Last week, we unleashed the news that Civic Center EATS, a congregation of street-food trucks and carts that commingled each Tuesday during the summer at Civic Center Park, was extending its stay throughout the year. From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday (weather permitting) until December 31, up…
The very wealthy have played around with their food for centuries. Think of those crazy medieval dishes: real birds baked into pies, swans stuffed with edibles and brought to the table dressed in their original plumage and looking alive, a cock dressed as a knight — tiny spurs and all…
Westword writers headed up the hill last week for this week’s cover story, and around noon that day, I found myself having lunch at Crook’s Palace, 200 Gregory Street in Black Hawk, the only restaurant in town that’s free from the whir of slot machines or the flick of cards…
Next Tuesday, on October 19, at the stroke of noon, the glitzy Four Seasons Hotel will open at 1111 Fourteenth Street. EDGE Restaurant and Bar, the hotel’s on-site food temple, billed as a “progressive American steakhouse,” will also start turning out prime-grade bricks of beef, chops, seafood, soups, salads and…
Nearly two years after Argonaut Liquors moved into its new store at 760 East Colfax, the shell of the old one next door could finally come down. A fence surrounded the property today, and demolition material was on hand; a tangle of zoning restrictions had prevented Argonaut from tearing it…
As far as I know, there’s only one Asian joint in Denver that serves guò qiáo mĭxiàn, a soup from the Yunnan province otherwise known as “across the bridge rice noodles,” the name of which was allegedly inspired by a dutiful woman who trotted the dish of steaming broth, to…
Aaron Youngblood Executive Chef Dixons Downtown Grill 1610 16th Street 303-573-6100 www.dixonsrestaurant.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Aaron Youngblood, executive chef of Dixons Downtown Grill. Read part one of Midson’s interview with Youngblood. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: Be on time; work clean; respect your…
What happens when you put a McDonald’s Happy Meal on hold? Two very different women in two very different towns decided to find out. Coloradan Joann Bruso, author of the blog Baby Bites, which is designed to help parents transform picky eaters into healthy eaters, came up with an experiment…
Terroir, 246 Main Street in Longmont, will be full of the flavor of fall tonight when it hosts a Hard Apple Cider Dinner, with five courses (regular or vegetarian) and four hard apple cider pairings created by Dick Dunn of Talisman Farms. Here’s the menu:…
On Monday Colt & Gray, 1553 Platte Street, will roll out a weekly, three-course prix fixe dinner for $36. But there’s a twist: The menu for that deal won’t be constructed by chef-owner Nelson Perkins and chef de cuisine Brad Rowell. Instead, the heads of the kitchen will turn over…
The Fourmile Canyon fire inspired Boulder’s restaurant community to rally in support of those affected by the blaze, feeding firefighters and evacuated homeowners for free and throwing impromptu benefits to support organizations like the Red Cross. The inferno has been reduced to ashes, but fire departments are still dealing with…
One of the challenges of being a vegetarian is finding a place where you can kick back and relax with old friends, maybe make some new friends. Carnivorous folks take their hospitable hangouts for granted; we don’t have that option. While WaterCourse and City, O’ City are great spots for…
Who planted the hops vines that cover the hillsides around Central City? And when? Could they simply be a native species, or were they introduced by the beer-loving denizens of Central City after the Gold Rush of 1859 put the town on the map? Buddy Schmalz and Dave Thomas don’t…
There’s already been plenty of noise about Madison Street — and the restaurant at 1222 Madison won’t officially open its doors until 3:30 p.m. today. Madison Street is the brainchild of Larimer Associates — the group that also created Ernie’s Bar and Pizza, LoHi SteakBar and Billy’s Inn — and…
Four of Colorado’s biggest and best-known craft brewers, Avery, Breckenridge, Odell and Oskar Blues, were shut out of last month’s Great American Beer Festival awards ceremony, while several other major brewers in the state barely made the cut. In fact, of the 41 medals awarded to Colorado beer makers, Odell,…
Cugnette. Steen. Pineau de la Loire. Vouvray. What do these four wine terms have in common? They’re all synonyms for chenin blanc, a stunningly drinkable white wine so worthy of your affection that you may find yourself tempted to consume it in abundant quantities shortly after reading this post (and…
A new Peet’s Coffee & Tea outlet opened today in the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, at 1550 Court Place — and from 1 to 3 p.m., the hotel will be giving 100 percent of the proceeds from all Peet’s sales to the Pink Tie Affair, a November 6 event benefiting…
Aaron Youngblood Executive Chef Dixons Downtown Grill 1610 16th Street 303-573-6100 www.dixonsrestaurant.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s Q&A with Aaron Youngblood, exec chef of Dixons Downtown Grill. Part two of the interview will run tomorrow. Aaron Youngblood needed a job. Any job would do, as long as it…
There have been some discordant notes over at Wild Ivories, the dueling piano bar that opened in June at 1400 Market Street, in the former home of Buca di Beppo. On the day the club opened, Tim Kirkland, one of the partners in the venture, says he got an anonymous…
According to our resident Beer Man, Jonathan Shikes, pumpkin beers are best consumed at temperatures below 70 degrees. With a high of 63 predicted for today, this is the perfect time to stop by Avery Tap Room, 5757 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder, for the Rumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale Release Party…
Top Chef Masters winner Rick Bayless is spending the day in the Denver ‘burbs, starting with an exclusive lunch at the Old Blinking Light Kitchen & Cocktails, 9344 South Dorchester Street in Highlands Ranch…
My grandma Judy discovered Big Bill’s New York Pizza by sheer dumb luck. She was on an errand in the County Line strip mall that houses the pizza parlor and decided to take my mother a carry-out lunchtime calzone. This single act of generosity forever changed our family’s dining-out habits…
