When Sergio and Roxanne Negrin moved to Colorado last year, they brought the beaches of Florida along with them. Because Frijoles Colorado Cuban Cafe, the restaurant they opened last summer in a Lakewood strip mall, is infused with the sunny spirit of their former home…
It’s been nearly nine months since Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk put together the deal to take over the old Gumbo’s space, where they planned to open a Denver outpost of The Kitchen, the Boulder restaurant they put on the West End of Pearl Street in 2004. “We want to…
Gluttons we might be, but we’re not exactly turned on by the notion of picking candy — or, worse yet, melted fruit roll-up goo — out of our private parts, so we’ve never been partial to edible underwear. But now we’ve learned that some creative genius has invented a type…
A woman dressed in purple is sitting beneath the Havana skyline, her shoulders dipping and swaying to the Cuban music pouring through the speakers. “Que rico!” she shouts after taking a bite of a rib. “Like Florida!” she exults, holding out the coffee she’s just sampled, her body continuing to…
The first cake that comes to mind when we’re considering Mardi Gras is the pancake, and there’s no shortage of venues around town that will be serving up stacks of buttermilk flapjacks in celebration of that holiday — and National Pancake Day — tomorrow. But ask Kim and Jake Rosenbarger,…
Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly-up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn’t exactly mince words. “When you have people who aren’t businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant company, the writing’s on the wall,” he says…
Three months ago, when Alex Stokeld revealed that he planned to open a third location of GB Fish & Chips in the former Deluxe Burger space next door to Mod Livin’, at 5325 East Colfax Avenue, he told us he was aiming for a February 1 opening. And that’s exactly…
In this interview, Osteria Marco bar manager Amanda Olig weighs in on rye whiskey, how she got her first bartending job in Denver and what she drinks after a particularly difficult night…
The first home Paula Contreras chose for her Colombian-Mexican restaurant, La Cocina de Paula, was a night club — the eatery took up residence in LoDo’s Oasis Hookah Bar & Lounge, where it peddled lunch seven days a week before the late night crowd came in. But at the end…
A few months ago, partners Joe Vonfeldt, Chase Campbell and Wyn Ferrell revealed that they were building out a distillery in a warehouse space on upper Larimer where they’d make private label spirits for customers as well as their own line, including Elevate Vodka, Pegleg Rum and Denver Dry Gin…
Comida Cantina, the brick-and-mortar counterpart to the Comida truck owned by Rayme Rossello, opens this weekend in Longmont, offering an expanded menu of street food goods plus a bar full of cocktails and licuados…
Mardi Gras is just around the corner, and while the holiday is now mostly associated with drunken sorority girls showing their, um, assets for a strand of shiny beads in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the festival used to provide a reason to stuff yourself before forty days of…
There’s been a lot of restaurant action on South Pearl Street since the beginning of the year: the Pearl Street Grill, India’s Pearl and Ototo moved out, Seven Cups dried up and Izakaya Den announced a move, making way for the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group to take over that space. Now, there’s…
Siu mei, Hong Kong-style roasted meats, are the main attraction at Hong Kong Barbecue, the restaurant tucked into a Federal Boulevard strip mall that I review this week. Not only are there whole roasted ducks hanging in a case in a prominent spot in the dining room, but you can…
The Bitter Bar has been at the forefront of the Colorado cocktail scene since it first opened as Happy’s night-time alter ego three years ago. In fact, its list of classic and clever libations were so popular that owner Dave Query eventually decided to shut down his Boulder noodle house…
Mandy Stevens has been a freelancer in the marketing and advertising sphere for years, so she knows what it’s like trying to find a comfortable place to work. “Every space I went to, the space isn’t quite right,” she explains. And that included both coffeeshops and co-working spots, where people…
There’s not much to look at in the dining room of Hong Kong Barbecue, a modestly decorated spot in the middle of a South Federal Boulevard strip mall. So while you wait for your food, your eyes inevitably fix on the glowing case of glistening roasted ducks spotlighted in one…
As Kevin Morrison drew up plans for Pinche Taqueria, a brick-and-mortar version of his Pinche Tacos food truck, he gave a lot of thought to how to best use his newly acquired liquor license, creating a beverage board that would embody the cheeky nature of his brand…
Go back to the bathroom,” Rob whispered as he returned to his seat. “Trust me.” I’d just finished paying the check for our feast at Hong Kong Barbecue, and a trip to the restroom didn’t have much appeal. Given the restaurant’s spare decor — just a few wall hangings featuring…
Last summer, three freshly minted Duke grads opened Sabi Sushi in Denver, the first restaurant without a restaurant, with money won from a start-up contest at their university. “First there were traditional restaurants,” owner Shaan Puri told us at the time. “Then fast-casual, then food trucks, which are traditional restaurants…
The pink Comida taco truck has been a regular sight on the streets of Boulder for the last few years, and it’s about to get a stationary counterpart: Rayme Rossello’s Comida Cantina will open its doors in Longmont next Friday, serving up tacos, tortas and tostados — with licuados and…
Tomorrow is a really special day of the year, when you will no doubt attempt to show how much you care about your significant other by showering him or her with gifts, Hallmark cards, roses, confections and maybe even some red and pink confetti. And if everyone plays their cards…
