Justin Brunson is happier than a pig in mud. The chef-owner of Masterpiece Deli recently launched Denver Bacon Company, he’s on the prowl for a second location to open another Masterpiece, and in February of next year, he’ll unveil Old Major, a seafood, swine and wine restaurant in Highland that…
What defines a neighborhood restaurant these days? That’s what Gretchen Kurtz asked yesterday, after eating several meals at Central Bistro & Bar for this week’s review (which will be posted here later today). Chef Lance Bardo, who opened Central in July, wanted to create a “gathering place” for the hot…
I’m a huge — huge — fan of the pizzas at this restaurant, but after sinking my jaws into the plump Italian sandwich, smoothed with quality meats, fresh mozzarella cheese and lots of fresh vegetables, I’m inclined to say that from here on out, this is my object of desire…
There’s no such thing as too many Thai restaurants, and even while the ones we have don’t detour from the usual suspects — noodle dishes, stir-fries, curries and soups — Mali Thai Cuisine, which just recently opened in a strip mall near the Denver Tech Center in the former Nino’s…
David Parry might be throwing an end-of-the-world party at two of his restaurants, but he’s not planning on the world ending just yet. After all, he hopes to open a Parry’s Pizzeria and Bar at 5970 South Holly Street in Greenwood Village in February, and then add two more locations…
With holiday preparations filling the calendar, who has time to sit in a restaurant and linger over a meal? For that matter, who has time to cook a meal? Right now, takeout is looking pretty good — and there are several good reasons to try Bono’s Italian Takeout. The takeout/lunch…
Tonight the new look of Zanzibar Billiards will be unveiled on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue. For the past four days, Jon Taffer and crew have been at Zanzibar, studying the spot and then executing a major update of both its concept and design. The new Zanzibar will be unveiled tonight…
By the end of this month, star chef Matt Selby and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company, will open the Corner House, a new restaurant in Jefferson Park, and while Selby is currently working on menus — dishes like truffle salt-cured foie gras, mussels and “Denver Bronco” oysters with…
If you’re one of those people who has an aversion, for whatever crazy reason, to kale, then I suggest you rethink your position — and this leafy kale salad, slicked with a tart dressing and specked with Parmesan, is a good place to start. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Festooned with random flags and boasting a food menu that includes such culinary delights as “Poppers,” the “T-REX” hoagie and “West Side Story” sandwich (which we’re guessing is delivered by a campy, gyrating food-runner), Zanzibar Billiards Club recently decided it was in need of a makeover. Luckily for the struggling…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified mezcal margarita from a divey Mexican joint, to a sphere of peppered burrata from Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, to a bottle of rare Avery Odio Equum that’s a sour beer drinker’s nirvana. See also: -…
Last week I did something I’d never done before: I had lunch at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar. It wasn’t that I’d never been to an Applebee’s before. I had, dozens of times, the visits usually consisting of me getting off work at a neighboring chain restaurant; ordering the biggest,…
“Where do you get your protein?” is one of the questions most often asked vegetarians and vegans. Beans, nuts, seeds and other such foods is the answer, and quinoa is one of our favorites. This grain-like food is a complete protein, making it a fantastic meat replacement. Try it with…
Action sports enthusiasts and culinary entrepreneurs Ryan Galbraith and Chris Stinson just kicked their business model into high gear. Eighteen months after opening Cheapskates Action Sports Bar in Arvada, Galbraith and Stinson now have a second Cheapskates location in Aurora. Curious to see what an action sports bar looks like,…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. When it comes…
It took a year to find the ideal space, but after an exhaustive search, Bobby Stuckey and Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson, the nationally-renowned owners of Boulder-based Frasca Food and Wine, Pizzeria Locale and Caffe, have inked a deal to open a second Pizzeria Locale in Denver. See also: – Best Pizza 2012…
The space at 1434 Blake Street has been home to many concepts over the past fifteen years. Originally the legendary hipster hang-out City Spirit, which closed in 1997, it then became Andrew’s Pub, followed by Bender’s Sausage Haus, The Lure, SportsBook, PreGame Sports Bar & Grill, the Blake, Kraine Station…
Pies used to be seen as the either the coup de grace on Thanksgiving or snarky protesters’ tool of choice. (Remember when Ann Coulter, Ralph Nader and Jeff Skilling, former president of Enron, were all pied?) Then in 2011 the lattice-topped treat hit the big time, and Nation’s Restaurant News…
Those of you who insisted that Frank Bonanno would turn the former Lancer Lounge into an “over-hyped concept” — which is what at least one person claimed when we broke the news that Bonanno would be taking over the evicted bar wedged between two of his restaurants — will likely…
Johnny Carino’s very first location was in Colorado Springs, and Chris Peitersen, the chain’s executive chef who’s also vice president of Culinary Development, was born in Denver (he still holds season tickets to the Denver Broncos). So it’s fitting that Johnny Carino’s is rolling out its new menu items –…
We must eat to live — but sometimes what we eat and drink also kills us. The oddest things can cook our goose. This past year saw many food-assisted expirations and accidents that were peculiar, creepy — and very, very unappetizing. Here’s our list of the five weirdest food deaths…
Would legendary New York Times critic Craig Claiborne have approved of Gretchen Kurtz reviewing So Perfect Eats? “If the granddaddy of restaurant criticism didn’t think restaurants had to have tablecloths, a maître d’ and a mixologist to be considered fair game,” she writes, “then neither do I.” Still, she’s come…
