One of Denver’s most desirable restaurant properties is about to go on the auction block. A sign is up at 101 Broadway — the old First Avenue Hotel that was the former home of El Diablo — stating that a bankruptcy auction will be held in December to sell the…
If you were planning on heading to the Source for lunch, dinner or shopping today, you might want to make other plans. The entire building is closed until further notice after a crane working on the site of the Source Hotel next door (at 3300 Brighton Boulevard) hit the roof…
If you’re a football fan, you know what’s riding on this weekend’s game between the Broncos and the Green Bay Packers: bragging rights. By Sunday night, only one team will have that prized zero in the loss column. But regardless of who wins, you can have bragging rights in the…
A sushi roll met a burrito and felt a little intimidated, so it bulked up to a hefty new weight. The result is Komotodo, a new sushi burrito fast-casual eatery that opens this Saturday, October 31, on Writer Square. The idea springs from the mind of owner Alonzo Martinez, who…
Readers say the biggest obstacle to dining downtown is not finding a good restaurant (unless you’re on the restaurant-starved 16th Street Mall, some suggest), but deading with the problem of two-hour parking meters. Says John: Fortunately we live near an RTD station and so we can take the train. Much cheaper way…
Chef Elise Wiggins received a small but pricey delivery at Panzano yesterday: one pound of white Alba truffles from the Piedmont region of Italy — shipped here at a cost of $3,163. This particular species — tuber magnatum — is the rarest and most expensive of all truffle varieties, but…
The Downtown Denver Partnership held a meeting on the 16th Street Mall last week where much of the discussion focused on safety — with panhandling on the side. But some residents are less concerned with safety than the fact that once you get to the mall, there’s not much there…
I’ve heard of many secrets to long life, from not smoking to eating a bowl of ice cream every day. But the one on the menu at Uncle Joe’s, a Hong Kong bistro that opened early this year across the street from the Colorado Convention Center and the Denver Performing…
No. 9: The Pregnant Burrito at Cafe Chihuahua Cafe Chihuahua doesn’t have a place in the pantheon of old-school green chile joints around town, nor is it new enough to attract the attention of trendy taco seekers. The family-run, rambling hacienda with the arched entryway and neon sign instead caters…
“The first statement I get from anyone is, ‘Oh, the mac and cheese!’” That’s what Brandon Muncy says he hears when he tells people that he’s the new executive chef at the Rackhouse Pub, which will reopen later this year on Blake Street. That macaroni and cheese had a well-deserved…
Dry Dock just celebrated its tenth anniversary of brewing and serving beer in Aurora — and starting a wave that has spread across the metro area. Today hundreds of entrepreneurs – and more every day – make their living in Colorado doing the exact same thing, but ten years ago, that’s…
Bar Dough didn’t take long to rise in the former home of a convenience store next to Highland Tap & Burger. After a complete gutting and rebuild, the space opened over the weekend with chef-partner Max MacKissock’s menu of stuzzichini (appetizers), house-made pastas, wood-fired pizzas baked in an imported Acunto…
Halloween candy is typically reserved for good ghouls and boys while trick or treating — an annual overindulgence that dates back to the early 1900s in its modern, send-your-kids-out-begging form. But even for big kids yearning for a sugar fix pre-All Hallows’ Eve, its time to cave in to your…
ABC’s hit TV show Shark Tank pits inventors and small-business hopefuls against one another to battle for investment dollars in front of a panel of ruthless judges. Here in Colorado, the concept has been translated into something a little less, well, cutthroat. The Metro Denver Small Business Development Center is calling…
The combination of the words “blood” and “sausage” isn’t exactly an appetite stimulant for most Americans — but call blood sausage morcilla, as Spanish speakers do, or kiszka, for Polish speakers, and you have a less threatening moniker that refers to something most cultures make in various forms. Leña on Broadway,…
Last week the developer of the apartment complex being built on the former United Way property in LoHi reported that the ground floor will boast the first Colorado link in the Ohio-based Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern chain, with at least two more coming to metro Denver. But wait! There’s…
This week has been a melancholy one for Denver’s restaurant scene, as both favorite old-timer Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe and bold youngster Lower48 Kitchen announced they would be closing up shop in Lower Highland and Ballpark, respectively. And River North Brewing will pour its last beers this weekend in its…
Crave Real Burgers has been slinging patties out of it’s original Castle Rock burger bar since 2010 and has since added locations in Colorado Springs and Highlands Ranch. But one of the region’s best burgers is now available in Denver: Crave opened today at 1550 Blake Street with its list…
No. 10: Pierogi of the Day at Rebel Restaurant Rebel Restaurant in River North isn’t a Ukrainian Restaurant; owners Bo Porytko and Dan Lasiy have way too much up their culinary sleeves to settle on one style of food — but they certainly know their way around Slavic specialties. So while…
Most parking meters around Denver are limited to two hours, an irritant for people who want to linger over dinner downtown — and a bonanza for the city agency that issues the tickets when those meters expire. So while you might find a parking spot by Butcher’s Bistro —which is celebrating its…
I’ve always loved food, so it’s not surprising that many of my memories are in some way related to food, whether eating it in restaurants, bakeries, ramen shops, creperies and even on street corners, or standing in various kitchens with grandmothers, aunts, college friends, parents, in-laws and my own children…
There’s nothing wrong with faithfully recreated Neapolitan classics, but sometimes you want to add a little fun to your pizza routine. At Denver’s two Pizzeria Locale eateries — at 550 Broadway and 3484 West 32nd Avenue — culinary director Jordan Wallace is mixing things up a little This month, the fast-casual…
