Denver Restaurant Week won’t have a week in August in 2012. That’s the word from Visit Denver, the convention and visitors’ bureau that sponsors the event and held a meeting on July 14 to discuss the future form of the eating orgy that offers $52.80 (for two) meal deals during…
Funkwerks, a funky brewery in Fort Collins, almost created an international incident when it named a beer Maori King, prompting complaints from the Maori natives in New Zealand — complaints reported around the world. That inspired this from Jon S: So I’m more interested in how the Maori found out…
In the nearly two decades since it first debuted on East Evans Avenue in Denver, Chipotle has run dozens of successful and creative advertising campaigns, reinventing radio spots, billboards and the very idea of word-of-mouth marketing. Now the company has made a movie — a very short movie — in…
We’re fairly short on New York-style delis in the Mile High City, and if your inclination was to head downtown to Mendelson’s Deli every time you were craving a bite of the Big Apple, you’re going to have to find an alternative…
Labor Day weekend is approaching, and we’ll bet a few of you are planning to head for the hills to enjoy an extra day of sunshine. And if you’ve lived in Colorado for any amount of time, then you already know about Beau Jo’s. Between the original location in Idaho…
Season two of The Great Food Truck Race, which rolled into Denver in May, is currently airing on the Food Network, and on Sunday night, the Denver episode took center stage, spotlighting a slew of local food trucks, recognizable landmarks and markets and familiar faces, including the Steuben’s truck, Marczyk…
Just a few months after chef Jared Brant opened Satchel’s on 6th, he had a parting of ways with owner Andrew Casalini, who replaced Brant with Kurt Boucher, a veteran chef (and former Iron Chef America contestant) who had spent fifteen years behind the line at the Pine Creek Cookhouse,…
One taquito, two taquitos, three taquitos, four…. Guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive a 2011 EatDenver dining deck, worth…
Doesn’t look like Jason Sheehan taught Seattle much during his brief time in the Pacific Northwest. Because while the Seattle Times did score with a few suggestions on where football fans could eat in this new Pac-12 town — the Kitchen, Flagstaff House, West End Tavern — it also fumbled…
Wait, Laura, which one is it?” There were two tamale joints at the intersection of Mississippi and Sheridan. Making a hopeful guess, Rob pulled into the full parking lot of the one on the right, a trim building with a clean facade. A smiling family was wandering up to the…
During my many trips to Tamales Moreno, I couldn’t help but wonder about all the crowds packing into Tamale Kitchen right across the street. What was I missing? One day last week, I decided to find out. It was lunchtime, and the boxy building was, as usual, packed with people:…
For the past seventeen years, Westword has paid tribute to Denver’s celebrated dining scene with its annual Dish soiree, a culinary celebration of the city’s best bites, sips and sounds. This year’s Dish, slated for Friday, September 9, at Ninth Avenue Historic Park, promises to be bigger and better than…
“Wanting more time to work out the kinks,” Cebiche Authentic Peruvian Dining will be sticking to its abbreviated menu for a little longer than expected, says Colleen Hutt, manager and wife of owner Sergio Iraola. Initially, this Cebiche — which is not to be confused with the Cebiche on West…
I needed a reason to get out of the house the other day, so I decided to drive to Boulder to check out the farmers’ market. I knew that I might be wasting my time in leaving so late since the good stuff gets bought up fairly quickly. But it…
For decades, Gregg Pike has served breakfast, lunch and dinner to diners, drinkers and pool players at his joint on East Colfax in Aurora: Wolf’s Restaurant & Lounge. But now he’s calling it quits. Pike lost his lease on the building, and yesterday was Wolf’s last day. When the restaurant…
Nothing on the regular menu of the Kitchen [Next Door] climbs above $10. But if you want to eat and drink for really cheap at this new, pub-like Boulder spot, the best time to stop by is during the newly introduced Community Hour, when a special menu of snacks and…
The University of Colorado’s football team is in a new conference this year, meaning the Buffs will be hanging with (and losing to) the likes of USC, UCLA, Oregon, Cal, Arizona, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington. And while that means Boulder will get some high-profile visitors, it also means the…
When chef/owner Justin Cucci decided to follow the success of Root Down with a makeover of the old Olinger mortuary, the result was a breathtaking restaurant space, with decor in both the dining room and the second-floor bar that’s both gorgeous and amusing, full of subtle (and not-so-subtle) references to…
Cafe Society served up four Guess where? contests last week, ranging from a sad, gray tampiquena steak to a decorative cappucino to this rare sour ale. For correctly identifying it as coming from the Bull & Bush, Rev_Ed wins an EatDenver deck…
Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, the latest effort by Robert Thompson (Argyll, Brasserie Rouge), opens today in the former home of Baur’s. Lori Midson was there last week for a sneak peak of executive chef Sergio Romero’s menu, which Thompson calls “everyday French comfort food,” and her photos had…
When I walked into Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, all I could say was “wow.” It seemed like mankind’s greatest invention: Titular entertainment at a “breasteraunt” supplemented by table games. But somehow, Hooters fell flat. The casino is now in a Silicon valley-sized hole, in debt to the tune…
Eden is the latest revamp of the capacious space at 3090 Downing Street that previously held Swallows, Blackberries Bar and Tosh’s Hacienda, among others. Opened by the folks behind Tracks, who now own the building, Eden is designed as a lesbian bar. “We appreciate the spectrum, of course,” says general…
