When last we checked in with chef Scott Parker, whose resume includes ten years at Table 6 and time at several Vail and Telluride restaurants, he was overseeing doughnut sandwich ops at the Habit/Carbon dual doughnut dispensary and coffee house. That was nearly a year ago though and Parker has…
The owners of Eddyline Brewery in Buena Vista have opened a new brewery and pizzeria in Nelson, New Zealand. “Molley and I have a vision for the Eddyline brand to grow internationally with individual Eddyline brewpubs serving as gateways to incredible places around the world,” co-founder Mic Heynekamp wrote in…
Matt Aboussie went to Alaska on a seasonal construction job immediately after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado in 2007 — an athlete with a business degree, he didn’t feel that his job prospects were particularly bright — and eventually was introduced to commercial fishing in Bristol Bay. “I…
In this era of celebrity chefs and bigger-is-better restaurants, food has become synonymous with entertainment. But to Bradford Heap, food is serious business, and not just because his livelihood is wrapped up in Colterra, Salt and Wild Standard, his three Boulder-area restaurants. The classically trained chef believes that what we…
Fans of the hip Korean barbecue joint, Dae Gee, which got its start in Westminster and came to 827 Colorado Boulevard in 2014, have a new place to pig out. Dae Gee’s third location is now open at 460 Broadway, complete with tabletop grills, a full liquor license and a…
Wooden barrels look pretty on the outside, but it’s on the inside where the action happens. And it’s those chemical reactions where Zach Nichols has found an attraction. Nichols is in the process of creating Cellar West Artisan Ales, a Boulder brewery that will focus solely on oak barrel-fermented beers…
Landry’s Inc., owner of an alarming number of steak and seafood restaurants here in Denver (and across the country), announced the closing of Willie G’s Seafood & Steaks on the 16th Street Mall yesterday. Willie G’s has been a part of the Mall scenery — and a regular stopping point…
Passion Fruit Sunrise at Root Down Root Down’s bar manager, Nick Feely, has been looking back lately. When he and his bar team began to come up with recipes for Root Down’s latest cocktail menu, Feely directed their focus to a past era of cocktails. Classic recipes were broken down,…
The Tacolandia celebration of street tacos was so successful at DISH last September that we’re spinning off the concept for a new event that will be the taco the town! Join us from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 14, for the new, improved Tacolandia, presented by Estrella Jalisco…
If you see shakshuka on a menu anywhere in Denver, there are two very good reasons why you should order it — even if you’re not sure what you’re getting. First, the combination of soft sibilance and hard k, twice in one word, is simply fun to say. Second, unless…
Warmer weather signals the return of food-truck season, and the premier gathering of food trucks in Denver — Civic Center Eats — rolls back into Civic Center Park today. Every subsequent Tuesday and Thursday through early October (with the exception of a few days when the space is set up for other…
There’s a sign up at Chubby’s at 1231 West 38th Avenue that reads “Open During Construction” — which is more or less true. But when we dropped in earlier this morning, that construction may have been the cause of a power outage that had employees scrambling. Another sign quickly went…
A fire broke out overnight in an apartment above Roseberg’s Bagels & Deli at 725 East 26th Avenue in Five Points. One person was found dead in the apartment, according to the Denver Fire Department, but the cause of death is not yet known. Reports indicate that the fire broke…
Jim Pittenger, owner of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, has been restructuring his mini-empire this spring. After going in on Pop’s Place with chef Stephen Kleinman on Lawrence Street (in the former Lower48 Kitchen space), Pittenger hit one into the ballpark, opening a Biker Jim’s on the third level concourse at…
As early as this week — and no later than mid-May — the Littleton Taco House will reopen after a year-long construction project that started with repairs to the roof, and grew from there. This Taco House, part of a local chain founded in 1958, is one of only three…
The James Beard Foundation will announce the winners in its 2016 Restaurant and Chef categories tonight. Only two Denver area contenders remain in the running for awards: Alex Seidel of Fruition and Mercantile for Best Chef: Southwest, and Frasca Food and Wine for Outstanding Restaurant. But Denver-based Craftsy already came up…
With Cinco de Mayo, Derby Day and Mother’s Day all headed our way, many of us already have full plates. But still, there are culinary events earlier this week you won’t want to miss, including WomenCook! and the start of Civic Center Eats. Keep reading for all the tasty details…
Thanks to all the restaurant action on Tennyson Street and in surrounding areas, Berkeley took top honors as Best New Restaurant Neighborhood in the Best of Denver 2016. And last Sunday, when the weather was lovely, windows were open and people were spilling all over the street; after trying a…
April Started out with a bang, with six bar and restaurants opening in the first two days. Since then, a number of promising eateries have debuted, including two artisan ice cream shops: Frozen Matter in Uptown and Heifer and the Hen in Boulder. Chef/restaurateur Biju Thomas launched two more outposts…
Almost exactly a year ago, a wet spring hailstorm caused water damage to the roof and interior of the venerable Taco House at 1390 West Littleton Boulevard. At the time, minor repairs were being made to the roof of the building, which originally constructed as a burger joint in 1961;…
West-side pizza aficionados will finally be able to get their fix of Neopolitan pie when the third outpost of Racca’s Pizzeria Napoletana fires up the wood-burning oven and swings open its doors at the Colorado Mills shopping center on West Colfax Avenue on Monday. If the name doesn’t quite ring…
Is there such a thing as Colorado-style barbecue? Anna and Jonathon Ortlieb, the couple behind Happy Camper BBQ, think so — because they say they’ve invented it. The two plan to have their mobile barbecue kitchen open by the beginning of June, serving smoked pork with a Colorado twist: Instead…
