Fleur Bistro is blooming in Capitol Hill

As promised, , Fleur Bistro opened today at 1225 Logan Street after a soft opening with family and friends last night. The restaurant will serve casual American cuisine for breakfast, lunch and dinner from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. on weekends. For…

Bácaro Venetian Taverna changes its concept to small plates

Next Monday, Boulder’s Bácaro Venetian Taverna, 921 Pearl Street, will unveil a new menu wrapped in a new concept. While the restaurant has been serving up Venetian fare since 1998, about a year ago, Italian-born Fabio Flagiello took the top toque, putting a more traditional bend on the menu, and…

Fat Bros hopes to be “the fun spot in RiNo”

Derek Macias, a tractor/trailer driver for UPS, was heading to work one day when he saw a for-sale sign on the building at 3763 Wynkoop Street that once held Hospoda, a strange little Czech restaurant that served oddly great green chile. That sign spoke to him. “I’ve always wanted to…

100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Brussels sprouts from Panzano

No. 85: Fried Brussels sprouts from Panzano The culinary landscape of America is currently experiencing a Brussels Sprouts revolution, which says a lot about the way the food tide is turning in this country, especially when you consider the fact that the sprout, once a submissive throwaway cabbage-y thing that…

Guess where I’m eating?

While some chefs say that burrata has had its heyday — that it’s overstayed its welcome — I’m on the opposing side, still very much enamored with the thin-shelled mozzarella oozing with warm cream. At the restaurant where the above snap was shot, the kitchen pools the Italian cheese in…

D.P. Dough will make your night all right with a fluffy calzone

You’re a little drunk, the music’s bumpin’, and suddenly…you’re hungry. Really, really hungry. But many bars don’t serve food (chips and beef jerky don’t count; neither do Totino’s pizzas warmed in a microwave). Time to dial D.P. Dough. D.P. Dough opened in November at 1228 East Colfax Avenue, where it…

Reader: Keep your kids out of the kitchen!

In his most recent In the Weeds, Kyle Garratt listed the “Five Things Kids Should Not Do in Restaurants” — a topic that you’d think would be far more controversial than hot tea or lousy tippers. For a very lively discussion of this issue, read the comments following Melanie Asmar’s…

Fleur Bistro to open tomorrow

Fleur Bistro will open for business tomorrow at 1225 Logan Street. The restaurant takes over the lower level of a Victorian building that once housed Maison de Fleur, a florist and event-planning business. Owner Bart Jones says he’d originally hoped to open in early December (a desire echoed in the…

Five things kids should not do in restaurants

Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…

Gaia Bistro on track for adding dinner service mid-month

Last month, we reported that Gaia Bistro had obtained a liquor license and was working on adding dinner hours to augment its very popular breakfast and lunch. Today, restaurant co-owner Jon Edwards confirms that as soon as his staff is fully trained, the restaurant will be open for evening dining…

City, O’ City remains a vegetarian must-visit in this city

If you’re vegetarian in Denver, then you most likely already know about City, O’ City and its sister restaurant, WaterCourse Foods. There’s a reason that both of these restaurants are so popular: The wine and beer options are fabulous, the food is delicious, and both offer plenty of options for…

First peek: Behold Mary Nguyen’s Street Kitchen Asian Bistro

Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, the first brick-and-mortar to open in the Vallagio at Inverness (Russo’s Kitchen + Tavern and a second Marco’s Coal-Fired Pizzeria will open in the same development in February), is Mary Nguyen’s second restaurant (her first is Parallel Seventeen in Uptown), but just two days after opening…

Guess where I’m eating?

‘Twas the day before Christmas, and all through the room, the tables were stirring with sandwiches to consume. Stacked high and mighty with pig on pig, it was too much for one, even a belly that’s big. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…

Masalaa closed for…maintenance issues

Less than a week after Veggie Girl Amber Taufen waxed rhapsodic about a recent meal at Masalaa, the vegetarian Indian joint at 3140 South Parker Road, the quarters are dark, the only sign of life a typed sign taped to the window citing a “temporary closure” due to “maintenance” issues…

A search for ramen leads to Sachi Sushi

There was a time in my life when I ate ramen once a week, and I’m not talking about that cheap brick of noodles that came with a sodium-loaded packet of flavoring. I’m talking rich broth, thick with animal fat and laden with noodles, pork belly, seaweed, scallions and a…

Pho Havana has closed

Say so long to Pho Havana: The Vietnamese restaurant that took over the space at 10400 East Sixth Avenue, which had been home for more than a decade to Chef’s Noodle House, was only open for six months. The phone there is now disconnected; no word yet on what will…

Larkburger looking to add a fifth beef barn in West Washington Park

Larkburger, the gourmet burger barn that started in the high country — specifically, Edwards — and spawned siblings in Greenwood Village, Boulder and Fort Collins, is bringing its Black Angus beef to West Washington Park, taking over part of the behemoth square footage that belonged to Blockbuster Video at 340…

Guess where I’m eating?

I’m a sucker for good salsas, and the caddy of four (plus the house salsa) that graces your table at this bustling taqueria is filled with plastic squats of freshly made, intense concoctions that dance across your tongue like ballerinas on a stage. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special…