Kaladi Coffee Opens New South Broadway Roastery, Cafe to Follow Soon

Caffeine junkies near the University of Denver are familiar with the name Kaladi; owners Mark Overly and Andy Melnick have been roasting beans and brewing coffee since 2000 at Kaladi Coffee Roasters at 1730 East Evans Avenue. Around town, a handful of cafes and restaurants also sell the company’s coffee. But…

Reader: At the Satire Lounge, This Plate Is Hot!

Sarah McGill’s tour of neighborhood bars recently took her to Pete’s Satire Lounge, a classic dive on East Colfax Avenue where bartenders have been serving up stiff drinks since the early ’60s, and the Smothers Brothers once served up their own unique brand of jokes. But a waiter there became…

Big Nights: A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, October 17-21

It was a great week in Denver for multi-course dining events, with EatDenver’s Harvest Week dinners at the GrowHaus from Sunday to Thursday, A Taste for Life hosted at the Grand Hyatt by Project Angel Heart on Thursday, and the James Beard Foundation’s Celebrity Chef Tour coming to 1515 Restaurant on the…

Bar Dough Team Unveils Segretto, a Refined Private Dining Experience

If you walk past Bar Dough’s bathrooms and continue through what looks like an emergency exit, you’ll find a staircase that leads to the restaurant’s office. In this space — which, with its corner copy machine and computer-stacked desks, is one of the most unlikely dining rooms in Denver —…

The Rolling Pin Bakeshop Opens in Five Points

Pastry chef Jay Thomas and partner Michael Martinez unlocked the front door to their new bakery, the Rolling Pin Bakeshop, earlier this week for a soft opening that coincided with the reopening of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen. Martinez describes the Rolling Pin as New-York-meets-Denver, and says that the style is “a…

The Doughnuts at Pikes Peak Summit House Rise to the Occasion

Pikes Peak is a top tourist attraction in Colorado. Every year more than 600,000 people visit the Pikes Peak Summit House, a National Historic Landmark, arriving via the Pikes Peak Highway, the Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway, or the Barr or Crags hiking trails. And what do they find…

Rocky Mountain High: Does Colorado Hospitality Have a Brand?

Does this state have a distinct brand? What does it mean to provide Colorado-style hospitality, or to be part of the Colorado production industry? To discuss those questions, last week the Colorado Bartenders’ Guild convened a panel with out-going 5280 food editor Amanda Faison; New Belgium specialty brand manager and…

Processed Views Artists Make Donald Trump From Junk Food

Photography exhibit Processed Views opened at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center (3636 Chestnut Place) over the weekend, and if you didn’t catch the opening, you’re going to want to make your way over to see these prints before November 26. The works, from Barbara Ciurej and Lindsay Lochman, consider the connection between nature,…

Jesse Morreale’s 38th Avenue Project Now Has a Name

The restaurant space at 3759 Lipan Street that was once Longo’s Subway Tavern (and was most recently TAG Burger Bar) is gradually being transformed into something new by owners Larimer Associates and partner Jesse Morreale. And like the slow-but-steady construction, a gradual trickle of information has come from Morreale and his…