When they bought the four-decade-old White Fence Farm last year, Craig Caldwell and Tom Piercy definitely appreciated what founder Charlie Wilson had created in Lakewood, but they also thought the White Fence Farm concept had potential to field a farm team of fried-chicken outlets, where fans could grab a meal…
Impatient potheads frequently gripe about the delayed effect of edibles, but a new product line claims that you won’t have to wait any longer to get high. Quigley’s Fast-Acting Cannabis Shot, a marijuana-infused beverage that says it “typically can be felt within seconds, building within a few minutes,” will be…
When MOD Pizza came to town from Seattle just over a year ago, I wondered about the similarity between the name of the rapidly expanding pizza chain and Modmarket, Denver’s own fast-casual pizza, salad and sandwich empire. So I checked with Modmarket co-founder Anthony Pigliacampo, who told me, “We believe…
A number of things have changed at the Squeaky Bean, but Farrah Fawcett still watches over all the comings and goings. Her candlelit memorial is a touchstone every time I return to the Bean, through chef changes, ups and downs and meals both inspiring and confusing. Though I love sitting…
The third Dae Gee will open soon at 460 Broadway — but it can’t be soon enough for fans of Korean food. And especially for fans of all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue. Lauren Monitz recently checked out that deal at the second Dae Gee, at 827 Colorado Boulevard, and while she was…
Rod Tafoya and his Denver-based Mission Yogurt, Inc. have completed the purchase of the building at 1518 South Pearl Street that formerly housed the ambitious, if ill-conceived Session Kitchen created by the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group — and, before that, the original Izakaya Den. But don’t expect this stunning space to become the world’s…
The seventeenth annual Beaujolais & Beyond Festival will fill Mile High Station from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. today. The event, which celebrates the arrival of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau wine to the Rocky Mountain region, will feature a live performance by Imagination Arts Circus, a culinary challenge highlighting twenty Colorado chefs creating…
In the most recent Esquire, Chris Jones extols the virtues of Jujubes, calling them “the only candy a man should eat.” This, of course, is utter bullshit, as are his claims that they should be pronounced “joo-joobs,” which is only slightly less precious than referring to Target as “Tar-zhay.” Jujubes…
Cobbler’s Corner, a historic building at the corner of 44th Avenue and Alcott Street in Sunnyside, has been getting a major makeover this year thanks to co-owner Jack Pottle and restaurant and real-estate developer Paul Tamburello. The building, which originally housed a shoe shop operated by Pottle’s grandparents in the…
It’s brilliant marketing: Engender lots of goodwill from the buying public and plenty of national attention by eschewing profits for one day, Black Friday. Then watch that goodwill pay off later — in the form of big bucks. REI pulled off a nice PR coup earlier this month when it…
Colorado brewers are a proud bunch, proud of their beer, of their profession and of their state – which is why many of them have made small batches of beer that use only ingredients made or grown in Colorado. But finding those ingredients isn’t easy. There’s one one independent grain…
This weekend, the suds were in full effect as Left Hand Brewing hosted its second annual Nitro Fest in Longmont. This is the only beer festival in the U.S. with an all nitro lineup of beers — with more than 40 local and national breweries represented. Not only were the…
No. 6: Chicken and Waffles at Revelry Kitchen We’re not one to jump on food trend bandwagons just for the sake of it. Chicken and waffles, a dish that made its way from regional act to national headliner a few years ago, just seemed like two completely different food substances…
Tom’s Home Cookin’ has listed its building in Five Points — where it has served weekday lunch, and lunch only, to fans for two decades. Cook/owners Tom Unterwagner and Steve Janousky say they’re just kicking the tires, to find out how much the property might go for; they bought it…
When I left New York more than a decade ago, foodies (as they were known then) felt a little sorry for me. What was a food writer to do in a town known for steakhouses and omelets? But who’s sorry now? Today this Colorado cowtown is on the national food…
This month Zengo is introducing a new menu featuring over twenty dishes inspired by chef Richard Sandoval’s recent tasting tours of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Thailand. In celebration, the restaurant will hold a meet-and-greet VIP cocktail reception with Sandoval from 5 to 7 p.m. today. Guests can mingle and toast with…
Yes, those are the fried tacos at Mexico City Lounge, 2115 Larimer Street, where we’ll be hosting a lunch with Gustavo Arellano, author of Ask a Mexican and an expert on all manner of Mexican food, fried or not, on Thursday, November 19. And the lucky winners of a seat…
A beer expert and a chef met a few years ago while the two were working for the same catering company. The two built a friendship while talking about beer’s affinity for fine food. The beer expert was Mike Burns, who would go on to open Happy Leaf Kombucha, and…
Denver’s eastern neighborhoods, starved for the kind of hip eateries and bars that seem to open on a weekly basis on the west side, are salivating over the impending arrival of the Stanley Marketplace, which is scheduled to open March 31 in the former Stanley Aviation Building southeast of Stapleton,…
When we think of food and Albuquerque, we tend to think of chile — red or green — and not much else, especially when it comes to exporting the culinary offerings of New Mexico beyond the state’s dusty borders. But a couple of ABQ restaurateurs are out to prove that…
The Berkeley neighborhood’s newest coffeehouse, Allegro Coffee Roasters, opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. on the corner of Tennyson Street and 41st Avenue, featuring nineteen different micro-lot coffees roasted in-house. This is Allegro’s first free-standing coffeehouse and the third Allegro Coffee Roasters (or ACR) in the country, with the other two…
Given Denver’s restaurant boom, you might say there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen. But earlier this fall, when Christopher Cina of Breckenridge-Wynkoop found himself looking for a new executive chef for the Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery (the previous chef had moved out of state just a…
