Denver’s newest community marketplace, Mondo Market, opened its doors at Stanley Marketplace earlier this month. The new location at 2501 Dallas Street marks the second storefront for owners Nicolas Farrell and Michael Davis, who started their business with the online distribution company, Mondo Food, and expanded to their first brick-and-mortar…
Biju Thomas, founder of Biju’s Little Curry Shop, says he only has two speeds; the hand gestures he uses to indicate them translate to “full-speed ahead” and “full stop.” And because he’s only one man (although with all his appearances at local and national events, we sometimes wonder), he surrounds…
Along with every other kind of edifice springing up in RiNo these days, there are at least a couple of hotels expected to open in the near future. One of them is the Source Hotel at 3350 Brighton Boulevard, part of the overall Source Hotel & Market project (of which…
Kendra Anderson has spent several years educating Denver imbibers about wine, both via her consulting business and as Westword’s Swirl Girl wine columnist. But the first thing she wants drinkers to know about Bar Helix, the establishment she’s opening at 3440 Larimer Street, is that it is not just a…
This weekend’s food and drink events are oh-so-very Colorado: a gourmet picnic while watching a movie on a farm, urban foraging and cocktail classes (not at the same time, although an enterprising young person should probably take note)There are also two taco festivals in three days and an all-you-can-drink beer…
It’s summer! And summer means that it’s definitely canned-beer season, bringing lots of portable new beers from nearly every brewery, big and small, old and new. Some of these are brand-new offerings, some are old beers that are being packaged for the first time, and some just have a new…
Masterpiece Delicatessen’s younger sibling at 1710 Sherman Street in the Uptown neighborhood got a name change and menu overhaul earlier this year, turning into Masterpiece Luncheonette. But that wasn’t enough to boost sales to meet the expectations of chef/owner Justin Brunson and his business partners, so they’ve closed the eatery…
Two love stories intertwine for Caleb and Jeannie Sprenger as they prepare to open Sapor Coffee & Concepts at 2785 Speer Boulevard. When Caleb went to work at his uncle’s coffee roastery four years ago, he didn’t know he was going to fall in love. He had no previous knowledge of coffee,…
The last time I was at Badger’s Pub, it was snowing outside and I was wearing a Snuggie. A friend had invited me to a Seven Deadly Sins-themed bar crawl, and instead of dressing like Lust or something skimpy that would prove inadequate for the weather, I went with the…
John and Stacy Turk only started pouring beer at Walter’s 303 Pizzeria & Publik House last August, but the couple has been pushing craft beer for a quarter of a century — and they started in an unlikely place. “We used to follow the Grateful Dead around,” says Stacy. “And…
This week promises a thirst-quenching batch of beery events to help beat the heat, from Black Project’s latest super-fruited brew to a five-year anniversary block party to a brand-new Lakewood brewery. Here are the best craft-beer events and tappings through June 28. Wednesday, June 21Westfax brewing releases its latest small-batch…
We were looking forward to announcing a new Berkeley neighborhood brewery opening in the next week or two, but fate stepped in and put a hold on Dan Appell’s plans to launch his Grateful Gnome Sandwich Shoppe & Brewery at the corner of West 44th Avenue and Stuart Street. Construction…
Keith Arnold and Stephanie Bonin, owners of Highland neighborhood restaurant Duo, announced last week that they’d be implementing a new 2-percent “kitchen livable wage surcharge” on Friday, June 16. And after a weekend of dinner service with the new fee, intended to provide additional income for non-tipped restaurant employees, Arnold…
The wait is over: Bremen’s Wine & Tap opens today in the former Rosa Linda’s space at 2005 West 33rd Avenue. Owner Dina Castillo has been working on her new restaurant for more than a year and has transformed the three-room Mexican cafe into an open, airy eatery and bar…
Restaurants are popping up so quickly in Denver, it’s easy to forget what this scene was like two years ago, let alone three decades ago. Racines has been a witness to the incredibly evolving dining scene, all the while serving its hearty breakfasts, fish and chips, and nutty cheese salads to scores of regulars who fill the dining room. The longtime menu at Racines is currently getting an update, but that’s not all: For the first time in its 35-year history, the restaurant is rolling out a happy hour.
Chicken sandwiches are fryer-hot in San Diego, just as they are in Denver. But changing laws can make it tough for a mobile kitchen to find a stable place to roost. After two years feeding the San Diego brewery circuit, Chicken Rebel owner Lydie Lovett found herself displaced by a…
With the recent acquisition of Whole Foods by the online retail giant Amazon, some significant changes are coming…and it’s not just because Jeff Bezos has a hankering for some $6 asparagus water. Here’s are eight ways your shopping experiences may change in the coming months — and exactly what that means for your pocketbook, digital or otherwise.
Southern cooking may be hotter than a buttermilk biscuit right now, but Southern Hospitality is on the skids — at least in Denver. The two locations of Southern Hospitality, at 1433 17th Street downtown and 7431 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree, have gone dark, along with parent company Southern…
Denver and Boulder have their share of big-name chef/restaurateurs who have built up the dining scene over the past decade or more, but there are also the people with ideas and money who keep the gears turning behind the scenes. Most Front Range restaurant-goers haven’t heard the name Ben Kaplan,…
Playful, inventive and evolving, the Way Back is many things — but it’s never the same thing. It’s gone from a cultish bar to a cultish eatery, and a meal here shows the way forward for Denver restaurants.
Under the shadow of a 28-foot tall milk can, a Little Man Ice Cream employee hands over the shop’s two-millionth scoop of ice cream, receiving cheers from those who’ve come to the shop to help celebrate this monumental milestone — and to get some of Little Man’s famous ice cream…
When Avery Brewing says it’s going to make a peanut butter beer as part of its acclaimed Barrel-Aged Series, you known the roof of your mouth is going to be sticky. After all, Avery makes the most of the its ingredients, oak barrels and fermentable sugars, often turning in high-ABV…
