How long does a restaurant have to last before its closure sets off a wave of nostalgia? That’s one question that’s emerged from the recent round of bad news, including the imminent loss of the Gypsy House Cafe, which is a dozen years old. But nostalgia over a neighborhood spot closing is…
Denver Restaurant Week kicks off its twelfth annual extravaganza of citywide menu deals tonight, with $30 dinners at over 200 metro dining destinations over the next ten days. But if you’re just now calling around to see where you can still grab a table, you may be surprised at how…
Medical marijuana’s CBD craze has shown no signs of slowing down, with high-CBD strains and pure-CBD oils in almost every dispensary in Colorado — but where are the CBD edibles? A Denver area couple says they’re ready to fill that void, and they don’t need a dispensary — or even…
Fillmore Street between Second and Third avenues in Cherry Creek will soon undergo a major change, as demolition on a row of retail shops on the east side of the street begins. The replacement will be an eight-story office and retail complex being developed by Schnitzer West. Of course, that…
Neighborhood Peruvian eatery Limón closed at the end of 2015, but owner Alex Gurevich didn’t give up the space. Instead, he and managing partner Larry Lane converted it into a Southern eatery and whiskey bar called Bread-N-Butter, which opened on Tuesday night in Uptown. The biggest changes to the interior are…
2010, the year we all felt so fly “Like a G6,” incessantly tooted our vuvuzelas, and pretended to be outraged at many a natural and man-made disaster. Harnessing our nostalgia for the end of the aughts, Hollywood has already made the Wikileaks and Deepwater Horizon movies, but has yet to…
We’ve been eating our way through town as we make our choices for the Best of Denver 2016, which will land on March 31. Our hunt for the Best Chinese Restaurant has led us all over the metro area; we outlined some of our finds in our recent list of…
If you’ve dined at the Palm Restaurant, you’ve no doubt noticed the caricatures of guests that adorn the walls throughout the bar and dining rooms — and if you’ve dined at the Palm enough to be a regular, you might have noticed your own caricature among those faces. Now that…
Ian Clark opened BRU Handbuilt Ales & Eats in Boulder in the summer of 2013, bringing his career as a chef and his passion for small-batch brewing together under one roof. But Clark has another passion that has threaded its way through his life in the kitchen, a passion that’s…
Greeley’s WeldWerks Brewing — which Westword called one of five breweries to watch this year — has also attracted some national attention: USA Today has included the company in a readers’ choice contest to select the Best New Brewery to emerge over the last few years. And the voting will…
Spanish Gin-Tonic at Linger The menu at Linger touches almost every continent on Earth, bringing regional dishes from all over the world to the mortuary-turned-restaurant in the LoHi neighborhood. And that globally inspired mission is not lost on Ky Belk, who manages the bar and oversees Linger’s diverse cocktail program…
Tickets are now on sale for two top culinary events. The Boulder International Film Festival is back for another year beginning March 3, and with it comes CineChef, the culinary competition where a selection of chefs create dishes inspired by their favorite movies — and then guests get to vote…
The Denver dining scene has seen a spate of closings lately, and the news just keeps coming. Gypsy House Cafe must vacate its space at 1279 Marion Street next month; word is the eclectic neighborhood spot will be replaced by a sushi restaurant — and the trademark mural outside will be…
Hawaii might be an island paradise, but when opportunity came knocking for Robert Juan, he didn’t hesitate to swap the ocean for the mountains. “I miss the sand and the sunrise on the beach,” says Juan, who joined Zengo as chef de cuisine this fall. “But if you have to…
The original Palm Restaurant was opened in New York City in 1926 by Pio Bozzi and John Ganzi, who lacked the money to decorate the place — so they gave steak dinners to artists in exchange for caricatures and portraits drawn directly onto the walls. Fast forward seventy years to…
Wow, just wow. Work Options for Women, a local nonprofit that trains impoverished women (and men) for jobs in the food-service industry, is a favorite cause for many local chefs, and last night’s “Mentors: A Night Out With Work Options for Women” quickly became a favorite fundraiser format for any…
When Coda Brewing opened in May 2014, co-owners Luke Smith and Scott Procop hoped to make beautiful music on the former Fitzsimons Army base in Aurora. And for a while, they did: Coda won medals at the Great American Beer Festival for two different beers in 2014 and 2015. But…
Austin James Carson, bar manager at Mizuna, won the regional Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience cocktail competition Wednesday night. Carson beat out six other Denver-area bartenders with his unique version of the classic Manhattan cocktail and will take that recipe to New York City in April to compete for the national…
Recent closings of longtime Denver restaurants — Le Central, Rosa Linda’s Mexican Cafe and Andre’s Confiserie Suisse last year; Jus Cookin’s and Trinity Grille just this month — have readers savoring other food memories. While there may be no tastier trip down memory lane than a visit to the Denver…
When it comes to the Mexican sandwiches known as tortas, I’m a serial monogamist. I’ll find a torteria — you know, the one with the best tortas ever — and faithfully stick with it, at least until my devotion is diverted by the promise of something even better. In my…
For twelve years, Gypsy House Café has been known almost as much for its Arabian Nights-style mural visible from East 13th Avenue as its Turkish coffee, Best of Denver award-winning hookah offerings and regular open-mic poetry readings. Its status as a home away from home for many in the Capitol Hill neighborhood —…
On Friday, we gave you the lowdown on the new Crafty Fox Taphouse and Pizzeria, which opened over the weekend on the eastern edge of Sunnyside. While the area surrounding the new eatery is mostly industrial, new apartments and a upcoming light rail stop are indications that the Crafty Fox,…
