You’re familiar with the story: a young but powerful wizard, born with magical powers, wakes up to find out he’s in a life-and-death battle with He Who Must Not Be Named. In this case, though, we’re not talking about Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort. Rather, the story is about Hogshead…
Kim Jordan, who co-founded New Belgium Brewing and turned it into the third-largest craft brewer in the nation, announced this week that she will step down as the CEO of the industry-leading Fort Collins company. Christine Perich, a New Belgium exec since 2000 and the current chief operating officer and…
The corner of 15th and Arapahoe streets downtown has been home to a number of restaurants over the years, most recently Prime Steakhouse and Le Chateau next door, which was once La Fondue. Prime and Le Chateau are both closed now, but there’s plenty of activity inside. There’s a sign…
The northeast corner of Alameda Avenue and Downing street has been home to a string of Asian restaurants since the late 1990s — but that’s about to change. What originally opened as Stir Crazy quickly changed names to the Crazy Asian Cafe, which survived until 2012, when new owners took…
The Great American Beer Festival won’t hit the Colorado Convention Center for another six weeks, but already news of related events is pouring in for our GABF week calendar. And it’s a good thing that calendar will be full, because GABF tickets got fast. Says Ken: Beer snobs from around the globe…
Griff’s Burger Bar is an old-fashioned drive-thru where you can still get a great burger, a greasy bag of fries and a drink for a five-spot ($6.99, if you want to go for a double cheeseburger, and it’s worth a little more to add a skull-splittingly thick milkshake). The first…
A trio of tasty events should help you get over the mid-week hump today. Carmine’s on Penn and Firenze a Tavola are both holding wine dinners, and at Cafe Options you can learn to cook your own vegetarian dinner: The chef at Carmine’s will spend the day scouring the Cherry Creek Farmers’…
Brewers and cider makers from Boulder County gathered over the weekend at the Boulder County Fairgrounds in Longmont for the first ever Boulder County Fair Brewers’ Festival. The event was organized by the Colorado Beer Trail and featured beers from 20 brewers along with food and music for festival-goers. SInce there…
So, I didn’t want to have to write this post, but there’s no way around it at this point. It is now pumpkin-beer season. This isn’t how it should have been. No, pumpkin-beer season shouldn’t start until September 1 at the earliest. But there are already a couple dozen gourd…
The latest biscuit kitchen/bar/pizzeria combo under the Atomic Cowboy umbrella opened at 8 a.m. this morning on Tennyson Street, completing a Denver triangle of founder Drew Shader’s three-in-one concept that started on East Colfax Avenue more than a decade ago and expanded to South Broadway in 2013. True to the other…
The Heart Beet at the MCA Cafe Visitors to MCA Denver are greeted by a striking work of art, even before entering the building. An enormous, sparkling heart, stuck through with a silver sword, rotates atop a pole jutting up from the sidewalk in front of the building’s main entrance. The heart,…
Jenna Berrios and Sawyer Oglesby had an idea to serve wholesome, quick breakfasts to a Denver coffee crowd ready for something more than muffins. The result is ProsperOats, which opened this summer at 2550 15th Street in Lower Highland. ProsperOats, which takes its name from the character Prospero in William…
Mezcal closed its doors in May for a renovation of the twelve-year-old kitchen and dining room — and when the Colfax Avenue cantina reopens later this summer, it will unveil more of a reboot than a remodel, with new direction from longtime owners Chris Swank and Loris Venegas, and chef…
Chile season is heating up, and chiles from Pueblo, Commerce City and other hot spots are beginning to show up at local farmers’ markets. Just a taste of the Hacienda Maize jelly featured at a Colorado Proud pop-up picnic on August 1 inspired us to stir things up, again, by…
Get a taste of one of the hottest neighborhoods in Denver at the fifth annual Ballpark Plates today. More than thirty venues, including Work & Class, Trillium, Lower48 Kitchen, Sugarmill and more, will open their doors in the Ballpark neighborhood between 20th and 25th streets and Blake and Curtis streets, offering…
Station 26 Brewing Co. served up another version of its Park Hill favorite Bluegrass Brunch on Sunday, with live music from Thunder and Rain, food from the Rolling Smoke food truck and doughnuts from Glazed & Confuzed. There was beer, bluegrass, bajos, barbecue, barley and — more than just about…
It’s been a long time coming, but the first Colorado location of Henry’s Tavern will open next month at 500 16th Street in the Denver Pavilions, in the big space previously occupied by Virgin Records — big enough for a restaurant that will seat 335 inside and another twenty on…
No 28: Mysore Thali at Masalaa Masalaa in Aurora is no secret to seekers of great Indian cuisine or to vegetarians looking for well-made dishes beyond the standard range of tofu-this and seitan-that. But even for regulars, the choices can be a little overwhelming because everything on the menu entices…
If you’ve tried the famous fried chicken at Max’s Wine Dive for dinner, you know that portion control isn’t a part of the company’s lingo. As a chain of eight restaurants with only two locations outside of Texas, Max’s isn’t messing around when it comes to the idea that everything’s…
The word fusion, when applied to restaurant cooking, is generally associated with overwrought combinations of French and Asian ingredients and techniques. As a culinary movement, it reached its apex years ago – although international mash-ups are still making their way onto “New American” menus as chefs search for new ways…
As Mark Antonation reported last week, there are two Ophelia’s in the metro area: very different restaurants connected by nothing but a name. Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed, opened this spring in the Ballpark neighborhood; meanwhile, there’s an Ophelia’s in Olde Town Arvada, where Louise Vigil has been…
The Book of Mormon comes knocking on Denver’s door again this week, inspiring a downtown restaurant to debut a special cocktail; one of Denver’s hottest neighborhoods will be dishing out samples; Solera Restaurant will host an all-star lineup of chefs cooking for a great cause; and the Front Range will be…
