If you’ve watched the rise and fall of pork belly, Brussels sprouts and kale, you know that foods swing in and out of style. The same is true for beverages, and right now the drink of choice is sour beer. Made in barrels with fermented yeast and bacteria, it has…
The area at East 13th Avenue and Pearl Street in Capitol Hill is witnessing a bar and restaurant mini-revival. Beatrice & Woodsley owner John Skogstad is bringing his whimsical vision to 1310 Pearl Street with Mighty Sparrow & the Sea Captain, while the team behind Beauty Bar will soon re-open…
Minutes count at happy hour, says Gretchen Kurtz. On a recent visit to Bubu Lowry, she found a server willing to stretch happy hour timing, and that made her time there much happier. But Gabor responds: Why should the hospitality be any different than any other industry? It is not a secret…
No. 21: Purple Cow Ice Cream at Little Man Ice Cream Make sure to get plenty of ice cream as the summer winds down, especially if it’s the Purple Cow flavor from Little Man, that 28-foot-tall, giant milk-jug-shaped shop on the hill in LoHi. This dessert combines two of the…
The Broncos will be at Sports Authority Field on Saturday, taking on the San Francisco 49ers during the first home game of the preseason. The streets will run orange, and even Panda Express will be bringing a little orange to the table. The chain is celebrating its famous Orange Chicken…
Baur’s Restaurant & Listening Lounge hosted Go Fish! last night, a sustainable seafood party held to highlight the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s SeafoodWatch program. Fresh fish and other marine edibles were prepared by Seafood Watch Blue Ribbon Task Force chefs Dory Ford of Baur’s, Sheila Lucero of Jax Fish House and…
Ludicrous rent and breathtaking home prices have driven young creatives and professionals into the arms of Denver’s suburbs. A highway away from expensive coffee and fancy-pants bistros, these folks are making their own urban communities in the style they’ve been accustomed to back in the city. Little Edgewater feels like…
Making gnocchi is a true labor of love, and after making it from scratch once, you’ll appreciate those little pillows of potato heaven even more. This month I had the pleasure of taking a cooking class led by chef Isabel Ranney of the Magnolia Hotel as part of the the…
Mizu was in — and then it was out. But apparently the ground-floor space at 2930 Umatilla Street (on the same hilltop as Linger) is perfect for a sushi bar, because after the lease deal for Mizu fell through last winter, it didn’t take long for Sushi Ronin to snatch…
New Belgium Brewing will let a little bit of air out of Fat Tire this fall when it releases a lower-alcohol version of its flagship amber ale in packages for the first time. The beer will be 4 percent alcohol by volume, or 3.2 percent alcohol by weight, meaning it…
The Great American Beer Festival is only four weeks away, but if you just can’t wait for all those beers to pour into town Euclid Hall is putting on a series of beer dinners that will keep your whistle wet until the gates of the GABF open. The dinners start…
No. 22: The Parma Italia Detroit Pizza at Blue Pan Pizza Never let anyone say the pies coming out of Blue Pan Pizza in West Highlands are just pizza, especially when it comes to the Parma Italia option. Done “Detroit-style,” this deep-dish pie crackles with baked cheese around the crust and…
Mason Hembree wasn’t exactly surprised when people misinterpreted last week’s announcement that Dad & Dudes Breweria in Aurora planned to brew two beers made with cannabis extract and serve it at the Great American Beer Festival. After all, the Dad & Dudes press advisory was headlined, “Dude’s Brews to Release…
Colorado Springs-based Southern Concepts, which currently operates three Southern Hospitilality restaurants along the Front Range, will open Carve Barbecue at 1000 South Colorado Boulevard in the space that was formerly Bruxie. In a recent statement released by the company, CEO Mitchell Roth said that Carve “is barbecue without boundaries” and…
Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Mayan Manjar Yucateco a year ago, finding plenty of big flavors in the tiny Mexican eatery devoted to the cuisine of the Yucatan. While tacos, tamales and burritos were all part of the menu, specialties like juicy, slow-roasted cochinita pibil and dark relleno negro tipped diners off…
Fate is a funny thing. And in this case, fate it has determined that two companies, both called Fate Brewing, would end up in court. Just days after Arizona’s Fate Brewing opened a second major brewpub in the Phoenix area, Boulder’s own Fate Brewing has filed suit against the company…
When it opened in March 2012, River North Brewery set the pace for what was to come in Denver, not just because of its beer – but with its location and its name. In the three and a half years since then, another eight breweries have opened in the sometimes…
In our never-ending quest for good barbecue, we sometimes return to old favorites to see what’s new. At Jabo’s Bar-Be-Q off Arapahoe Road in Englewood, not much has changed over the years in terms of the home-style barbecue, customized sauces and hands-on service, but a stack of red boxes behind…
The 16th Street Mall is about to get several new restaurants — Henry’s will open in the Denver Pavilions on September 6, Melt will open a block away this fall. Meanwhile, two tourists from California who were dining outside at the Rock Bottom two weeks ago wound up beaten by roving…
Go big or go home. That seems to be the motto at Avery Brewing Company, which celebrated its 22nd anniversary this year by decamping to a new $27 million campus in Boulder. But the move did more than up Avery’s production capacity and give visitors a peek into operations via…
Today you can dive into America’s best outdoor market according to USA Today. In recent polling, the Boulder County Farmers’ Market won the top spot on the publication’s 10 Best Farmers’ Market list, beating out markets in cities like Burlington, San Francisco and Seattle. You can see the list here, and…
