In Hollywood, moviemakers drop half as much dough to build interest in films as they do to make them, leading to marketing budgets with lots of zeroes. Can you imagine if local restaurateurs did the same, putting branded toys in Happy Meals, wrapping ads around buses and running action-packed commercials…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached over the past year. Pathetic, isn’t it?…
A series premiering on Hulu this month has the home-grown Chipotle chain cooking up more than just burritos. Working with Hulu and Piro studios, Chipotle is launching a four-episode web series titled Farmed & Dangerous, which will debut on Monday, February 17. The show is a satirical comedy that explores…
Yesterday, I had a lunch meeting with a Denver chef who, like me, wanted to feast on dumplings. Alas, Lao Wang — our first choice — was closed, so we ended up here instead, eating steaming bowls of pho and sturdy Vietnamese egg rolls liberally stuffed with pork, mushrooms, carrots…
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…
Tony Hessel West Flanders Brewing Co. 1125 Pearl Street, Boulder 303-447-2739 wfbrews.com This is part one of my interview with Tony Hessel, exec chef of West Flanders Brewing Co; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Born in Manhattan and raised in Connecticut, Tony Hessel always thought he wanted…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Think Denver is hungry for more barbecue joints? Krewe Crescent City BBQ opened on Sunday in the former home of Cantina (and many other restaurants before that), right on the corner of 11th and Lincoln. The owners of Stoney’s, which is right next door, are the crew behind Krewe, and…
The owners of Racines have just chosen the winners of the restaurant’s thirtieth anniversary contest — and while the grand prize is a trip for two to Paris, home of the original Bouillon Racine restaurant, France hasn’t exactly been rolling out the welcome mat. But the second-place prize — the…
Colorado has been the wellspring for many liquid assets, including energy drinks Go Fast! and Bing, which quickly went national. But 5280, a new energy drink now available in along the Front Range, was created with the Mile High City in mind — and has no plans to spill outside…
Green Fine Salad Co., a Denver-based company, plans to open its third local location in April at 707 Seventeenth Street — but this outpost will have another name: Saladarity, a new prototype that, unlike Green Fine Salad, is trademarked. “Green Fine Salad is a name we couldn’t protect, so we…
“We’re always evolving, always finding ways to bring something new and different to the consumer,” says Smashburger founder Tom Ryan, whose follow-up to that smash success, Live Basil Pizza, will open today in Glendale, making it the third Live Basil outpost to open in Denver — and the fourth in…
If you drink too many of the strong Manhattans at this bar, which is all too easy to do, you can always phone home from the pistachio-hued rotary phone that probably dates back to long before ET was released. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
If you’ve had a burger at Park Burger — whether the spot in Highland or in Uptown or the original restaurant on South Pearl Street, then you know this an unpretentious eatery does burgers right. The menu isn’t vast — shakes, alcoholic beverages, burgers and fries, and that’s about it…
It’s cold out there — which means that maybe, just maybe, there won’t be an hour-long line outside of Voodoo Doughnut, as there has been so any mornings since the Oregon-based outfit opened its first store outside that state on East Colfax Avenue in December. And the crowds have inspired…
“Um, how the hell do you eat this thing?” I ask Adam Long, a former sous chef at the White House and the current culinary director and executive chef of Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar. “You need to have a big mouth,” he deadpans. Realizing that I’m not about ready to…
There will be no cheap tacos at Lola tonight. The LoHi mainstay closed after brunch yesterday for a quick renovation project that is supposed to be completed in time for the restaurant to reopen late Wednesday afternoon. “Lola gets a lot of traffic, so there are parts that need a…
Touted as a “supergrain,” quinoa is appearing on restaurant menus all across the city, in salads, as the primary protein in burgers and as the main ingredient in hot cereal, the latter of which makes for a great breakfast, especially on a frigid morning. And while this quinoa, soaked in…
Cafe Society served up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a jar of chicken liver pâté (and all the proper accoutrements) from West Flanders Brewing to a warm, whiskey-based cocktail from the Hornet to a wonderful skillet breakfast of bacon, eggs and maple aioli from a restaurant in…
As Colorado and New Mexico diners debate the benefits of their state’s particular version of green chile, the fight heats up on another front: Texas. But does Texas chili have anything in common with green chile — no matter what state is stirring that pot? See also: Michael Hancock’s Super…
This week Gretchen Kurtz explored Cuban cuisine in her review of the Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria in CitySet, which could be the future of fast-casual Cuban in this country. That restaurant debuted right around the time that Steve Scott opened Babettes, his bakery in the Source; Lori Midson talks with Scott…
On Sunday, Peyton Manning and the unstoppable offense of the Denver Broncos will battle for victory against the Seattle Seahawks, the NFL team with the top-rated defense — and, in case you didn’t know, it’s the largest gambling day of the year. Early lines favor the Broncos, and while Denver…
