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All the October Restaurant Openings and Closings

All the October Restaurant Openings and Closings

Memories & Meatballs: Ten Nostalgic Food Stories

Memories & Meatballs: Ten Nostalgic Food Stories

Westword Watch List: Where to Get Summer Eats and Drinks This Week

By Westword Staff
Jun 16, 2017

We've got five ways to help you keep cool this week, including a nice cold Zima — yez, it'z back! You'll also be able to indulge in summer ice cream flavors, grab a Vietnamese banh mi with a chilly beverage, indulge in cool coastal Mexican bites and hang out on...
The Westword Watch List: Where and What to Eat This Week

By Westword Staff
Jun 9, 2017

Big dinner plates are risky business these days; modern diners are looking for other options that won't put a hole in their pocketbooks. Lunch is a great way to experience a chef's expertise on the cheap, so we've got a new one for you on this week's Watch List. There's...
Restaurant Roll Call: All the Openings and Closings for May 2017

By Westword Staff
Jun 2, 2017

This was a slow week for restaurant openings, but overall the pace for May picked up speed compared to the rest of 2017 so far. Not as fast as the sale of doughnuts in Aurora, though. Doughnut lovers took advantage of National Doughnut day today and completely bought out the...
Restaurant Roll Call: All the Openings and Closings in April 2017

By Mark Antonation
May 1, 2017

April in Colorado was a time of uneven transition and rapid change — whether we're talking about seasonal changes or the Denver restaurant scene. While the number of new bars and eateries slowed from this time a year ago, other happenings made for plenty of ups and downs, for restaurant...
The Westword Watch List: Where to Eat Great Grub This Week

By Mark Antonation
Apr 21, 2017

Maybe we've got the munchies from all the pot smoke lingering in the air after yesterday's 4/20 activities, but our watch list this week is filled with craveable burgers, sandwiches, fried chicken and pizza. But there's also a new French bistro and some equally French-inspired pastries. Here are seven spots...
Second Helping: All the Restaurant Openings and Closings from April 3-7

By Westword Staff
Apr 7, 2017

This was a slow week for restaurant and bar activity, with only one Denver opening. Morning Collective made its debut on Monday, April 4, bringing sweet and savory breakfast and lunch menus to the Rosedale neighborhood on South Broadway. The kitchen is helmed by chef/co-owner Joseph Strelnik, formerly of Snooze...
Restaurant Roll Call: All the Openings and Closings for March 2017

By Westword Staff
Mar 31, 2017

Denver rebounded from a slow February (with only about a dozen openings) to cap off March with more than twenty new restaurants. Some of the biggest were new hotel restaurants; Quality Italian landed at the Halcyon in Cherry Creek, while Kachina and Poka Lola Social Club moved in at the...
Korean Classics: A Second Helping of Food & Drink, March 20-24

By Westword Staff
Mar 24, 2017

This week we explored the city's Korean restaurants, uncovering a new favorite, Shin Myung Gwan, in an old location (the former Sae Jong Kwan). From there we rounded up a list of the ten best Korean restaurants in metro Denver, the bulk of those in Aurora. Perhaps Bravo's Top Chef...
From Colombia to Ireland: A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, March 13-17

By Westword Staff
Mar 17, 2017

Slainte, as they say in every Irish pub from Aurora to Westminster, at least on Saint Patrick's Day. And your response is to tip back a few pints of Guinness or a cocktail made with Irish whiskey; if you're still trawling for ideas, check out our list of shamrock-bedecked options...
Taters and Beer: A Second Helping of Food & Drink, March 6-10

By Westword Staff
Mar 10, 2017

March came in like a lamb, at least as far as restaurant openings are concerned. But there was plenty of other action on the Denver food and drink scene, as we toured the town for tater tots, bringing you the ten best for a tempting spread. While the Whiskey Biscuit...
The Melting Pot Bubbles: Second Helping, February 27-March 3

By Westword Staff
Mar 3, 2017

This week we rounded up restaurants serving food from five of the seven countries listed in Donald Trump's travel ban — but we couldn't find a single Libyan or Yemeni restaurant. Just a couple of days later, though, a banner went up at 2353 South Havana Street in Aurora announcing...
Fish 'n Tequila : A Second Helping of Food & Drink, February 20-24

By Westword Staff
Feb 24, 2017

Fish N Beer, at 3510 Larimer Street, is so small that even as packed as the place gets every night, many Denverites have yet to sample the fire-kissed fish and other seafood specials at the four-month-old eatery. If you haven't make up your mind to go yet, read Gretchen Kurtz's...
From Cooie's to Chuy's: A Second Helping of Food & Drink, February 13-17

By Westword Staff
Feb 17, 2017

Sweet Cooie's Ice Cream & Confectionary, the latest from Little Man owner Paul Tamburello, opened in the Congress Park neighborhood just in time to serve up treats on Valentine's Day. Take a look inside the jewel-box of a shop for some sweet temptation. On the same day, we gave homesick...
Cattle Call: A Second Helping of Food & Drink, February 6-10

By Westword Staff
Feb 10, 2017

Hey, look at that — no restaurant openings this week! Not that there weren't plenty of other culinary happenings over the past few days. A Chinese/Mongolian hot pot restaurant called Chubby Cattle announced it would be bringing its refrigerated conveyor belt service to the former home of the Walnut Room...
A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, January 30-February 3

By Westword Staff
Feb 3, 2017

As January transitioned to February and ice coated the city in a slippery layer, this week's food news included a company called Infinite Harvest that doesn't worry too much about the weather outside for growing vegetables hydroponically indoors. In fact, the company hopes to some day set up farming operations...
Restaurant Roll Call: All the Openings and Closings for January 2017

By Westword Staff
Feb 2, 2017

More than twenty restaurants opened this January in metro Denver, which is a big number for a typically slow time of year. But nothing has been typical for the restaurant industry over the past two or three years, so big numbers are hardly even news. What's notable about this month's...
A Union Station Story: A Second Helping of Food & Drink, January 23-27

By Westword Staff
Jan 27, 2017

The blocks behind Union Station are fast becoming a restaurant destination, even if not many Denverites know about the new maze of offices, hotels and apartments that have sprung up in the past year or two. The area is already home to Honor Society, Public School 303, Ink Coffee, the...
Beef & Chicken: A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, January 16-20

By Westword Staff
Jan 20, 2017

Burgers, steaks and fried chicken were on the menu this week as Chuburger and STK made their Denver debuts and a pair of poultry purveyors — Yellowbelly and the Post Chicken & Beer — opened on opposite sides of town. It was a busy week as a total of seven...
Handheld Grub: A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, January 9-13

By Westword Staff
Jan 13, 2017

Burgers and tacos and empanadas, oh my. There were plenty of noshables in this week's restaurant news, as New York City's fast-food phenomenon, Shake Shack, announced plans to come to RiNo later this year — just as locavore burger bar American Grind was getting ready to sizzle as the newest...
Hello 2017!: A Second Helping of Westword Food & Drink, January 2-6

By Westword Staff
Jan 6, 2017

A new year begins, and with it, the count of restaurant openings and closings resets. We're already off to a good start, especially where familiar breakfast joints are concerned. The team behind the two DJ's Cafe locations (in Berkeley and on Lincoln Street) opened a third on East Colfax Avenue,...

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