It’s a boozy week on the Denver dining scene: There are birthday, Halloween and Día de los Muertos celebrations, an entire festival dedicated to the fruit of the vine, and dinners celebrating nothing more than great food and even better drinks. Here are our eight favorite events on the culinary…
Once again, readers are disputing whether Colorado has its own cuisine. What are the classic spots that both natives and newcomers shouldn’t miss?
As the holiday season approaches, restaurants are opening at a fast pace in metro Denver. Here’s all the action this week.
When George Gastis sold his tech and marketing business, capping off a long career in that industry, he began casting around for a way to upend his desk-bound lifestyle and pursue his passion. “I have European roots, and food was a big part of family and celebration,” he explains. “So…
New apartments and condos continue to clutter the portion of the Highland neighborhood now known as LoHi, replacing aging warehouses and rows of bungalows in equal proportions. While some of the architecture is of questionable merit, at least many of the new buildings come with retail space on the ground…
“Invention, my dear friends, is 93 percent perspiration, 6 percent electricity, 4 percent evaporation, and 2 percent butterscotch ripple.” Those are the words of Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. Brewing beer in Colorado could be said to be much the same, especially these days, when creative…
This is the weekend before October’s biggest day, and the calendar is packed with costumed events. You won’t find those celebrations here, though; check them out on our list of the best Halloween and Día de los Muertos dinners, parties and deals. Instead, here are four events for folks who don’t…
When the Denver Central Market opened a year ago, one of the first scenes visitors encountered after walking through the front door was the expansive fresh seafood case at Silva’s Fish Market. But partner Jesusio Silva departed earlier this year, leaving the market’s founders Ken Wolf and Jeff Osaka to…
Boulder entrepreneur Ira Leibtag wasn’t that surprised last year when he started getting cold calls from breweries around the country asking for the liquefied chocolate he sells under the name Cholaca: After all, “chocolate is the most popular flavor in the world,” he says. But he was taken aback at…
If you live in Boulder County, you probably don’t need anyone to tell you about the restaurant scene there. But maybe the fact that First Bite — Boulder’s week of discounted dinners at more than forty restaurants — is coming up has slipped your mind. For Boulderites looking for a good…
It’s getting close to Halloween, so for me, it’s a season all about ghost stories. One of my favorite reliable, and reliably haunted, neighborhood bars in town is the Stockyard Saloon. Although, I suppose the location, nestled among the warehouses and National Western Complex at 4710 National Western Drive in…
The time has come for me to face one of life’s most troubling facts: People — lots of people — eat at fast-food restaurants. Chain eateries hit us with a constant barrage of hyper-palatable foods (those combinations of salt, fat and sugar that our brains find irresistible) and tempt us…
Oskar Blues has set a date in late November for the opening of its third new Colorado location — this one is the two-story former Croc’s space at 1630 Market Street in LoDo. The 10,636 square-foot Oskar Blues Grill & Brew will offer traditional restaurant and bar service upstairs, along with…
Being a vegan doesn’t mean missing out on those classic foods that everyone loves. Pizza is often characterized by a thick layer of mozzarella cheese and pepperoni or sausage, but Colorado pizza spots are switching things up to appeal to a wider range of customers. These ten local pizzerias and…
Kendra Anderson, aka Swirl Girl Denver, has been educating the Mile High on the magic of food-and-wine pairings — and unsung wine varietals — on social media for years, via hashtags (#justdrinkpink) and a regular column at westword.com, and through events she’s organized. Now she’s opened Bar Helix in RiNo,…
The experiment is over. The sumptuous Art Deco space at 800 Sherman Street inhabited by Black Eye Coffee, complete with a cocktail bar hidden behind moving mirrors, bathrooms with a sound track by Christopher Walken, and a nighttime alter ego called White Lies, is now closed for good. This was…
This must be the season of the witch; bars and restaurants all over town are getting spooky with Halloween dinners, parties and specials. So break out the zombie makeup and dust off last year’s sexy Bernie Sanders costume; it’s time to celebrate Halloween, the holiday that seems to start earlier…
It’s not hard to find a meal delivery service to help make dinner a cinch, but now there’s one for baby too. Baby Fresh Organics is a kid-focused food company that offers pureed fruits and vegetables for infants, finger foods for tiny tots, and simple meals geared for older kids. “We started…
If you’re looking for the new, the novel and the delicious, look no further than these four metro Denver hot spots. You’ll find a pop-up barbecue with creative and craveable eats, two bars sharing love for a single barrel of tequila, and cheesy table-side offering from a new lounge you…
Ian Kleinman keeps reinventing himself. While he’s still disappointed that he had to close the Inventing Room, his modernist dessert bar at 2020 Lawrence Street, a year ago, he was determined to use the bad break as a springboard to better things. Rather than simply focus on an already successful…
Over the weekend, employees of the Secret Sauce restaurant group — which includes Vesta, both Steuben’s locations and Ace Eat Serve — descended on the Union Square Farmers’ Market with company-provided gift cards to stock up on fruits and vegetables. Last week, many of those same employees came together for a…
A food truck with a healthy mission has found a permanent home in Aurora. California Wrap Runner has been in in business in Colorado since 2012, with two food trucks and a catering business that have served metro Denver. Leon Stamatis founded the company in Santa Barbara, California, but moved it…
