After nearly two years since the lease was signed on the Larimer Square space that previously held Lime Mexican Cantina, chef/owner Michael Shiell is ready to unveil Milk & Honey Bar and Kitchen. Shiell will hold a series of soft opens beginning this weekend and will hold the restaurant’s grand…
Elle Taylor, owner and barista of Amethyst Coffee Company, opened her Golden Triangle shop in the Metlo building earlier this year. The warm, minimalist shop brews several Commonwealth Coffee varieties, and rounds out those offerings with one out-of-town roaster. Taylor likes to feature a roaster that isn’t easy to find in…
It’s National Donut Day, and Denver will be rolling in dough as outlets of national chains and local shops alike roll out deals. Habit Doughnut Dispensary won’t be open in time to celebrate the holiday, but Denver’s first doughnut dispensary will open soon, Mark Antonation reported earlier this week; Habit will be…
Fans of the crispy potato pancakes called latkes that were the specialty of Park Hill eatery Latke Love — until it closed a year ago after being unable to reach an agreement with the landlord — will be happy to know that the owners have signed a new lease and…
Chef/restaurateur Troy Guard became involved with Taste of the NFL, an organization that benefits Feeding America and other organization that fight hunger and homelessness, several years ago, including participating in pre-Super Bowl events in Scottsdale, Arizona and New Orleans. Now he’s bringing the concept to Denver in the form of…
This week Gretchen Kurtz reviews the Chowder Room, which specializes in a dish whose various incarnations are the stuff of big arguments on the East Coast. Denver’s real liquid asset, though, is green chile, and we just served up our ten favorite versions of verde in Denver, every one of…
I love the Boulder County Farmers’ Market. It’s my church, my community and my sustenance. But for the last few weeks visits have been a bit dispiriting as I confront rows of greens, greens and more greens: arugula, lettuce, spinach, mizuna, tatsoi, broken up by occasional displays of turnips and…
Aurora’s Havana Street is awash with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area; the cultural landscape is primed with every kind experience, from fine-ish dining to lovable dives to mom and pop eateries from almost every nationality and culture: Ethiopian, Vietnamese pho, dollar-a-scoop Chinese, Mexican…
As we reported yesterday, Dan Landes is selling WaterCourse Foods, the legendary vegetarian restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, but he’s keeping City, O’ City — a community gathering place and vegetarian restaurant even non-vegetarians can love. Says Jacob: I’m not a vegetarian and I LOVE City, O’ City. Go at…
In January, when the rest of the city was sporting orange in preparation for the big game against the Colts, I was counting down to another, far less publicized event: the opening of the Chowder Room, a casual seafood restaurant on a busy stretch of South Broadway. If you’ve lived…
Bones executive chef Johnny DePierro is going to have a busy summer: He’s taking on a second job at MiJo, the joint he’s launching with his sous-chef, Michael Nevarez, inside the soon-to-open Avanti Food and Beverage development in lower Highland. While both DePierro and Nevarez will maintain their current responsibilities…
Breckenridge Brewery rolled out its latest restaurant last week: The Farm House in Littleton. With about 8,000 square feet, seating for nearly 300 people inside and a couple hundred more seats in on the patios and in beer garden, the Farm House instantly becomes one of southwest suburban Denver’s biggest restaurant attractions. Don’t worry…
“I have the feeling we’ll be announcing something very, very huge in the next month,” Dan Landes told us in late April, when WaterCourse Foods, the restaurant he founded seventeen years ago, celebrated its first anniversary as a all-vegan eatery, after a long run as the city’s leading vegetarian restaurant. And…
Is brunch Denver’s official meal? Every weekend morning, you can find lines outside of this city’s most popular brunch spots — but as Lauren Monitz reported yesterday, so far the crowds haven’t discovered the brunch at Leña, even though this brunch deserves to be discovered. Ryan agrees: Lena has the…
May saw the departure of a couple of old Denver favorites: Sullivan’s Steakhouse, which had held down the corner of 18th and Wazee streets since 1999, and the much more storied Elitch Lanes, which bowled its last strike on Tennyson Street and then shuttered after more than six decades in…
It’s often said you eat with your eyes as much as your stomach, and if that’s true, Lena on South Broadway will have you salivating from the second you’re seated. Sneak a peak at your neighbor’s Mezcal Old Fashioned presented as a botanically muddled masterpiece paired with artfully arranged, brightly…
First Watch, a Florida-based breakfast-and-lunch chain that got its start in California in 1983, opened its first Colorado restaurant last week in Northglenn. Over the next five years, the company plans to add seven more First Watch locations over the next five years along the Front Range, from Fort Collins…
This week saw a number of openings and closings haunted by the spirits of Denver restaurant history. Spruce Tap House closed without notice after only seven months on Blake Street, the victim of a redevelopment project that will result in new condos. The space had seen a fair amount of…
When Erika Thomas and Chad Stutz opened High Point Creamery (winner of our Best Ice Cream/Gelato Shop award this year) in the Hilltop neighborhood a year ago, the plan was to follow up with a second ice cream shop in River North this summer. Those plans are still in the…
Yesterday was Ryan Fletter’s birthday. It was also the day he finally got to tell his mother that he’d bought Barolo Grill, after six months of working out the details of a deal that Barolo’s founder, Blair Taylor, had suggested to his longtime employee. Yesterday, Fletter and Taylor also share…
At any given hour, Denver’s Union Station is buzzing with all sorts of visitors: travelers just passing through, regulars stopping in for lunch or coffee, and nervous-looking social media users looking for their Tinder dates. It’s a place where you can find just about anything your palate desires. Seafood, craft…
The best thing about street food is that the only utensils you normally need are your hands. Modern food trucks rallying at well-planned setups like Civic Center Eats, where shaded tables and chairs are provided, can serve messier fare that requires a knife, fork or spoon, but if you want…
