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…
Tickets to the FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen — the mountain resort’s four-day culinary extravaganza that brings together world-renowned chefs and winemakers and the starstruck foodists who flock to town every June to catch a glimpse of their famous faces — sold out in record speed this year, but…
If you head to Boulder’s Chautauqua Park tomorrow to celebrate National Trails Day, you’ll find that the beautiful sights aren’t all outdoors. The circa 1898 Chautauqua Dining Hall has been renovated, a major project that involved removing the carpets and restoring the original wooden floors, adding two fireplaces, and installing…
I love the Ethiopian stews here, and whether your tastes bend toward vegetarian, or intensely aromatic meat dishes, this is a place to find an excellent Ethiopian feast…even if you’ll likely eat it in a dining room bereft of light. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
When she chooses the restaurants she will review, Gretchen Kurtz balances many concerns. Is the restaurant located in a part of town she hasn’t written about lately? Does it serve a kind of cuisine she hasn’t reviewed lately? Is it expensive or economical? A celebrated spot or a secret? Is…
On the left, you’ve got the now sequestered Pretzel the Pig, Euclid Hall’s mascot, which was unceremoniously yanked from its perch during the Big Eat on Sunday, the details of which are all chronicled on the second page. On the right, you have the newly formed Euclid Hall posse –…
The stained glass windows will stay. So will the proprietary meatball, sausage and red sauce recipes. But Angelo’s Pizza is going to look and feel a lot different when its new owners reopen the Denver mainstay as Angelo’s Taverna in August. On March 1, Denver-area restaurant industry veterans Eric Hyatt…
Irish bars are known for being dark and often damp, but they are also supposed to reflect their neighborhoods, and the people who live in the Mayfair, Montclair and Park Hill neighborhoods don’t want “dark” when it comes to any new restaurant on Colfax. That’s why Glen Eastwood and Andrew…
Seven months after Tavern 13 reopened in a new spot three blocks south of its original home at 1312 South Broadway, the venue has closed its doors again. And as a going away-present, the city slapped a notice on the front window of the bar, advising that Tavern 13’s liquor…
I could spend all afternoon and night camped out at this lively watering hole, if for no other reason than the brews are some of the best in Denver — and the affable bartenders know how to pour them with precision, even with their eyes closed. Can you guess where…
Jimmy Bernat Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill 1530 Blake Street 303-298-5000 lodojimmys.com This is part two of my interview with Jimmy Bernat, exec chef of Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Which chef has most inspired you? My dad pretty much got me into…
What’s in a name? Plenty, if you’re trying to plan a new bar — and find that another bar project has claimed the same name. Cliff and Zachary Young, the father/son team opening a new watering hole at 437 West Colfax Avenue, right around the corner from CY Steak, which…
Budapest BistroThe Budapest Bistro has closed after more than twenty years on South Pearl Street; the space will become a Mexican restaurant that will share ownership with nearby Gaia Bistro and Kaos. This is just one of the many changes on this strip of South Pearl; Izakaya Den left its…
Matt Selby didn’t set out to operate a cafeteria-cum-pantry for the RiverClay condominiums rising five stories above Corner House. But since he and his two partners unveiled this 1,250-square-foot eatery in January, that’s precisely what it’s become. “People would come down in their pajamas,” marvels Selby. Hugging the corner of…
A throng of thieves — or maybe it was just one holdup artist — got away with swine snatchery on Sunday, the day of EatDenver’s Big Eat bash, where forty restaurants, several wineries and breweries and more than a thousand revelers congregated at Sustainability Park…and that leaves the mud pit…
After more than two decades at 1585 South Pearl Street, the Budapest Bistro has closed its doors. The restaurant owned by Anna Hellvig, who was also the chef, had updated its look several years ago — but with all the other changes on South Pearl Street, the time looked right…
I’ve apparently been duped…for decades! During dinner last night at a red-sauce Italian joint, I ordered “homemade” spaghetti and meatballs, only to learn from our server that the noodles aren’t homemade at all. It’s a carryover, he told me, from the old days, when spaghetti — the fat strands made…
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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb…
Jimmy Bernat Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill 1530 Blake Street 303-298-5000 lodojimmys.com This is part one of my interview with Jimmy Bernat, exec chef of Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. Jimmy Bernat began working — and cooking — in a professional kitchen…
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…
Loren Cordain, a professor at Colorado State University since 1990, wrote the original version of The Paleo Diet a decade ago, but the eat-like-a-caveman regimen has taken off in recent years, given a real workout by CrossFit fans. By accident or design, chefs around town are offering dishes that fit…
New York City — one of the most captivating cocktail capitals of the country — gets no love from Esquire magazine in its recently published list of the top seventeen bars in America. But, guess what? Two Denver bars — Ship Tavern and Williams & Graham — grace the roster,…
