We became a big fan of Junie Garcia’s food when she manned the stove at the Bamboo Hut. Since 2002, she’s been running the kitchen at Phil’s Place, her son’s saloon at 3463 Larimer Street, where she cooks up big pots of green chile, stuffs incredible burritos (including, on the…
Green chile could well be this state’s major contribution to the culinary canon. Unlike the stew of green chiles, and sometimes just green chiles, served in New Mexico, Denver’s various green chiles can feature pork, tomatoes, even beans. We thought we’d tried them all (and loved most of them) until…
Bernie’s Hot Dog Co., Joe Zemla’s year-old joint at 1601 Mayberry (in the Highlands Ranch Town Center) in Highlands Ranch, introduced a new menu last month. Now it has another treat on tap: beer! Bernie’s just got its liquor license, and will begin selling beer today. To mark the august…
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Without THC. The quickly reorganized Colorado Cannabis Convention kicks off at 4 p.m. today at the Colorado Convention Center. Title sponsor Kush Colorado and its sibling, dailybuds.com, stepped in to take the lead after a dispute with the original sponsor wound up in…
Yes, for the first time in years, our Best Burger in Denver is actually served in Denver — rather than at Bud’s Bar down in Sedalia. It’s at Colt & Gray, the restaurant that opened last August at 1553 Platte Street, and was also a contender for Best New Restaurant…
Time for our monthly round up of restaurant openings and closing: RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN MARCH* Black Pepper Pho, 2770 Pearl Street, Boulder Cabin on Broadway, 2479 South Broadway Campagna Salumi Bar and Pizzeria, 1120 East Sixth Avenue Delizios, 2299 West Main Street, Littleton Freshii Fast Casual, 6380 South Fiddlers Green…
Best tip you won’t find in the Best of Denver 2010, now hitting newstands: The Best Parking Meters are in the 2100 block of Larimer Street. Not only do those old-time meters charge just 25 cents for an hour, but you can still feed them this pittance with a cashkey…
Frankly, we could never understand how the Tea Box, at 2353 East Third Avenue, stayed in business — even with that “dim sum” sign in the window. Now we no longer need to ponder that question: The storefront operation has closed. Signs on the spot indicate it may reopen –…
Last year may have broken all records for restaurant openings in metro Denver — despite the lousy economy. The roster literally ran from A to Z, with more than a dozen new spots all strong contenders for the Best New Restaurant award of the Best of Denver 2010. But by…
Some of our favorite Westword stories — including ones connected to our annual Best of Denver issue — are not the ones we’ve published. I spilled a few of the juicier ones when I sat down with the Denver Post’s Bill Husted for his Bar & Grilled interview earlier this…
After almost six years, Tryst will close after a last round of parties this weekend. Owner Paul Piciocchi plans to move the concept to Playa del Carmen — yes, in Mexico — and then reopen a “new, improved watering hole” in Tryst’s space at 1512 Larimer Street, in Writers Square…
If you’re Fergie, and your 34th birthday lands on the 22nd show of the Black Eyed Peas E.N.D. world tour, which happens to be in Denver, how do you celebrate? With a Bacardi V.I.Pea, which was served at the VIP after-party at Beta…
Want to be the first to read about Denver’s Best New Restaurant? Sign up for Cafe Bites, our weekly dining newsletter, right here. Every Tuesday night, Cafe Bites serves up a heaping helping of restaurant scoops. And tonight, it will reveal which restaurant will be named the Best New Restaurant…
The first-ever Colorado Cannabis Convention almost ended before it began. That’s because the original promoter, Raymond Springsteel and Boulder Talent Agency, which had booked the Colorado Convention Center for a pot convention this coming weekend, apparently disappeared after collecting — and cashing — a major haul of checks from vendors…
Mark Stoddard, a mixologist at Happy and its late-night alter-ego, Bitter Bar, was in New Zealand last week, competing in the 42Below Cocktail World Cup with fellow TeamUSA members Todd Thrasher of Washington, DC, and Sean Hoard of New York City. This contest is not for the timid. Over five…
Cafe Society served up seven Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from a Johnson’s Corner cinnamon roll (sighted at a local 7-Eleven) to a shot of vodka served with a side of pickles to a stunning amuse bouche at TAG. For correctly identifying that dish, Rae is…
One of the best moves of the year — both literally and figuratively — was the city’s last-second save of the Denver Civic Theatre for Su Teatro, which just opened its first production in the heart of Denver’s historic Santa Fe Drive area. Su Teatro was already in the process…
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has surrendered to the inevitable. Yesterday morning I wrote about a friend,Elaine Betts, who’d received her medical marijuana card more than five months after she applied for it — and over two months after she died. Soon after, the department announced that…
When I agreed to be grilled by Bill Husted for Bar and Grilled, his interview feature that appears in today’s Denver Post, I had an important question to answer (and no, it wasn’t why I would agree to be grilled in the first place): What bar to choose for the…
A second location of Tacos Rapidos, which serves Mexican fast food 24/7, opened last fall at 2345 West Alameda Avenue, thrilling hungry night owls. But apparently not everyone appreciates the new outpost…
Elaine Betts took care of her family and friends, took care of her neighborhood. I know, because she used to live on my block, before she bought a little house a few blocks away and started taking care of that neighborhood. When she was diagnosed with cancer last year, she…
Owning an old house is a real labor of love — and so is putting on an old house fair, says Elizabeth Jeanne Wheeler of Denver’s Old House Society. With an emphasis on labor in both cases. But all of the nonprofit’s hard work will pay off at its fourth…
