The retail duplex on West 38th Avenue that at one point housed El Alamo Mexican restaurant now has a liquor store on the left-hand side and a vacant space on the right. But the owner of Cana Liquors, Kamran Bhatti, is taking advantage of that vacancy: He’ll be opening Mr…
Restaurant veterans Brandon Bortles and Barry Dobesh — known to their friends as “the Bs” — are putting their collective experience and collective nickname to use in a new restaurant called Abejas that they’re opening in Golden later this summer. Abeja is Spanish for “bee” and although the restaurant won’t…
This isn’t a barbecue town. But while we may not have a nationally recognized style, Denver diners have strong opinions about the ’cue they do find here. Carolina transplants grumble about ketchupy sauces. Uprooted Texans mutter about any kind of sauce, ketchupy or otherwise, poured over their brisket. Barbecue lovers…
As summer rolls on and the farmers’ market season picks up steam, Taste of Vail and the Vail Farmers Market are teaming up to bring the market to your table with a farm-to-table dinner today. The meal, part of a summer dinner series, will celebrate the Colorado summer harvests and…
Wynne, Doug and Corkie Odell had three goals when they began thinking about the future ownership of the brewery they’d founded in 1989: upholding its financial stability, keeping independent control, and maintaining their cultural fabric. On Monday, Fort Collins-based Odell Brewing – the third largest craft-beer maker in Colorado –…
No longer do lovers of Colorado Cider Company have to drink their beverages delicately from a glass or commit to downing a whole 22-ounce bottle. Now you can purchase the cider in packs of four 12-ounce bottles to share with your friends, stock your fridge or just slowly sip all day…
New Belgium may be opening a massive new brewery in North Carolina, but the company is also planning to open a third operation a little closer to home. Colorado’s biggest craft-beer will open a ten-barrel pilot brewery along with a rooftop barrel-aging lounge and swimming pool at the future Source Hotel,…
Since Brian Coppom took over as director of the Boulder County Farmers’ Market toward the end of last year, he has put a lot of thought into ways of empowering local farmers and increasing the overall viability of the market. His influence was evident almost from the moment he took…
Just two days after a jury decided the verdict in the Aurora theater shootings case, organizers of the A Night to Remember Beer Festival hosted their annual event at the Four Mile Historic Park, honoring the victims of the crimes, which took place on July 21, 2012. The festival included beer,…
The venerable Briarwood Inn in Golden hired a new chef in May. But rather than hire an industry veteran to turn out prime rib and buffet dinners for weddings, owner Lisa Paterson — who purchased the property from her father’s estate after he passed away several years ago — decided…
At Cho77, which Gretchen Kurtz just reviewed, she found many good dishes — but uneven service. Calling her assessment “dead on,” one reader advised that diners sit at the bar, the better to avoid the surly servers. (The bar also puts you closer to those good drinks.) But Cho77 isn’t…
If you know where to look, Jamaican cuisine lurks on various menus around Denver. The Welton Street Cafe has a selection of the Jamaican meat pies called patties along with its soul food offerings, and the Caribbean Bakery on East Colfax Avenue offers specialties from Jamaica and Trinidad. But for a…
From tequila to wine dinners and even a little chocolate — as well as some big food festivals — there are enough treats on the culinary calendar to keep your taste buds satisfied right through the work week. Here’s a taste: Tuesday, July 21 Chocolate Crisis Center and Stem Cider…
The corner joint that was most recently 1301 Santa Fe Tavern & Grill — and the Hoffbrau for years before that — has reopened closing almost exactly a year ago. There wasn’t much evidence of activity other than a few neon signs in the windows, but now there’s a banner…
Earlier this month, Highland Tap & Burger owner Juan Padro stated that he was focusing on employee training and that “our plan is to grow the Tap brand.” In the context of talking about the upcoming Bar Dough that he’s opening with Chef Max MacKissock right next door to his…
Sometimes, you just want to get dolled up and splurge for brunch. And the place to do that? Panzano, located in the swanky Hotel Monaco downtown. This timeless Italian rendezvous has been garnering accolades a Mile High since opening more than fifteen years ago. And like a fine wine, this…
“From the beginning, this has always been about challenging ourselves,” says Chris Bell, co-owner of Call to Arms Brewing, which opened late last week in the back half of a refurbished building at 4526 Tennyson Street, in the hot Berkeley neighborhood. And challenged themselves is exactly what Bell, Jesse Brookstein…
The vision of Rebel Restaurant owners Bo Porytko and Dan Lasiy is finally a reality. The reinvention of the longtime dive bar on Brighton Boulevard and 38th Street began last March on Kickstarter as a plan for a restaurant inside Black Shirt Brewing and and came to fruition on Thursday in the RiNo…
Residents of Baker and West Washington Park no longer have an easy place to visit for all their refractometer and microscope needs, not since the Science Company moved to West Hampden Avenue, but at least the building at the corner of First Avenue and Lincoln Street will soon be put…
All last week Mark Antonation profiled the seven eating options at Avanti Food & Beverage, the new hipster food court that opened last Monday at 32nd Pecos Street in the LoHi neighborhood. But parking was already tough in the hot dining destination, and tempers got hot, too, when the city suddenly…
Summer is in full swing, but the wet spring put a damper on one seasonal event: The Downtown Longmont Farmers Market will host its last Wednesday market of the year from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22. “This spring’s higher-than-average rainfall placed strains on local farms, causing delayed planting schedules,…
Street food ruled this week as the Avanti Food & Beverage collective opened its food hall on Monday and restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz dug her chopsticks into the Southeast Asian bowls and stir-fries at Cho77. Mark Antonation got in on the action, too, with bites of curry and crispy anchovies…
