While many of you are out cheering on the Rockies at today’s home opener and reveling (win or lose) at the Ballpark neighborhood’s many bars and restaurants, one of Denver’s most anticipated new eateries, Solitaire, is quietly throwing out its first pitch today in West Highland, in the former home…
Highland’s Garden Cafe was a neighborhood staple and special-occasion destination for nearly twenty years on West 32nd Avenue, taking up residence in two joined Victorian houses surrounded by beautiful flower gardens that were as much of an attraction as the restaurant’s charming dining rooms and old-world menu. When it closed…
The first home game of the 2015 Colorado Rockies will soon be underway and there are plenty of celebrations happening all over town. While it may be a little late for breakfast today, you can still catch the game and try something new at Denver Deep Dish, if you don’t…
Forget the days you were once forced to chose between a stack of pancakes or eggs and toast while you begrudgingly watch your friends devour plates of Benedicts, burritos and the like. Having experienced a decade of un-memorable, thrown together meals at restaurants, it comes as an excitement just shy…
The Black Crown Lounge has graced South Broadway with its antique-filled dining room and bar for the past four years, but the charming piano lounge and restaurant set inside a restored mansion has recently changed hands. New owner Kell Peplau-Kaiser has changed the name to the Crown Social and has…
No. 39: Prosciutto Pop Tarts from the Bakin’ Bakery Food Truck Renee LaLonde started her food truck, Bakin’ Bakery, through a Kickstarter campaign in early 2014 and has been peddling a range of sweet and savory baked goods — with a judicious dose of bacon — around the city for…
This week Glendale officials revealed their plans for Glendale 180, a 22-acre parcel in the heart of the tiny town (a former dairy area that was later completely surrounded by Denver) which will one day boast 25 restaurants, shops and other businesses. But Glendale isn’t just looking to the future; it’s…
It’s opening day, but you don’t need a ticket to Coors Field to root for the home team. Throw on your purple gear and head downtown for a sixpack of winning events. And if you’re not in the mood to fight the crowds, there are plenty of other events around…
Linger and Root Down visionary owner/chef Justin Cucci likes to get in over his head, taking risks that he admits seem destined to fail. When Root Down opened in an old gas station in a transitional neighborhood blocks from where the action seemed hottest, Denverites scratched their heads, but were…
Coors Field may be celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year, but it’s still not as old and grizzled as the Wynkoop Brewing Company, which will turn 27 this fall. And although the famous brewery helped create both the vibrant Lower Downtown neighborhood and Denver’s craft-brewing scene, its age is beginning…
Richard Sandoval is still making waves in Colorado after helping put our state on the national plate by opening Tamayo on Larimer Square in 2002. Sandoval’s restaurants can seem like they’re stuck in time, rarely shifting with times and trends. But Sandoval’s newest venture, La Biblioteca, offers a happy hour…
When I go on vacation, I’m as much of a food tourist as I am a sightseer. So before a recent trip to Scandinavia, I scoured everything I could get my hands on for traditional Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dishes, and mapped out bakeries and restaurants where I could find…
Seventh Avenue near Governors Park hasn’t had much change in its restaurant scene in recent years; stalwarts Luca, Mizuna, Benny’s and Govnr’s Park have held down spots for years, while even relative newcomers like Vesper Lounge and Lala’s have settled into the neighborhood, taking the place of older establishments. Four…
Spangalang Brewery opens today in the former Department of Motor Vehicles office on Welton Street, in the heart of Five Points, an area that was the African-American cultural center of the West decades ago, but started a slow slide in the ’60s. Now development is coming back — but is…
Andrew Novick is a fixture in many of this city’s creative scenes, and tomorrow his worlds will collide with a food-as-art extravaganza. For one night only, he will open Andrew Novick’s Ramen Yatai inside of the 100 on 100 group art show at Love Gallery. The pop-up noodle house is an actual mini-restaurant…
El Charrito, which bills itself as a “five-star dive bar,” is holding a Dulce Vida Tequila tasting and food pairing from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. today. Admission is $10; for more information, check out the event’s Facebook page. The Seasoned Chef Cooking School is holding a Master Level Series cooking class from…
Coors Field opened twenty years ago this week in the area just northeast of lower downtown formerly known as NoDough. Even before the ballpark opened, though, the neighborhood – now one of the hottest restaurant districts in Denver – had started rolling in dough. And there will be plenty of…
There aren’t a lot of craft breweries associated with professional sports teams, but Pikes Peak Brewing just announced that it has become the official craft-beer sponsor for the newly arrived Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, of the United Soccer League; Heineken is also a beer sponsor of the team. The deal kicked off…
The new RTD Light Rail Gold Line connecting Wheat Ridge to Union Station is just getting underway, but businesses are already planning on capitalizing on the growth and traffic anticipated at each of the seven new stations. At the 41st Avenue and Fox Street station, on the eastern edge of…
Spangalang Brewery will jazz up the Five Points neighborhood on Thursday when it opens inside the high-profile former Denver Motor Vehicles office. Founded by former Great Divide head brewer Taylor Rees and journeyman beer makers Austin Wiley and Darren Boyd, the brewery takes its name from a jazz term that…
The opening of the Boulder County Farmers’ Market is my favorite herald of spring—even on years when it falls on a wet, icy day. This Saturday, however, was bright and cool, slowly warming hour by hour. And hour by hour the crowd, sparse at first, swelled. For a few weeks,…
Denver has two finalists in the <em>Food & Wine</em> People’s Best New Chef contest; both Alex Figura of Lower 48 Kitchen (our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014) and Steve Redzikowski of Oak at Fourteenth and Acorn (our Best Chef in the Best of Denver 2015) are…
