Shelby’s Bar & Grill is a highway roadhouse, a suburban hangout, a mirage you might see over the horizon — implausibly plopped down in the middle of high-rise office spaces. In a building dating back nearly to the turn of the 19th century, Shelby’s is a wood-and-brass neighborhood pub, the…
Denver International Airport turns twenty years old on Saturday and with it many of the food concessions and restaurants that have been serving up coffee, sandwiches and cocktails to travelers since 1995. In recent years, some of Denver’s top eateries have expanded into DIA, earning the airport national recognition as…
Next time you open a bottle of wine, you might want to hold onto that cork. According to Brian Laird, chef/co-owner of Sarto’s, the new restaurant in Jefferson Park that I review this week, the little plug that most of us unceremoniously throw out holds the key to tender octopus…
One of the most common complaints about Denver’s dining scene is the lack of good barbecue joints here. When CJ Johnson opened Kings BBQ last year in Wheat Ridge, he was trying his best to help fill that gap with juicy brisket and ribs — but Kings recently closed. Says theFabulousMarkT: It’s…
Today at 11:30 a.m., seven Johnson & Wales University Culinary Nutrition students, under the guidance of chef Adam Sacks, will attempt to create the World’s Heaviest Vegan Banana Split, scooping up nearly 1,000 pounds of student-made vegan ice cream and toppings in an attempt at an entry in Guinness World…
India’s Restaurant has been around the block a few times in South Denver. Krishan Kappor’s house of curries and kabobs started out as a barely noticeable eatery at the back of Tamarac Square (which has since been demolished) more than 25 years ago. Just over five years ago, India’s hopped…
Breckenridge-Wynkoop LLC, which has sold off several restaurant properties over the past year, is now dismantling its real estate empire as well. The holding company is selling the buildings that house Wynkoop Brewing, Ale House at Amato’s, the Cherry Cricket, Colorado Craft, Phantom Canyon Brewing in Colorado Springs and the…
If you’re feeling nostalgic or in need of Sunday Funday, Disco Brunch at the Corner Office may just be the throwback for you. Channel your inner Travolta and don your highest platforms and widest bellbottoms and get ready for a boogie-woogie good time. Just in case you want to get…
The River North district has seen an explosion of new breweries over the past year, the most recent of which, Ratio Beerworks, opened earlier this month. But the big daddy on the block is going to be Great Divide’s $38 million, five-acre campus between Brighton Boulevard and the South Platte…
No. 46: Sesame Pockets at Golden Plate II 9880 West Girton Avenue, Lakewood 303-763-9028 Golden Plate II (no relation to the former Golden Plate Chinese restaurant that once graced East Hampden Avenue), occupies a nearly invisible space in a nondescript strip mall which had, up until January, featured the hair-metal…
Laurent Mechin Jill’s Restaurant/St. Julien Hotel 900 Walnu t Street, Boulder 720-406-7399 Laurent Mechin moved to Boulder six years ago to take a job as executive chef and culinary director at Jill’s Restaurant, which also serves as the kitchen for the St Julien Hotel. Mechin’s French upbringing and training are…
Brian Laird spent so many years running a high-end Italian kitchen, he got good at explaining why spaghetti and meatballs wasn’t on the menu. Today Laird co-owns Sarto’s, an Italian eatery that he opened with Taylor and Kajsa Swallow in Jefferson Park last fall, and he now finds himself explaining…
On the calendar, there are special days dedicated to almost everything: National Go Skate Day, National Margarita Day, National Bacon Day. And today we celebrate one of the more tasty days of dedication — National Clam Chowder Day! To celebrate, Jax in Lodo will be offering $7 bowls of New England clam…
When Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Brazen in January, she was wowed by the West Highland eatery’s chef counter and the “unpretentious, seasonally inspired” dishes of chef Lance Barto. Not only did we include Brazen in our list of the Fifteen Best New Restaurants in Denver for 2014, but the restaurant also…
You’ve got the first two meals of the day covered: breakfast is a cup of Greek yogurt and a coffee and lunch is being catered by your office. But between the bad weather, the overtime you’ve been working and all of the kids’ school activities, dinner somehow got lost in…
Your Name Here Brazen 4450 W. 38th Ave. 720-638-1242 The scene is always the same. A guest at a bar gives a bartender poetic license to concoct a drink that he thinks the guest will like. It could be a shot, or something more refined, but it always ends like…
The menu at the new Zoe Ma Ma, which opened last month right by Union Station, features some of the most comforting home-style Chinese food in Denver, with warming bowls of housemade noodles buried in braised beef and savory sauce, Chinese chicken-and-rice soup, and dumplings, bao buns and meatballs made…
At the end of the week, we’ll post our Restaurant Roll Call for February, a compendium of the openings and closings over the past month. There’s been plenty of action on the local drinking and dining scene — including last call for the Rustic Tavern, a fixture on our Ten…
The snowstorm that swept through Denver over the weekend didn’t quite live up to the dire predictions that had residents clearing grocery-store shelves in advance of the weather, but more cold temperatures and snow are in the forecast for the next several days, making the tease of mild, sunny days…
Work Options for Women is hosting its monthly cooking class at Cafe Options today from 6 to 8 p.m. Chef Justin Cucci, chef/owner of Root Down and Linger, will return as the guest instructor, bringing the same “field to fork” mentality that has made his restaurants so popular to lessons…
Girl Scout cookie season is upon us, threatening our will power and our waistlines. If you’ve already maxed out on Thin Mints, Samoas and other annual favorites but are still craving sweets, Grimaldi’s Coal Brick-Oven Pizzeria in the Denver Pavilions has just what you need: the pizza kitchen’s creamy cheesecakes…
Restaurants participating in Denver Restaurant Week just made it through the first weekend of the ten-day stretch of $30 deals that kicked off on Friday. And even with the blast of winter weather, some spots received more reservation requests than they could handle. Since it wouldn’t be practical to add…
