Organixx, the modified fast-casual restaurant at 1520 Blake Street, does 75 percent of its business during lunch hours. Which is somewhat surprising, considering the tasty breakfast and dinner offerings, with several vegetarian options and a handful of vegan delicacies. In other words, if you’re looking for a vegetarian or vegan…
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 winter, so…
Trotted the kid out last night for Chinese food, which, for him, is sesame chicken — “the best in Denver” according to the menu, a declaration that may be the largest overstatement so far this year. And since I can’t stand the stuff, I ordered from the dim sum menu,…
After reading comments about hats, even ballcaps, being prohibited at the Tavern Downtown — which seemed ironic for a joint that had just been named Sports Bar of the Year by the national Nightclub & Bar — I contacted Frank Schultz, the founder of the Tavern Hospitality Group that owns…
This week’s spring-like weather has us excited for the days of summer when we can linger on a patio and catch the beams of the sun with a drink in hand. Like a margarita. At the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant. In anticipation of summer, the downtown outpost of that local…
As far as Brian Phetteplace can determine, the last time the city revised the rules for mobile food vendors — at least the rules as they applied to downtown — was back in 1996, long before anyone anticipated the current race of food trucks. And now, as the manager of…
Jim Cohen The Empire Lounge & Restaurant 816 Main Street, Louisville 303-665-2521 www.theempirerestaurant.com Pizzeria da Lupo 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-396-6366 www.pizzeriadalupo.com This is part one of my interview with Jim Cohen, chef/owner of The Empire Restaurant and Lounge and Pizzeria da Lupo. Part two of that interview will run…
The area around 26th Avenue and Federal Bouldevard is already the town’s best neighborhood for breakfast burritos: Jack-n-Grill is serving its $2 special; across the street, you can get a legendary to-go burrito through the Santiago’s drive-through, and around the corner, Araujo’s Restaurant is selling a decent 99 cent breakfast…
It’s patio weather this week, a rare winter opportunity to play hooky and the enjoy the sunshine while you’re eating at one of Snooze’s three metro locations (particularly the original Snooze, if you don’t mind watching the action at the Bumuda Triangle). Unless you’re S_lh, of course, who posted this…
Over four decades ago, Stella Cordova took over the Chubby Burger Drive-In from its owner, and she soon turned Chubby’s into a Colorado icon, renowned for serving the gravy-like green chile she’d learned to make while growing up in Pueblo. Stella passed away in 2009 at the age of 100,…
Ah, bacon. Savory, delicious bacon. Not only is it one of our favorite foodstuffs in the free world, but you can do just about anything with it, not the least of which is designing a makeshift bra. But above all else, it’s the one thing that steadfastly makes us too…
When news broke late last year that Chipotle’s Steve Ells was drawing up plans for an Asian fast-casual concept, the company refused to divulge much. “We want to leave a little mystery,” Chris Arnold, director of public relations for the company, explained. But word’s starting to leak out about what…
A jury in an Iowa court may soon be debating noun vs. verb use, hyphenation and twelve-inch sandwiches. Casey’s General Stores Inc., which is based in Ankeny, Iowa, filed a lawsuit against Subway in U.S. District Court in Des Moines on Friday, in hopes of proving that the sandwich chain…
WaterCourse Foods chef Rachel Kesley was in fine form last night with the restaurant’s multi-course Valentine’s Day spread, a steal at $45 per person ($55 with alcohol pairings). We took some photos for you to peruse; keep reading to see what (besides this first course — deconstructed pho, cream of…
Forty-five years ago, Jose Trujillo quit his job with Lockheed Martin to pursue his dream of restaurant ownership. He started by selling burritos and tacos out of the back of the old Kitchen Bar on Littleton’s West Main Street. And ten years later, on this exact date in 1976, he…
I stayed as far away as I could last night from the Valentine’s Day shit show, choosing instead to plop my ass down on a stool at a neighborhood bar, where I drank pear cider, did shots of Fernet-Branca, listened to a mellow band and noshed on bacon-wrapped meatloaf. Can…
Over the weekend, during brunch at the Ballpark Snooze, 2262 Larimer Street, we endured the joint’s inevitable hour-long waits for a pancake flight and eggs Benny by soaking up the Colorado sunshine on the patio. Despite the fact that the morning temps were in the fifties — a welcome relief…
Every year, in the July issue, the editors of Food & Wine magazine announce who they believe are the top ten best new chefs in the country — chefs like Fruition’s Alex Seidel, for example, who was named a 2010 Best New Chef and strutted his culinary prowess at the…
The city has just issued its revised Food Truck Guide — a new document that pulls together all the old rules that still regulate the operation of mobile food vendors in this city. Yes, some seem contradictory, others very outdated, as councilmembers acknowledged at a committee meeting three weeks ago,…
Some people thought this refashioned green chile looked delicious. Others, like WFK, did not: I can’t believe i am the first one to say that.. this is the absolute worst and unappealing looking dishes i have ever seen. Is this Willy Wonka’s take on a 5th grade birthday party? Please…
On a Friday night, the vibrant yellow building on Federal Boulevard that houses the original Bubba Chinos is packed. A tented stand in front of the place displays a maze of T-shirts; inside, a woman is hawking pirated DVDs. The adults socializing in the equally yellow, cement-floored lobby and dining…
Stella Cordova had ten children and dozens of grandchildren — and Leonard Cordova isn’t the only one to build a business on her legacy. Three years ago, Leonard’s cousin Alex Cordova exported Chubby’s to Hawaii, doling out that same jalapeño gravy to islanders while learning to surf. But after Stella…
