Yesterday, Lori Midson reported that the former home of Walk-In Burger, at 2401 Sheridan Boulevard, was going to become Nobu — a NOBU! — with the notion of serving sushi and oysters after a hearing next week. Which prompted this from davebarnes: “a date with the Edgewater liquor-license board at…
Visit Denver’s Rich Grant got a call last year from a reporter for a national magazine who was looking for the quintessential Colorado drink. But while this state is swimming in craft beer, the tourism booster came up dry on the hunt for a Colorado cocktail…
Zolo Southwestern Grill chef Brett Smith will be cooking outdoors over an open fire tonight, when he joins farmer Jason Condon at Isabelle Farm in Lafayette for a true table-to-farm event. The activities start with a tour at 4:30 p.m., followed by a five-course meal at 5 p.m. that includes…
When Elitch Gardens first moved from northwest Denver to a new, city-subsidized home in the Platte Valley, the amusement park promised fireworks every night. But the real fireworks were set off by cranky neighbors worried about the noise, and the nightly shows fizzled. Now, sixteen years later, they’re finally back…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests last week, featuring everything from a still-unidentified plate of figs to a super-bready breakfast sandwich at Salvaggio’s Italian Delicatessen to this much-maligned Brussel sprouts-with- bacon dish. For correctly identifying it as coming from Prima Ristorante, bpalms wins an EatDenver deck…
Man may not live by bread alone — but some sandwich shops seem out to disprove that. A super-bready breakfast sandwich in our Guess where? contest prompted guesses of Hi Rise, Heidi’s Deli (“bread for four sandwiches and meat for one!!”), Devil’s Food, Deli Zone, Gallop Cafe and Wooden Spoon,…
The only known photo of Billy the Kid was predicted to sell for $300,000 to $400,000 at the 22nd annual Old West Show & Auction in Denver tonight. But the circa 1879 tintype went for five times that in spirited, and speedy, bidding that ended at $2 million. That’s because…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany Street, on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. Dozens of bartenders submitted entries in the Colorado Cocktail Contest; the ten finalists will pour…
Ghost Plate & Tap, the latest venture by the Wynkoop/Breckenridge group, just opened this afternoon in the former home of the Rocky Mountain Diner, and is pouring 23 craft beers — or will, once they’re all in place. But in the meantime, the bar is open — and it sounds…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany Street. on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. Dozens of bartenders submitted entries in the Colorado Cocktail Contest; the ten finalists will pour…
Mark Monette has been interested in food since he ate pounds of pancakes at the Boulder Village Inn that his father managed in the ’60s. Although his culinary training took him far afield, he ultimately returned to Boulder to run the kitchen at the Flagstaff House, which his family had…
Aurora is so eager to have Gaylord Entertainment build its giant convention center/hotel/resort there that it’s pushing for a $300 million tax subsidy for the project — but only if Gaylord doesn’t use the word “Denver” in the name of the hotel. Other options?…
The Colorado Cocktail Project, with its mission to create the official Colorado Cocktail, will celebrate this state’s most liquid assets at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday and Monday, June 26-27. On Sunday, Colorado distillers will be at the MCA to pour their products, while learned lecturers talk about…
Brussel sprouts and bacon is a dish that may have worn out its welcome, as Lori Midson suggests in this Guess where I’m eating? post, but the Guess where? games she serves up every day still attract plenty of players — and wise-ass comments, like this one from dmc: But…
If only Ron Paul and Barney Frank had introduced their federal marijuana-legalization proposal one day earlier, the Great Legalization Debate might have turned into a truly great discussion. Instead, last night’s “debate” at Casselman’s more closely resembled an episode of Family Feud — which turned R-rated when Corey Donahue lit…
Café Society’s obsession with the quest for a Colorado cocktail dates back to the day when Rich Grant of Visit Denver got a call from a reporter for a national magazine who was looking for the quintessential Colorado drink to include in a story about landmark libations. But while some…
On this first full day of summer, we offer the musings of a newcomer to our city, dangusmaster, who just posted this on our “50 reasons we’re glad we live in Denver” — but be patient; there’s a culinary kicker at the end…
Gaylord Entertainment says its huge convention-and-hotel complex plan for Aurora is not contingent on the National Western Stock Show leaving its home for 105 years in north Denver and moving right next door to the new project. And what does the Stock Show say?…
Four months after it opened in an unlikely below-ground spot just off the 16th Street Mall, Diego’s Mexican Food and Cantina won the People’s Choice award for green chile at Denver’s Cinco de Mayo celebration. And with good reason, we discovered when we dropped in this past weekend: This stuff…
Gary Lee is still weeks away from his liquor-license hearing with the city, but he’s already retooled his plans to cool neighborhood opposition, as Laura Shunk reports in this update on Gary Lee’s Motor Club and Grub. The ongoing fight — coming right on the heels of all the barking…
While Denver City Council was approving a proposal to turn the city’s back yards into a barnyard, Aurora was attempting to rustle the National Western Stock Show. The city dangled a $300 million incentive to lasso the annual event for a new complex that would be built by Denver International…
You’re darn Teuton! Looks like Chinook Tavern will be the first of Denver’s relocating German restaurants to open its doors, with the debut of the new Chinook definitely on for today. But then, Chinook left its Cherry Creek home almost three years ago — and before it moved into its…
