While September witnessed a score of new restaurant and bar openings, the big news was the closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors at the corner of Pearl and East 19th Avenue — but promises to return early next year after a big remodeling…
Although it was founded in Lyons and operates its largest brewery in Longmont, Oskar Blues has always felt right at home in Denver. And early next year, the company will plant some actual roots here when it opens its first property in Denver, a CHUBurger at 35th and Larimer streets,…
Margaritas for all our friends! It looks like the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group has a deal on the Session Kitchen building at 1518 South Pearl Street, and it should make Mexican food lovers in the Platt Park neighborhood very happy. The property got its start as the first home of Izakaya Den,…
Cherry Cricket general manager Kathy Huddleston and bar manager Clifton Bell have 25 combined years of experience serving customers at the venerable Cherry Creek burger joint, but that’s still only a fraction of the bar’s long life on East Second Avenue. The Cherry Cricket will celebrate its seventieth anniversary on…
Just because New Belgium Brewing is paying a lot of attention to its massive new production facility in Asheville, North Carolina, (slated for completion in early 2016) doesn’t mean that the Fort Collins brewery is ignoring its home base. This fall, the company will break ground on an expansion project…
Last winter, pork lovers noticed something missing in their burritos, tacos and bowls at Chipotle: the carnitas. The burrito chain that got its start in Denver had decided to stop serving pork rather than risk selling meat that didn’t meet the company’s animal welfare standards. According to Chipotle’s website, the…
This past weekend Pueblo hosted its 21st annual Chiles and Frijoles Festival, which celebrates the bounty of Colorado’s farms — and the great chiles grown there. Farmers brought in Pueblo, or Mirasol, chiles; Anaheims and Big Jims; scorching Dynamite and lesser-known varieties like Mosco and Marconi — and there wasn’t…
The story of Onefold is not a cautionary tale. There are no lurking dangers from which to learn, no pitfalls trapping overextended chefs, no overwrought concepts so common in the restaurant industry. Instead, this humble eatery with its simple decor and even simpler menu is more of a pep talk…
At Lola, La Cosecha will bring together local farms and chefs for a farm-fresh dinner beginning at 5 p.m. today. Nine chefs and eleven Colorado farms will contribute to the feast, which will highlight the fall harvest here in Colorado. Chefs from Acorn, The Kitchen, Jax Fish House, Elway’s, Vesta Dipping Grill,…
Fans of good deals, mark your calendars. Visit Denver has announced the dates for Denver Restaurant Week 2016. The 12th annual citywide dining event will take place from February 26 to March 6 next year. And like the previous two years, dinner at participating restaurants will cost $30 per person. Registration…
The annual Great American Beer Festival swept through Denver last weekend, and this year’s version may have been the best I’ve been to in a while. The reasons for that are clear: The organizers at the Boulder-based Brewers Association made some simple but significant changes that really helped change the…
Chef/restaurateur Michael Shiell’s Milk & Honey has been turning heads in Larimer Square with its swanky subterranean setting and equally opulent menu. That menu reflects Shiell’s vision and his collaboration with chef de cuisine Lance Barto, who signed on at Milk & Honey shortly before the restaurant’s June opening. “We…
Tomorrow we’ll publish our Restaurant Roll Call for September, compendium of all the openings and closings around town. And there were plenty of closings — some expected, some not. The original Las Delicias shuttered its doors, but promises to return to its Uptown home next spring after a big remodeling…
400 Rabbits at MezcalLast May, Mezcal went dark, but the closing of the venerated East Colfax restaurant wasn’t a permanent one. After a three-month remodel, a new incarnation of Mezcal re-opened with a few tweaks to the decor, a few splashes of fresh paint and a revamped menu. When the…
Presto change-o! Ian Kleinman is finally ready to throw open the doors of the Inventing Room — his Willy Wonka-inspired dessert emporium in the Ballpark neighborhood that will harness the power of liquid nitrogen to wow customers with flash-frozen treats and other outlandish snacks that up until now have only…
It’s International Coffee Day and businesses all over Denver are celebrating by offering a deals and dishes. For starters, local Dunkin’ Donuts outlets are offering guests at all Dunkin’ Donuts a free medium hot or iced dark roast coffee today. Additional restaurants like Tamayo, ViewHouse and Habit Doughnuts will be…
Although Monkey Barrel, a bar and music venue that opened two years ago at 1611 Platte Street, will relocate in early 2016 to 4401 Tejon Street, the move comes with some definite advantages: Not only will the location be larger and feature a kitchen, but that kitchen will also serve…
A year has passed since we first wrote about the coming of the Stanley Marketplace to the south side of Stapleton, in the former Stanley Aviation building. At the time, restaurateur Kevin Taylor had committed to opening a beer hall in the 100,000 square foot space, but not much else…
The 21st annual Pueblo Chile and Frijoles festival hit the streets of Pueblo over the weekend with a celebration of Colorado’s finest chiles. The three-day festival blocked off streets and took over downtown Pueblo with trinket hawkers, political booths, heavy-metal cover bands — and, most important, the intoxicating aroma of…
After two years on the 16th Street Mall, the curbside outpost of Cafe 180 has closed. You could eat at Cafe 180’s bright-green stand at 16th and Arapahoe streets more cheaply than just about anywhere on the mall — or all downtown, for that matter — with salads, wraps and soups…
The Great American Beer Festival is as astronomical in size as it is in character. Every year, the most eclectic group of beer lovers in the world go all out when they attend this fun and outrageous convention. And this past weekend the costumes, along with the entire 2015 event,…
Tom+Chee, a fast-casual concept that takes its name from the tomato soup-and-cheese sandwich combo we all loved as kids, got a big boost when it was featured on Shark Tank in 2013; the chain now has more than forty locations across the country, and just opened its first Colorado spot last…
