Why deck the halls with boughs of holly when you can deck the tables with treats instead? If you’re pressed for time — and who isn’t this time of year? — stop by any of these three eateries to pick up delicious, holiday-inspired goodies. See also: A Closer Look at…
Chef Biju Thomas has designed restaurant menus, written cookbooks for athletes and worked with professional cyclists to provide tasty and nutritious meals. He’s also a native of Kerala, India, which is the primary culinary influence behind his fast-casual eatery, Biju’s Little Curry Shop, which opened yesterday in the River North…
Huckleberry Roasters is a great place to start a weekly peek into Denver’s café and craft coffee scene: it has modern design, three types of coffee pours (drip, pour over and AeroPress) and a “toast program,” which is really just a menu of toast with jam, nut butters and honey…
Over the years Biker Jim’s has earned a well-deserved reputation for its meaty offerings — but as our new Veggie Girl, Chelsea Keeney, discovered last week, the vegan dogs have real bite, too. And as an added bonus, you can grab one of these dogs in the wee hours at…
When I first moved to Denver and began visiting this city’s Mexican restaurants, I paid more attention to places like Tacos Jalisco than to what I thought of at the time as Americanized Mexican food. I was searching for that most ambiguous and hollow of food finds: authenticity. My quest…
Lower48 Kitchen, our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014, is celebrating its one-year anniversary today with great some great dollar deals for patrons. The restaurant will be offering $1 deals on beers, “Each” menu items (single-serving tastes), and specialty punch created by bar manager Brandon Brough. The…
The ramen wars are heating up around the Ballpark and RiNo neighborhoods. Jeff Osaka announced earlier this year that he’d be opening Osaka Ramen on Walnut Street, a project that’s now looking at a January opening; Tokio recently opened up in nearby Prospect with a menu full of ramen, sushi…
The corner of 11th Avenue and Lincoln Street has swallowed a lot of restaurants over the years; Krewe Crescent City BBQ didn’t even make it a year. Opened on Super Bowl weekend last spring, Krewe is closing today with a plan to reopen as an expansion of Stoney’s Bar and…
As evidence that Denver continues to go nuts over all things fast-casual, local chain Noodles & Company is opening its 56th store in Colorado today, while Chicago import Protein Bar is also opening another location: the new 16th Street Mall spot will be the fourth Protein Bar in Colorado when…
Dane Huguley closed Cafe|Bar a little over a month ago, but with a promise to reopen the neighborhood eatery with a new name and identity. His idea was an inexpensive, neighborhood taco joint with striking murals and simple food. Huguley’s new restaurant, Grey Cactus Cocina Bar, is now open and…
Every holiday shopping season gives friends and families of hardcore foodies chances to really hit, or severely miss, with gifts. You could be a right-good ‘ol pal and buy whole Wagyu beef ribeye roasts for all your foodsy chums (that’ll only set you back $1,200 per pal!) but let’s be…
No. 60: Sesame Balls at Vinh Xuong Bakery 2370 West Alameda Avenue 303-922-0999 The Vinh Xuong Bakery in the Alameda Square shopping center sits in sharp contrast to its parent on Federal Boulevard. While the older store is cluttered and close, the newer version is bright and airy. Comfortable chairs…
Two years after New York City fast-food workers sparked a nationwide movement for higher pay and rights on the job, Denver fast-food workers walked off the job last Thursday, joining strikers from fast-food and other industries in 190 cities nationwide, calling for $15 an hour and union rights. The focus…
While Lower48 Kitchen, our Best New Restaurant in the Best of Denver 2014, is celebrating its one-year anniversary this week by giving patrons dollar deals, Asbury Provisions is throwing a Blue Plate Special Auction to benefit SAME Cafe. And there’s much more on this week’s culinary calendar; keep reading for…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz said the food served by chef Chris Thompson at The Nickel in the Hotel Teatro is worth every penny. And since the Nickel is so close to the Denver Performing Arts Complex, we dished up nine other great restaurants to hit before a…
While Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs is well known for non-traditional choices of meats that go into its sausages, the menu also has an impressive number of vegetarian and vegan items, and all of the vegan items have a handy little red “v” next to them, making it rather painless for…
Snarf’s doesn’t often come up on the list of Colorado’s fast-casual exports. While the image of the the a funky little sandwich shop that started in Boulder in 1996 under the guidance of sandwich fanatic Jim Seidel is still important to the company, Snarf’s has slowly been infiltrating Denver’s neighborhoods…
In 1919, congress ratified the 18th Amendment, which outlawed the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcohol. Fourteen long, dry years later, congress repealed that amendment on December 5th, 1933, by passing the 21st Amendment, effectively making it legal to drink again. That day, now known as Repeal Day, is being…
Even though the endlessly acclaimed Linger does beaucoup dinner business, Executive Chef Justin Cucci says happy hour is vital to his culinary mission. “I think it’s the gateway drug for restaurants. People come and “smoke” a little happy hour so they can go on to the harder dinner drugs,” he…
When East Asia Garden closed earlier this year on South Broadway, we were saddened by the loss of one of the most unique and in-depth Chinese menus in town. Along with stellar barbecue duck and a standard range from the American-Chinese culinary canon, East Asia Garden had built a reputation…
Where are you eating brunch this weekend? Denverites love their brunches, and every week Lauren Monitz gives you the 411 on one of the many options in the metro area. This week she served up her assessment of Dozens, a mainstay in the Golden Triangle for decades. But you don’t…
The holidays are almost here, and the culinary calendar is stuffed with seasonal activities. A beer festival, a latke cook-off and a couple of winter markets top our list of the top five events this weekend; keep reading for details. See also: New Menus at Bistro Vendome, Ace Eat Serve…
