Over two dozen restaurants opened in metro Denver in May, ranging from new outposts of homegrown chains (Modmarket, Live Basil Pizza, Park Burger) to Range, a new-style Old West saloon in the stunningly renovated old Colorado Bank Building. But only a few blocks away, another vintage building lost its restaurant…
Today Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood was once again ordered to stop discriminating against same-sex couples seeking wedding cakes. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission unanimously upheld a previous ruling by an administrative law judge finding that the bakery violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws when it refused to bake a wedding cake for…
Earlier this week, we reported that Mizu, a Japanese restaurant and sushi bar, plans to open in November in LoHi. In addition, Nanu Nanu Noodle, a Japanese ramen-ya, part of the behemoth Pacific Ocean Marketplace project that’s currently under construction in Aurora, is slated for a fall opening, as is…
After last night’s dinner, our server came back to the table and mentioned that the chef wanted to send out a complimentary dessert. Curious, I asked why, and while this is a restaurant that I’ve been to at least two dozen times, our server thought it was my first time…and…
Since it opened six years ago, Masterpiece Del has been a hot spot in LoHi; on sunny weekends, the patio is overflowing with fans of “fine dining between bread.” And starting this weekend, there will be more of a good thing: Masterpiece Deli Uptown, which opened last year, will be…
Should bakeries be allowed to refuse to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples? The Colorado Civil Rights Commission is expected to answer that question tomorrow, when it will hold a public hearing to determine whether the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood discriminated against a gay couple who attempted to order a…
People magazine isn’t exactly renowned for its food coverage, but even editors and writers at a gossip mag have to eat, and it appears that their latest culinary obsession is french fries. The online version of the “tell all” pub just released its list of top picks for french fries…
If you’ve been to Linger lately, then you’ve undoubtedly noticed the sprawling construction scene behind it exposing a multi-level structure that’s sheeted in concrete and scaffolding. Come November, that building, a project from Sprung Construction, will be home to Mizu, a Japanese restaurant that’s the vision of Hong Jian Lee,…
After a successful Kickstarter campaign, Blooming Beets Kitchen, a paleo-friendly restaurant in Boulder, is now in full-bloom. To celebrate the opening, owner Iva Paleckova is offering half-off on all ciders and wines this week. Photographer Danielle Lirette stopped by Blooming Beets this past weekend; keep reading for a taste of…
I ordered the tom yum and the panang curry Thai hot. Big, BIG mistake. My kid, on the other hand, has more common sense than I, and just shook his head knowingly at the server when he ordered his own pad Thai, asking for a spice level of medium. He…
Every start-up is a labor of love. But in the case of Work & Class, which I review this week, the term has a whole new meaning. Despite the old adage about not getting involved with someone from work, owner/executive chef Dana Rodriguez is engaged to sous chef Vicente Sosa,…
Our list of the ten best burgers in metro Denver included Park Burger — which won bonus points for its veggie burger, a repeat winner for Best Veggie Burger in the Best of Denver. Some readers quibble with the idea of a meat-free burger qualifying as a real burger. But…
When they opened Work & Class at the end of January, the restaurant’s three owners pitched its concept as “a square meal, a stiff drink and a fair price.” Now, four months later, Work & Class appears to be offering exactly that to Denver diners How does it do it?…
In the next three months, nearly 150 new restaurants will open in Denver, which translates to a lot of food in our mouths. Some have insisted that we’re biting off more than we can chew — that the Denver restaurant landscape is becoming too saturated and that we can’t sustain…
When a Colorado community doesn’t want a marijuana cultivation warehouse, some people assume that the area is anti-pot and, therefore, anti-Colorado. However, one Boulder farming community is fighting a battle against marijuana that has nothing to do with any stereotypes about the plant. See also: Cure Organic Farm veggies are…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
Denver, Colorado, is not exactly soul-food central — but it’s the home of Adrian Miller, the man who wrote the book on soul food: Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine One Plate at a Time. That book, published by the University of North Carolina Press last summer,…
First thing’s first: Despite the enviable success of Freshcraft, one of Denver’s best watering holes to study the attributes of craft beer, brothers Aaron, Lucas and Jason Forgy, all of whom own Freshcraft, aren’t looking to reinvent the wheel when they open Block & Larder on Tennyson Street later this…
East Denver got good news and bad news this month. First, chef/owner Jon Robbins, founder of Gypsy Kitchen, opened the brick-and-mortar Bistro Barbès at 5021 East 28th Avenue. But then came the news that Latke Love, its neighbor at 5151 East 28th, will be closing on May 31. That prompted…
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. This is not a story about Hawaiian food. This is a story…
Most of the Ethiopian joints in Denver won’t win any design awards for their muted aesthetics, but this Ethiopian restaurant, despite its pedestrian outside appearance, boasts a lovely dining room, and as far as I know, it’s the only place in Denver that serves gurage kitfo, a southern Ethiopian dish…
The Boulderado is home to two bars, one new and one old. The Corner Bar, which just got a facelift, has been around for decades, providing drinks and food in a lodge setting for hotel guests and locals alike. Now it’s been joined by License No. 1, which replaced the…
