Restaurants

Biju Thomas, founder of Biju’s Little Curry Shop, has been steadily growing his brand since opening his first fast-casual South Indian restaurant at 1441 26th Street in RiNo in 2014. In 2016, he added a second Biju’s at 4279 Tennyson Street and also struck a deal with Whole Foods Market…

When Christian Graves and his wife decided it was time to leave San Diego, they each made a list of five places where they’d like to live. They landed in Colorado, where Graves is now heading the kitchen at Citizen Rail in the new Kimpton Hotel Born.

Call me guilty of reading too much Hemingway, but I once romanticized about running with the bulls and living to tell the tale. You don’t have to risk your life or fly to Spain if you want to run with the bulls; at the recently opened El Torito Taqueria y…

Maybe the word “barbecue” just appeals to Denverites, or maybe Korean cuisine is finally earning some respect outside the growing Korean community in the metro area. No matter the reason, Korean restaurants are popping up all over town — and not just in hidden strip malls in the suburbs. In…

When you’re trying out a new cuisine, it’s important to be curious and have an open mind…not to mention an empty stomach. Food that you’re unfamiliar with isn’t weird; it’s just weird to you. Dining with utensils that aren’t forks, spoons or knives – or perhaps dining with no utensils…

Not everything opening up in the blocks behind Union Station is a wood-fired restaurant or lavish eatery from an out-of-town corporation. There’s a Whole Foods going in on 17th between Chestnut and Wewatta streets, which will include a second outpost of Birdcall, the chicken sandwich joint that opened this summer…

The Bonnie Brae neighborhood is slow to change, with homes, shops and restaurants stuck in the slow sap of time — especially when compared to other parts of town that are transforming before our eyes. But occasionally a light winks out (or a new one comes on) at the shopping…

Our Ten Bottomless Mimosas list had people planning early for the weekend, and also pouring out their own suggestions. How about the Post? Burnt Barrel? But other readers thought trying out the ten places on the list would keep them busy all fall. Says Jayne: My friends and I thank…

This week brought breakfast, sandwiches, Indian street food and a downtown hotel restaurant to the Denver scene. Corinne and 54Thirty, the restaurant and rooftop bar at the new Le Meridien Hotel downtown, which Laura Shunk wrote about earlier this summer, are now both open. And Stapleton a.m. sensation Four Friends…

We hope you’re hungry for fresh Mexican fare, frozen treats and hefty sandwiches this weekend. This week’s Watch List brings an updated Mexican menu in Sunnyside, lunchtime hours for a rebellious restaurant in RiNo, and an ice cream shop from a favorite South Broadway cantina. La Chupaflor 11 East Louisiana…

Tavernetta, the brand-new Italian eatery at 1889 16th Street from the owners of Frasca Food & Wine, has only been open for  a week, but now the doors are shut again — temporarily. A kitchen fire shortly after 9 p.m. last night (September 21) caused an evacuation of the building…

Don’t be intimidated by the names underneath the dishes pictured on the outside of Chutney, a new casual takeout spot for Nepalese and Indian food at 2740 South Havana Street. Even if you’re not familiar with these cuisines, the staff will guide you through the unusual yet appealing dishes offered…

Blake Edmunds and his kitchen just rolled out several new dishes at Señor Bear; they’re adapting the three-month-old restaurant’s offerings for the season, and also for the neighborhood’s tastes.

Denver lost a treasure earlier this summer when Debbie Kuehn, known to many as “the Cookie Lady,” passed away in June after a battle with cancer. Kuehn ran the popular Santa Fe Cookie Co. at 303 16th Street downtown, offering fresh-baked cookies with an honor-system payment method that felt like a…

Duane Thompson can survey a dining room and note every butter dish out of place, every misaligned chair, every improperly folded napkin in an instant, even while engaging you in a conversation where you’d swear you have his full attention. That’s because Thompson is one of those rare individuals who…

Breckenridge Brewery might have launched on beer in 1990, but the Farm House is definitely a dining destination, with a solid lineup of chef-driven creations that can get a little bit boozy.

To get the very best impression of Mint Indian Restaurant, come with a group, ask lots of questions (your server won’t mind), order à la carte…and share the feast.

Two and a half years ago, four friends living in Stapleton opened their own breakfast eatery after lamenting the dearth of options available in the neighborhood. It seems neighbors agreed about the need; their restaurant, aptly named Four Friends Kitchen, was a near-instant success, drawing residents from around northeast Denver…

Since 2000, Jack Martinez’s Jack-n-Grill has been serving up New Mexican-style Mexican food at 2544 Federal Boulevard.But now he’s selling the building because of a divorce, and although there’s a second Jack-n-Grill in the northern ‘burbs, the closing of the original Jack-n-Grill on Federal will definitely mark the end of an era.

This week’s restaurant openings all come from known quantities in the metro area, from everyday lunch stops to the finest of fine dining. Denver’s favorite anglophile eatery, GB Fish & Chips, added a new location in Arvada, its fourth since launching the brand ten years ago at 1311 South Broadway. Spicy…

Folks with a passion for barbecue want nothing more than to share that passion — along with some smoked meats.That’s exactly what Tony Roberts and Dan Casey, two friends who have been cooking together on the competitive barbecue circuit for years, plan to do.  The two will open Proud Souls…