Argyll, the Cherry Creek gastropub (and winner of Westword’s Best New Restaurant 2010 award) at 2700 East Third Avenue, is celebrating its one-year anniversary on Friday, April 30 by offering one starter and two lunch entrees for $14, excluding tax and gratuity. “We’re thanking Denver for all the support they’ve…
Tryst is gone, but one of its traditions lives on at its replacement at 1512 Larimer Street, now known as Dive on Fifteenth: the Everyone-Drinks-Free event. From 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 30, the bar promises: “Everyone drinks free. Women drink free. Guys drink free. You drink free. We…
Up until very recently, my favorite breakfast burrito, which we smothered with accolades in Westword’s Best of Denver 2010, came from Pico de Gallo Mexican Grill. And while I still believe that it’s the best breakfast burrito in the Mile High City, I’ve found another breakfast burrito, outside Denver, that’s…
The Place: Watercourse Foods, 837 East Seventeenth Avenue, 303-832-7313. The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 until 6:30 p.m. The Deal: Draft beers are $2.50; red and white wines by the glass are $4; select appetizers are $5…
As if a trip to St. Maarten wasn’t enough of a prize, Sean Kenyon, bar manager of Steuben’s, just brought home top honors in the Domaine de Canton Bartender of the Year competition. And, as foam on the cocktail, he also brought home a check for a cool $10,000. “I’m…
Angelo’s Pizza Parlor 620 East 6th Avenue 303-744-3366…
The opening of Pasquini’s new Denver Tech Center restaurant at 8101 Belleview Avenue has been pushed back more than a month while it secures all the necessary permits and brings the space up to code, says founder Tony Pasquini. The pizzeria, which will be the fifth to join the mini-chain,…
After resisting for years, Cucina Colore has caved to pressure and started a happy hour. They never really needed it, says general manager Chris Millette. Plus the “whole discounting concept” just didn’t seem to pair well with the restaurant’s upscale sensibilities. But all that changed Monday when the Italian restaurant…
This is part two of Lori Midson’s Chef and Tell interview with Eric Stein, chef/instructor at Johnson & Wales. To read part one of that interview, click here. Most embarrassing moment in the kitchen: I worked for a restaurant called Adesso in Providence, Rhode Island, that featured an open kitchen…
The Pasta Bible, a new Aussie cookbook published by Penguin Group Australia, has sinned. In a big way. The proofreader made a “silly mistake,” explained Bob Sessions, head of the publishing group. The recipe for tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto was supposed to include the words “freshly ground black pepper,”…
For almost two decades, Project Angel Heart has been delivering meals across the metro area to people living with life-threatening diseases. So it’s appropriate that the non-profit’s biggest annual fundraiser, Dining Out for Life, features food, and lots of it. Today, if you eat breakfast, lunch or dinner (or all…
The Spice Market of Addis Ababa is almost a city of its own — a serpentine stable where merchants hawk the raw materials that combine deliciously in Ethiopia’s distinctive cuisine. In the spring, when the sun finally comes out after two rainy months and bakes the muddy streets into damp…
There are very few times when I don’t care what I’m drinking. Fact is, I’m usually the annoying person asking the bartender what brand of bitters he’s using and the ounce measurements of the martini glasses. I love and respect cocktails, their history and the people who craft these spectacular…
The traffic of I-70 is just a few hundred feet away, but this watering hole is a tiny oasis of serenity — on weekday afternoons, at least. On most weekends, though, that parking lot will be filled with cars, classic and otherwise. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus:…
After months and months of speculation, anticipation and dropping gazillions of dollars in rent on a space that sat vacant for more than a year, the parcel of land at 1631 Wazee Street, formerly Il Fornaio, is finally springing back to life…
Same concept, new chef and a revamped menu that now includes a generous terrine of foie gras that may very well be one of the most expensive starters at a metro Denver restaurant. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
Veteran Denver restaurateur Leo Goto has a new restaurant in Littleton. Leo Goto’s Riverfront, located at 2852 West Bowles Avenue, on the Platte River, had what general manager Joseph Madril described as a “very soft opening” last Monday. The new restaurant, which formerly housed an events center, is currently open…
Emily and Chris Deutschman, owners of Magnolia Restaurant & Sushi Bar, in Lafayette, are opening kaTcH Fish House in June at 1300 Pennsylvania Street, in the former home of Pizzicato Pizza. “The restaurant concept emphasizes seafood recipes found on the East Coast, West Coast and Gulf of Mexico,” notes the…
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery 1001 16th Street 303-534-7616 rockbottom.com…
When Breckenridge Brewery’s newest restaurant opens on March 1, 2011 in what is now Amato of Denver, at the corner of 16th and Central streets, it will feature forty Colorado craft beers on tap, along with small plates, seasonal menus, beer dinners, a private events room, a rooftop patio overlooking…
Chase Wilbanks, executive chef at La Tour in Vail, came down from the mountains to cook up six courses (and display an awesome crab tattoo that you can see here) at the third Hush Denver dinner on April 24. Up to this point, Hush — the not-so-secret dining club –…
This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Eric Stein, instructor and chef at Johnson & Wales University. To read part two of that interview, click here. Eric Stein Chef/instructor Johnson & Wales University Eric Stein is using his fingers to count. “Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,” he says to himself,…
