Winter White Ale Bell’s Brewery Comstock, Michigan Warning: This beer isn’t available in Colorado as far as a know, but a friend who lives in Indiana brought it to me as a gift, so what the hell. Also, when I blogged about the superiority of Colorado and California beers during…
Zaidy’s Deli 15th and Lawrence streets (and a location in Cherry Creek) 303-893-3600 Potato Latke Sandwich Brisket between two latkes, with pickles and a side $9.95 Tis the season, and by “the season,” I of course mean Hanukah, or Chanukah. And to celebrate, I figured I’d have some traditional brisket…
It’s been three weeks since I wrote a word about this season’s Top Chef on Bravo. Know why? Because it has been so boring and so contrived and so stupid that the episodes themselves were painful to watch — making me less than excited about the notion of then rehashing…
The Nines — the new hotel that Sage Hospitality opened in Portland, Oregon this fall — is taking a beating on shamelessrestaurants.com for the general suckiness of its restaurant, which already lost its executive chef. To see the bile spewing, check out the comments on the Urban Farmer “That was fast” post…
This has been a tough year for French restaurants. French 250, which Jason Sheehan raved about when he reviewed it last spring; closed abruptly this fall after just a year in business — and at the same time, La Chaumiere bid adieu after more than thirty years in Lyons. But…
Close to 200 restaurants have signed up for the next Denver Restaurant Week, slated for February 21-27, 2009. The first year, Denver Restaurant Week comprised 84 restaurants; in 2008, 174 restaurants participated. The list for next year is already at 198 restaurants — and growing. During Denver Restaurant Week, each…
I have done my time at Table 6. Under the old owner and old chef and with the new kids in place. I’ve been there for drinks when, already drunk, I’ve worn out my fun elsewhere and stopped in for a hit of warmth and comfort. I’ve seen [Aaron] Forman…
Looks like Charley Sinden, the former executive chef at Nine75 (975 Lincoln Street), has landed a new gig over at the Red Room (320 EastColfax Avenue). When we ran into Charley last night at 3 Kings Tavern, he was pretty pumped about the new job, which he officially starts today. …
Just got off the phone with one of the managers at 3 Sons, which is all decorated for the holidays. And come the new year, the family who owns the Italian eatery finally has an (estimated) move-in date for their new location. May 1 is what the Scarafiottis are looking at,…
The Amernian Grill is no more. Its former home at 7800 West Jewell Avenue in Lakewood is now home to Cherry’s Steakhouse, open from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. seven days a week. For more information, call 303-969-9991…
Christmas Crunch Quaker Oats Rating: Three and a half spoons out of four Cereal description: Corn and oat cereal that delivers a surprise package of shapes. There’s the standard Cap’n Crunch serrated yellow bundles, plus green quasi-trees and kinda snowmen, red faux-hats and bogus stars, plus the occasional purplish mutant…
Misery loves company, and if the National Restaurant Association’s annual forecast — released on Friday, December 19 — is correct, Coloradans will still be getting out of the house and into restaurants in 2009. According to the 2009 Restaurant Industry Forecast, Colorado will place third in the country for restaurant sales…
Bowing to pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups, MillerCoors announced it is removing the caffeinated magic from its alcho-energy drink Sparks. It’s a sad, sad day for amateur drinkers looking for that perfect mix between booze, a double-espresso and Sweet Tarts. Luckily, I was able to spot a dusty…
Root Down, Justin Cucci’s stylish new restaurant at 1600 West 33rd Avenue, officially opens for dinner tonight, To whet your appetite, we’re serving up a sneak peek at the menu…
Friends had been telling us about the unique candy and other goodies at Urban Pantry, 1242 South Broadway, and with the holidays approaching we decided to stop by and see if the Pantry stocked treats that might make good gifts. But nothing could have prepared us for the bounty of…
Scottie Ewing, who last year opened the Sugar House (a nightclub/martini lounge billed on its website as “the classy Denver Colorado swinger club”) at 1395 West Alameda Avenue, now has something else cooking there: the Sugar House Grill. The restaurant adjunct to the lounge just opened yesterday, after a couple of test lunches and happy…
The space at 2505 Federal Boulevard that was once home to Fritangas and then — very briefly — La Parrallida is once again for lease. Given this spot’s proximity to Jack-n-Grill, right across the street at 2524 Federal Boulevard and our perennial winner of Denver’s Best Green Chile, the next person to lease…
According to the French 250 auction listing reported here yesterday, the space at 250 Steele Street is being stripped down to the wall-bolts — so, bad news, it looks like we’re never going to see the French Underground concept that I once thought might revive the space. But there’s good…
I just finished eating my oversized fry-bread thingy at Tocabe: An American Eatery and was definitely pleased with my meal. I’d written about Tocabe, the Native American, Chipotle-esque establishment yesterday, and was eager to try the place when it opened officially today. Owner Ben Jacobs told me that despite the bad weather,…
Boulder-based Phil’s Fresh Foods has just won a $96,000 loan from Whole Food’s Local Producer Loan Program. Phil’s is a wholesale, all-natural burrito manufacturer; its product is stocked by local Whole Foods, Vitamin Cottage and Sunflower stores, as well as some King Soopers. Selling at about $2.50 each, this is “not the typical frozen burrito,” says Phil’s…
Jax Fish House Denver, whch netted a rave review from Jason Sheehan this fall, moved into the old Terminal Bar at 1539 17th Street back in 1996. And while Jax doesn’t feature three happy hours, the way the Terminal once did, it is offering twelve days of specials that run through Tuesday, December…
I love Italian food. So much, in fact, that I once spent a month in Florence taking Italian language classes — that I then immediately put to the test in my Italian cooking classes. Not a word of English was spoken, and sure, there was some confusion (my book of…
