A lot has happened since early 2013, when three Colorado friends — Brian Wood, Rich Wisniewski and Tyler Shuey — decided to open a brewery in River North. The neighborhood has grown quickly and now includes eight breweries within walking distance — while their project, Zephyr Brewing, has suffered through…
What are you doing New Year’s Eve? Our annual New Year’s Guide, coming in the December 18 issue of Westword, will be full of suggestions for how to ring in the new year with style — and, with any luck, a delicious meal. This is our last call for information…
The Art District on Santa Fe just got a little artier. The Molecule Effect, a coffee and wine bar owned by partners Megyn Rodgers and Mark Landman, is now open at the corner of West 12th Avenue and Santa Fe Drive, featuring local art on the walls, early morning coffee…
At this time of year, most of us are craving comfort food and holiday dishes from the family cookbook. Meanwhile, restaurant menus turn to heavier fare, often out of necessity, as the bounty of fresh produce from summer and fall fade. But this year there are exceptions: A couple of…
True sophistication can be in short supply at happy hour. We usually go for early evening snacks and drinks for a taste of what a restaurant has to offer, not for an all-consuming experience. La Cour Bistro & Art Bar, a French restaurant with a distinct lack of pretension, offers…
After a long, hard day, we all like comfort food, but “comfort” differs from person to person. For some it’s pho, for others it’s short ribs or macaroni and cheese. I’ve always been partial to spaghetti Bolognese for the coziness it brings to a cold winter’s night. And at the…
Freshcraft owners — and brothers — Aaron, Lucas and Jason Forgy quietly opened their new Tennyson Street chophouse, Block & Larder, for lunch and dinner this week. While Jason Forgy says the dinner menu isn’t completely set, it will be by the restaurant’s grand opening on December 10. For now,…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The Parade of Lights will wind through downtown this weekend, and holiday shows have already taken the stages at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. That means a lot of people are looking for places to eat, fast. Inspired by Gretchen Kurtz’s recent…
The Good Fellas of Beer Dinner will start at 6 p.m. at Session Kitchen. chef Scott Parker will prepare the five-course meal, which will be paired with beers from local breweries and all-round good fellas, including Breckenridge, Elevation, Odell and Boulevard, plus a surprise beer cocktail. The dinner costs $60;…
There’s paper over the windows at Taza de Cafe and the neighboring Charlie’s Ice Cream Social, both owned by Matt and Rosemary Lopez. Both places are now closed, but a sign on the window promises a new name, Cafe 44, and menu in the new year. Charlie’s began peddling soft-serve…
When Denver Beer Co opened its Canworks production brewery and packaging facility last August, it also cranked up a contest in which participants could buy the newly canned beers, grab printed GPS coordinates off of the cans, figure out the 24 different secret locations and then visit them and take…
No. 61: The Butternut Squash Ravioli at DiFranco’s 955 Lincoln Street, Suite D 720-253-1244 When DiFranco’s opened in the Beauvallon Building, we held out hope that the little Italian deli would make it on a block that for a time was one of Denver’s biggest restaurant black holes. But after…
So you landed those tickets to A Christmas Carol, Jersey Boys or the Australian Bee Gees Show, you’ve got your outfit picked out and you’re ready to go. Except for one thing: You haven’t been downtown in ages and you have no idea what’s happening in the dining scene, especially…
When Trinity Brewing owner Jason Yester first envisioned a series of beers designed to highlight the differences between various wild yeasts and souring bacteria, the goal was to educate consumers, brewers, beer writers, and even beer judges about flavor profiles. “There is a lot of confusion,” he said then, about…
The Post Brewing Company John Hinman 105 West Emma Street, Lafayette 303-593-2066 postbrewing.com Walking up to the entrance of the Post Brewing Company, you first notice a waft of wood smoke. Once you’re inside the door, the aroma of chicken frying adds spicy notes and the unmistakable presence of chicken…
Colorado has a unique style of green chile — thick, gravy-like. But there are endless variations on that style, and every one has its fans. Bonnie Brae Tavern might seem an unlikely place to find a great green chile — but thinking about it covering another Colorado creation — the…
The Nickel 1100 14th Street 720-889-2128 The first time I went to The Nickel, the spiffy new restaurant that took the place of Prima Ristorante in the refurbished Hotel Teatro, I felt like I was buying a new car. There was wheeling. There was dealing. There was even that awkward…
With the holidays ahead, our calendar calendar is getting stuffed with events where you can learn to cook or simply sit back and enjoy yourself, perhaps sipping tea in a regal setting — or shooting back mezcal. Keep reading for a taste of what’s on today’s eating agenda. See also:…
Will Call, the latest bar and restaurant from the Little Pub Company, opened yesterday in the Industry development on Brighton Boulevard, featuring a list of Venezuelan-style arepas as the main menu attraction. Little Pub Company head Mark Berzins says the concept was the result of several different factors: the need…
By the end of December, some 50,000 people will have descended on the Denver Performing Arts Complex to watch the Colorado Ballet’s Sugar Plum Fairy do her stuff. Even if you’re not one of them, there’s a good chance you’ll be drawn to the center this holiday season for one…
The challenge for Oskar Blues was to make a hoppy, low-alcohol “session” beer that wasn’t a “watered down Dale’s Pale Ale,” says Oskar Blues spokesman Chad Melis. And the result, Pinner Throwback IPA, will hit liquor store shelves in six-packs of twelve-ounce cans later this month in Colorado and North…
In an odd section of the Golden Triangle that’s easily overlooked, with parking lots, a police station, and plenty of bail bond services, Dozens is the kind of charming old house you describe as having character when what really you mean is it’s a little rundown. But the breakfast spot…
