Federal Boulevard is filled with constantly evolving views of construction, commerce and change. No sooner does a Vietnamese restaurant close up shop than a new pho joint opens in its place. There’s a little less churn with Mexican eateries, but new spots occasionally pop up. Driving up Federal this week,…
There are some standard hot topics in the restaurant industry: What constitutes good service, what’s a fair tip — and when and where are kids welcome? Last week — just in time for the holidays — we posted a list of ten great craft-beer patios to try this summer, and…
If you live in an area that you love but have to leave every time you want a quality drink or meal, you know how Sita Kedia and her husband, Dipesh Amin, felt as they looked around their East Colfax neighborhood, always feeling like something was missing. But rather than…
It’s been a long haul, but after months of construction and permitting delays, Syntax Physic Opera should finally open this weekend — if it gets the green light from the city — and start a new chapter as a restaurant/venue devoted to telling stories at the same time it serves…
At LowDown Brewery + Kitchen, which I review this week, pizzas make up nearly half the food sales, which can easily be chalked up to the crisp crusts and creative toppings that executive chef Brendon Flood heaps upon them, everything from pulled pork to pickles and ground beef. But I…
The popularity of salad restaurants rises and falls as quickly as health and diet fads in this country. One year will see a proliferation of salad-bar eateries with lines of calorie-conscious customers waiting to fill plates from crocks chilling under a sneeze guard, but come back in a few years…
No. 95 Goat Hot Pot at Viet’s 333 South Federal Boulevard 303-922-5774 Viet’s, tucked into the corner of the always bustling Far East Center, doesn’t stand out as a destination dining spot. But despite its hidden location and competition from scads of other well-known Vietnamese eateries within a few packed…
Cafe critic Gretchen Kurtz stopped by Nuggs Ice Cream with her family one recent Friday night for a cool treat, and what she found there has led to a hot discussion on Cafe Society. Unlike other ice cream spots she’s frequented around town that happily hand out samples, the Nuggs…
Walk quickly past the fitness facility that shares a building with LowDown Brewery + Kitchen, which opened this winter in the Golden Triangle. You don’t come here to eat a big meal. You come to sit at the bar and watch a game. You come to play bean-bag toss on…
Now we know what’s taking the place of the Five Star Burgers that closed at 555 Broadway earlier this year: another outpost of Einstein Bros. And while the Colorado-based Einstein is expanding, Five Star appears to be shrinking, at least in metro Denver: A second location at 2330 East Arapahoe…
If you’re like most Denver restaurant fans, you’re already familiar with the shipping-container restaurant, retail and office venue named 25th & Larimer (because of its location at, um, 25th and Larimer streets). Just about every resident of this town has already fought for a seat at the crazily popular Work…
If you’re the President of the United States, where would you eat in Denver? After landing here late yesterday, President Barack Obama headed to the Wazee Supper Club for dinner with five citizens who’d sent letters requesting the pleasure of his company, then strolled around LoDo before heading to the…
Two and a half years after Union Station closed for a major renovation, the century-old facility is almost ready for its close-up — and the first restaurant tenant, Stoic & Genuine, will open at 11 a.m. today, more than two weeks before the official grand opening of Union Station on…
While chicken and waffles haven’t overtaken bacon as the king of food fads, they’ve been a big trend over the last few years, flying into the danger zone between comfort food and high-end food fussiness. Whether or not there’s a fathomable reason for why these two foodstuffs originally shacked up…
If an Ohio man can raise $44,000 through Kickstarter to make potato salad, is it unreasonable for the owners of Latke Love to think they can resurrect the eatery through crowdfunding? After closing their Park Hill spot in May, Steve and Tina Shander and Steve’s sister, Dana, just launched an…
It was just over a year ago that Dina and Frank Berta closed Frank’s Kitchen, the ten-seat spot in the Whittier neighborhood that they’d opened in May 2011. But the space at 2600 High Street was quickly transformed into Jammin’ Joe’s, a barbeque joint that expanded to two more locations…
For months I passed by the future home of Nuggs Ice Cream, watching the construction project and waiting for the hot summer day when the place would finally open and my family and I could mosey on over for dessert. That day came recently when we walked to Marczyk’s II,…
Latke Love, a popular potato pancake eatery, closed its doors in Park Hill at the end of May. But, now the owners of that business seem ready to open new doors — with some help from Denverites. See also: Q’s in the Hotel Boulderado closes, making way for Spruce…
The flood that raged through Lyons last fall left the town temporarily isolated from the outside world. So when the waters receded and the rebuilding began, restaurateurs and Lyons residents Katie Baum and De’Anna Duncan wanted to bring a new community space to Main Street, restoring some of what had…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’ll now explore different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Yanni’s Greek Restaurant styles itself as a taverna in the traditional sense:…
There’s no better way to enjoy a beautiful Colorado day than sitting outside in the sunshine, enjoying one of Colorado’s liquid assets: craft beer. Fortunately, there are dozens of great brewery patios along the Front Range. Some are intimate backyard spaces, others are expansive parks. And some, like Station 26,…
The Hotel Boulderado opened on New Year’s Day, 1909. Since then, restaurants have operated almost continuously in the hotel, including Q’s, which set up shop there nearly twenty years ago. But yesterday Q’s closed its doors, and a new concept called Spruce will soon take its place, with an expected…
