With a name like Sugarmill, finding decadent confections within feet of the entrance is no surprise; but finding a dinner menu with veggie options as tempting as the macarons had me smitten. Sipping prosecco while noshing on a mozzarella and tomato plate was the perfect way to unwind, followed by…
No sooner had we lamented the disappearing dive bars of Denver when one of our favorites popped up in the news. Nob Hill Inn, which won our Best Dive Bar award in 2009 and Best Jukebox honors this year, is now definitely a contender for Best Customer Service — because…
When Avanti Food & Beverage opens the doors to its LoHi food hall this month, one of the eateries inside will be MiJo, an Asian-influenced concept from Bones executive chef Jonny DePierro and sous chef Michael Nevarez. Noodle bowls will be the primary focus of the menu, with plenty of options for diners…
In mid-June, Michael Long — a founding partner of Opus Restaurant and the current executive chef at Le Central — presented the first farm dinner at Snow Creek Ranch in Larkspur; owners Joe and Michelle Kopriva plan on making the dinners a regular summer occurrence. Long cooked up a meal…
Where are the true dive bars in this city? Since we published our updated list of the Ten Best Dive Bars in Denver a year ago, a couple of our favorites have closed. And last week Rosa Mia Inn, winner of our Best Dive Bar Happy Hour in the Best of…
In the United States, Sudan is known mostly as the place the Lost Boys fled and as the most recent country to bifurcate into two separate nations, with South Sudan becoming the newest country in the world. But Sudanese food is mostly an unknown quantity, especially here in Denver. Sudan…
The Vietnamese restaurants along Federal Boulevard are like hermit crabs exchanging shells for the best fit. No sooner did Wonderbowl shut down at the corner of Federal and Kentucky Avenue than Pho Duy shed its two-decade-old shell, shuffling one address north into the bigger, more modern space — where it’s…
After a one-month turnaround, Ignite Ale House & Kitchen opens today in a former Woody’s Tavern in Aurora. This is the second Ignite from Concept Restaurants, the group that also runs Humboldt, Stout Street Social, the Rialto Cafe and several other restaurants around town. Expect this version of the group’s…
Last week we named the Ten Best Places for Late-Night Eats in Denver, and the response was immediate. Where was Jerusalem? Breakfast King? Chubby’s? And the inclusion of Mary Jane’s on the list made it a “joke,” says one reader. Adds James: You should rename this the best late-night hipster places in Denver…
Before you tune out for the Independence Day holiday weekend, there are a couple of things you might want to know, especially if you’re planning on heading to Old Major next week — or if you happen to like hot dogs. Old Major has been consistently packing the house since…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment issued a recall today on Natural Grocers brand Caribbean Nut & Fruit Mix due to potential salmonella contamination of the macadamia nuts in the mix. No illnesses have been reported so far, according to the agency’s web page. The affected product was…
The Berkeley neighborhood’s historic watering hole, the Rosa Mia Inn, which opened in 1966, recently sold and will reopen as the Nip & Sip Neighborhood Lounge. The new ownership group includes J.D. Dossett, Margaret Moore, and Leigh Jones — of Jonesy’s Eatbar fame, who also runs the Horseshoe Lounge, Inga’s…
Denver diners love breakfast, and brunch could be the official meal of the city. This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews Four Friends Kitchen, a worthy newcomer in the breakfast/brunch/lunch arena. And a longtime favorite with fans of morning meals is adding another link: Lucile’s is coming to Evans and South Ogden…
Last week Chris Utterback tried the happy hour at Bayou Bob’s, which has been serving up Cajun food in downtown Denver for almost thirty years. The dishes are hot stuff, the drinks are stiff and the good times definitely roll here. Says Jeff: Bayou Bob’s is a good place to drink and…
The restaurant scene did some shuffling in June, with Taste of Thailand moving from its longtime Englewood location to a new spot in Denver on South Broadway, Pho Duy moving one storefront north (into the short-lived Wonderbowl space), and Blue Pan Pizza bringing Detroit-style pies to West 32nd Avenue after…
Families comprise a big part of the clientele at Four Friends Kitchen, a breakfast-and-lunch spot that opened in Stapleton this spring. That’s why the eatery hands out retro Etch A Sketches, crayons and activity books by the armful, and why banquettes are lined with jokes such as “Why was the…
High Plains Bison maintains the second-largest herd of bison in the world, according to Kevin Lamar, chief customer officer for the bison company’s new weight-management branch, Plainsmart. So it’s no wonder that when the company decided to jump into the weight-loss industry, it built a menu making its own bison meat…
Gene Tang hired Joseph Arena as 1515 Restaurant’s new executive chef in February, a move that reflected his penchant for bringing in young talent that appreciates the restaurant’s combination of classical fine-dining technique with modern culinary sleight of hand. Back in 1997, when Tang opened 1515 in the century-old storefront…
With development wiping out many of the favorite spots around Denver, our nostalgia cup is overflowing. Bree Davies poured out plenty of memories in My Denver, My Dream for How to Keep It Great, and that included shopping at local businesses, such as the two Marczyk Fine Foods stores or Pete’s…
A friend recently returned from Peru extolling the quality of the Andean nation’s cuisine, including alpaca, something I’d never considered as a potential protein source. Hearing this, I wondered if, given the chance, I would order alpaca pot roast or loin of llama. After all, llamas, alpacas and their kin…
It took Mother Nature a while to come around, but summer is now in full swing and a few restaurants around town are making up for lost time. Here are a few options to help celebrate the sun and Colorado’s finest summer bounty. In Boulder, Blackbelly Market officially kicked off its…
Session Kitchen opened in late 2013 at 1518 South Pearl Street, after a complicated property swap between the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group and the Kizaki brothers. In that deal, Breck-Wynkoop acquired the building at 1518 South Pearl, built as the original home of Izakaya Den; meanwhile, the Kizakis gained the space at…
