For almost a year, we’ve been hearing that Brittany Hill would rise again, this time as the Brittany Hill Event Center. New tenants John and JoeAnn Falco said they planned to do extensive renovations to the historic place, putting in a sports bar and fine dining restaurant and revamping the…

This pissing match just keeps getting weirder. In light of lab tests alleging that Taco Bell’s “meat” is actually only 36 percent meat, Louisiana-based law firm Beasley Allen filed suit against the Mexican fast food chain for false advertising. Angry and insistent that the claims are totally false, Taco Bell…

The Denver market has given rise to several of this country’s fast-casual concepts, and one of those is Qdoba, which opened its first restaurant here in 1995 and has since expanded into a chain of over 500 restaurants in 43 states. Now the burrito-monger is pushing a bit of brand…

Taco Bell has been sued by Alabama-based law firm Beasley Allen, which claims the chain was using too little beef in its “beef.” And because this country loves meaty litigation, Taco Bell turned around and sued right back, claiming that not only was it proud of its meat sources, but…

Back in 1994, Udi Baron started a ready-to-eat sandwich business with his wife, Fern. Since then, and with the help of additional family members, that shop has spawned a bakery that supplies home pantries and restaurants, a catering company, a granola-maker, a national gluten-free line, a handful of cafes and…

In the five years since its completion in 2005, the Beauvallon has swallowed up a lot of restaurants. The space at 975 Lincoln Street that now houses Japoix was originally occupied by Moda Ristorante and Lounge, which developer Jim Sullivan turned into nine75 just a year later. Sullivan ultimately sold…

The great leap forward: Was it an early cook in France or China who first got the idea of using frog’s legs as food? For as long as Parisian chefs have been crisping up the amphibian’s extremities and dousing them in garlic and butter, cooks in Beijing have been stir-frying…

For more than a year, I didn’t set foot in the Beauvallon after the last manifestation of nine75 shuttered, but this past August, the building began showing signs of life again, with the opening of Se7en and Japoix. This week’s review is devoted to the latter, which took over the…

Yesterday, we reported that the Louisiana-based law firm of Beasley Allen had filed suit against Taco Bell, alleging that there wasn’t enough beef in the taco filling to justify calling it “beef.” In fact, the firm charged, the alleged “beef” contained only 36 percent meat and 64 percent extenders, made…

After I put out my call for Laotian food recommendations, a number of readers suggested that I head to Woody’s Wings n Things, a dark, sparsely-decorated strip-mall joint in Westminser that serves, yes, chicken wings — in addition to a long list of fare with roots in the Indochina peninsula…

Where’s the beef? Not in the Taco Bell tacos. At least not according to Beasley Allen, an Alabama-based law firm that has filed a class-action lawsuit against Taco Bell for misleading advertising. Its beef is the beef, or lack thereof: Allegedly, the taco filling has only 36 percent animal protein…

The Tasterie Truck, soon to rev up and sell sweets on Boulder’s streets, started as a dream. “One night, I dreamt I’d started a cupcake truck with a friend,” owner Shannon Aten says. “The next day, I called her up and said we should make it happen.” Aten was entrenched…

After returning from a trip to Southeast Asia, my first order of business was to ask if anyone knew of a place where you could get Laotian food in this city. In the meantime, I decided to satiate my craving with Thai food, since Laotian cuisine is basically Thai done…

As the immigration debate rumbles on in this country, more than one pundit has pointed out that closing our borders could have a devastating effect on our economy, since industries built around labor employ large numbers of workers from foreign nations. This is particularly true of the restaurant industry, where…

Just over a month ago, Hanna Raskin, restaurant critic at our partner paper, the Dallas Observer, raked the entire Dallas dining scene over the coals. In a lengthy diatribe, she explained why the industry in the city was “broken.” Hot on the heels of that, John Kessler, critic at the…

At its most basic level, the iChef is an oven for the culinarily challenged. The high-tech gadget comes equipped with a picture-enhanced autobake system: select a photo of a dish, and the oven does the rest at the proper temperature. That feature works with some commonly made foods and a…

Developers Diversity Realty has long had its eye on aging Tamarac Square, which it plans to raze and replace with brand-new condos and retail space. In order to execute that project, though, it had to contend with the handful of businesses that somehow had survived in Tamarac, and still had…

A couple of months ago, Bayleaf traded in its digs at 850 Pearl Street in Boulder for a move up the mall, relocating to a larger spot at 1222 Pearl. That left the market’s old storefront vacant, and opened up an opportunity for another purveyor to move in. Turns out,…

I may eat just about every meal at a restaurant, but I rarely return to the same spots unless I’m doing a review. This is partly because of job-related time constraints and partly my own gastronomic distraction: There are just too many restaurants to explore in Denver to warrant returning…

The Frasca Food & Wine expansion into two new concepts has been a trying experience for everyone involved, largely because of a specially built Italian oven that was slated to anchor the project. The first oven, shipped in pieces, was held up in Customs before it was eventually destroyed. The…