Aaron Whitcomb YaYa’s Euro Bistro 8310 East Belleview Avenue, Greenwood Village 303-741-1110 www.yayasbistro.com Aaron Whitcomb wants to show off his new menu at YaYa’s Euro Bistro, the Greenwood Village restaurant whose kitchen he’s commanded since April of last year, and the dishes keep coming. “We’re making almost all of our…
It’s hot on the first day of June, and the vast courtyard at the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Arapahoe Street is crowded. Business people in A-line skirts and pleated khakis are eating their to-go lunches at sunny tables, soaking up a few minutes of real weather outside…
Brooklynite Manny Howard gaves new meaning to the term “urban farming”: He took his 800-square-foot back yard and turned it into the first working farm in Brooklyn in generations. His goal: to subsist for a month on what he could produce on his farm. As anyone who’s ever owned a…
Summer in Colorado means beer and, even better, beer festivals — from the Chili Pepper & Brew Fest in Snowmass to the Rails & Ales Brewfest outside Alamosa to the Summer Brew Fest in Denver — bringing together the sloppy drunk and the snobbiest, cultured beer connoisseurs in disharmonious consumption…
Coffee culture in Denver has finally arrived. Hot Chick-a-Latte, one of a couple of “bikini coffee” concepts from the Pacific Northwest has opened a bright pink location (well, mostly pink; they seem to have run out of paint half way through) in the A-frame building at 4736 East Colfax Avenue…
If you missed out on the Squeaky Bean’s first anniversary party, yesterday’s porkstravaganza and birthday bash that put the fun back in Monday, then you also missed Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen baring his buttocks, exec chef Max MacKissock parading around in a woman’s flower-flaunting bathing suit, and several more…
After a series of delays, the newest Pasquini’s Pizzeria will finally start flipping pies in the Denver Tech Center. The new location at 8101 East Belleview Avenue will host its grand opening this Friday at 10:30 a.m. Manager Zack Kupetz says the restaurant will have the “newest, greatest and latest…
According to the liquor-license notice shoehorned into the window at 2223 West 32nd Avenue, Kevin Eddy, president of the 32nd Avenue Group, is taking over the former Panaderia Guadalajara space, which closed May 24, and turning it into Highland Tap and Burger. And according to the verbiage inked on the…
A new coffee and tea lounge will open its doors this fall in Five Points serving java, loose leaf teas, ice cream, pastries and breakfast burritos, with an emphasis on serving products made by local vendors. Coffee at the Point will take over the space formerly occupied by Blackberries, 710…
Washington Park Grille 1096 South Gaylord 303-777-0707 www.washparkgrille.com…
Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, some people might say that summer has officially started. Others might insist that It’s now officially, unrepentantly, rosé drinking season. A few weeks ago I threw down the 2010 Rosé Drinking Challenge and gave you four reasons to get over your rosé-phobia…
Up there is a plate of really delicious, artfully (and expertly) assembled rolls from a joint that isn’t Sushi Den or Sushi Sasa. My only squawk? The absence of fresh wasabi. Can you guess where I rolled with raw fish? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
This week, Manny Howard signs a book about his backyard farm in Brooklyn, KGNU hosts a bourbon-tasting benefit and Colorado State University puts farmers through a Beef University. But there’s lots more cooking if none of that wets your whistle. Here’s a taste of what’s to come: Tuesday, June 1:…
RESTAURANTS/VENUES OPENING IN MAY * Brandon’s Pub, 2037 East Second Avenue Brothers Bar & Grill, 1920 Market Street Cheeky Monk, 14694 Orchard Parkway, Westminster (Orchard Town Center) Cherry on Top, 3000 East First Avenue (Cherry Creek Shopping Center) Flying Dog Brewery Tasting Room, 2330 Broadway Freshii, 303 16th Street (Republic…
Cafe Society served up just four Guess Where I’m Eating/Drinking contests last week, featuring everything from the breakfast potato skins at Racines to this still-unidentified plate of fried rice to a burger atBig Game. For correctly identifying that dish, Eric wins a DINR deck. Eric, send your contact info to…
Or ribs, or chicken, or fish, or steak, or any of the stuff that you normally think of when you consider what exactly to toss on the grill for the three-day weekend. If you’re limiting your grill to just hot dogs and ground beef, you’re just not optimizing your grill…
One of the highest-altitude wineries in Colorado is opening a tasting room this weekend and launching two new wines. Starting today, Fox Fire Farms’ new wine-tasting room will be open daily from 1 to 6 p.m. The farm is in Ignacio, about half an hour southeast of Durango, at about…
For the past year, under sexy lighting in TAG’s chic modern dining room, Troy Guard has put out his particular brand of East meets West fusion,while Mike Henderson and his staff of mixologists craft equally flashy spirits concoctions to pair. There’s a changing of the guard under way, though: Henderson…
Christopher Cina, who’s done hard time in galleys all over the metro area, including the Fourth Story, Aubergine Cafe, Tuscany, Zenith and Twig’s Wine Bar and Pickles Deli in Tipsy’s, a Goliath-size liquor store in Littleton, and is now manning the stoves at the Timberline Grill, a steak house at…
The Cheeky Monk will open its third location Sunday in the Orchard Town Center, at 14694 Orchard Parkway, in Westminster, with two separate bars – one that focuses on old-world Belgian beers and one featuring U.S. craft brews. The Belgian beer café, which also has spots on Colfax Avenue and…
Back in March, Dino’s Soda Bar, the Washington Park ice cream parlor at 2217 East Mississippi, was shuttered for non-payment of taxes, a move that shattered the lives of god knows how many children. But according to Jeff Estey, who owns Dino’s, along with Washington Park Grille and Max Gill…
The Le Central patio is surprisingly secluded from Lincoln Avenue’s traffic, a long greenery-encapsulated oasis that, during summer months, invites diners to sit low in their chairs, nursing a glass of bubble-gummy Beaujolais wine long past twilight…
