I can hardly believe how much the Denver dining scene has changed over the last few years. What was once a town with just a few options has become a sea of stars, with great new restaurants giving diners better choices than they’ve ever had before. It’s an exciting time…
At this convivial Italian joint, where the owner knows everyone’s name (and everyone knows hers), the menu is punctuated with homespun classics from the boot-shaped peninsula, including ravioli, slicked with marinara, sheeted with mozzarella and flecked with parsley and Parmesan. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
We heard earlier this morning that the Penalty Box Bar & Grill, 1862 South Wadsworth Boulevard, was slated to close its doors later this month. But now we’re wondering if “later this month” was code for “immediately.”…
No. 94: Seafood soup from Farro Matthew Franklin spent nearly eighteen years hunched over the burners at 240 Union, elevating that restaurant to easily the best feedlot on the west side of town — and part of what made 240 Union such a smash hit was Franklin’s unassailable mad talents…
Taco Bell’s menu has changed over the years. There was once a Zesty Chicken Border Bowl, the bright spot on a menu that was otherwise cheap, greasy, sloppy, over-seasoned, and about as tasty as tongue-plundering a piece of newspaper from the floor of a dog kennel. Taco Bell no longer…
For many travelers at Denver International Airport, a meal at the colorful Que Bueno — with cold beers and fiery hot sauces — has been more than enough consolation prize for a delayed flight. But this longtime eating oasis on Concourse B, right by gate 52, is out of commission…
Every week, Lori Midson sits down with a local chef to cook up the always enlightening Chef and Tell. The tables were recently turned by 303 magazine, which interviewed numerous people in the local dining scene — but used only a fraction of Midson’s responses. On Friday, she posted her…
Cupcakes were the dessert trend a couple of years ago. But now? They’re racist. At least, that’s the claim that some people made after viewing the “Hip Hop Cupcakes” ad for Duncan Hines’ Amazing Glazes chocolate syrup. The company pulled the ad — initially posted in November — after it…
I spent my whole childhood plotting my escape from Denver. Despite my parents’ best efforts to instill in me a love of the Rocky Mountains and the great outdoors, by the end of high school, I was counting down the days until I could abandon this cowtown for good, setting…
A host of restaurants now out-Barolo Barolo Grill, and if I wanted to drop $200 on another date dinner, there are at least three dozen places I’d rather go. To put my mouth where my money is, I’m listing a dozen of them here (in alphabetical order). For the next…
Despite the fact that this iconic institution got its start slinging pizzas, it’s the Mexican food, ironically, that keeps me coming back. Still, the pizzas, while definitely not the best in the city, have their legions of disciples, including my kid, who insists — wrongly — that it’s the pepperoni…
Later this week, the back room of El Senor Sol, a Mexican restaurant at 2301 Seventh Street, will become the new quarters for Tapas de España, a Basque-region bonanza from El Senor Sol owner Francisco Jerez, who hails from Spain — as does the chef who’s responsible for building the…
When Denon Moore, owner of Cake Crumbs Bakery, 2216 Kearney Street, unveiled the Denver Cupcake Truck this spring with her husband Sean, her vehicle became one of the first street food concepts to hit the Mile High City. And now, Pat Kennelly, Moore’s aunt, is launching The Springs Cupcake Truck…
Slices, a pizza joint that opened in early December at 7155 East Hampden, may be the city’s first pizza emporium that offers America’s favorite food by the slice and whole pie, plus takeout, drive-thru service and frozen slices — and according to owner and dough stretcher, Steve Kranich, that’s just…
With the passing of a ceremonial ember procured from the last opened outpost, Famous Dave’s, the fifteen-year-old Minnesota-based barbecue chain that hawks ribs and sandwiches all over the country, opened its third Denver location today, just in time for lunch…
Months ago, when I reviewed Tarbell’s, 6955 South York Street, the restaurant featured a menu split between vintage and modern, pitting classic American comfort food against flashier, more inventive dishes. It was a whimsical way to organize the list, but it was also confusing. Recently, Tarbell’s rectified that when it…
No. 96: Fried chicken from the Pinyon The Pinyon has been open for less than two weeks, but already the Boulder newcomer is generating audible cluck for its fried chicken, and now we know why…
It’s Monday, and in case you’re worrying about what you did this weekend or worrying about what’s ahead at work, here’s a heaping helping of weird food to divert you: To fuel your engine, how about the candy bar with the world’s worst name, asse. Or to get your engine…
An eager crowd perched on folding chairs surrounding a makeshift kitchen at the Bo Matthews Center, enthralled by the scents of cinnamon-infused hot apple cider and the enthusiastic voices of chef Keith Denard Jones, spinning comical yarns about his past, and chef Joseph Westley, speaking about his future. After years…
While Jason Sheehan continues to stir up controversy from a thousand miles away (“sanctimonious prick” is among the labels recently slapped on him here), Laura Shunk is getting a grilling, too, for her recent review of the Atomic Cowboy and its related enterprises. Here’s how NachoLuva responded to Laura Shunk’s…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where entries this week, ranging from a mystery crepe — or is that a tortilla? to a still identified plate of carnitas to this pink drink. For correctly identifying the saketini as coming from Ototo Food and Wine Bar, the restaurant that now occupies…
Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…
