Colorado’s independently-owned breweries and liquor stores have banded together to Keep Colorado Local — and keep supermarkets and convenience stores from selling full-strength beer, wine and other spirits. Their campaign tactics include Colorado LocALE, a new brew created by Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora. But grocery stores have formed their own…
Defrost from this weekend’s snow at some sizzling events. As the weather heats up, so will the dining scene, with food-truck festivals rolling out all over town. You can also celebrate the pairing of whiskey and doughnuts and Colorado’s ever-growing craft-beer scene. Monday, May 11 The weather is clearing just…
This week we cooked up a list of the ten best burgers in Denver; Meadowlark Kitchen, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, landed in the top ten with an egg-and-bacon extravaganza that she says is perfect for people who are “up for whatever.” Another lark made the list, too: Larkburger,…
Despite the week of gray skies and wet sidewalks, the weather held off long enough yesterday for Civic Center Eats to kick off its tenth season of food truck rallies in Civic Center Park. The Civic Center Conservancy, which produces the twice-weekly event, wanted to get the season started on…
Given the uncertain weather—rain, threats of rain, sullen clouds, a hazy glimpse of brightness behind the clouds, then more rain—the first of the Boulder County Farmers’ Market’s Wednesday afternoon events drew a respectable crowd. The market, which goes from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and will run every Wednesday through…
In mid-April, a sign went up in the vacant Belvedere Polish Restaurant space informing passersby that the Greedy Hamster would soon be moving in. And while the name evokes images of a fat rodent stuffing its cheeks with baby carrots, this Greedy Hamster will be a restaurant and bar from…
Cold brew from new Denver company Nine Volt Coffee is coming to a restaurant near you in early June, just in time for warm weather and cold brew season. Hugh and Keith Enockson, the father and son team behind Nine Volt, are passionate about coffee. Originally, the duo had hoped…
Larimer Square’s Bubu is the love child of restaurateur Troy Guard and fast casual dining — and it’s just what the downtown strip needed: quick, delicious and healthy meals in a multitude of mix-and-match options for almost any palate. Bubu’s menu — from Mexican to Thai to Californian — is not limited…
The chicken stories were really flying this week. Mark Antonation visited Welton Street Cafe for the start of an Ethniche series on soul food, although he focused on the pork chops rather than the fried chicken. Patricia Calhoun reported that the White Fence Farm has signed the first members of…
Today is your last chance to grab a free taco at Rusty Taco, which has been celebrating its one-year anniversary all week long. The local link in a national chain will also be donating 20 percent of all food sales today to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver…
No. 37: Pan Bagnat at Fuel Cafe A thoughtfully constructed Nicoise salad accompanied by a crusty chunk of bread can make for a perfect lunch. The variety and freshness of the ingredients combine with a filling serving of fish and eggs to create a healthy and nourishing dish — superfood…
Colorado’s independently-owned breweries and liquor stores love the fact that supermarkets and convenience stores here aren’t allowed to sell full-strength beer at most of their locations: the decades-old system, they say, protects small and medium-sized businesses and allows for a much wider selection of beers on store shelves. It’s a…
We recently served up our list of the ten best burgers in Denver, with the Ditka burger from Jimmy’s Urban Bar & Grill in the top position. The burgers on that list ranged from simple and elegant — like those at Larkburger and Ste. Ellie, where the ground beef is the…
From cosplayers to opthamologists, when the Colorado Convention Center fills up with one convention or another, so does Stout Street Social. Right across from the Big Blue Bear on the ground floor of the Embassy Suites, it’s the closest place to get a beer and a decent meal for the many…
Chefs have a reputation for being hotheads: slamming pans, cursing and the like. But when I called Joshua Bitz to learn more about the background of Meadowlark Kitchen, which I review this week, he couldn’t have been nicer. One subject of his praise? None other than Max MacKissock, whom he…
When I first moved to northwest Denver more than two decades ago, my then-neighbor provided a handy reminder of the fact that I now lived in Highland, not “Highlands,” a name that had appeared in Westword: He put a baseball bat labeled with the correct name on my front porch…
It’s pouring food events! After being rained out on Tuesday, Civic Center Eats will kick off at 11 a.m. today in Civic Center Park. This is the seventh year for the popular event — this time presented by Westword — and in addition to a fleet of food trucks, the…
Golden City Brewery — which was founded in 1993 as Golden’s “2nd Largest Brewery,” has been slowly changing and expanding over the last year, eliminating the kitchen, renovating the taproom, adding new fermentation and serving tanks and walk-in cooler capacity, expanding its distribution and ramping up its packaging with a…
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…
Last month, Work & Class sous chef Victor Mena’s brother-in-law was operating a mower/tractor with his son and got into an accident that took the life of the little boy and left the brother-in-law in critical condition, with injuries that will take many months to heal. With mounting medical expenses…
At White Fence Farm, Mother’s Day is like Christmas, Valentine’s Day and the Fourth of July rolled into one. “We’ll probably do 3,000 meals,” says co-owner Craig Caldwell. “It starts early in the morning and just goes nonstop from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.” Although Caldwell is a restaurant veteran…
River North Brewery, which opened at 24th and Blake streets in February 2012 as the first new beer maker in the district, may become a victim of the neighborhood it is named after. But that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Brewery founder Matthew Hess says that the owners of his…
