Chipotle Mexican Grill closed more than 1,900 of its stores nationwide for four hours on Monday, February 8, so that founder and co-CEO Steve Ells could address all employees in a town-hall style meeting intended to thank the company’s workers and explain its new food-safety policies. But satirist and host…
Set aside all the arguments — and we’ve heard plenty over the last few days — about the best green chile being in New Mexico, or in Pueblo. Because Denver definitely has plenty of spots where you can find great green chile, and in advance of choosing the Best Green…
After more than three decades in downtown Denver, the Trinity Grille closed at the end of service on Saturday, February 13. Another restaurant is slated to take over the space, and owner Tom Walls will focus on his last remaining restaurant, Castle Cafe at 403 Wilcox Street in Castle Rock,…
Where will you be eating that smothered breakfast burrito this morning? Who do you think has the best green chile in Denver? In this round of that heated debate, we’re setting aside the argument over whether green chile is better in Colorado or New Mexico, and narrowing the divide to Denver…
Five Points is changing, and people are definitely divided over whether the changes are good or bad….or a combo of both. The news that John Fayman will open Goed Zuur, a taproom devoted to wild and sour beers, at 2801 Welton Street this spring brought a slew of responses. Says David:…
This week, Mark Antonation followed up a list of the eleven best Chinese restaurants in Denver with a trio of American-Chinese classics for those who love their take-out. He also talked to the owners of Denver’s newest — and only — vegan soul-food restaurant, Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, who…
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal posted a piece by Julie Jargon — a former Westword staff writer — reporting on a trademark dispute between Kimbal Musk, co-founder of The Kitchen restaurant group, and restaurant heavyweight Wolfgang Puck, who currently runs more than fifty fine-dining, fast-casual and airport food operations around…
No 92: The Ocean Salad at Sushi-Rama A seat at the counter at Sushi-Rama can be a mesmerizing experience, with domed plates of sushi filing past on a conveyor belt like a miniature marching band blaring notes of flavor instead of music. If you freeze with indecision from the overwhelming…
Blackbird Public House has only been open for just over a year, but the Washington Park eatery has already lived through a decade’s worth of change. Since opening, the restaurant has seen a sewage system disaster that required replacing every inch of pipe under the building, a grease-trap explosion, a…
Boone’s Tavern has been a steadfast neighborhood sports bar near the University of Denver for years. Even after a makeover two years ago when the bar — named for DU Pioneer mascot Denver Boone — gave up part of its square footage so that the upscale eatery Atticus could open…
Have you made your reservations for Valentine’s Day yet? Some of the city’s most romantic tables — the fireside spot at Barolo Grill, for example — were booked months ago. But earlier this week we published a list of the Ten Best Date-Night Restaurants in Denver, and some of those…
At Old Major, it’s pork for dinner and chicken for lunch — at least ever since chef/owner Justin Brunson launched Royal Rooster to feed fried chicken sandwiches to the Highland mid-day crowd. But if poultry doesn’t please you, Brunson is pleased to announce that the Rooster is now serving burgers…
A little secret has been building in Boulder that will soon be revealed. Although the restaurant that industry veterans Elliott and Annie Toan are nearly ready to open is still lacking a street-front sign, they will open the doors to Arcana on Monday, February 15, revealing a sumptuous dining room, a well-appointed…
California-based Native Foods may have closed three locations in metro Denver, but that doesn’t mean vegan food is in trouble in this city. In the last month alone, two new vegan spots have opened in north Denver: Handy Diner, at 2958 Downing Street, and Love, Peace & Sol, a vegan…
Nocturne Jazz & Supper Club 1330 27th Street 303-295-3333 Nocturne has been churning through the hits for nearly a year, offering jazz-themed menus to accompany classic albums played in full by some of the city’s top combos. The kitchen has paired bites with vinyl platters from Dave Brubek, Sonny Rollins…
Three years after the groundbreaking for Tavern Platt Park, the latest edition to the Tavern Hospitality Group finally has an opening date: Monday, February 29. And really, if you count by leap years, that puts Tavern Platt Park — which occupies the address at 1475 South Pearl that was once home…
We just unveiled our 2016 list of the best Chinese restaurants in Denver last week, which included dim sum palaces, noodle houses and specialists from regions as far-flung as Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hong Kong and the island nation of Taiwan. Our goal was to not only find great cooking, but to highlight…
It’s Fat Tuesday, and diners will be letting the good times roll all over town. But Tom’s Home Cookin’, a longtime Southern cooking mainstay in Five Points that was a regular on our list of the Best Southern Food Restaurants in Denver, closed at the end of 2015, and its…
A sign reading “Grind” went up at 300 Fillmore Street in Cherry Creek just a few weeks ago, prompting us to speculate whether the new business would be a coffee shop or a sausage house. A new addition to the sign spelling out “kitchen + watering hole,” combined with a…
Soul food is often misconstrued as fat-heavy comfort food — or food that’s hard on the heart but good for the soul. But Lonni Byrd, chef and co-owner of Love, Peace & Sol Cafe, a new vegan soul-food eatery at the corner of 35th Avenue and Albion Street, has a…
No. 93 Zuppa Pomorodo at Parisi Italian Market & Deli Those who have frequented the eateries of Denver’s northwest neighborhoods for the past few decades will remember when Parisi was nothing more than a simple Italian deli with some of the best sandwiches in town and a few tables in…
Big changes are afoot in northwest Denver. After four decades in the Jefferson Park neighborhood, La Loma will be moving downtown — and its home perched high on West 26th Avenue reportedly replaced by a fifteen-story story with 713 units. And Dickinson Plaza, at West 32nd Avenue and Tejon Street,…
