Restaurants

Jeffrey Wall was looking for a reason to come to Denver when the executive-chef position at Hearth & Dram popped up on his computer screen. It was a perfect match: The restaurant’s concept called for an ambitious whiskey collection, one he could match with a menu piled high with charcuterie, wood-fired proteins and unusual vegetables, as well as whole-beast feasts. We sat down with Wall to chat about whittling potatoes, why it pays to put in time as a line cook, and why French chef Alain Passard’s life is the gold standard for a chef.

If all goes well, come April 20 you can expect to sink your teeth into Glazed & Confuzed’s stoner-inspired doughnuts at a new space inside the Stanley Marketplace. Unfortunately, the new location comes on the heels of owner Josh Schwab’s decision to close his original shop at 5301 Leetsdale Drive, something…

Walking the short block from the Westword offices at Tenth Avenue and Broadway to the strip of retail spaces between Ninth and Tenth on Lincoln Street has become a regular adventure of discovery over the past few of years. Restaurant business in particular seems a tricky proposition, even with a…

Here’s a look at five Denver restaurants serving the cuisine of Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq and Iran, all countries named in Donald Trump’s executive order severely restricting travel, immigration and refugees from those countries.

Rolling out a new food truck in February in Colorado is an iffy proposition, but it helps if you’re peddling hot soups and stews. Hoof, Wing & Fin kicked off its first day of business last Thursday at Cerebral Brewing in the midst of a hard-driving snow storm, but still…

No. 18: Kimchi Brussels Sprouts at Stoic & Genuine Although it may feel as if Brussels sprouts have had enough time in the spotlight, they still grace most new American menus. But at Stoic & Genuine, chef Gabe Wyman’s version will have you falling in love with this vegetable all…

Here’s reason to rise and shine: the chicken-fried steak and eggs breakfast at Lancer’s Diner, which just made our list of 100 Favorite Dishes. Sure, health-conscious Denver residents may be breakfasting with a fruit smoothie or some yogurt, but doesn’t this look like areal way to start the day? Some…

Fish N Beer, at 3510 Larimer Street, is so small that even as packed as the place gets every night, many Denverites have yet to sample the fire-kissed fish and other seafood specials at the four-month-old eatery. If you haven’t make up your mind to go yet, read Gretchen Kurtz’s…

No 18: Chicken Fried Steak and Eggs at Lancer’s Diner The word “diner” has lost some of its impact over the years as fancy-pants chefs have co-opted the word and attached eye-popping price tags to overwrought renditions of simple food that apron-wearing cooks named Bill or Alice or Joe perfected…

Denver Restaurant Week kicks off tonight with ten days of discount menus from more than 250 participating restaurants. This year, the event’s organizer, Visit Denver, held an awards ceremony to honor Denver James Beard Award winners and finalists. The honorees of the ceremony, held yesterday afternoon at Exdo Event Center,…

Brian and Katy Vaughn have been running restaurants in Steamboat Springs for a number of years: first with Bistro CV, which opened in 2007, and then with Low Country Kitchen, a tribute to the couple’s Southern roots that opened in 2014. Now they’re bringing that Southern charm to Denver with…

Chef Elise Wiggins is hoping to open Cattivella, her wood-fired Italian eatery, by the end of April. Construction is well under way at the restaurant in Eastbridge Stapleton, where Wiggins will share a shopping center with several other big-name chefs who are opening new establishments on the eastern end of…

The little shop at 1541 Platte Street known simply as Eat + Drink is closing this weekend after five years in business. The restaurant and market opened in July 2012 under owners Pollyanna Forster and Chris Irving, who also run Eat! Drink! in Edwards. The last day for the cheese…

No 19: The Breakfast Sandwich at Stella’s on 16thStella’s on 16th is the new kid on the triangular block at 16th and Wewatta streets downtown, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to bustling urbanites. A big cup of coffee and a piping-hot breakfast sandwich is just the thing to slow down…

Toni Tipton-Martin’s James Beard Award-winning book The Jemima Code (University of Texas Press, 2015) examines 150 cookbooks written by black women, starting in 1827. She’ll be speaking about her work at the Community College of Aurora on Wednesday, February 22; in advance of that appearance, she sat down with us to talk about the question that prompted her project, the bro-izing of the modern kitchen, and why it’s important that we broaden the definition of African-American cooking.

The lone red-brick building that stands at 2301 Seventh Street (across the street from the Denver Aquarium) has housed many businesses over the years, but was well known as the last home of the Zang Brewing Co., which operated as a restaurant long after the Denver beer company, founded in…

Things are going swimmingly at Fish N Beer, the RiNo restaurant from Aniedra Nichols and Kevin Morrison that opened late in 2016.

For as long as the United States has had a president, there have been African Americans cooking for the presidents and their families, staffs and guests. The stories of these chefs form the foundation of The President’s Kitchen Cabinet: The Story of the African Americans Who Have Fed Our First…

Denver Restaurant Week begins on Friday, February 24, and many diners have already filled their culinary calendars with all the dishes and deals they want to try around town. This is the thirteenth edition of DRW, and for the first time offers meals at $25, $35 and $45 (rather than the $52.80 for two that marked the original launch). More than 200 restaurants — and thousands of diners — are participating