get dolled up and be quiet,” insists Mark Ferguson of the newly refurbished joined mansions…
Polish cuisine is a rarity in Denver and it just got even scarcer; Belvedere Restaurant on 14th Street downtown is now closed after four years in business. Kinga Klek, owner of Kinga’s Lounge at Colfax Avenue and Marion Street, opened Belvedere in July 2011 after previous tenant Cafe Berlin moved…
Restaurateur Michael Shiell’s excavation and rebuild of the subterranean Larimer Square restaurant space that once housed Lime is nearly complete; Craigslist adds have popped up announcing positions available, and one local chef who recently found himself out of a job has answered the call. Lance Barto, most recently the executive…
Argyll Whisky Beer has been open less than a year, but physical changes are already afoot. Yesterday morning, owner Robert Thompson had a construction crew in at 6:30 a.m. to open up the wall between the bar and dining room and remove dividers on the other side of the bar…
I enjoy talking to servers. Not because I like chitchat, but because you can tell a lot about a place by how well its staff is trained. Are servers well-informed and confident, able to answer questions with ease, or do they need to run back and forth to the kitchen?…
McDonald’s introduced a new “artisan” chicken on Monday, which inspired Mark Antonation to proclaim that the word “artisan” now ceases to have any real meaning. Adds Rob: Artisan food at any restaurant is a joke. Hipster gastropubs are guilty of the same crap but because the server has a beard and…
Parry’s Pizzeria may have been inspired by New York-style pizza, but the homegrown chain is as much about Colorado craft beer. On Monday, Parry’s officially opened its fifth location at 100 East 120th Avenue in Northglenn, and in honor of that street address it’s featuring 120 Colorado beers not just…
