A trio of popular restaurants are undergoing major overhauls. On January 9, Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch closed Rioja, which had marked its tenth anniversary in November, for an overhaul that will be revealed on February 4, when they reopen the Larimer Square favorite. Up in LoHi, Z Cuisine owner/chef…
We’ve already brought you a six-pack of Super Bowl parties to check out this Sunday, but the football fun just keeps on coming. Whether you want to see the Seahawks and Patriots battle it out, watch cheerleaders do their thing, or just enjoy a quiet dinner, these Denver Super Bowl…
Dive bars are disappearing all over metro Denver. The latest casualty? Eck’s Saloon, which was a rock-music haven as well as a popular Lakewood joint, although it had apparently become a lot less popular in recent years. Jon Solomon reported the news yesterday on Backbeat; once owned by Mike Bruno…
Whether you work downtown or hang out in Highland, Masterpiece Delicatessen has two locations (the newer of the two is in Uptown) that are sure to satisfy for a quick grab-and-go lunch or a sit-down meal with a friend or colleague. But don’t let your life intrude upon your lunch…
Chef/restaurateur Mary Nguyen opened Street Kitchen Asian Bistro in the Vallagio at Inverness development in Englewood four years ago as a south-suburban complement to her Uptown Parallel Seventeen, now repackaged as P17. Since then, she’s also launched Olive & Finch, which made our list of the ten best new restaurants…
The sad news traveled fast: Paris on the Platte would pour its last cup of coffee on January 17. Former and current regulars hurried over to say goodbye to Faye Maguire, who’d opened the coffeehouse 28 years ago, when that stretch of Platte Street was almost a no man’s land…
This weekend you can step into Denver’s culinary past at the historic Casa Mayan, learn how to make your own kimchi and sample tons of local stouts. Oh, and we hear there’s a big football game on Sunday. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on the culinary calendar. See…
In her review of Brazen Neighborhood Eatery, Gretchen Kurtz extols the chef’s counter, where she says tastes are shared “like secrets,” food is delivered by cooks who describe it in great detail, and amuse-bouche, a treat usually given to insiders, are the norm. But Brazen isn’t the only spot in…
Celebrity cake maker Duff Goldman, who rose to fame with his show Ace of Cakes, is hoping to whisk you away with a new show premiering tonight at 9:30 p.m. called Duff Till Dawn, which the Food Network is billing as an “underground competition” pitting bakers against one another in…
John Fiorilli expects to host a lot of guests in February — so many, in fact, that the head brewer for Mountain Sun’s string of pubs and breweries has prepared 590 kegs of beer for the company’s 22nd annual Stout Month. “That’s about 100 more than last year,” he says…
No. 52: Belgian Waffles at Waffle Up 300 Elati Street 303-744-0174 In the streets of Brussels and many other Belgian cities, waffle vendors perfume the air with the aroma of yeast-risen batter and caramelized sugar. Tom McCarty fell in love with Liege-style waffles and perfected the recipe, bring the treats…
Denver has lost touch with its grungy roots. The city’s pre-boom years may not have seen as many amazing eating experiences as we have now, but what we had was character, damn it! At least, that’s what the old timers tell me. City, O’ City, the unofficial vegan capital of…
Billing itself as “the greatest wine event to have ever been presented in Colorado,” Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux Vintage Wine Tasting promises a special evening filled with some of the most prestigious French wines. Sixty wine makers from the Bordeaux region will be presenting their best 2012 vintages,…
Sancocho is a stew that originated in the Dominican Republic. Its ingredients come from Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and Asia, and are a reflection of the many cultures that make up Dominican identity. The stew offers a taste of how complex the Latino experience can be in this country, and…
DJ’s 9th Avenue Cafe hopes your New Year’s resolution is to eat more bacon (instead of, or at least in addition to doubling up on the gym hours). Quirky drawings on the message board outside the second outpost of the beloved Tennyson Street breakfast joint remind you not to break…
Yelp released its second annual list of the Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. last week, compiling user data of the most popular and well-reviewed eateries of 2014. And according to Yelp users, the one place in all of Colorado worthy of national attention is the Kitchen Table…
Dad & Dude’s Breweria in Aurora/Parker has been growing and changing quickly. The brewery said this week that it produced 1,016 barrels in 2014, a 116 percent increase over the previous year. The majority of that was Dad & Dude’s three canned flagship beers, Leaves of Lemongrass Wit and Ryeot…
Will Tuggle Stout Street Social 1400 Stout Street 720-214-9100 As a kid growing up in Virginia Beach, Will Tuggle liked good food but didn’t have much exposure to cooking. Since his mom and grandmother were Polish, homemade pierogi and cabbage soup were among his childhood comfort-food standards. He was generally…
Brazen Neighborhood Eatery 4450 West 38th Avenue 720-638-1242 Given the excitement that chef’s counters can bring to dining rooms, it’s hard to believe they weren’t always a staple of restaurant design. Rather than being separated from the kitchen by solid walls and a swinging door, a chef’s counter lets diners…
Ding! Ding! Tonight at Boone’s Tavern in the University of Denver neighborhood, Whiskey and Beer will go mano a mano in a boozy battle for supremacy. It’s a friendly contest between the craft beers of California’s Bear Republic Brewing and Charbay Distillery whiskey from Napa Valley. In addition to these…
Work & Class celebrated one year in business last night with a costume bash and charity fundraiser for Denver Urban Scholars, a nonprofit organization that helps metro Denver students with high school graduation and higher education goals. Attendees were asked to dress in the spirit of “What do you want…
Great Divide Brewing will bring back a new version of a very old beer this summer when it begins bottling and canning Whitewater Wheat, a hoppy wheat ale that will replace Heydey in its lineup. But the rollout will also speak as a quiet testament to how craft breweries can…
