Last night, the owners of Mod Livin’, the hip retail store that has slowly transformed a grimy stretch of Colfax since it opened nine years ago, met with cranky neighbors at a city-sponsored mediation session. The neighbors weren’t there to praise all that Erick Roorda and Jill Warner, who own…
The Ritz-Carlton, Denver, at 1881 Curtis Street, hosted a gathering in the lounge of Elway’s Downtown last night to celebrate the hotel’s AAA five-diamond rating — the first Denver hotel to achieve that status in the 37 years of the awards. The timing was also sparkling: The Ritz got the…
2 Lil’ Macs BBQ is the little piggy of “The Jack.” The Broomfield-based team is now en route to Lynchburg, Tennessee, for the 22nd Annual Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational Barbecue. The contest will be smokin’ today and tomorrow, with teams competing for $30,000 and prizes. We caught up with…
This year, restaurateurs nationwide surprised us by naming gardens, not food trucks, the number one trend in a poll by the National Restaurant Association. That call is testament to how firmly the locavore movement has taken hold, which is further evidenced by the national recognition several Denver restaurants received for…
Earlier this week, we found ourselves with a strong craving for Thai green curry — and nowhere in our immediate vicinity to feed the beast. Rather than settling for a sickeningly sweet but otherwise boring version that’s considered passable on many Thai menus, we jumped in our cars and headed…
This week’s Quickfire challenge was to make desserts using savory ingredients and — the really hard part — only one pot. “I’m used to having all these fancy little tools,” mourned Zac, while Morgan, unable to use an ice-cream maker, tackled liquid nitrogen, which he’d never worked with before. I…
Loaves n Ladles, which opened this summer in the former Fisher Clark Deli space at 723 South University Boulevard, shuttered abruptly on Monday, leaving nothing behind in the long, narrow quarters previously stocked with deli meats and cheeses, soups, carry-out items and baked goods…
At least once a month, we like to spend a lazy Saturday morning at Boulder’s Walnut Cafe, 3073 Walnut Street, or the South Side Walnut Cafe, 673 South Broadway, stuffing ourselves on a plate of eggs and bacon while drinking strong black coffee and reading the paper. So we’re thrilled…
Charles MacDonald Z Cuisine 2239 West 30th Avenue 303-477-1111 www.zcuisine.com Don’t miss part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Charles MacDonald, the chef de cuisine of Z Cuisine. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: Less grammar, more hammer. I say that a lot in the kitchen, but seriously, take your…
With such classics as the Heartburn, the Meatless Horse and the Oinkey, Chedd’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese offered some of the finest sandwiches any comfort craver could hope for. Still, the original eatery at 1906 Pearl Street and a second location in Littleton both closed late last year, but the space…
The space at 1800 Lawrence Street that held Pulcinella Ristorante from 2006 until early 2009 will soon be a 7-Eleven…
Although the bar at Interstate Kitchen & Bar, 901 West 10th Avenue, is packed during the early evening hours, the dining room is nearly empty, with just one two-top finishing up a meal over what sounds like a quiet business discussion. The room will get busier as the hour gets…
Better known for its thin-crusted artisan pizzas, this tiny joint with an oversized garden also constructs notable sandwiches, including the Italian grinder in the above snap. 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…
He beat out the hulking man who trained by eating a burrito for lunch. He beat the showman with the luchador mask who was seen sipping Tecate in preparation. He beat a guy simply known as “Kook,” who had one of the most energetic cheering sections…
While I won’t be in a hurry to walk down Pearl Street for another meal at Salt the Bistro, which I review this week, I definitely found Bradford Heap’s Colterra worth the twenty-minute drive to Niwot. And this month, Colterra is giving diners even more reason to make the trip:…
Feed Denver, a group that sets up urban farms around the Mile High City and trains neighbors to sustain them, had been chosen to participate in Bonterra’s Campaign for Urban Farming, an effort by the organic winemaker to educate communities about the benefits of urban farming while helping local organizations…
Brothers, where art thou? When Jim Karagas, owner of My Brother’s Bar, Denver’s oldest continually operating saloon and a joint he’s run for forty of its 120-odd years, heard that Brothers Bar & Grill, a Wisconsin-based chain, planned to open an outpost in town, he was concerned that it might…
Charles MacDonald Z Cuisine 2239 West 30th Avenue 303-477-1111 www.zcuisine.com It’s late Tuesday afternoon, and Charles MacDonald, wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt and jeans, is hunched over the bar at Z Cuisine, tasting a fleet of Infinite Monkey Theorem wines, which are lined up like dominoes behind a charcuterie plate…
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. David Bekkin, the…
Greetings from the Great White North, where the men are men and the women are wimps. Holly McDermott recently filed a $300,000 claim against the burger behemoth, complaining that a bathroom-stall door fell on her while she was doing what people usually do after consuming anything at McDonald’s. McDermott had…
It’s challenging to open a restaurant in Boulder, which already has so many good spots that Bon Appetit named it the foodiest town in America, but Bradford Heap, owner of the successful Niwot restaurant Colterra, was no amateur. And when the massive spot that had housed Tom’s Tavern became available,…
Upset by our video of the live octopus hot pot, PETA member Belinda Heinikey-Williamson threatened to protest at the Westword offices today at 11 a.m. That hour has come and gone, though, with not a single protester in sight. What happened? Was the circus back in town?…
