Ending last year with a bang and starting January with a full belly is a portentous way to usher in 2018. Regardless of whatever else is going on in your life or in the world, good food has a way of pushing aside stress and smoothing out rough edges —…
A year after moving away from its longtime home in Vail, the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival is still adapting to new digs in Breckenridge. But the second iteration of the renewed festival, taking place January 4-6, at the Beaver Run Resort, should reflect some of what the festival’s…
Chalk up one last restaurant opening for Denver restaurants in 2017. Smokin Yard’s BBQ fired up the cookers over the weekend at 900 West First Avenue in the Yard on Santa Fe. The name of Denver’s newest barbecue joint and the retail center where it’s located are purely coincidental. Smokin…
Ask Denver chefs about challenges in this city’s burgeoning restaurant industry, and one theme will come up over and over: We have a major talent crunch in the kitchen.
Beef: It’s what’s for dinner, and lunch, as the National Western Stock Show rolls into Denver the first week of January 2018.
Our complete list of bar and restaurant openings and closings in metro Denver in 2017, including more than 250 new spots. But more than 100 places closed, too, a faster pace than in years past.
After 45 years, The Broker will close at the end of service on December 31. But it leaves behind plenty of memories.
Here’s our complete list of metro Denver bar and restaurant openings and closings for the week of December 25 through December 31, 2017.
No one every reads the introductions to lists like this. So, I could write just about anything here and no one will read it. And that’s okay — I don’t generally read the intros either. But just in case: here is how I came up with my list of thirty…
Here are ten Denver eateries that opened in 2017 and serve delicious, affordable food.
If you’re the kind of person who likes to be first at anything, here’s a first that will give you brunch bragging rights while filling your belly on the first day of 2018. Cherry Creek’s Hedge Row, which opened at 100 Steele Street last July, is launching brunch and has…
Is 2017 coming to as ignominious an end as 2016? It’s hard to say — at least Carrie Fisher can’t die twice. But you can make it through the last three days of the year in style, plus sleep in and still start the year off with a bargain on…
Sunday night will mark not just the end of 2017, but the end of an era in Denver fine dining: The Broker Restaurant will close after 45 years of serving steak and seafood downtown. The Broker opened in the basement of a former bank at 821 17th Street in 1972 under…
Earlier this month, the owner of Twenty Brew Taphouse in Westminster posted a plaintive note on Facebook stating the business was no longer sustainable and could close in early 2018. Part of the reason: a break-in last fall that resulted in the theft of rare beer, new furniture, a pool table…
The Blake Street Vault has been a favorite for LoDo bar hoppers at 1526 Blake Street for the past decade, but the drinks will soon stop pouring. The bar and grill just announced that it will close at the end of the year, with one last party planned for 2018…
Generally presented as a decadent dessert or a sugary treat with coffee, the éclair goes savory, sweet and multi-textured with Le Méridien’s LM Éclair program. Executive chef Tobias Burkhalter, who oversees all on-site kitchen operations at the new downtown hotel at 1475 California Street, in addition to the hotel’s full-service restaurant,…
Whew, Denver — another year, another marathon of eating. The Mile High continues to edge its way up in national prominence, riding a tide of novel ideas, high-stakes restaurants and home-grown and imported talent. The scene continues to diversify, a positive for gastronauts who like to explore. Still, some dishes,…
I’ve always enjoyed Three Lions —- officially named Three Lions, A World Football Pub —- even before it was Three Lions. Back in my early days in Denver, I was a fan of the Bank, which was the previous bar housed in the space at 2239 East Colfax Avenue. The Bank had an…
Since Tivoli Brewing was founded in 2012, the brewery has reincarnated nearly a dozen beers and brands from Denver’s brewing history — mostly German-style lagers sold between the 1860s and 1960. Resurrected brews include Sigi’s Buck Beer, Bohemia Girl, Jet Malt Liquor and, of course, the Tivoli name and beers themselves…
For the past several years, Mike Huggins and Lenka Juchelkova have been building niches around the metro area to show off their penchant for adult beverages in various settings. From the classic Arvada Tavern with its hidden upstairs room (accessible through a phone booth) to the pre-Prohibition Union Lodge No…
Three years have elapsed since Williams & Graham and Occidental owner Sean Kenyon and Matchbox proprietors Justin Anthony and Lisa Vedovelli first announced they were working together on a RiNo bar called American Bonded, but last month, the group revealed that they’re in the final phase of construction and are expecting…
Winter is the perfect time for tea and scones and Denver has a quite a few charming venues for a hot cup and conversation. Tea is a great daytime beverage for those times you want to relax and focus on the moment in the midst of a hectic day. Here…
