At the end of 2014, we talked with two hopeful butchers, Chad Nelan and Alex Windes, who had just launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the opening of Elevation Charcuterie, their wholesale sausage and cured meats company. While the fundraiser wasn’t successful, Nelan and Windes kept at it, raising…
Does every newly hot Denver neighborhood need a nickname? LoHi was just part of Highland — or was that the Northside? — until Lola helped start the transition that turned that area into a major dining destination almost a decade ago. The Butcher Block was one of the few spots…
We’re heading into a holiday weekend, but that’s no reason not to sink your teeth into some fun right now. This week you can learn more about beer, party on South Platte or enter a hot, hot wing-eating challenge. Keep reading for the delicious details on the top ten culinary…
Yesterday morning a car smashed into Cigars on Sixth, which we called the “ultimate man cave” when we awarded it Best Cigar Bar in the Best of Denver 2013 (which was the last year we gave that award). Although the cigar store has seating just on the other side of what…
Brunch is definitely Denver’s favorite meal, but breakfast burritos may be this city’s favorite dish. Is there another town in the country where breakfast burrito vendors go from office to office every weekday morning? Is there another city in the country where cars line up so that their drivers can…
This week we said hello to new restaurants from familiar names, including Moxie Eatery, a surprise on Broadway from chef Dylan Moore, who helped popularize this strip that marks the eastern edge of the Baker neighborhood with Deluxe and Delight, two adjoining restaurants he ran for nearly ten years. A…
As a restaurant and bar destination zone, Larimer Street just keeps getting better and better, especially in the blocks northeast of Park Avenue. The Populist was an early favorite when it opened in 2012, but others have joined in, including our Best New Restaurant, Hop Alley; our readers’ choice for…
Nearly a year has passed since Robert Tournier served the last bowl of mussels at his 34-year-old French restaurant, Le Central. But a new lease has finally been signed for the vacant space at 8th Avenue and Lincoln Street; Denver newcomer Christopher Fehlinger expects to unveil Clyde — a wine…
Hipsters are popping up all over the place, including discussions of two recent Food stories: our report on the opening of Chuey’s Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub, and our list of the Ten Best Falafel Spots in Denver. First stop, Santa Fe Drive, where Chuey’s Fu’s just landed — and one reader…
This weekend is jam-packed with events, including the Westword Music Showcase on Saturday. Sure, there will be food there — although music clearly has the starring role. But food is in the spotlight at dozens of other events around town; here are the twenty top items on our culinary calendar…
When Amar and Autumn Singh switched up the concept of their already successful fast-casual eatery, Bombay Bowl, to the slightly more upscale Taja Indian in April 2015, they did it with the goal of making Taja easily scalable for potential franchisees. The result is a streamlined menu, some behind-the-scenes technology, and…
To be fully honest and up front, the happy hour at Sarto’s isn’t, strictly speaking, a “happy hour.” But, spoiler warning: it is indeed happy. The cicchetti bar in place at this gleaming Italian spot in Jefferson Park is built around the Venice-born tradition of tapas and drinks humming in…
Seven years after it began canning, the Wynkoop Brewing Company has decided to stop packaging its beers or selling them to bars and restaurants outside of the brewpub and the Wynkoop’s sister restaurants. That means there will be no more six-packs of Belgorado, Railyard Ale or Colorojo on liquor-store shelves…
After blending the flavors and street-food stylings of Mexico, Korea and other Asian and Latin American countries at his food truck, Chuey Fu’s, for years, Joe Knoblich finally has a permanent home for his efforts. Chuey Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub is open at 1131 Santa Fe Drive, in a space that…
The weather won’t be so blazing hot today, so it will be a fine time to get outdoors and enjoy some good food and good company. Civic Center Eats is going strong from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Civic Center Park, and there’s now…
The look of liquor store shelves across Colorado continues to change. Fort Collins Brewery, which began canning its beers earlier this year, has decided to abandon bottles altogether and move its entire packaged lineup to aluminum. They’ll begin in August with Oktoberfest, a beer that won gold at the Great…
Chef Troy Guard’s restaurant empire keeps growing. The latest to take shape is Mister Tuna, which is scheduled to open in mid-July in the Industry building on Brighton Boulevard. Guard grew up in Hawaii and Mister Tuna is the nickname his father earned as an avid boater, fisherman and outdoor…
Joe Knoblich has been blending the flavors and street-food stylings of Mexico, Korea and other Asian and Latin American countries from his food truck, Chuey Fu’s, for the past three and a half years. But he has now found a permanent home; Chuey Fu’s Latin-Asian Grub is now open at…
When Andy Ganick opened the Berkshire in Stapleton nine years ago, the neighborhood was just beginning to boom. Now he’s opened a second restaurant, The Pig & the Sprout, on Chestnut Place in another up-and-coming area: the space between Union Station and Commons Park. When he reported on the Pig’s…
Denver isn’t the one-horse steakhouse town it used to be. But excitement over this city’s culinary coming of age didn’t make it any easier for Dan Kane to handle the closure of Sullivan’s Steakhouse a year ago. “It was emotional, standing in an empty kitchen — no equipment, no nothing,”…
Coloradans loves to bike. Whether it’s hitting the hills on your mountain bike or pedaling along Cherry Creek, a two-wheeled trip is almost always better than a four-wheeled one. That’s why we celebrate Colorado Bike Month in June (the majority of the country celebrates in May), and the highlight is…
Sana Hamelin opened Denver’s first cat cafe in 2014 and since then, fans of felines have been flocking to the Denver Cat Company to keep company with cats over cups of coffee. Now Hamelin is ready to expand her kitty empire and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money…
