Get ready for a big bash at the Tavern Uptown. Last Thursday, the Denver Planning Board recommended that a PUD be approved allowing the redevelopment of the 500 block of East 17th Avenue — a revised redevelopment plan that now calls for maintaining the facade of the one-story Tavern building as…
While the loss of classic Italian eateries in the Highland and Sunnyside neighborhoods was punctuated by yesterday’s lamentable closing of Patsy’s after 95 years in business, there is some cause for celebration in north Denver. Despite issues with obtaining a cabaret license from the city, the Monkey Barrel is gearing…
Driving east along Colfax Avenue from downtown is a bit like journeying from Denver south through Central America. As you leave the modern, redeveloped blocks and head past Colorado Boulevard, the population thins and the scenery becomes a little more gritty. But diversity grows, with a patchwork quilt of international…
Change and growth continue to define the neighborhood that new arrivals know as LoHi but that longtime Denver residents simply call the North Side. Most notable — for food and history buffs, at least — has been the steady loss of classic red-sauce joints that were the legacy of the…
Restaurateur Robert Thompson has made several moves over the last few months to position his Punch Bowl Social empire for future growth. The latest is his biggest move yet: Thompson has brought on celebrity chef and cookbook author Hugh Acheson as culinary partner to add the Georgia chef’s distinct take…
White Fence Farm keeps adding to its flock. When longtime restaurateur Craig Caldwell and Tom Piercy bought the forty-year-old White Fence Farm almost two years ago from owner Charlie Wilson, they saw the potential for building a farm team of fried chicken outlets around the metro area, as well as…
No. 68: Korean Fried Duck Wings at Chow Urban Grill Everyone knows about the fried chicken in the red-and-white bucket, and seekers of international tastes have discovered the other KFC — Korean fried chicken — at a couple of eateries in Aurora. But what about KFD: Korean fried duck? There’s…
Brunch is undeniably Denver’s favorite meal, and as people started lining up at the various Snooze outposts around town yesterday, we shared our video of people waiting to eat at Snooze — which inspired another outpouring of comments from readers. Says Naomi: Hey, the more people who like Snooze and choose…
On Saturday and Sunday mornings, people start lining up early to eat at Snooze, arguably Denver’s most popular brunch spot. But is it worth the wait? Videographer Dale DiMassi recently stopped by the Snooze at Union Station and the original Snooze on Larimer Street, and spoke with some of the people waiting…
The disappointing news that Osaka Ramen in Cherry Creek will be serving its last bowl tomorrow night was mitigated by the sounds of slurping still ringing loud and clear from the stairwell of the subterranean original in RiNo. That and the fact that chef/owner Jeff Osaka is resurrecting his celebrated…
Chef Kelly Whitaker, owner of Basta in Boulder, recalls sleeping on the floor of a pizza restaurant in Campagna, Italy, where he studied the traditional craft of cooking with a wood-burning oven. That experience has shaped his career, lending Basta its theme and centerpiece, inspiring his second project, pizza and…
Cherry Creekers didn’t know a good thing when it slapped them on the face with a noodle. Chef/restaurateur Jeff Osaka is turning off the burners at Osaka Ramen at East 3rd Avenue and Detroit Street after only a year. The final bowls will be ladled out on Saturday night and…
One of Capitol Hill’s neighborhood favorites, Barricuda’s Restaurant & Lounge, closed earlier this month for a remodel. Owner Jin Lee says he expects to reopen his bar on August 26 with a new paint job and new hardwood floors that will replace worn carpeting. Barricuda’s has been serving cheap drinks…
Mario moved here from Texas nineteen years ago, and yesterday we shared his complaint that he can’t find any good Mexican food in Denver — and by “Mexican food,” he means Tex Mex. That doesn’t play well with Coloradans, who all have their favorite kinds of Mexican food — but…
What do you get when you combine board games, sandwiches, milkshakes and other goodies? While a kid’s birthday party is one answer, in the context of Board Game Republic at 900 West First Avenue, you have the latest place for adults to grab a cocktail and a bite while playing various…
No. 69: The Falafel Waffle at Moxie Eatery The first time we ordered the falafel waffle at this new Broadway shop, we admit we only did it because the name is fun to say. But chef/owner Dylan Moore (who Gretchen Kurtz profiled for Chef & Tell this week) packed so many…
We’ve been all about tacos this month. We ate dozens of them at the first Tacolandia — a celebration of street tacos that promises to become an annual event for Westword. Mark Antonation tried several of the featured eateries in advance, for his list of “Five Uncommon Tacos and Where…
As I thought a lot about regional cuisine in China — and ate a lot of it, too — I began wondering how the food there would evolve. As in the States, some chefs in China are looking around the globe for influence, while others are attempting to revitalize and…
As I ferreted out Chinese restaurants for this week’s story about authentic Chinese eats in Denver, I was most excited to drop into Hasu Asian Bistro, a restaurant that once served an amalgamation of Asian dishes in a subterranean space in Cherry Creek North. Hasu focused on sushi, but from…
This morning, we ran a list of our favorite cheese shops in town along with some tasty sandwiches and other cheesy delights found at each one. As proof that the metro area’s cheese scene continues to ripen, new cheese mongers were opening even as we were compiling our list. Cheese…
When I asked veteran restaurateur Dylan Moore what drew him to the kitchen, he echoed a sentiment I’ve heard many times over the years. “I always thought chefs were studs,” he told me. “Part pirate, part rock star, part artist.” The fact that he grew up in the industry —…
There’s a new restaurant on the northeast corner of South Federal Boulevard and West Evans Avenue, and surprisingly — given the food scene in the area — it’s neither a pho shop nor a taqueria. Lancer’s Diner, which opened on Friday, is a breakfast-and-lunch spot serving home-style cooking and flattop…
