The news this week has been mostly beery, as thousands of brew-lovers descended on Denver for the Great American Beer Festival, which continues through tomorrow night at the Colorado Convention Center. Our beer man, Jonathan Shikes, has been valiantly sipping his way through local brews and out-of-state suds to help you…
Restaurateur Richard Sandoval’s thirteen-year old Zengo was cutting edge when it opened at 1610 Little Raven Street and still retained a swank, neo-’70s air into 2016 despite its relative age. But stagnation equals death in the hip downtown restaurant scene, so Sandoval shut down the Latin-Asian fusion eatery last month…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Mas Kaos, a Mexican-Italian mashup on Tennyson Street that defies the logic many restaurants focus on, to focus on one cuisine and executie it properly. Instead, at Mas Kaos, Kurtz found herself doing what everyone else was doing: “chasing a few chile-soaked tacos with a…
After a recent dinner out left me unsatisfied (small plates — again), I pointed my car, as I often do, in the direction of Federal Boulevard, a slow but direct route from hipper zones to my southwest Denver neighborhood. Scotch whisky was on my mind, along with tacos (when are…
In part one of our interview with Jensen Cummings, the chef tells us about his attempt to launch a Colorado movement by combining food and beer in a novel way. When he’s not working on that, though, he also does a fair amount of consulting for local restaurants, including VoiceBox Karaoke,…
A new Japanese eatery is set to open in LoHi by the end of October. Mizu Izakaya, on the sought-after corner of 15th and Boulder streets, will be a modern izakaya; a dining experience best described as a Japanese pub with full bar and a range of small entrees. Beyond…
Kent and Greg Dawson have been answering the question “Is there beer yet?” frequently of late — and for many months. The brothers first signed on to open a brewery and restaurant at 2298 Clay Street in Jefferson Park some two and a half years ago, but permitting, zoning changes…
Blue Island Oyster Bar opened in Cherry Creek just over a year ago, bringing East Coast-style seafood and raw-bar delights to the corner of East Second Avenue and Columbine Street. Concept Restaurants veteran chef DJ Nagle (creator of the signature bacon burger at Humboldt) has been at the helm for the…
No. 53: The Cheese Steak at Steuben’s Food Service and Steuben’s Arvada Although a Philadelphia native might scoff at any incarnation of the classic cheese steak made outside the City of Brotherly Love, any homesick wanderer will be happy with the almost-true-to-form version Steuben’s is frying up. After all, to…
Paul Reilly and Aileen Reilly, owners of Beast + Bottle at 719 East 17th Avenue, opened their second restaurant, Coperta, just a few blocks north at 400 East 20th Avenue at the end of July. But today marks the launch of something that the brother-sister duo have never attempted at…
The Great American Beer Festival descends upon the Mile High City every October, reaffirming Denver’s place as a beer beacon and craft-brewing industry leader. Our local brewers are among the most creative and respected in the world, and their creations attract beer geeks from all over the globe. So it’s…
It’s fall so tell your diet to go fuck itself: An indulgent breakfast classic has been reimagined at Cinna Box, a brick-and-mortar cinnamon-roll shop at 2145 East 120th Avenue in Northglenn that began its life as a humble food truck two years ago. Since January, chef/owner Alexander Del Valle has been luring…
Dan Landes and his partners had just closed on their purchase of the Campus Lounge on September 28, and he needed a beer. But first, he had to make something clear: The Campus Lounge, a seventy-year-old watering hole at 701 South University Boulevard, will not go vegetarian, much less vegan…
Charcoal has been flying solo since Gary Sumihiro opened the restaurant in the Golden Triangle in 2011, but yesterday Sumihiro added a second restaurant, Charcoal Bistro, at 1028 South Gaylord Street. That’s the space that was previously an outpost of John Holly’s Asian Bistro, and held Japon before that. Charcoal…
The only thing I want when I’m eating tacos is more tacos, and maybe another margarita. I’ve never once thought, “Wow, I wish I had a slice of pizza right now.” Yet there I was, doing what everyone around me at Mas Kaos was doing: chasing a few chile-soaked tacos…
If you’re not hitting one of Denver’s many new restaurants (like the twenty that opened last month alone) this week, some old favorites are rolling out some new tricks. There’s a new fall menu with discounted flatbreads (this week only!) at Baur’s; a trust-your-sush-chef tasting menu at Sushi Den, and…
No. 54: Orecchiette at Coperta When Paul and Aileen Reilly threw open the doors to Coperta two months ago, they revealed an inviting neighborhood joint with a menu brimming with tempting southern-Italian specialties. Here you can traipse through buffalo mozzarella, Roman-style fried artichokes and a generous platter of salumi, put…
Rosenberg’s Bagels fans have been getting their fix at various breakfast pop-ups this summer, ever since a fire in an apartment above the deli at 725 East 26th Avenue closed the business in early May. But owner Joshua Pollack is nearly ready to relaunch the bakery; a message on the…
Where will you be eating breakfast this morning? After we published our list of the Ten Best Breakfast Restaurants in Denver, readers offered their own suggestions. Says Gerald: Benny’s at Seventh and Grant, Pete’s Kitchen on Colfax. I haven’t made it to the renovated Denver Diner, but it’s on my…
While big-name restaurant openings grabbed most of the attention in September, a few bars and eateries closed their doors, including a couple of Irish Taverns, a neighborhood coffehouse, and a corner bar on University Boulevard that had stood watch for forty years. There was even one restaurant, the Good Son, that…
September was a busy month for restaurant and bar openings, with more than twenty that made our end-of-month Roll Call. Here’s a list of the ten biggest debuts, with links to the stories we wrote throughout the month. First Look: Avelina Opens With Chefs John Broening and Yasmin Lozada-Hissom Jozi’s…
Denver continues to grind out new restaurants at a surprisingly consistent pace, like a sausage maker turning the crank round and round. So far in 2016, each month has seen about twenty openings in the metro area — and September was no different. Two debuts this month, at opposite ends…
