No. 48: Brad’s Neo Gyro at Avelina The sumptuously appointed dining room at Avelina, 1550 17th Street, beckons guests to linger over dinner, with rounds of small plates followed by elegant entrees of a Mediterranean bent. The restaurant, which just opened at the beginning of September, has already earned a reputation…
Taja Indian recently vacated its home at 575 Lincoln Street, with plans to reopen in an unnamed location. But fans of Indian cuisine near the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Broadway won’t have long to wait for a new round of curries and samosas: Zaika Indian Express is moving in where…
More than 100,000 people moved to Colorado last year. Is that good news? Depends on whom you ask. Rapid growth is good for developers, who are turning forgotten pockets of town into hot real estate. It’s good for the economy, with dollars flowing into construction. It’s good for restaurateurs, who…
Can’t get started without your morning caffeine buzz? The organizers of the Grand Coffee Bazaar get it. The third annual celebration of the bean brought all manner of coffee drinks and products to the Redline Art Gallery on Saturday, October 15, keeping attendees jittery with the joy of java. More than…
Thick, freshly fried tortilla chips scoop tangy green-chile salsa swimming with avocado. Hand-made steamed tortillas sop up rich chicken mole and peppery carne asada. Hibiscus tea, sweet and tart, chases each bite. This is the food of Comal, a lunch restaurant and heritage food incubator scheduled to open in the TAXI development…
A neighborhood already cluttered with craft breweries will welcome one more to the fold when 10 Barrel Brewing opens this afternoon at 2620 Walnut Street in RiNo. This is the fourth brewpub in the 10 Barrel group, which was founded in Bend, Oregon, in 2006 and purchased by Anheuser-Busch Inbev…
Taja Indian got its start in Colorado as a fast-casual eatery, first as Bombay Bowl and then with a name and concept change with two locations in Denver and Lakewood. Earlier this year, owner Amar Singh franchised his first Taja Indian to operators in the Pearland suburb of Houston, Texas…
When Panadería Rosales fired up the oven and started making hand-rolled breads and pastries for its first day open on West 32nd Avenue in the Highland neighborhood, they were one of the only businesses in the area. “There was the theater, a furniture store on the corner, and us. That’s it,”…
Start your week off in the right bite, with one of four dinners happening around Denver today, then keep the good times rolling with the Flatirons Food Film Festival, Harvest Week, A Taste for Life or La Loma’s closing party, just to name a few events. This weeks calendar is…
Almost six months after it was closed by fire, Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen will finally reopen at 6 a.m. today at 725 East 26th Avenue (the entrance is actually on Welton Street). Owner Joshua Pollack has put the time to good use, not only coming up with new eatery concepts,…
Months after damage from a fire closed Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen, the restaurant will finally reopen on October 16. But balancing out that and two other openings were several surprise closings around Denver. Keep readings for links to our coverage. Closings: Cold Crush Closed as Public Nuisance by Denver PoliceCold…
Chef Scott Durrah and his wife, Wanda James, ended the four-year run of their restaurant Jezebel’s Southern Bistro last Sunday, in order to focus on their marijuana business. But it turns out that they didn’t exactly abandon the space at 3301 Tejon Street — instead, they passed the baton to Juan…
Dozens of slices of white bread sit stacked in columns, forming crags mimicking Yosemite’s Cathedral Rock. Corn cobs, Corn Flakes and husks are arranged so that they suggest cliffs hugging Cape Horn of the Columbia River. Fruit Loops bob in a river of milk, imitating a mining camp on the…
On Monday, October 17, Thomas Kachani and Phil Kastel will open the latest addition to their gastropub chain: Public School 303, or PS303. This is the seventh restaurant in the pair’s repertoire, but the first they have opened in Denver. Located downtown at 1959 16th Street, in a shiny new building…
Comrade Brewing took enemy fire yesterday afternoon when a large pickup truck smashed into the front of the building, destroying two garage doors, damaging the brewery’s beer tanks and rupturing the gas and water lines. The brewery was open at the time, but no one was hurt in the accident…
No. 49: Spicy Beef Hot Pot at the Bronze Empire Those of you lamenting the dearth of real Chinese food in Denver — as well as anyone who’s curious about what real Chinese food actually tastes like — should hurry to the Bronze Empire, the restaurant that Tian Xia and…
No Broncos game this weekend? No problem. There are plenty of winning events to fill the football-shaped hole in in your heart — and stomach. From chocolate and coffee to whiskey and doughnuts, all of your tastiest vices are represented on this weekend’s culinary calendar. And you can also get…
Since it opened in May 2013 (earning our Best New Bar award for that year), Cold Crush has been a hotbed of activity, with live music inside and a lot of live art outside, including the recent Colorado Crush 2016. But things definitely got too hot this past weekend, when…
Five months after fire shuttered wickedly popular Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessan, there’s reason to rejoice: The shop at 725 East 26th Avenue (with an entrance on Welston Street) has been rebuilt and will reopen on Sunday, once again doling out its killer New York-style bagels, fish smoked in-house and a…
Like many people in our fair city, I have always referred to Don’s Club Tavern as “Don’s Mixed Drinks,” because that’s what it says on the neon sign outside the bar at 723 East Sixth Avenue. Despite the fact that I’d probably been there ten times or more, I only learned…
Roll down your window on Santa Fe Drive or Federal Boulevard these days and you’ll smell the smoky, sweet Colorado cologne of chiles roasting. The season is here: Get your flame-fired chiles now, before they are gone. “There is a shortage of chile this year,” Roastedchili.com veteran Scott Young explains…
The village of Takayama sits in the heart of the Japanese Alps, a six-hour train journey from Tokyo. It was settled centuries before Christ, and it has long been known for its carpentry; many of Japan’s most famous temples are believed to have been built by craftsmen from Takayama. Today…
