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Consider it a celebration of Denver restaurants, a festival of small bites and a movable feast for Denverites downtown. Westword's Feast was all of that at the McNichols Building on Sunday, October 15. Cocktails, beers, wines and ciders flowed as the crowd devoured barbecue, Thai cuisine, sweet pastries and gallons of green chile, among many other dishes served, proving once again what a diverse and wonderful restaurant scene this city has. All photos by Danielle Lirette.
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We all know that craft beer is big in Colorado; in fact, the state's beer industry contributed $3.07 billion to our economy in 2016 alone. But cider, wine and spirits are also developing a presence on the Front Range, in the Rocky Mountains and on the Western Slope. Here's some fun...
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Opening a restaurant isn’t easy; keeping one open is even harder. Think about the places where you dine when you’re out on the town: How many will still be around in ten, twenty, perhaps fifty years? Even if customers keep coming in the door, there are so many other factors...
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With rising real estate prices, a labor shortage and plenty of competition for diners, new restaurants face tough challenges in Denver. And those challenges become even tougher for optimistic entrepreneurs who’ve never owned a restaurant. Still, this city’s restaurant scene continues to explode, with no end in sight. We caught...
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Denver’s dining scene is not only growing, it’s diversifying. Building on 2016 trends, market halls remain popular, veggie-forward menus still reign, and New American cooking is a prime genre (though maybe that’s not so much a trend as a catch-all for the personal cooking that defines America’s restaurants at large)...
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Another Westword DISH is in the books — and this, our 22nd, was a great one. The Colorado fall weather cooperated for our annual celebration of the city's restaurant scene, making for a cool, sunny day as dozens of Denver's top eateries put out their best for the crowd. The...
