Mile High Pizza Pie, 1645 Stout Street, is the latest local restaurant to tap into a glutton’s love for gigantic amounts of food and free T-shirts. If you can complete the Great Calzone Challenge and down a 7.5 pound calzone dubbed “The Big One,” and drink a large fountain drink…
I’d come in to try the gumbo, which I’d been told — wrongly, as it turned out — was the be-all and end-all of gumbos, so I pushed it aside, and instead got my hands and mouth messy with Cajun shrimp — heads intact. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
A week after Fleur Bistro opened its doors, owner Bart Jones is starting to get back to normal. “Last week, I could barely talk,” he recalls. “I think I slept an hour the night before the opening.” Jones and head chef Nate Boothe are serving casual American cuisine at Fleur,…
At 11 a.m. today, members of the Metro North Chamber of Commerce will cut the ribbon on Anythink Cafe, 5877 East 120th Avenue in Brighton, on the Anythink Wright Farms campus — the flagship part of the Rangeview Library District’s innovative Anythink libraries program. Thornton’s Bagel Bakery and Cupcake Shoppe…
Oskar Blues will change the name of one of its four year-round beers after the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group threatened to sue the Colorado company for trademark infringement, says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis. Gordon, the Oskar Blues beer, is named for Gordon Knight, a fire-fighting helicopter pilot…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Robert Bogart, executive chef of Elway’s Downtown. In part one of that interview, which ran yesterday, Bogart raps on strange guest requests, one roof and how he wishes that cooks would get the respect they deserve. Rules of conduct in your…
Would you eat at a joint called Sports Orgy? What if all the waitresses looked like Anna Kournikova? Well, judging by the Craigslist ad below, you may soon have the chance. The ad, which was posted last month, explains that a Denver restaurant called Sports Orgy is looking for waitstaff…
Is gin really “the original flavored vodka”? That’s what Sean Kenyon suggested in his recent Ask the Bartender devoted to gin, and more than one reader took exception to the description. But it didn’t bother Harvey, who loves gin no matter how it’s categorized: I love gin. But my brother…
This week Black Cat Restaurant, 1964 13th Street in Boulder, has been offering a James Beard Tasting Menu that lets you sample the dishes (featuring heritage breed livestock and ethno botanical and cultivar crops) that chef/owner Eric Skokan will be cooking at the James Beard House on January 19. But…
No. 83: Cazuela Colombiana from Cafe Brazil Every single time I go to Cafe Brazil, I feel compelled to study the menu — a menu that I’ve all but memorized — even though I nearly always order the same dish, a plate that’s been on the board for two decades,…
It’s a bitter drink to swallow, but Colorado’s not exactly famous for making outstanding wines. Instead, an invitation to sample Colorado wines is typically met with anything from incredulity to utter scorn. That’s not to say that all Colorado-bred wines suck. It’s just that there aren’t more than a handful…
The last time we went seeking a decent veggie burger in this cowtown, we checked out Park Burger, whose house-made veggie burger is definitely a winner, particularly if you’re looking for a traditional mustard-and-pickle setup. But if you work or live closer to downtown than to Englewood, or you’d like…
It’s only a matter of time till Melo gets his All-Star game out of this cowtown and takes his talents to Sopranoland on the East Coast. The Denver Nuggets are close to trading their best player for the last seven years for a pack of bubble gum, a couple of…
Locavores, foodies and organic-amatrons: Rejoice! Your mecca, The Kitchen, will reopen tonight after a remodel, which has been going on since January 1. “We aren’t doing anything special with the menu tonight, and we’re opening at our normal time of 5:30 p.m.,” says manager Ray Decker. “The big stuff was…
Last night, John Hickenlooper, Denver’s former mayor — and now governor — was surrounded by supporters hungry for change, which Hickenlooper vowed to deliver in a sixteen-minute speech earlier yesterday before the blow-out inauguration party at the Fillmore celebrating his rise to the top. But Hick’s proponents were hungry for…
Here’s one we missed in our December and our 2010 Restaurant Roll Calls: On December 29, the windows at the Park Meadows Illegal Pete’s, 8283 South Akron Street in Centennial, went dark. “The trend in that area was not too positive,” says owner Pete Turner. “All of our other locations…
While the party was just getting started at the Fillmore Auditorium, Governor John Hickenlooper arrived in the gritty parking lot of a Blockbuster store about a block away to begin the ride of a lifetime. Or at least the ride of the night. The Wynkoop Brewing Company, which Hickenlooper co-founded…
Skew, which opened Monday night at 2070 South University Boulevard, is all about inexpensive but high-quality ingredients slipped on sticks in a hip environment that’s both fast-casual and full-service, says Ton Phairatphibon, who operates the University Park restaurant with his brothers. “We want to offer a different kind of value…
Great Divide Brewing Co. released two beers and debuted a third at its Arapahoe Street headquarters last week. Photographer Kate Levy was there and brought back photos from the party for this slide show: Great Divide Brewing’s Beer Party. Below are a few highlights…
Robert Bogart Elway’s Downtown 1881 Curtis Street 303-312-3107 www.elways.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Robert Bogart, executive chef of Elway’s Downtown. Part two of that interview will run in this space tomorrow. Robert Bogart, a former Marine who became the executive chef of Elway’s Downtown in…
How cold was it yesterday? So cold that this concession stand at the National Western Stock Show — which specializes in funnel cakes, corn dogs and fried Twinkies — turned off the fryer, with a sign noting that it was closed due to weather. The forecast sounds warmer today, so…
Yesterday, Drink of the Week columnist Nancy Levine told of a disappointing stop at a restaurant that had opened eleven days earlier — opened enough to be on OpenTable, where she’d made a reservation for dinner. But after she discovered that the bar alone wasn’t ready for prime time –…
