Coors Field has more beer offerings than ever — which is good, because fans might need to drink a lot in order to swallow the Colorado Rockies’ record thus far, with two losses at the ballpark and another game on tap for this afternoon. This year, Coors Field and Aramark…
How do you feel about the 16th Street Mall? That mile-long strip through downtown is bound to be jumping today, with gorgeous weather and a Rockies game tonight. But while some locals love it, others avoid it — and downtown boosters are in the process of revisioning the mall. “It’s…
This week, Gretchen Kurtz made a beeline for Abejas in Golden, where she interviewed chef Nicholas Ames about working a Toyota factory cafeteria and his love of ramen. Mark Antonation rustled up a few fried pork tenderloin sandwiches, a rarity in Denver but a big slab of comfort for displaced…
No. 84: Korean Fried Chicken Wings at Yong Gung The nondescript little storefront at 2040 South Havana Street that once boasted the name Yong Gung Dragon Palace Chinese Restaurant is now simply Yong Gung — a minor change that takes away some confusion, since the restaurant doesn’t serve Chinese cuisine…
Woof in Boots, a doggie day care, boarding and grooming facility at 719 West Eighth Avenue, is looking up for its next project. The company, owned by Vincent Palazzotto and John Comandari, is raising the roof on its existing building for a dog-friendly bar to be called Biscuits & Brews,…
Coors Field is surrounded by independent craft breweries — there are more than a dozen within a one-mile radius of the ballpark. But inside, the story has been very different. Although Coors Field is home to the only working brewery at a Major League stadium, Blue Moon Brewing at the…
It’s Opening Day, which means that bars and restaurants all over downtown, RiNo and LoHi will be celebrating the start of baseball season — which means lots of beer and brats. No sooner had we published our list of Ten Top Spots to Celebrate Opening Day, when we heard of…
The Rockies swing into action at Coors Field today for the team’s home opening, an event that’s practically a local holiday; see our list of ten places to celebrate Opening Day. But there’s much more to Denver than the Rockies (which you’ll appreciate in a few months of baseball games), and…
Nothing marks the arrival of spring in Denver more than the Rockies’ home opener. The cheers of the crowd, over-priced yet completely toothsome stadium foods, cold beer, hot sun and the resounding chorus of “Hey! Baby” — these are what spring days are made for. On Friday, April 8, the…
For two decades, TheWrangler, a popular gay bar catering to a burly clientele, has held down the corner of 1700 Logan Street. But this summer it will move to Five Points, taking over the big building at 3090 Downing Street that was once a church, then home to Tosh’s Hacienda…
In December, we brought you our list of the fifteen best new restaurants in 2015. But there was a late flurry of activity at the end of the year, and the intervening months have given us time to sample, ruminate and pare down our favorites to a sleek list of…
Nocturne puts on a show every night, so it’s the least I could do to get into character. Just over a year old in a storied space on 27th Street, Nocturne is realized in such a classy way that it begs you to rise to the occasion, even if the…
Chef Tim Payne may take his cooking inspiration from the Colorado soil, but the business model for his restaurant, Farmer Girl, is thoroughly modern. Payne started out with a food truck and catering company before signing a short-term lease in Avanti Food & Beverage, the restaurant incubator in LoHi, last…
The 16th Street Mall is one of the city’s major tourist attractions, but visitors don’t get much of a taste of homegrown Denver shops and restaurants along this stretch, where chains and souvenir stores predominate. There are some rare exceptions, including the I Heart Denver store in the Pavilions, our…
Water for People sprang to life from the Denver-based American Water Works Association in 1991, with the simple idea that access to safe drinking water and effective sanitation are basic human rights that no person should live without. According to the international non-profit, today 1.8 billion people around the world don’t…
Coy and Rachael Webb opened Roaming Buffalo Bar-B-Que at 2387 South Downing Street in January 2015 and since then they’ve made it a favorite among smokehouse aficionados and neighbors alike. Like the best smokehouses around the country, the Webbs often sell out well before the dinner hour. But since there’s…
The Brewers Association released its annual list of the top fifty craft brewers in the nation, and Colorado lost a member from the 2014 list: Craftworks, the parent company of Rock Bottom, Old Chicago, Boulder Beer and the Chop House. That leaves only five in-state breweries on the list, but…
Distillery 291 founder Michael Myers set out to create whiskey and other spirits distinct to Colorado when he launched his business in 2011, but he’s succeeded in attracting attention well outside our state’s borders. The Colorado Springs distillery has earned international recognition for bourbon and rye whiskey that feature a unique…
Mark Antonation recently took a trip to the Midwest — without leaving Denver. He was in hog heaven as he explored this city’s tenderloin district in search of a Midwestern pork sandwich, and found several worthy version that had readers salivating. “Oh em gee,” wrote one. “They do exist in…
Denver restaurants can live or die on the strength of their happy hours, and three of the city’s buzziest new eateries have finally revealed what they’re up to in the late afternoon hours. Brider, the fine-casual outfit from Steve Redzikowski and Bryan Dayton of Acorn, plus Jeff Osaka’s Sushi-Rama and twin…
You never know when your luck’s going to change. But with the benefit of hindsight, Nicholas Ames, executive chef at Abejas, which opened last year in Golden, can pinpoint the moment when his life took a turn for the better. It wasn’t when he succeeded John Broening as executive chef…
No. 85: The Tornado at the Chowder RoomIf you’re looking for a great bowl of clam chowder, starting at a place called the Chowder Room is a good bet. The seaside-style fish house on South Broadway offers no fewer than four styles every day: a classic bacon-studded New England chowder,…
