The Jamaican Grill Serves Caribbean Fare on Island Time

If you know where to look, Jamaican cuisine lurks on various menus around Denver. The Welton Street Cafe has a selection of the Jamaican meat pies called patties along with its soul food offerings, and the Caribbean Bakery on East Colfax Avenue offers specialties from Jamaica and Trinidad. But for a…

Brunch at Panzano Is a Posh Affair

Sometimes, you just want to get dolled up and splurge for brunch. And the place to do that? Panzano, located in the swanky Hotel Monaco downtown. This timeless Italian rendezvous has been garnering accolades a Mile High since opening more than fifteen years ago. And like a fine wine, this…

Rebel Restaurant Now Serving Modern Ukranian Menu in RiNo

The vision of Rebel Restaurant owners Bo Porytko and Dan Lasiy is finally a reality. The reinvention of the longtime dive bar on Brighton Boulevard and 38th Street began last March on Kickstarter as a plan for a restaurant inside Black Shirt Brewing and and came to fruition on Thursday in the RiNo…

Avanti Close-up: MiJo from Johnny DePierro and Michael Nevarez

Ramen is king noodle in Denver right now, but chefs Johnny DePierro and Michael Nevarez are out to dethrone the popular Japanese dish with udon — which they’re serving several different ways at MiJo inside Avanti Food & Beverage. The two have been mastering their Asian chops at Frank Bonanno’s…

Avanti Close-up: Quiero Arepas From Igor and Beckie Panasewicz

If you haven’t stood in line for one of the Venezuelan street-food sandwiches known as arepas at the Quiero Arepas food truck, you haven’t experienced the anticipation of sinking your teeth into one of the best bites in town — mobile or not. Now that owners Igor and Beckie Panasewicz have…

Dive Inn Owner Has Giant Plans for Fee-Fi-Pho-Fum

Despite being partially hidden by a tree, the newest restaurant sign to sprout on South Broadway is hard to miss: giant all-caps spelling out Fee Fi Pho Fum above a small storefront just north of Arkansas Avenue. It’s a silly name for sure, but it makes a little more sense…

Tavern Hospitality Group in Deal for New Tavern Uptown

A joint venture between Tavern Hospitality Group, Southern Land Company of Nashville and GTIS Partners, a New York-based real estate investment firm, will redevelop the 1.5-acre site on East 17th Avenue that currently houses the Tavern Uptown. The plan calls for an eight-story mixed-use building that will include 315 apartments…

Lon Symensma Stocks Cho77 With Asian Artifacts as Well as Flavors

When chef-owner Lon Symensma traveled throughout Southeast Asia prior to opening Cho77, which I review this week, he was gathering more than inspiration for the street foods that would distinguish this restaurant from its sister restaurant, ChoLon. He was also gathering items to give the restaurant its authentic feel. “We…

New Promotions for Familiar Faces at Frasca Food & Wine

Whether you’ve been to Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder once for a special occasion or count yourself as a regular, you’ve experienced the professional, personal service that’s such an integral part of the restaurant’s success. Even if you’ve only eaten dinner there a couple of times, you’ll have encountered…

Avanti Close-up: Kevin Morrison’s Poco Torteria

 Pinche Taqueria was an instant hit when chef-owner Kevin Morrison upgraded from a food truck to a full-fledged cantina in 2012. Tacos and tequila are the stars there, but happy-hour sliders also have their fans. Those sliders are the closest thing you’ll find to tortas at Morrison’s eateries (he opened…

Review: Cho77 Is a Surprising Street-Level Sequel to ChoLon

If you’ve ever read a series in real time, eager for the next book to be written, you’ll understand how I’ve felt the past few years, waiting for the sequel to ChoLon. It’s not that chef-owner Lon Symensma hasn’t been involved in other projects since he launched his flagship nearly…

Colfax Avenue Roundup: Cheese, Sushi and a Cajun Juke Joint

Tasty Colfax kicks off tonight with its seventh annual food crawl in the Bluebird District, including stops at twenty restaurants — but not Mezcal, which closed on June 7 for a massive overhaul and won’t reopen until the end of summer. But there’s quite a consolation prize: a new cheese shop that…