When hunting for the cuisine of any country or ethnic group, Colfax Avenue is not a bad place to start. This month I’m looking for pupusas, the stuffed tortillas of El Salvador, and there are at least three restaurants on Colfax east of Quebec Street that either specialize in Salvadorean…
Lower48 Kitchen’s Mario Nocifera and chef Alexander Figura are launching a new weekly dinner series today. Tuesday Tastings will give guests a chance to indulge in an accessible, three-course menu for $36 per person. And in this initial run, the restaurant will help you stick to your New Year’s resolution…
Megan Heinley has been working on her dessert recipes for years, hoping some day to have the opportunity to turn baking into a profession. That chance came in December, when her friend Jason McGovern opened Denver Deep Dish in lower Highland and wanted to serve local baked goods for dessert…
Colt & Gray 1553 Platte Street 303-477-1447 At 10 o’clock on a Sunday morning, Colt & Gray is closed, but bar manager Kevin Burke comes to the door and lets me into the darkened restaurant. We sit down at the empty bar, which was crazy busy for New Year’s Eve…
Jim Seidel just opened his eleventh Snarf’s in the Denver-Boulder area; this one brings his sub sandwiches to a former convenience store on 38th Avenue on Denver’s western border. The pagoda-style building, originally part of a chain of convenience stores in the 1960s, has been decked out in Snarf’s familiar…
2015 is already proving to be an strange, even contradictory year for foodies to follow. Between the weird-ass buttered coffee micro-trend and major fast food chains putting out feelers to re-brand burgers, fries, tacos, pizza and fried chicken as being fresh and less processed, 2015 is already shaping up to…
When the temperature drops, we often make up for the mercury deficit with an indulgent caloric splurge. This year, if you’re not into starving yourself the first week of January until you give up on that crash diet, then head strait to Cart-Driver for the pizza that would have inevitably…
This week you can stick to your resolution to eat healthy and still eat well, thanks to a new dinners series at Lower48 Kitchen, which we named the Best New Restaurant in the 2014 Best of Denver. If you resolved to pour some more fun into your life, there are…
This week, we took a final look back at some favorites — the year’s ten best new bars and the top trends — and also compiled a list of nearly 300 new restaurants, bars and specialty markets that opened in 2014. But now it’s a new year, so now we’re…
Sixteen new breweries opened inside Denver city limits in 2014, a record year that brought the total number of breweries here to 44 — and that doesn’t include beer makers like Joyride Brewing in Edgewater and other nearby suburbs that helped the Mile High City’s beer culture bubble over. At…
It’s winter; now all we need is a wonderland. Might I suggest Beatrice & Woodsley, the venerable purveyor of whimsy on South Broadway? For years, its Nosh & ‘Tails cocktail hour, every weekday from 5 to 6:30 p.m., has been a mix of sophisticated soiree and playful bar time. With…
The best new bars in Denver in 2014 are pouring Colorado beers from multiple tap handles, mixing killer cocktails with local ingredients and providing a high level of professional service to both educate and entertain customers. From laidback and loungey to lofty and luxurious, a wide variety of top-notch watering…
Last month, Chipotle got a public hand-smack because an employee did a “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture to nine visiting NYPD officers who blew off the burrito bowls and left, sparking a store boycott by local cops and a pile of customer complaints. Chipotle co-CEOs Steve Ells and Monty Moran…
People swoon over tonkotsu ramen, with pork bones — including heads and trotters — boiled for twelve or more hours until the broth turns opaque. Vegetarian versions don’t have quite the same heady effect, but some chefs are trying to change that. In my current review of Tokio, I write…
This week’s cover story profiles Craftsy, the Denver start-up that’s thriving by teaching people new hobbies through high-end online tutorials. Cooking and cake-decorating classes are among the most popular courses on the site, with baking instructors turning into online celebrities and students launching their own pastry businesses. But can Craftsy…
Did you overdo it on New Year’s Eve? For 2015, have you voted to eat better, drink better, shop locally, learn to cook? This weekend, you can stir up some romance while cooking, rise to the occasion at a baking class, and buy local produce — even in the dead…
If 2013 seemed like a busy year in the restaurant industry, 2014 was positively manic, with nearly 300 bars, restaurants and specialty markets opening in the Denver metro area. You could have had a meal or a drink at a new place every weekday this year without hitting them all…
Earlier this month, a Chipotle worker made a raised-hands gesture when nine New York Police Department officers entered a Brooklyn location of the national burrito chain for dinner. The officers immediately left the building and the incident has since sparked a boycott of the store by local police from the…
In less than a year, Work & Class has made some big waves in the Denver dining scene. With plenty of praise for the food, atmosphere and beyond-friendly staff, it comes as little surprise to find the place packed every night. Come 2015, the Work & Class family will mark…
I’ve never experienced a weekend,” says Duc Huynh, who runs the second Vinh Xuong Bakery. His parents opened the original bakery on Federal Boulevard more than 24 years ago and still work there from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the week, baking baguettes and other Vietnamese sweet…
Tokio 2907 Huron Street, Unit 103 720-639-2911 With his chic, minimalist noodle bar, global restaurateur David Chang did for ramen what Julia Child did for coq au vin, putting the Japanese soup once relegated to Styrofoam cups squarely on the American culinary map. In the decade since Momofuku opened in…
As 2014 draws to a close, many Denverites have extravagant plans to ring in the new year. From big concerts to intimate house parties and everything in between, Denver will be awash in holiday cheer, great food and booze, lots of booze. If you don’t have plans yet, here are…
