Food & Drink

Espresso Americano is not a name often tossed around at the breakfast nook — at least not in the U.S. Born in Honduras, this family-owned chain operates hundreds of coffee shops throughout Central America and two in Colorado. And a third outpost is taking shape right on the 16th Street…

Veggie Girl Amber Taufen wasn’t surprised when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched yet another campaign that, at its core, was based on objectifying human beings. This time, though, the organization isn’t posting billboards with naked supermodels on them or staging “protests” that involved nude women in cages. Instead,…

Most Americans have been programmed nearly from birth to begin craving traditional Thanksgiving dishes as soon as the days start getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air. Turkey, relegated to brown-bag-sandwich duty the rest of the year, suddenly beckons us with Rubenesque curves of leg and breast provocatively…

The building that houses one of Denver’s most popular Southern food eateries, Tom’s Home Cookin’ in Five Points, is now for sale, according to news accounts this morning. Owners Tom Unterwagner and Steve Jankousky, who also run the restaurant, bought the property in 2001 for $185,000 and now have it listed for…

Denver lost one of its top hospitality professionals when Rioja server Neil Maxwell passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Maxwell had been with the Larimer Square restaurant since Beth Gruitch and chef Jennifer Jasinski opened it in 2004. His was a familiar and welcoming face to the…

Last March, we reported that El Tepehuan would be moving from its original location at 3457 South Broadway, where the Corral family opened it in 1978, to a new space just a few doors south. The move hasn’t happened yet — and now the lease is up, forcing the Englewood Mexican restaurant…

The Seattle-based Rhein Haus just opened its second location, at 1415 Market Street. That’s where Old Chicago had dispensed suds for more than twenty years before closing in March 2014 — and where Rhein Haus co-owner Rich Fox once worked. But before that, the building housed one of the town’s…

There’s nothing quite like fresh-made pasta: pillowy ravioli, tender tagliatelle, thick ribbons of papardelle. In the best Italian cooking, the pasta isn’t just an afterthought to get the sauce from the bowl or plate to your mouth, it’s the focal point of the dish that balances flavors and textures to…

The Denver Tech Center is the happening place to be this week. Troy Guard unveiled his southern outpost of Los Chingones on Monday in the new Belleview Station development, while Gretchen Kurtz had a wine time at the Palate Food + Wine in the Landmark complex.  There aren’t any 24-hour…

Beer and sausage halls are becoming a trend around town: Wurstküche brought its modern, Los Angeles interpretation of a traditional German hall to downtown in February and Frisco-born Prost Fine Beer and Sausages planted its second beer garden and bar in West Highland last year. Those come on top of…

Canadian steakhouse chain the Keg Steakhouse & Bar staked out a spot in LoDo in the early days of the 21st century, serving wallet-friendly steaks, like a signature baseball sirloin, and other family-oriented fare in the quickly growing neighborhood. But competition is now fierce in that booming restaurant market ,and…

No. 7: The Bacon Sandwich at Il Porcellino Salumi Like Cured in Boulder, which landed at No. 8 on our list for its street-style pretzel dawg, Il Porcellino is a specialty market with a deli counter and a chalkboard list of sandwiches and other lunch and dinner eats made in-house…

On Tuesday, protesters rallied around Denver in support of a campaign to raise minimum wage for fast-food workers and employees of similar businesses to $15 and hour. While The Fight for 15 campaign didn’t get a lot of support at the Republican presidential debate that same night, it’s gaining some support…

Is the brewery boom fizzling out? This year Denver may see slightly fewer craft-beer places opening than in 2014, when there was an average of one a month, Jonathan Shikes reports. But still, by the end of 2015, there will be at least sixty craft beer makers within Denver city…

Lower48 Kitchen closed its dining room on November 7 after two years of serving innovative and engaging food. All is not quiet at 2020 Lawrence Street, though. Lower48’s owner, Mario Nocifera, is still taking bookings for holiday parties and chef Vincent Burns is chipping in. Burns, with a resume that…