Arch Pizza opened this week in east Denver promising St. Louis-style pizza, and it made us wonder, what exactly is St. Louis-style pizza? We know that Chicago has deep dish and New York has big, tin slices, but what does St. Louis-style pizza entail? The answer, it turns out, is…
Back in 2011, when Robert Thompson shuttered Argyll in Cherry Creek, the plan, he told me, was to reopen the gastropub in Baker. Instead, Thompson, a prolific restaurateur and the founder of Seasoned Development, a restaurant group that designs, develops and manages restaurant concepts, graced the ubranized ‘hood with Punch…
The Monkey Barrel, Denver’s newest bar and music venue, has opened on 1611 Platte Street in an already hopping part of town. The bar seats forty and features booths with private TVs. It is open from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday, and from 11 a.m. to 2…
On October 15, the world lost Hans Riegel, the German baron and confectioner whose name is synonymous with the rainbow-hued, teddy bear-shaped, chewable-soft candies known as gummi bears, which were first introduced to the United States in 1982. Reigel, who died from heart failure, was ninety, and to honor his…
It’s always difficult to pull myself away from the sushi at this sublime shrine to raw fish, but the rest of the menu, including the cooked dishes, is a treat, too, especially the spicy udon soup heaped with an ocean of seafood. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Yes, college food can suck — but sometimes the school actually notices and takes action. After students gave poor reviews to a food vendor in the Auraria student union, administrators asked for proposals for a replacement — and Infinitus Pie, a local, family-owned pizza chain, won the slot third location…
Are these the kinds of drinking companions you crave? Then you’re going to love Watering Bowl, the very dog-friendly bar that could finally open this weekend at 5411 Leetsdale Drive. But according to one reader, dog lovers might find another kind of love here. See also: Watering Bowl, “your best…
The weekend is full of events — some of them very, very spooky. The action starts tonight with second annual Adult Daycare at The Lobby, this one dedicated to All Hallow’s Eve. From 6 to 10 p.m., kids 21-plus are encouraged to dress up in their finest costumes, forget their…
Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard was born in Boulder in 1987 as Good Times Drive-Thru Burgers. Those were good times, indeed: ’87 was a good year for banana hair clips, jelly shoes and skinny ties. But how on the burger-bombarded earth did Good Times manage to survive with the…
After twemty years, the Old Louisville Inn has checked out, and the 109-year-old building has new owners: Historic 740 Front Street, LLC. See also: Denver’s five best historic watering holes…
Wonder how a nice Southern boy like Brian Crow ended up in Denver at the evil-sounding Devil’s Food Bakery & Cookery? “We needed to spread our wings,” explains Crow, who moved here from Asheville, North Carolina, two years ago with his fiancée, Megan. “We looked at Chicago and Portland as…
I’ve had my share of really, really lousy latkes, especially in Denver. But there’s at least one restaurant in the Mile High City that manages to make the potato pancakes the way they should be: crisp and golden on the surface and savory, starchy and fluffy inside. Here, you can…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part two of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part one of my chat with Mace ran yesterday. Most noteworthy meal you’ve ever eaten: Franina Italian…
Rakun, a sweet little boutique specializing in locally made and vintage items, is now even sweeter, with the addition of a “teeny tiny tea house.” Rakun owner/entrepreneur entrepreneur/mother Meghan Throckmorton has always focused on sustainability, and that carries over into the charming refreshment area where you can get fortified for…
We’ve all heard of Chicago-style deep-dish pie and a New York slice — but St. Louis pizza? That’s what Marc Kak says that he and his partners, wife Stacy and Matt Leiss, are bringing to Denver with Arch Pizza, which just opened on just East Colfax Avenue and will soon…
Sample more than twenty fine wines from Marczyk Fine Foods’s fine wine shop, Fairfax Wine & Spirits, at tonight’s Lowry Uncorked. The event runs from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Eisenhower Chapel in the Lowry Town Center, and you can not only try the wines, you can buy them,…
Last winter, when it was dark by 5 p.m. and I really missed summer, I longed for two things: panzanella, which I make every Sunday during tomato season with red, yellow and green tomatoes from the farmers’ market, and the gloriously simple burrata-peach bruschetta from the Kitchen Denver. Both epitomize…
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 in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
“Is this your first time here?” asked the enthusiastic server who’s a definite asset to this pizza place. As a matter of fact, it was my first time here, and apparently that admission results in a complimentary heap of Parmesan-dusted, butter-brushed bread sticks, most of which accompanied me home, not…
UPDATE: After a year in Denver, Arch Pizza closed all of its metro-area stores in November 2014. The move came on the heels of an aggressive expansion by the St. Louis-style pizza chain, which opened its third store in March. Last month, comedian and television host Jimmy Kimmel squarely insulted…
Doug Mace CY Steak 1222 Glenarm Place 720-317-2664 cysteakdenver.com BaRed 437 West Colfax Avenue This is part one of my interview with Doug Mace, exec chef of Cy Steak and the forthcoming BaRed; part two of my chat with Mace will run tomorrow. “I was a fat, chubby kid –…
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…
