American Craft Beer Week is over, but that doesn’t mean all the food-and-drink fun has left the building: Between the annual Blues, Brews and BBQ festival at Beaver Creek Resort and dozens of events closer to home, there’s plenty to fill your calendar. Here’s a taste of what’s ahead:…
A good friend of mine frequents a certain awful fast-food chain as often as twice a week, and when I asked him why, he answered that it’s cheap and convenient, and that since he’s a student, “cheap” and “convenient” are requisites for a meal. I understood his motives, but I’ve…
Before leaving for Mexico City — the land of tacos al pastor — I decided to Thai one on in Denver, noshing my way through a panang curry with pork that I’d asked the kitchen to prepare “Thai hot.” I clearly didn’t look the part, however, because what was dropped…
“It’s not every day you get to roll out a new brand — a new beer,” says Pete Coors. And it’s not every day you get to drink a beer with the man whose great-grandfather gave Coors its name. But patrons of Stoney’s Bar and Grill got to try Batch…
How many people have taken a life-altering inner journey of self-exploration and undergone a paradigm shift of both attitude and career transformation — all while dressed in a giant bird suit and passing out free onion-ring coupons at a movie theater? It was a Friday night at a Red Robin,…
Cafe Society served up three Guess Where contests last week, featuring everything from the dosa at Jai Ho to a Philly cheesesteak sandwich at Vita to this golden plate of potsticking goodness. For correctly identifying them as coming from Lao Wang Noodle House, CabelMarco wins an EatDenver deck…
The fur’s really flying in the Old South Gaylord neighborhood, with Brown Dog Pizza’s liquor-license hearing set for June 1, and neighbors fighting neighbors over whether the block already has enough liquor licenses. Here’s the take from Davenyc222, responding to a resident who enjoys the urban amenities: Errrr…Gaylord IS a…
American Craft Beer Week is over, but the beery events keep flowing. The Avery Tap Room in Boulder will team up tonight with the folks from Oak at Fourteenth (which is currently closed to repair the damage done by a fire) for a dinner that will benefit a fire-related charity…
Even if you haven’t come up for air this week, we assume you’ve still heard the farcical prediction by crazy Christian radio host Harold Camping — namely that tomorrow is doomsday (some call it heaven) for at least 200 million of us. God forbid, it could be you! Or worse,…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
My neighbor came over the other night to talk about what we’ve been reading lately. Over the past few months, we’ve started our own book club of sorts — and I knew that the discussion would go better over food. I was in the mood for something simple and, for…
It was just a short seven months ago that Wyland’s Ocean Blue first opened its doors, bringing Northfield a seafood spot adorned with marine-life art by Wyland himself. But now the place has dried up for good. Wyland recently gave a statement to Texas-based Pegasus News, where two more outposts…
This under-construction facade fronts the newest member of the growing family of restaurants that began when The Kitchen opened on the West End of Pearl Street in Boulder. And though the crew is still hard at work installing beetle-kill floors and a bar made from reclaimed Douglas fir, the opening…
El Gordo Loco was the first victim of our Best of Denver curse, shuttering just a few days after we bestowed it with the Best Breakfast Under $2 award. But the building won’t stay empty for long: the house is getting a remodel and will reopen as Nanna’s Teas…
In the Best of Denver 2011, we named Common Grounds the Best Coffeehouse for Finding a Date, thanks to the constant crowd of young professionals who mingle there over cappuccinos. And because we’re big proponents of ditching online dating and blind set-ups every now and then in favor of meeting…
Happy Place: Pete’s Satire Lounge, 1920 East Colfax Avenue, 303-322-2227. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 6 p.m. The Deals: $1.25 draft beer, $2.75 well drinks, $1.50 tacos, $4 nachos and burritos. Were we happy? Flip the page to find out…
American Craft Beer Week is in full force, and it seems all of Denver is flowing with beer — which makes sense, seeing that we’re right in the middle of the Napa Valley of it. With all the specialty tappings going on around town, it’s difficult to to taste everything,…
What’s better than a little rapture as the world comes to an end? How about Salvation — or rather, half-off Salvation. On Saturday, May 21, the day that doomsday prognosticators say will be the beginning of the end for mankind, Uptown Brothers Brewing, 320 East Colfax Avenue, will offer pints…
Margs Taco Bistro, which opened last Friday at 1519 Wynkoop Street, is small and sleek, with a kitchen that specializes in “world tacos” — offering Caprese, Asian and Moroccan variations on the Mexican staple. “We think there was a real need for something like this on this end of the…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Perk Hill, a coffee shop at 22nd and Kearney, closed abruptly this week. And while residents of the area disagree about how well Perk Hill served the neighborhood, with its coolers and “hillbilly furniture,” they agree on at least one thing: better an independent neighborhood spot than another Starbucks. Here’s…
Udi’s Pizza Cafe Bar is hosting the Denver Justice and Peace Center Wine-Tasting and Benefit Dinner, which starts at 4 p.m. today. Tickets are $20 to $30, and include Chilean and Argentinian reds and whites, a choice of appetizer and entree, and a lecture by Ashley Williamson. For more information…
