Why, Buca? WHY?! What is this? Has someone created a little sidewalk memorial of flowers for the downtown Buca di Beppo? The restaurant closed its doors at 1400 Market Street a few weeks ago, but a sign remains in the window informing mourning patrons that they can still fill themselves…
My notes from my most recent meal at Il Posto are almost indecipherable — hasty scrawls on the back of an envelope I’d found in my car, on a credit-card receipt from my pocket. Moscato, they say. Fruit loops, Van CA, stale, bur-stuffed chix boob, peach salt, shirt cuffs and…
Jason Sheehan has said it before — right here, in fact — but we’ll say it again: 3 Sons Italian Restaurant is definitely open. Ignore the “for sale” sign on the building at 2915 West 44th Avenue, advises owner Michael Scarafiotti. Yes, he and his wife, Susan, plan to build…
Larimer Street is returning to its roots as the most respectable — or at least, easy — place in town to drink during the day. First came Snooze, at 2262 Larimer, with its breakfast menu and bar, and now there’s Euphoria Lounge and Coffee House, at 2048 Larimer. Euphoria opens…
Little Einsteins Fruity Stars General Mills Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Little Einsteins does indeed consist of fruity stars in a variety of shades: surprisingly bright yellow, light orange, watered-down green, aquamarine and a reddish hue that, for the sake of simplicity, I’ll call “red.” Clearly, Simpsons…
Hungry for more Jason Sheehan? You could either head over to Denvention, the annual sci fi confab now at the Colorado Convention Center, or just read the blogs that Sheehan, an avowed sci-fi geek, is writing here. They’re not food reviews, but they’re still mighty tasty…
It was only six short weeks ago that Candy Girls brought you the first of the LA-style frozen yogurt places to hit Denver, and now we have the second official opening in our fair city: Kuulture. Tucked away in Writers Square next to the American Apparel shop, it’s like our…
That crust is pretty chewy… Jared Jacang Maher’s August 2007 feature story about Denver International Airport conspiracy theories revolved around a lot of freeaakky phenomena. But even the looniest loons — make that “most knowing analysts” — alluded to in the article didn’t predict the appearance in Commerce City of…
For weeks now, we’ve been following the action — or lack thereof — at Moon Time, Westword’s nearby watering hole at 846 Broadway. When we stopped by almost three weeks ago, the joint was reportedly closed for HVAC work, and on August 2, a new sign on the door said…
For a decade, La Praviana served up authentic Salvadoran cooking — a rarity in this town — from a neat-as-a-pin storefront on South Broadway. Kyle Wagner reviewed it soon after it opened, and raved about the pupusas; six years later, Jason Sheehan was just as charmed, calling its menu “a…
Giant Statue of Liberty sculpture in the corner? Check. Blinged-up, chunky NY necklace covered in fake diamonds around said statue’s neck? Check. Sopranos memorabilia? Check. Shelf full of New York tchotchkes? Check. FDNY keepsakes on shelf? Check. Overtly patriotic pictures of the New York skyline, sans Twin Towers but full…
I don’t get it. I hear people talk about this place, and they call it a dive. I see people write about it online, and they say they wouldn’t think of coming here because of the rattletrap exterior, the dimness of the windows. But the outside of this joint is…
Say so long to Wolfie’s Neighborhood Bistro, which never had a chance to grow long in the tooth. For a relatively brief time, it occupied the space at 1135 Bannock Street that had been home to Bambino’s, an Italian joint that many people remember fondly. Not so Wolfie’s. There’s a…
Another day, another dolour. We just learned that Isle of Singapore, which Jason Sheehan loved when he first reviewedit in 2002 (when the photo above was taken), and fell in love with again just last year, has floated away from its home at 2022 South University. In its place: Jason’s…
Sad news in northwest Denver. On July 31, North Star Brewing Company, the restaurant, bar and microbrewery at 3200 Tejon Street, pulled its last pint. As of Friday morning, Kyle Carstens’s beer-and-tater-tot joint was dark, the shades pulled on all the windows, the neon off. I’d called the place twice…
This spot sets itself up as one of those straight-outta-the-boroughs New York pizza joints the minute you walk through the door, and even before that, the minute you hear the name: Brooklyn M.C.’s Pizzeria. Like a fat kid picked on his whole life, suddenly coming back, junior year of high…
When I first noticed the sign for Mile High Vienna Beef, painted on the red-brick side of a storefront at Third and Santa Fe, I almost inadvertently steered my car into the building. My love of Vienna Beef is storied and strong, and the notion of a purveyor of such…
We miss American Costume Company, our go-to spot for all our party and costume needs until the longtime LoDo business closed its doors last year. But we’re optimistic about what’s happening to its former home. After many, many months of renovation, it looks like the Blake Street Vault will be…
Two weeks ago, we made the sad discovery on a sweltering Monday that Moon Time, Westword’s regular watering hole at 846 Broadway, was closed — reportedly for HVAC work. And the job must not be going too well, because a sign still on the door today notes that Moon Time…
Cocoa Krispies Choconilla Kellogg’s Rating: Two and a half spoons out of four Cereal description: Puffed rice kernels — half of them a deep brown, the rest a light tan color. The latter are identical in hue to standard Rice Krispies, which aren’t vanilla-flavored. So what gives? Couldn’t spring for…
Jason Sheehan is no fan of Hell’s Kitchen, but he watches it. And now he’s playing it, as he describes here. Now on to the final week: Here’s a sampling of my old kitchen playlists. Bear in mind that my time on the line is now far enough in the…
We found this mysterious pack of Wild Cherry M&M’s tucked away in the wrong box at our local Walgreens. There didn’t seem to be a display of them, and a search for like packages proved fruitless. We also haven’t run across them in any other stores, leaving us wondering about…
