Food & Drink

Gaetano’s opens its new patio with a party

You’d think that one Brazilian steakhouse might be enough for all of LoDo — much less a three- block stretch of Wynkoop Street. But then you wouldn’t be thinking like Hines, the international real estate firm that just announced that Fogo de Chão Churrascaria has signed a lease for 12,610…

Cap’n Crunch’s Treasure Hunt Crunch Quaker Oats Rating: Three spoons out of four Cereal description: The majority of the cereal consists of the building blocks (and they really do look like blocks) of the Cap’n Crunch brand: puffy yellow squares of delectability made from corn and oat flour. They’re supplemented…

Tony’s, Tony’s, Tony’s! The sign is up across the street: Tony’s Market opening early 2009. It’s a sight for sore eyes at Westword, where for a month now we’ve been staring across the street at 950 Broadway, with its boarded-up broken glass and the remains of the Planned Parenthood sign,…

Just in time for the near-inevitable clusterfuck of the DNC, 8 Rivers — the Caribbean/Jamaican concept that’s been pushed in Denver by chef Scott Durrah for years — is set to open the doors on its newest location on August 20th. The space at 1550 Blake Street, a former sporting-goods…

Just got off the phone with Troy Guard, former crown prince of the Jim Sullivan restaurant empire. I him caught up in the mountains in the middle of his preparation for the Telluride Festival of the Arts, going on today through Sunday. He’s holding down the culinary side of things…

A while back, two great friends of the Candy Girls went on an epic adventure through Japan and kindly asked if there was anything that we’d like them to bring back for us. We immediately thought of you, dear readers, and asked for candy! (That and we really really wanted…

Welcome to Mel’s. July’s heat dried up the outdoor patios, but now that temperatures have cooled off, patios are heating up again. Promising to be among the hottest in town: Mel’s Anti-Bistro at 1120 East Sixth Avenue. Charlie Master reports that the new patio opened this week, and it’s already…

My notes from my most recent meal at Il Posto are almost indecipherable — hasty scrawls on the back of an envelope I’d found in my car, on a credit-card receipt from my pocket. Moscato, they say. Froot loops, Van CA, stale, bur-stuffed chix boob, peach salt, shirt cuffs and…

Some restaurants change over time. Some places stay exactly the same. The mission of Second Helping is to separate one from the other. Via was an awesome restaurant when I reviewed it sixteen months ago. Opened by Venanzio and Anthony Momo — who also own Cucina Coloré in Cherry Creek…

Ever wonder what that über-cool barista is thinking while slinging your extra-foamy cappuccino – you know, the cute one who seems to really want to know how your day is going, but is actually just angling for a fiver slipped into the tip jar? Well, now you can find out…

Why, Buca? WHY?! What is this? Has someone created a little sidewalk memorial of flowers for the downtown Buca di Beppo? The restaurant closed its doors at 1400 Market Street a few weeks ago, but a sign remains in the window informing mourning patrons that they can still fill themselves…

My notes from my most recent meal at Il Posto are almost indecipherable — hasty scrawls on the back of an envelope I’d found in my car, on a credit-card receipt from my pocket. Moscato, they say. Fruit loops, Van CA, stale, bur-stuffed chix boob, peach salt, shirt cuffs and…

Jason Sheehan has said it before — right here, in fact — but we’ll say it again: 3 Sons Italian Restaurant is definitely open. Ignore the “for sale” sign on the building at 2915 West 44th Avenue, advises owner Michael Scarafiotti. Yes, he and his wife, Susan, plan to build…

Larimer Street is returning to its roots as the most respectable — or at least, easy — place in town to drink during the day. First came Snooze, at 2262 Larimer, with its breakfast menu and bar, and now there’s Euphoria Lounge and Coffee House, at 2048 Larimer. Euphoria opens…

Little Einsteins Fruity Stars General Mills Rating: Two spoons out of four Cereal description: Little Einsteins does indeed consist of fruity stars in a variety of shades: surprisingly bright yellow, light orange, watered-down green, aquamarine and a reddish hue that, for the sake of simplicity, I’ll call “red.” Clearly, Simpsons…

Hungry for more Jason Sheehan? You could either head over to Denvention, the annual sci fi confab now at the Colorado Convention Center, or just read the blogs that Sheehan, an avowed sci-fi geek, is writing here. They’re not food reviews, but they’re still mighty tasty…

It was only six short weeks ago that Candy Girls brought you the first of the LA-style frozen yogurt places to hit Denver, and now we have the second official opening in our fair city: Kuulture. Tucked away in Writers Square next to the American Apparel shop, it’s like our…

That crust is pretty chewy… Jared Jacang Maher’s August 2007 feature story about Denver International Airport conspiracy theories revolved around a lot of freeaakky phenomena. But even the looniest loons — make that “most knowing analysts” — alluded to in the article didn’t predict the appearance in Commerce City of…