Reader: Eco-Burger needs to find a spot outside of Cherry Creek

Wednesday was a tough day for independent Denver restaurants. Virgilio Urbano closed his original Virgilio’s near Belmar ; he’s concentrating on the second place he opened earlier this year in Littleton, Virgilio’s Pizzeria and Wine Bar. And David Pellegrin and his wife, Rebekah Donovan Pellegrin, closed Eco-Burger, the joint they…

Eco-Burger closes its doors in Cherry Creek

It was bun while it lasted: Eco-Burger has closed in Cherry Creek. David Pellegrin and his wife, Rebekah Donovan Pellegrin, who also owned the now-defunct Q Worldly Barbecue, opened the burger spot exactly a year ago in the former home of Soleil Mediterranean Grill, which they’d closed three months earlier…

Reader: Was Brian Laird too good for Russo’s?

The news that Brian Laird, who lasted a decade at Barolo, is out after just a few months at at Russo’s Kitchen + Tavern , the restaurant that Peter Kudla put in his Vallagio project, has generated lots of response, including this from Tico: Know the feeling, I once ran…

Reader: A new restaurant in an old mortuary leaves me cold

Linger, the latest restaurant to join the increasingly crowded lineup in Lohi, opened yesterday, in one of the buildings that once housed Olinger mortuary. Just down the street, another former mortuary facility now houses Vita and Lola. The location prompted this memory from NW Denver: How can people eat in…

Que Bueno is back at DIA — and more bueno than ever

Six months after Que Bueno closed for renovations, every frequent flier’s favorite spot at Denver International Airport has finally reopened on Concourse B. The spot has expanded from 1,118 square feet to 1,490 square feet — and, more important, the liquor offerings have also expanded, with a full bar now…

Northwoods Inn advertises its “deceptive new concept”

This ad for a Bar Hostess popped up on Craigslist last week: Are you 21+, love a great environment and want to make $12.50/hr? If you are the type of girl that demands attention and turns heads, you might be perfect for Denver’s newest nightlife club; Northwoods Inn! The hot,…

Reader: Plant Squeaky Bean in this neighborhood!

Two restaurants are looking for new homes this month. On Friday afternoon, Lori Midson broke the news that Robert Thompson will be opening Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar in the current home of Baur’s Ristorante; owner Jimmy Lambatos will close Baur’s at the end of the month, and is…

Smiling Moose Deli opens tomorrow in Boulder

The Smiling Moose moved its corporate offices to Boulder last year; tomorrow that town finally gets its own Smiling Moose Deli, in the Twenty Ninth Street development. (Update: The opening was originally slated for Thursday, then today, and was just pushed back to tomorrow.) “Smiling Moose Deli is a perfect…

Reader: There is no great barbecue here!

The days are getting hotter, which means it’s prime time for barbecue, whether in your backyard or one of “Denver’s five best BBQ joints,” as listed yesterday by Laura Shunk. Mr Sauce would add Moe’s, a homegrown chain that got its start in Vail. JimRome is nominating Serious Texas BBQ,…

McCormick’s Fish House & Bar still pouring…drink up!

When McCormick’s Fish House & Bar opened in the corner of the Oxford hotel in 1987, it was an oasis in a lower downtown desert that desperately needed a new watering hole. Twenty-four years later, LoDo is overflowing with bars — and McCormick’s has achieved the status of an institution…