Food & Drink

JR Johnson brought Mr. Greenjeans, a vegetable market in Edgewater, to life after a couple of beers in the Providence Tavern. “I noticed people want to stay around the neighborhood,” he says. “And I looked across the street and thought it would be a great place for a vegetable stand.”…

Opinions are revving up in advance of today’s food-truck meeting at the Downtown Denver Partnership, where stakeholders — among them mobile food vendors, restaurant owners, downtown businesses, city agencies and neighborhood groups — will have a preliminary discussion of the role of food trucks in Denver, and whether regulations that…

No. 68: Risotto frutti di mare from Firenze a Tavola Upstairs, in the convivial, bright-lit dining room of Parisi, the tables are littered with irresistible airy pizzas and housemade pastas, frilly salads and hearty sandwiches, and there’s not an empty seat in the house. Downstairs, in Firenze a Tavola, 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…

Organixx, the modified fast-casual restaurant at 1520 Blake Street, does 75 percent of its business during lunch hours. Which is somewhat surprising, considering the tasty breakfast and dinner offerings, with several vegetarian options and a handful of vegan delicacies. In other words, if you’re looking for a vegetarian or vegan…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. “It’s winter, so…

Trotted the kid out last night for Chinese food, which, for him, is sesame chicken — “the best in Denver” according to the menu, a declaration that may be the largest overstatement so far this year. And since I can’t stand the stuff, I ordered from the dim sum menu,…

After reading comments about hats, even ballcaps, being prohibited at the Tavern Downtown — which seemed ironic for a joint that had just been named Sports Bar of the Year by the national Nightclub & Bar — I contacted Frank Schultz, the founder of the Tavern Hospitality Group that owns…

This week’s spring-like weather has us excited for the days of summer when we can linger on a patio and catch the beams of the sun with a drink in hand. Like a margarita. At the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant. In anticipation of summer, the downtown outpost of that local…

As far as Brian Phetteplace can determine, the last time the city revised the rules for mobile food vendors — at least the rules as they applied to downtown — was back in 1996, long before anyone anticipated the current race of food trucks. And now, as the manager of…

Jim Cohen The Empire Lounge & Restaurant 816 Main Street, Louisville 303-665-2521 www.theempirerestaurant.com Pizzeria da Lupo 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 303-396-6366 www.pizzeriadalupo.com This is part one of my interview with Jim Cohen, chef/owner of The Empire Restaurant and Lounge and Pizzeria da Lupo. Part two of that interview will run…

The area around 26th Avenue and Federal Bouldevard is already the town’s best neighborhood for breakfast burritos: Jack-n-Grill is serving its $2 special; across the street, you can get a legendary to-go burrito through the Santiago’s drive-through, and around the corner, Araujo’s Restaurant is selling a decent 99 cent breakfast…

It’s patio weather this week, a rare winter opportunity to play hooky and the enjoy the sunshine while you’re eating at one of Snooze’s three metro locations (particularly the original Snooze, if you don’t mind watching the action at the Bumuda Triangle). Unless you’re S_lh, of course, who posted this…

Over four decades ago, Stella Cordova took over the Chubby Burger Drive-In from its owner, and she soon turned Chubby’s into a Colorado icon, renowned for serving the gravy-like green chile she’d learned to make while growing up in Pueblo. Stella passed away in 2009 at the age of 100,…

Ah, bacon. Savory, delicious bacon. Not only is it one of our favorite foodstuffs in the free world, but you can do just about anything with it, not the least of which is designing a makeshift bra. But above all else, it’s the one thing that steadfastly makes us too…

When news broke late last year that Chipotle’s Steve Ells was drawing up plans for an Asian fast-casual concept, the company refused to divulge much. “We want to leave a little mystery,” Chris Arnold, director of public relations for the company, explained. But word’s starting to leak out about what…

A jury in an Iowa court may soon be debating noun vs. verb use, hyphenation and twelve-inch sandwiches. Casey’s General Stores Inc., which is based in Ankeny, Iowa, filed a lawsuit against Subway in U.S. District Court in Des Moines on Friday, in hopes of proving that the sandwich chain…

WaterCourse Foods chef Rachel Kesley was in fine form last night with the restaurant’s multi-course Valentine’s Day spread, a steal at $45 per person ($55 with alcohol pairings). We took some photos for you to peruse; keep reading to see what (besides this first course — deconstructed pho, cream of…