In honor of National Ag Day on March 16, representatives of the Colorado Ag Council came to the State Capitol, where they provided plenty of food for thought about the role agriculture plays in the state’s economy — and also provided lunch for lawmakers and other officials, including Governor John…
Colorado’s homegrown chains continue to expand both locally and across the country. Larkburger got its start in Colorado in 2006 with a fast-casual spinoff of Thomas Salamunovich’s Vail fine-dining destination, Larkspur Restaurant. Since then, the company has added eleven other burger spots throughout the state. But early next year, the first out-of-state…
It’s official: On March 15, Denver City Council approved the MCE-DIA LLC proposal from Michigan-based Midfield Concession Enterprises and partners Smashburger and Tivoli Brewing to put a craft brewery in the new Westin Denver International Airport Hotel, a coffee bar by the new DIA transit center, and two burger spots…
Spring is nearly here, despite what the snow outside is telling you, and with it comes menu changes. A new sushi bar in the south suburbs just added a fun new beverage program to help you celebrate the end of winter, and a classic Russian bistro downtown has spruced up…
The initial list of semifinalists for the James Beard Awards touted many people and places in Colorado, including Jennifer Jasinski in the Outstanding Chef category, and Frank Bonanno for Outstanding Restaurateur. But when the James Beard Foundation revealed the finalists this week, only two Colorado connections remained: Frasca Food and Wine in…
March Madness is in full swing, and now there is “Beer Madness.” Starting today, all three locations of The Kitchen Next Door (Boulder, Union Station and Glendale) are offering beer enthusiasts a chance to get in on the madness as sixteen Colorado breweries compete for the top spot in the…
LoDo’s Bar & Grill kicked off Saint Patrick’s Day with another Kegs & Eggs breakfast — an annual tradition to make sure the green beer is flowing first thing in the morning for downtown revelers. This year’s lineup included AMZY, Saint Motel and Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, who helped…
This year’s James Beard Award winners will be announced in Chicago on May 2, and two metro-area restaurants could take home prizes. The James Beard Foundation announced the finalists this week, whittled down from dozens of restaurants, chefs, bakers and beverage specialists. There were seven Colorado nominees among the semifinalists…
While Kobe An Shabu Shabu in Lower Highland dazzles with tabletop cooking and fashionable fare, its forebear, Kobe An, has beem serving more typical Japanese cuisine in Denver for decades. Now below ground in a Cherry Creek spot, where it moved last year, the venerable eatery puts out a surprisingly up-to-date $5 happy…
Hungry for Cuban food — and more places where you can find it in Denver? This week Mark Antonation visited Cuba Bakery & Cafe, which brings a touch of Miami to the metro area. And readers ate up the news. Says Andy: WOWSER! We’ve been to Cuba Cuba, but it’s…
Denver is going green today, with celebrations spilling out all over town for St. Patrick’s Day. Not sure where to go? Check out our list of Twenty Places to Celebrate, or just head to LoDo, which has become ground zero for St. Paddy’s Day parties. Keep reading for the scoop on…
Just about everyone who lives in Denver, or who visits friends and family here, makes a pilgrimage along West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood to Casa Bonita — whether it’s once a week, once a month, once a year or once a decade. But now there’s another reason to pull into the vast…
When the Stanley Marketplace first announced intentions to convert a former aviation factory on the southeast edge of Stapleton into a 100,000-square-foot food and retail hall, the only thing we knew for sure at the time was that restaurateur Kevin Taylor would be opening a restaurant and beer hall there…
Colorado native Sarah Haughey, who worked at both Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project and Elevation Beer Company, plans to deepen the Arkansas Valley’s craft-beer scene this summer when she opens the Jailhouse on Buena Vista’s main drag, East Main Street. It will feature ten rotating craft-beer taps and a small selection…
No. 88: Biscuits and Green Chile at the Noshery The sun’s pouring through a window, illuminating the steam from a cup of coffee next to a big plate of biscuits and green chile. Two eggs, sunny-side up, fill in the remaining white space on the plate. Inside the Noshery at…
Yesterday we served up our list of Denver’s Ten Best Neighborhood Restaurants — after a heated discussion in the office of what qualifies as a neighborhood restaurant. (Work & Class, we decided, has become a destination restaurant for the entire city over the past two years, which pushed it off…
For a guy who’s made his living in professional kitchens, Max MacKissock recognizes that his early forays into cooking weren’t the stuff that dreams — much less careers — are made of. He remembers burning his tongue on fried smelts as a young child at a fish house back east…
The 43rd annual National Ag Day, which is celebrated in classrooms and communities across the country, takes over the State Capitol today. Every year Ag Day celebrates the many contributions of the agricultural industry in America; this year’s theme is “Agriculture: Stewards of a Healthy Planet.” Today the forty agricultural…
A neighborhood restaurant is one that captures the essence of its surroundings, welcomes neighbors like family and offers a cozy, intimate experience as an escape from the pressures of the outside world. Far from the lights and noise of downtown, the best neighborhood eateries blend in with the homes, tree-lined…
Since news broke yesterday that Colorado-based Oskar Blues had bought Cigar City Brewing, a beloved independent craft brewer in Florida, the comments have been spilling our faster than beer at Oktoberfest. Says Patsy: I am so pumped!! Love both breweries. Adds Tano: Just glad AB InBev didn’t buy them. Concludes Kurt: That’s…
Dan Appell says he “grew up” in the Italian deli that his father bought in 1982 in Parsippany, New Jersey, doing just about every job there was to do from the age of six through his graduation from college. And he would have been just fine if he’d never left…
The Best of Denver 2016 — our 33rd annual celebration of the city — will hit the streets on March 31, which means you have just one more week to bring out your best for our Best of Denver Readers’ Poll. This year, we’ve again split the voting into two…
