The kitchen at P.F. Chang’s is a machine, pumping out plates by the thousands every day, each one perfectly in line with the corporate recipes that have made this one of the most successful chains in the country. Fortunately, some of those plates — like the fat shrimp dumplings and Cantonese roasted duck — would […]
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Showing 2003 - 2024 of 3056After nearly a decade, chef/owner Mary Nguyen decided to transform her popular Vietnamese restaurant Parallel 17 into P17, a European bistro that reflects how popular the Uptown neighborhood has become – and how much it could use a neighborhood hangout. Nguyen’s visits to Europe, specifically to the modest bistros that are so ubiquitous there, inspired […]
In this world of hurry up and wait, personal digital devices have become our steady companions – but not at Pablo’s Coffee on Sixth Avenue. While phones are as ubiquitous here as anywhere, this Denver coffee shop’s absence of wi-fi means more talking, more laughing and more staring into the eyes of your Tinder date […]
In this world of hurry up and wait, personal digital devices have become our steady companions – but not at Pablo’s Coffee on Cap Hill. While phones are as ubiquitous here as anywhere, this Denver coffee shop’s absence of wi-fi means more talking, more laughing and more staring into the eyes of your Tinder date […]
In this world of hurry up and wait, personal digital devices have become our steady companions – but not at Pablo’s Coffee on Colfax Avenue. While phones are as ubiquitous here as anywhere, this Denver coffee shop’s absence of wi-fi means more talking, more laughing and more staring into the eyes of your Tinder date […]
Named after a Boston-area blacksmith from the late 1800s, Paddy the Yank (formerly Patrick Carroll’s) was started by one of his descendants in 2005. This Berkeley neighborhood watering hole is an updated take on the traditional Irish pub, one of the few in the area. While the cozy, inviting spot brings in a decent lunch […]
A quintessential red-sauce joint that’s been serving northwest Denver for more than fifty years. The bottomless pot of minestrone comes with the meal, the bread is the kind of thick, spongy Italian that’s ideal for sopping up the gravylike red sauce, the pastas are made in-house, and the zabaglione-custard-topped tiramisu is a wonder.
Owner: Miles (who’d prefer his last name not be used!) Owner’s statement: “To provide our patients with a better quality of life.” Opened: November 2008; in current location since March. Patient services: On-site doctor evaluations, home delivery, patient referrals. (Pain Management of Colorado also operates clinics or provides service in Aspen, Boulder, Breckenridge, Colorado Springs, […]
What Denver power brokers, money-drenched tourists and suited tots forced by their parents to adopt the Emily Post regimen would do without this bastion of elegance in the Brown Palace is anyone’s guess. The Palace Arms dances to Old World sensibilities and is one of the last high-end standbys in the city, where pinstripes and […]
The Palace is like a veiled citadel hidden in plain sight, a secret fortress protecting a big secret. And that secret is great food, including dim sum on the weekends and prix fixe lunch and dinner specials every day — along with a large regular menu that’s heavy on all the standards done much better […]
Eat it again, Sam. And again, and again. The exotic Moroccan fare at Casablanca is so stellar that you’ll keep coming back for more. The best way to sample it is by ordering a four-course, fixed-price dinner. But fair warning: The kitchen and staff are often overloaded.
When Palettes opened, in 1997, heads turned. Not as much as they did years later to take in the Hamilton wing of the Denver Art Museum, with its shiny triangular facade and vertiginous stairs, but they turned all the same. Until then, dining was an afterthought to art, and hungry museum-goers in Denver were faced […]
Maybe naming your doughnut business after a worldwide airborne disease is a little irreverent, but Pandemic Donuts was born of the difficult times created by COVID-19 and the ensuing restaurant restrictions. Gabrielle Henning and Michael Milton were laid off from their restaurant-industry jobs when the pandemic hit in March 2020, so they turned to doughnuts […]