I’ve had better pho, but the staggeringly large Vietnamese noodle bowl, crowned with marinated meats and fresh vegetables, is a marvel to behold — and eat. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into…
Ever been to Pete’s Kitchen at 2 a.m.? Packed like Whole Foods on Thanksgiving. Breakfast King at 3 a.m.? Not an empty seat in the house. And given Denver’s love affair with late-night grubbing, you can bet your chicken-fried steak that when Tom’s Urban 24 opens on Larimer Square on…
The Denver Police Department’s Vice 50 team, working with the District 4 SCAT unit, conducted an underage-compliance operation last Friday, October 19. Out of 53 establishments visited by underage, undercover cadets, nine locations sold them alcohol — resulting in nine arrests for the sale of alcohol to a minor, and…
When you’ve got a ton of people to feed and no one can agree on anything but a chain, Maggiano’s can be a good choice — even for those on a plant-based diet. If you know how to order, you can avoid the meat on the Maggiano’s menu and have…
After generations as the Border, a beloved University of Denver neighborhood dive that served Mexican food and showed all the games, this space at 2014 South University has been rechristened Merchants Mile High Saloon. It not only has a new name, it has a new look; the new owners are…
Twin Peaks, the Texas-based “breastaurant” chain with a mountain-lodge motif, is opening its third Colorado location, at 8840 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial, next month — and the hunt is on for some “talent” to fill the sports bar’s roster. See also: – Breastaurants: America’s greatest export – Talk Like…
Eating healthy can seem easy when all you have to do is go to the store and buy the products labeled “organic.” But Pete Marczyk wants you to know where those products come from. On his new Rocky Mountain PBS show, Great Ingredients, Marczyk is traveling all over the state…
Ever since he left Colorado in 2000 and returned to Texas to finish up college in his home state, it was Israel Trevino’s dream to get back here. In the meantime, though, he opened two outposts of La Playa Mexican Cafe in Harlingen and Austin, Texas — which did well…
Atomic Tamale gave it a good try, but the vegetarian/vegan Mexican-food spot that moved from Santa Fe Drive to Lakewood earlier this year finally ran out of energy — and cash. Which means no more free vegan menudo on Sunday morning. See also: – Photos: Atomic Tamale opens in Lakewood…
One of the beers in the above snap strutted away with a gold medal at this year’s Great American Beer Festival — and it’s not the first time this local brewery has struck gold. And because I stupidly drank every single glass dry, my head was knocking the next morning…
Nothing says “Halloween is here!” like skeletal Hello Kitty tins filled with sour-orange, bone-shaped candies. Sure, the candies themselves are nothing more than boring Sweet Tarts, but this time of year, it’s all about the presentation. Sugarlicious, a sweet shop in Cherry Creek, not only has great Halloween atmosphere, but…
Cafe Society dished up five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a pulled pork sandwich from Reiver’s, whose kitchen is now dabbling in barbecue (and serving Big Hoss sauce to go with it), to a gigantic pizza from Anthony’s, to an excellent lamb dip from a Larimer Square restaurant…
It’s the time of year when the chill makes you want to snuggle up in bed and stay there forever. One way to guarantee you’ll get up is a hot, sweet breakfast — like French toast. We like to use actual French bread for this recipe…you’ll see why once you…
The Border had long been a popular watering hole in the University of Denver neighborhood, although it went through some dry spells — and then dried up altogether last May. But a trio of new owners, two of whom run Merchants Saloon in Oakland, California, took over the spot a…
A few weeks ago, during dinner at ChoLon, Lon Symensma’s downtown contemporary Asian restaurant, Symensma and his partner, Jim Deters, let me in on a little secret: Flow Restaurant Group, the company under which ChoLon is umbrellaed, they told me, would soon have a second restaurant under its belt, and…
Brothers Andrew and David Marx are just about ready to open Drew’s Deli at 988 Lincoln Street in the former home of Spicy Pickle. The signage outside the place has been promising as such for weeks, as has the restaurant’s voicemail. But inevitable inspections have delayed things a bit according…
The pasta was fine — a little one-dimensional, but fine — and the shrimp didn’t justify any complaints, but for the love of 2012, when can we dispense with showering parsley all over our food? Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer…
Of all the things on the planet to get people’s knickers in a twist, this week it happens to be Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Several public schools in California, New Mexico and Illinois have banned these spicy red snacks, claiming they are unhealthy, germy, messy, addictive and salty. Sure, a tiny…
Is the food at Squeaky Bean overrated? Gretchen Kurtz loved almost everything she tried there while dining out for this week’s review (not the fried chicken ballontine, however), but other diners have a few bones to pick with her. See also: – Review: Squeaky Bean could write the book on…
Update: We have a winner of our contest. Congrats to Alison Torvik, who was the only commenter to guess all five restaurants correctly: Vesta Dipping Grill, Sushi Den, Strings, Highland’s Garden Cafe and Duo. While last week was all about the Great American Beer Festival (and hangovers), this week is…
It’s been an…interesting year for Ambria, the American-Mediterranean restaurant that managing partner Steve Halliday opened on the 16th Street Mall in November 2011. Halliday, who revamped the space, a former Ling & Louie’s where he was also a partner, brought in a big-name chef in Jeremy Kittelson (he’s now cooking…
Why is that every restaurant seems to think it can do barbecue? Even when it can’t? Such is the case with this once-dependable neighborhood burger joint that, judging by last night’s dinner, has lost its mastery of burgers, too. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…
