Pete Turner will open his seventh Illegal Pete’s store for breakfast at 7 a.m. today; this one is in Fort Collins. The homegrown chain got its start in Boulder almost twenty years ago, around the time that Qdoba launched and a few years after Chipotle made its debut on East…
Cozy Cottage epitomizes the friendly neighborhood café — the place you can walk right in, grab a complimentary cup of coffee and see the same grandmotherly servers on every visit. It’s charming — the kind of place you hope opens next door. With the Tennyson dining scene blowing up, Cozy…
Pete Turner delivered the word last Wednesday — with a very lengthy explanation on his illegalpetes.com website. When his seventh store opens in Fort Collins tomorrow, it will be named Illegal Pete’s — just as his original store was when he opened it on the Hill in Boulder almost twenty…
What does a visitor to Denver need to know about the dining scene? That we have a history that stretches far beyond Denver omelettes, that there are many ethnic options, that the seafood in this landlocked city is plenty fresh, that’s it’s important to get out to the neighborhoods, and…
Jeff Grimm just landed the job as executive chef at Punch Bowl Social — restaurateur Robert Thompson’s dining and entertainment warehouse on Broadway — a month ago, but he’s already thrilled about what he calls a “community stable” environment, where teamwork and pitching in are part of the kitchen’s culture…
Cart-Driver 2500 Larimer Street 303-292-3553 The midterm elections may be a blip in the rearview mirror, but Denver remains a battleground. Only instead of politicians vying for voters, restaurateurs are fighting for guests. This is especially true in the pizza business, where the campaign remains as heated as the thousand-degree…
This week’s Arctic blast and snow flurries shoved aside our Indian summer in a hurry. But fall’s close doesn’t have to mean the end of Denver’s sunny patio time. So that you’re not relegated to the indoors all winter, we compiled a list of wintry patios — some enclosed, some…
Bobby Stuckey, co-owner of Boulder’s Frasca Food and Wine, is a certified Master Sommelier, one of the most difficult professional certifications to earn in any line of work. Since the first Master Sommelier examination was held in 1969, only 135 North Americans have passed. Stuckey’s influence on the renowned restaurant’s…
Last week Mark Antonation compared a barbacoa Chipotle burrito to a barbacoa Qdoba burrito — and found that despite Qdoba’s new, no-charge-for-extras policy, the Chipotle burrito was a better deal. When we shared the experiment on our news blog yesterday, more than a hundred readers weighed in, serving up opinions…
Edgewater, with a population of just over 5,200, may have the highest ratio of Thai restaurants per capita of any spot in Colorado. Fans of Thai cuisine in the metro area are already familiar with the vibrant flavors and tongue-melting heat of U.S. Thai, but newcomer Thailicious, open less than…
Bites of China opened recently in a tidy Aurora shopping center on East Alameda Avenue, where residents are no strangers to an array of ethnic eating options. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped in to see what was cooking, and found that what looks like a standard counter-service Chinese eatery has a…
With several breweries scheduled to open in Denver this month, 2014 is shaping up as a record-breaking year for new craft-beer enterprises. At least a dozen breweries have opened since January, and by the end of the year there could be close to fifty breweries operating within Denver city limits…
Fried Chicken from the Post Brewing Co. 105 West Emma Street, Lafayette 303-593-2066 Fried chicken should be easy. After all, there are only two things to get right: the chicken and the breading. But the truth is, fried chicken is one of the easiest dishes for a restaurant to get…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz reviewed the District and thought the best thing on the menu was the deep-fried peanut butter sandwich. Mark Antonation talked to Chris Thompson, executive chef of the Nickel in the Hotel Teatro, about his new job overseeing food service for an entire hotel…
Yak & Yeti is familiar to those with a thirst for craft beer and a hunger for Nepalese and Indian food. The beers, like the award-winning Chai Milk Stout, show up at tap rooms around town, while the Tibetan and Nepalese specialties are rare enough in the metro area that…
Eating local doesn’t get sweeter than a visit to Hammond’s Candies, Denver’s 94-year-old candy factory, now immortalized in a History Press book, “Hammond’s Candies: History Handmade in Denver.” See also: Best Bargain Sweets Denver 2011 – The Oops Room…
Pete Turner has made his decision: The Illegal Pete’s name will be on the new store, his seventh location, when it opens in Fort Collins next week. He posted a lengthy explanation of his rationale on illegalpetes.com late Wednesday afternoon — to the dismay of critics and the rejoicing of…
It doesn’t take a late-night raid of leftover Halloween candy to make you feel like a kid again. At the District, which I review this week, you can relive your lunchbox days with a better peanut-butter-and-jelly than Mom ever packed. This Uptown eatery serves the sandwich beer-battered and fried, with…
Denverites certainly aren’t lacking when it comes to fast-casual options. In fact, our city has spawned chains ranging from Chipotle to Smashburger, which have gone not just national but international. Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill, a quick Mediterreanean concept founded by Alon Mor seven years ago, has brought falafel, pita, grilled meats…
Dunkin’ Donuts returned to the Denver area over the past year, opening stores from Denver International Airport to Edgewater, Boulder to Colorado Springs. Fans of the chain on the East Coast have welcomed Dunkin’ with open arms (and mouths, and wallets), while others just wish they’d go home. Here’s just…
Qdoba recently announced that its restaurants would no longer be charging for add-on items like guacamole, fajita vegetables and queso — both the three-cheese queso and the queso diablo. The new, simplified pricing structure features two price points based on the protein order: one for vegetables, ground beef and chicken,…
On the morning after Halloween, my friends and I had three requirements for brunch: somewhere that served alcohol (in quantity), somewhere with elevated dishes but where we could get away with wearing yoga pants and last night’s makeup, and somewhere we could walk right in with no wait at whatever…
