UPDATE: The winners are announced here. Some food trucks might be falling off the curb — the Little Orange Rocket, Walnut A-Go-Go, Crazy Good and Fiddle My Griddle have all slammed on the brakes — but by our last count, there were more than eighty Denver-area food trucks still on…
IKEA’s grand opening on July 27 will give fervent foodie fans access to a veritable smorgasbord of reasonably-priced Swedish tongue-tempters.The restaurant menus and groceries available at each IKEA vary according to regional tastes, but Coloradans should know that the Centennial store — the 38th to open in this country –…
While residents of the South Gaylord Street neighborhood are still debating, and debating, Brown Dog Pizza’s stymied bid to get a liquor license, on the other side of Washington Park, Gary Lee’s Motor Club and Grub has finally gotten a green light on that project — after making a few…
After nine successful years at its 17th Avenue location, Marczyk Fine Foods has opened a second store on Colfax east of Colorado Boulevard. This location, which debuted today, is a beautifully renovated hardware store, and Marczyk II features the same quality dry goods, produce, meat and seafood as the original,…
Bob doesn’t want Diana DeGette showing up at his door anytime soon, expecting to get the Readers’ Choice Best Nachos from the Best of Denver 2011. On Monday, he received a letter from the congresswoman, congratulating the recipient for winning the award. “I hope she’s not referring people to come…
Dancing Noodle Thai Cuisine is open again after a brief summer break. After a sabbatical in Thailand, the couple who owns Dancing Noodle, our pick as Best Thai Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2010, are back in the kitchen, cooking up Thai fare that’s certain to be more authentic…
Word on the street was that the burger in the above snap was one of the best in town. I wouldn’t go quite that far, but as far as burgers go, it satisfied my craving — and the specks of fresh jalapeños, coupled with the chipotle aioli, gave it an…
Mike Sullivan Devil’s Food Bakery and Cookery 1020 South Gaylord Street 303-733-7448 www.devilsfoodbakery.com This is part two of my interview with Mike Sullivan, executive chef of Devil’s Food Bakery and Cookery. Part one of my chat with Sullivan ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: May’s Restaurant in…
Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson — the Boulder restaurateurs who own The Kitchen, The Kitchen [Upstairs] and The Kitchen [Next Door] — have been toying with making the move to Denver for a couple of years, but they’ve been waiting for the right space. They finally found it: The Kitchen…
Historic El Rancho Restaurant, the 63-year-old mountain dining mecca with its own exit sign off I-70, has gone through several incarnations since the family that ran the place for 25 years sold it in 1988. And after more than a year on the block, El Rancho got new owners at…
Visit Denver gathered dozens of restaurateurs at a meeting last week to discuss the format of the 2012 Denver Restaurant Week — which long ago grew past a week at the end of February. Should it remain two weeks? Shrink to ten days? Or change to two one-week events, one…
Gary Lee Bomar’s dream of opening Gary Lee’s Motor Club and Grub hit a snag last month, when the West Wash Park Neighborhood Association took issue with his plans to offer live music and off-street motorcycle parking at the Broadway spot — and started campaigning against his application for a…
Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is always busy, and this past Sunday afternoon, it was humming with activity — families strolling down the sidewalk with toddlers in tow, couples gazing into each others’ eyes and groups of friends gathered on patios to upend a pitcher in preparation for Monday morning. The…
Companies will do anything these days to get you to become their fan on Facebook. Free concert tickets? Check. Free donuts? Check. Deep discounts on sneakers? Check. Naturally, fast-food chains were way out in front of the trend, offering discounts to Facebook fans in exchange for them beaming marketing updates…
I had an extraordinarily good dinner the other night at a restaurant that rarely, if ever, fails to inspire me, and with a new (but not new to Denver) executive chef at the helm, the kitchen is better than ever. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
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. It’s been a…
Mike Sullivan Devil’s Food Bakery and Cookery 1020 South Gaylord Street 303-733-7448 www.devilsfoodbakery.com This is part one of my interview with Mike Sullivan, executive chef of Devil’s Food Bakery & Cookery. Part two of my chat with Sullivan will run in this space tomorrow. While hanging out on the back…
The first thing you need to know about Denver Restaurant Week is that it’s the largest event of its type in the country, with the most restaurants participating and the most meals served. The second thing you need to know is that it’s not an actual week. When the economy…
The news that Brown Dog Pizza has lost its bid for a liquor license and won’t be opening a joint at 1001 South Gaylord Street has people talking — not just about the Washington Park neighborhood, but what NIMBYism has done to other parts of town. First, a view from…
Olive Garden just announced that it would be kicking fries and milkshakes off of the children’s menu at all its restaurants, replacing them with smoothies and grapes. This move is designed to please parents who drag their squirming spawn into the post-popular Italian chain, but it’s tough breaks for servers,…
After I finished my last meal at Bittersweet, I didn’t want to leave. A friend and I had been eating on one of the restaurant’s narrow patios, meandering through course after course with the help of the friendly, attentive staff. And long after we’d scraped the last dish clean, we…
Another Denver monsoon was soaking the streets outside, and inside Bistro One, the dining room was almost empty. A few patrons were nursing drinks at the long bar that runs along one side of the room, basking in the blue glow of the lights, but most of the other diners…
