Craving a little bibim naeng myun, a Korean cold buckwheat noodle dish, we headed out to Sae Jong Kwan yesterday, which makes one of the best (and spiciest) versions in the city. But, sadly, we didn’t find any noodles…
At Tres Jolie, shopping while eating is a delightfully indulgent experience; you can sip a champagne cocktail while picking up throw pillows or snack on a cookie while custom-mixing lotion. But this is not the only place in town where you can spend the afternoon consuming both food and goods…
“I hate you.” My brother whispered that sweet sentiment with utter sincerity as we stood in line at Tres Jolie. To our right, a chalkboard listed the available sandwiches and salads, tea-service options and champagne cocktails, all written in curlicued script in pastel colors. At the bar beyond the pastry…
Santiago’s is a Denver institution, selling one of this city’s most iconic versions of green chile as well as rightly famous breakfast burritos. But one of the city’s nearly two dozen locations has just been locked up for good…
As GABF parties hit full stride downtown, a small crowd gathered at Falling Rock Tap House on Friday afternoon last week, and everyone was buzzing with excitement for the main event: the reemergence of a once-iconic beer that hasn’t been made since the early 1990s. That beer was the Courage…
Watermelon typically peaks from May through August, but this year, excellent specimens of the fruit are still available all over the city. We’re at the end of the season, though: Farmers’ markets are beginning to wind down, and watermelon is currently flooding roadside stands and grocery stores for the last…
When the beloved Book End Cafe shut its doors on the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder after a twenty-year run, owners Phil and Christine Shull didn’t give up the space. Instead, they teamed up with John Platt, the chef-owner of Q’s Restaurant in the Hotel Boulderado to create an entirely…
In this week’s review of Ale House at Amato’s, I reminisce about family trips to the original Breckenridge Brewery, where my parents would take my brother and me after forcing us to enjoy the great outdoors. Thanks to my dad’s love of brewpubs, though, we also made regular trips to…
At an extra $55 on top of the $60 you spend to get into the Great American Beer Festival, the additional cost for the ticket to the Farm-to-Table pavilion is a little hard to swallow. But each year we attend, we’re more convinced that it’s worth it: It’s a meal…
Thousands of beers will be pouring this weekend at the Great American Beer Festival, but the event is a little short on food. Inside the Colorado Convention Center, you’re limited to concessions and pretzel necklaces, and while food trucks are a welcome addition to this year’s festivities, they’ll only be…
If you didn’t spring for tickets to the farm-to-table pavilion, your food options at GABF are sparse: You’re either eating a pretzel necklace, or you’re choosing from a handful of mediocre options in the convention center. Or, if you’re smart, you’re showing up early and eating from food trucks…
Kim and Jake Rosenbarger, who own Kim and Jake’s Cakes in Boulder, believe that cake should be an everyday indulgence, rather than a special-occasion luxury. To encourage their patrons to eat more of the dessert, they’ve created an interesting line of unusual flavors, incorporating booze, spice and salt into sweet…
It didn’t take long for Breckenridge Brewery, one of Colorado’s first brewpubs, to spill over from Summit County. In 1992, Richard Squire and his team came down from the hills and picked up a massive spot just blocks from the future Coors Field, where they opened a second brewing facility…
The patios have been an attraction at Ale House at Amato’s since the place opened on the edge of Highland this spring. With breathtaking views of downtown, these decks — one complete with a firepit — are among my favorite places in the city to enjoy a pint. And like…
If you’re looking for something that diverges from the typical suburban chains, culinary options are somewhat sparse in Broomfield. But Azitra, which opened at Flatiron Crossing earlier this month, represents an alternative…
Our cup is really overflowing with beery events this week, as local brewpubs and restaurants tap interesting kegs, hold meet-and-greets with brewers, and pair beers with food — jumping on the sudsy coattails of Denver Beer Fest and the Great American Beer Festival. But craft beer is popular in this…
Most places that want in on this week’s beer-y festivities have lined up unusual kegs and interesting events with brewers at their restaurants. Three years ago, Sweet Action Ice Cream, which has no draft lines in its shop, came up with another cool way to get in on the fun:…
If I were shopping venues for a wedding (or really, just about any party in Denver), I’d likely overlook chain hotels — not only do most of those settings induce flashbacks of awful corporate events, but I’ve also had some pretty terrible food from the catering arms of those joints,…
Much to the chagrin of my parents, who moved to Colorado to enjoy the great outdoors, I’ve never been big on athletic activities. But childhood is not a democracy, and they dragged me along on their mountain climbs, bike rides and ski trips no matter how loudly I cried, hoping…
“Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story about Spring44 vodka and gin, outlined the rise of vodka, which went from a rarely-consumed liquor to the country’s most popular spirit between the end of Prohibition and the mid-1970s. That was mostly thanks to marketing, including, in addition to brilliant ad campaigns, product…
When Trios Enoteca, the nearly 15-year-old wine bar, shut its doors a month ago, it left a prime piece of LoDo real estate up for grabs. So predictably, it didn’t take long for someone to snatch up the space and move in…
“Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story on Spring44, details the rise of vodka — a rise due, in part, to the spirit’s lack of flavor: Because it tastes like nothing, it’s easy to mix with everything. How, then, do you evaluate vodka for taste? And furthermore, don’t all vodkas taste…
