Brik on York Closes on East Colfax Avenue

The fire has gone out at Brik on York, a wood-fired pizza kitchen and wine bar at 2223 East Colfax Avenue. The restaurant closed over the weekend, leaving this message on its Facebook page: Brik is officially closed for business my friends. It was a short and beautiful dream, but…

Every Restaurant and Bar Opening and Closing This Week

Our metabolisms are slowing down, but our appetites aren’t. Thank god more restaurants keep cropping up to keep us fed and watered. Topping the list this week is Ultreia, the sumptuous new Iberian eatery in Union Station from the owners of Rioja and nearby Stoic & Genuine. On the casual…

Lon Symensma Takes Over the Block With Two New Projects

Chef Lon Symensma’s energy level clocks in somewhere between a welterweight boxer and a toddler on a sugar rush; he’s always moving, always looking at things from several angles at once. After launching two restaurants this year, Concourse Restaurant Moderne (which made our list of the best new restaurants this…

The Wait Is Over: Ultreia Opens Today at Union Station

One of the premier offerings on the opening menu at Ultrieia is Cinco Jotas Jamón Ibérico de Bellota, a cured Spanish ham aged for four years before being sold. With as many delays as owners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch have experienced since announcing their plan to open a Spanish/Portuguese “gastroteka”…

Yellowbelly Chicken Makes It a Duo of December Openings

Yellowbelly Chicken is out to conquer the suburbs, one fast-casual chicken joint at a time. But this month the company is doing a two-fer by unveiling locations in Arvada and Lakewood within a week of each other. Yellowbelly was founded in Vail in 2012 by Michael Friedberg, Eric Wupperman and…

DJ’s Closes Golden Triangle and Berkeley Cafes

Customers looking for a hot breakfast and a cup of coffee at DJ’s 9th Avenue Cafe (865 Lincoln Street) this morning were instead greeted with note on the door explaining that the breakfast eatery is now closed. The sign reads “Thanks again for making the last 12 years of our lives…

The Ten Most Significant Moments in Chipotle History

News came down last week that Steve Ells is resigning from the CEO position at Chipotle, closing the door on a nearly 25-year chapter during which he grew the burrito company from a tiny shop on Evans Avenue — originally intended to be a cash cow for the fine dining…

Pino’s Place Reopens After Car Crashes Through Restaurant Wall

Chef Pino Saverino remodeled his Italian restaurant, Pino’s Place (1400 East Hampden Avenue in Cherry Hill Village), just over a year ago, but in mid-October an allegedly drunk driver tried to do a little extra renovation. A minivan jumped the curb and punched a hole in the exterior wall of the…

All the Restaurant Openings and Closings This Week

The restaurants keep coming, even if the rest of us just want to hibernate for the remainder of 2017. Fortunately for hungry bears looking to pack on some winter fat, there’s plenty of variety for foraging: sushi and other more esoteric Japanese cuisine, comfort food with a little rock ‘n…