New Belgium Brewing and Girls Pint Out are teaming up to host a night of beer, food and cocktails, in honor of New Belgium’s latest Lips of Faith Release, Pear Ginger. There will be several beer cocktails featuring the new beer, including the Ginger on the Rye, made with Knob Creek Rye…
Although opening day of Civic Center Eats was rained out on May 5, the twice-weekly food truck rally in Civic Center Park managed to squeeze in a couple of hours of lunch service last Thursday — and the sun even peeked out a little for the rescheduled official kickoff yesterday,…
American Craft Beer Week plows forward over the next few days, and while the designation is hardly needed anymore in Colorado where every week is essentially an American Craft Beer Week, the nationwide festival — which celebrates small and independent brewers — is certainly important in other states. Which is…
Aurora’s Havana Street is awash with some of the most diverse ethnic cuisine in the Denver metro area; the cultural landscape is primed with every kind experience, from fine-ish dining to lovable dives to mom and pop eateries from almost every nationality and culture: Ethiopian, Vietnamese pho, dollar-a-scoop Chinese, Mexican…
The Squeaky Bean is about to get a new executive chef, Chris MacGillivray, who worked at the LoDo Bean under opening chef Max MacKissock; MacGillivray will be back to take over on May 20. Current chef Theo Adley’s last day will be on May 16; he’s given the Bean two…
Angus and John Hicks of Jozi’s Kitchen & Shebeen Brothers Angus and John Hicks grew up in apartheid-era Johannesburg, South Africa, where illegal bars and restaurants called shebeens were a part of the culture. For decades, native Africans had been prohibited from purchasing alcohol in liquor stores and bars, so the…
Maybe things would have been different in Portofino. There, a table at Lo Stella Ristorante would have been al fresco, steps from the harbor, with the sound of water lapping gently at boats. Servers would have spoken Italian, a language I learned so long ago that it’s only music to me…
You’ll be in hog heaven at today’s Swine and Wine pig roast and rosé party at Fuel Café. This patio party will boast a menu featuring roast pig, smoked mussels, deviled eggs and much more. Reservations are $40 and tickets are going fast; you must RSVP by calling 303-2960-4642. If…
Beer and burger specialist the Pint Room got its start in Dublin, Ohio, three years ago offering 101 beers on tap. A second spot with 126 taps opened last year in Carmel, Indiana. And this week, the company will open its third Pint Room in Littleton, in the former home…
Chain Reaction Brewing, which will celebrate its one-year anniversary next month, gave itself an early present last week when it installed a seven-barrel system that it bought from friends at Lone Tree Brewing. The twenty-year-old system has no bells or whistles and has been used by at least three other…
Green Labs is on a roll. Even though recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado, safe havens where people can consume cannabis are few and far between. But Green Labs found a solution: an array of cool, cannabis-themed classes each week, including this Saturday’s Sushi and Joint Rolling course. Yes, you…
In the most recent example of urban infill, a groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday at 18th and Wazee streets for a new mixed-used development called Z Block, which will add office, hotel and retail space to a stretch that’s now mostly parking lots and office space. The project is a…
I’m Not a Pirate, at Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen It’s no surprise that beer cocktails make up a fair chunk of the drink menu at Euclid Hall, known for its extensive and eclectic beer program. The bar staff collaborates on drink recipes, contributing seasonally inspired combinations of beer and…
First we had Shooters Grill in Rifle arming its waitresses — and getting on the national news. Late last week, KUSA TV reported that Rubbin’ Buttz BBQ in Milliken would be holding a “White Appreciation Day” on June 11 — and once again, the story blew up across the country…
Kirk’s Soul Kitchen in Aurora lacks the homey charm of Cora Faye’s or the Welton Street Cafe, but the setting isn’t quite modern enough to give it hipster appeal. Instead, its appearance falls somewhere between a divey joint of the kind so prevalent in Aurora (and not at all indicative…
Today you can prepare to travel the culinary and cocktail landscape of Denver and beyond. Civic Center Eats returns, sales start for the Denver Passport, Lower48 Kitchen will begin to explore the cuisine of California and Randolph’s will give back to the community at the kick off of Toucan Tuesdays…
Cinco de Mayo kicked off a couple of days early in Denver, so a Saturday that also featured the finest two minutes in American sports, the Kentucky Derby, was a fitting time to make brunch a Mexican affair. It was a good thing the Uptown outpost of Marg’s World Taco…
When Johnny Ballen first opened the Squeaky Bean in Lower Highland in 2009, chef Max MacKissock was behind the burners in a kitchen that was barely big enough for him to turn around. Ballen and MacKissock opened a spacious new restaurant and kitchen in LoDo in 2012, but MacKissock moved…
One of my favorite street-taco vendors, Tacos el Sampa, set up shop on West Evans Avenue a few years ago, selling carnitas, barbacoa, and tacos al pastor from a trailer equipped with a flat top and rotisserie and sheltered with a blue FEMA-style tarp. Over the course of a couple…
The newest edifice in the Golden Triangle Museum District, an area that includes the Denver Art Museum, the Clyfford Still Museum and History Colorado, is the aptly named Art Hotel. And since no hotel is complete without a restaurant, the Art Hotel will unveil Fire Lounge and Terrace when it opens…
One of the best rums in the world is produced right here in Colorado. Montanya Distillers was notified in April that its Platino Light Rum, produced in Crested Butte, had been selected as ‘Best White Rum’ at this year’s World Rum Awards. “It’s probably the coolest award we’ve won so…
Seven years ago chef William Wahl and his wife, Stephanie, opened Indulge French Bistro, at 4140 West 38th Avenue. Just a few blocks away Tennyson Street has evolved into a hot dining destination, but Indulge always seemed a little too ambitious for the area, and the restaurant finally closed three…
