Wednesday, February 22, is National Margarita Day. Unfortunately, it’s not a paid holiday. Nonetheless, any day is a good day to down a margarita, which, incidentally, was allegedly the invention of a woman in San Antonio, Mrs. William (Margarita) Sames, who poured what she claims was the world’s first margarita…
The James Beard Foundation has just announced its crop of restaurant and chef semi-finalists vying for a coveted 2012 James Beard award, and several Denver chefs, one Boulder restaurant and one mountain distillery are all named as contenders…
Gluttons we might be, but we’re not exactly turned on by the notion of picking candy — or, worse yet, melted fruit roll-up goo — out of our private parts, so we’ve never been partial to edible underwear. But now we’ve learned that some creative genius has invented a type…
Michelle Obama’s ski trip to Aspen over Presidents’ Day weekend created a flurry of interest in our post from this time last year, when she and the First Daughters skied in Vail and ate at Restaurant Kelly Liken. Who knew that Rush Limbaugh was a restaurant critic? “The problem is,…
A woman dressed in purple is sitting beneath the Havana skyline, her shoulders dipping and swaying to the Cuban music pouring through the speakers. “Que rico!” she shouts after taking a bite of a rib. “Like Florida!” she exults, holding out the coffee she’s just sampled, her body continuing to…
The first cake that comes to mind when we’re considering Mardi Gras is the pancake, and there’s no shortage of venues around town that will be serving up stacks of buttermilk flapjacks in celebration of that holiday — and National Pancake Day — tomorrow. But ask Kim and Jake Rosenbarger,…
If you’re going to choose just one day of the year to binge, tomorrow — which is both Fat Tuesday and National Pancake Day — should be on your short (stack) list, if for no other reason than Snooze, Denver’s proliferating breakfast joint that’s gone national, is marking the occasion…
No. 37: Dolmades from Axios Estiatorio…
Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly-up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn’t exactly mince words. “When you have people who aren’t businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant company, the writing’s on the wall,” he says…
Three months ago, when Alex Stokeld revealed that he planned to open a third location of GB Fish & Chips in the former Deluxe Burger space next door to Mod Livin’, at 5325 East Colfax Avenue, he told us he was aiming for a February 1 opening. And that’s exactly…
Carrots: It’s the new dessert. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. If you’re looking for a little Southern flavor, this take on red beans and rice (adapted from Bryant Terry’s Vegan Soul Kitchen)…
Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a superb pizza that hails from Slice Works to a trio of tacos obliterated by lettuce from Yolanda’s to a hot mess of burrata at Crimson Canary that makes us wistful for the simpler things in life to…
Denver-based Forkly, the iPhone app that encourages users to share photos of what they’re eating while out and rate the dish, debuted a new look Friday with its 2.0 update, one that will be familiar to users of one of the most popular photo apps around…
The edge of Highland — now dubbed LoHi — is the hottest restaurant neighborhood in town, and it’s about to get hotter, with the addition of Central Bistro and Bar, which will open in late spring with Lance Barto in the kitchen. Don’t confuse it with Le Central, the “affordable…
The Denver Wheel Club 404 officially opened for business this week, with a theme echoing a distant Denver: In the 1890s, when bicycles outnumbered people, there was actually an upscale club called the Denver Wheel Club…
A guy sitting at the bar at Hops & Pie makes a declaration: “This,” he claims, pointing to his slice of pizza pronged with pineapple, “is the best crust outside of Italy.” World traveler needs to wrap his pearly whites around a sandwich, which are new additions to the Hops…
The first home Paula Contreras chose for her Colombian-Mexican restaurant, La Cocina de Paula, was a night club — the eatery took up residence in LoDo’s Oasis Hookah Bar & Lounge, where it peddled lunch seven days a week before the late night crowd came in. But at the end…
A few months ago, partners Joe Vonfeldt, Chase Campbell and Wyn Ferrell revealed that they were building out a distillery in a warehouse space on upper Larimer where they’d make private label spirits for customers as well as their own line, including Elevate Vodka, Pegleg Rum and Denver Dry Gin…
Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs marks its six-year anniversary this month, but the festivities begin today, and while you can gorge on Twinkies and cupcakes for free as part of the celebrations, we’re also giving away a pair of gift certificates: one to Steve’s and a second to the Bull & Bush,…
In the two days since Bombay Bowl, Denver’s only fast-casual Indian restaurant, was featured prominently in the dining section of the New York Times, owner Amar Singh has been inundated with franchising offers from all over the globe…
The good news for the guy who suffered a heart attack while eating a Triple Bypass Burger at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas is that the restaurant’s gimmick — besides the insanely mega-calorie menu offerings — is requiring its customers to wear hospital gowns while dining, so he…
