National brand Restaurants America dropped Primebar into its massive space at 1515 Arapahoe Street back in May of 2009, using the former Palomino digs to turn out New American fare in lodge-inspired decor, animal heads and all. A year and a half later, the place has called it quits…
No. 87: Roasted cauliflower salad from Euclid Hall Nobody loves cauliflower. It’s pathetically ugly, resembling, even on its best days, a human brain, and when it’s cooked — specifically overcooked — the florets pollute the air with the stink of sulfur. It’s a favored Shylock of institutions and the pokey,…
A reader has sent an urgent plea: I have irresponsibly neglected to make NYE dinner reservations in a timely fashion and now I fear I may have run out of options. We’re going to the White Rose Gala, and doing it up black- tie style to boot, so I’m hoping…
The most bizarre restaurants in the country include Casa Bonita — and another Colorado joint. Forbes just published a list of the most bizarre restaurants in America, giving credence to gimmicky places that lure diners with everything from ninjas and spy themes to goats. And of the eleven restaurants featured,…
Anyone with special food needs or requests knows how frustrating it can be to open up a menu and see only a scant handful of plates that you can or would actually eat. There are a few restaurants in the metro area where vegetarians can pick and choose from across…
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…
What does 2011 hold for the culinary world? We asked several local chefs to consult their crystal orbs, talk to the (whole) beast, bend their ears to the farmland and unearth a few trends that will shape the way we eat next year. Here are the predictions of some of…
Christmas Day at my house is completely uneventful, unlike Christmas Eve, which is a day-long marathon of gluttony and wine- and champagne-filled debauchery. We wake up late on Christmas morning and pad around in our sloppy pajamas, eventually surrendering to our hangovers late in the afternoon when our gurgling bellies…
This list of coitus-inspiring culinary offerings is for the gentlemen. Ladies, if you wanna score on New Year’s Eve — or any other night — you have to do just one thing: show up. Guys, the tacitly approved social mores of our fantastic American culture dictate that you have to…
When I was invited to a special dinner with winemaker Peter Franus at Elway’s Downtown, I was a tad skeptical as to how, exactly, they would cater that meal to my palate. As a vegetarian, I usually turn down invites like this — I’ve worked in the restaurant industry for…
Laura Shunk’s lament for the loss of the professional host inspired a few comments agreeing with her, as well as this from I Get It Now: OOOOHHHHH I get it now… see …. Shrunk is all about the Front of House staff… not the food y’all. She likes the host…
The Kitchen Table, 5375 Landmark Place, Suite 105 in Greenwood Village in Englewood, presents Simply Spain: Valencia, a regional foods class, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is $95; call 303-220-9769 or visit www.kitchentablegv.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings…
We’re just about to say goodbye to 2010, but we’re betting that this year’s top trend, the new-school food trucks that hit the pavement in Denver, will be holding on through 2011. Before those trucks were even a twinkle in their owners’ eyes, though, there was another fleet of mobile…
If you’re the kind of traveler that books trips around gastronomic endeavors, you might want to take a look at Zagat’s top-ranked hotel restaurants in 25 cities. Based on the survey, those spots are the ones that will allow you a great culinary experience without ever leaving your hotel. In…
Although I’ve never been New Belgium Brewing’s biggest fan when it comes to their standard beer lineup, I’ve always admired the way the Fort Collins craft brewer — Colorado’s largest — tries to keep environmental and employee-happiness issues on their list of priorities…
Since Noodles & Company opened its very first location in Cherry Creek in 1995, it’s expanded into a fast casual chain with 250 locations in eighteen states, offering noodle bowls that run the gamut from Wisconsin macaroni and cheese to an Indonesia peanut saute. And now, after fifteen years, the…
Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey is not longer a Colorado-owned company. Jess Graber, who co-founded the microdistillery with Aspen businessman George Stranahan in 2004, acknowledged today that New York-based Proximo Spirits has purchased Stranahan’s. He provided no other details. “Proximo Distillers and Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey have joined forces to facilitate the growth…
Sometime in January, Ed and Kristi Janos, proprietors of Cook’s Fresh Market, will rip out the counter-length cheese case and replace it with a vertical case, using the extra space to put in booths for the bistro and market. They will also add an espresso bar stocked with Illy coffee,…
Tapas de Espana, the Basque-region-inspired eatery located in the back room of El Senor Sol, opened today for its first run serving lunch and dinner…
No. 88: Döner kabob from Shondiz Years ago, when I was a college student in London, I’d spend the majority of my mornings, noons and nights at a local pub knocking back cloudy pints of Scrumpy before staggering off in search of the nearest curry house or 24-hour kabob shop…
Frank Bush, the man who oversees the worst passing defense in the NFL — that of the Houston Texans — saw his squad defeated by Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, and a writer at our sister paper in Houston is taking Bush, and his boss Frank Gary…
While teetering on my stool at this pub, whose food is is no slouch, the jovial tender suggested mixing a cider from the Wynkoop with New Belgium’s La Folie Sour Brown Ale, the result of which was one of the best drink marriages I’ve had all year. There’s nothing better…
