Brewers love beer. That’s no secret. But like much of the rest of the population, the people who work in the brewing industry enjoy marijuana as well. There is certainly no shortage of pot references when it comes to craft brewing and craft-beer names. Oskar Blues, for instance, helpfully prints…
I was wandering the Highland neighborhood, hunting for that most rare of beasts: a happy hour that runs until 7 p.m. Once the clock hits six, it’s time for most restaurants to put away the small menus, top off that happy hour sangria and roll out the red carpet for…
The Rio Grande group got its start in 1986 in Fort Collins, where college students came to rely on the incredibly strong margaritas — limit three per customer, and no revealing the secret recipe — and big plates of gringo Mexican fare. A seventh Rio just opened in Frisco –…
We’re on our way to a record-breaking year for new restaurants opening in Denver. With all the action, it’s easy to overlook some of the restaurants that have been around for years — almost a hundred years, in the case of Blue Parrot, which is still in the founding family’s…
Tonight Avery Brewery will take on Boulder Beer in an all-out brew-and-burger brawl. The Ignite Brewery Battle will pit the two breweries against each other in a beer-tasting and -paired burger battle…and you can help decide the victor! See also: Ignite Updates Name and Concept to Keep Up With Larimer…
Ever since the Caprock Farm Bar pulled out of the central bar in the middle of the common area of the Source in the RiNo district, diners and shoppers have been waiting for something new to take over the space. Popup juice bars can fill the void for a while,…
No. 73 Smoked Turkey Croque-Madame at Acorn 3350 Brighton Boulevard 720-542-3721 Acorn in the Source has been earning praise almost since the day it opened. Of chef and co-owner Steve Redzikowski’s now-iconic kale and apple salad, our restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz wrote: “The recipe is now a classic; the salad…
The Great American Beer Festival lands on Denver October 2-4, along with myriad other craft beer events around town. How to get back and forth? Uber, the car-ride service has launched a promotion called the Battle of the Breweries. More than twenty beer makers in Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins…
Park House made an immediate impression when it opened in late 2012 on Colfax Avenue, making our list of the ten best new bars for that year. Now the little craftsman cottage that features live music, including bluegrass music every Wednesday, is marking its second anniversary this weekend with a…
Although demolition began last week, Great Divide Brewing officially broke ground Tuesday on its planned $38.2 million, five-acre brewing campus on the banks of the South Platte River in Denver’s River North neighborhood. Brian Dunn, who founded the brewery in 1994 on Araphahoe Street, rode into the ceremony in a…
The Saucy Noodle, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in August — a remarkable record for a restaurant that’s still in the founding family’s hands. But it’s not the only place in the area run by family members fifty years after it opened. Up in Louisville,…
The Wazee Supper Club has been holding down the corner of 15th and Wazee streets for forty years, in a part of town that’s seen more change than there are pizza toppings on the Wazee menu. Gone are the viaducts that sent traffic over, instead of through, the part of…
Where do you go for healthy food? Gretchen Kurtz gets that question a lot, and last week she reviewed LYFE Kitchen, a link in a California-based chain that wopened in Park Meadows last month. A meal at LYFE — “Eat Good Food Everyday” –isn’t supposed to just fill you up;…
We’re into fall and the days are getting shorter — but the work week seems longer. Today is hump day, and we’ve compiled four delectable events to get you over that mid-week hump and rolling towards the weekend. See also: Lime XS Reopens After Upgrades…
Saucy Noodle Ristorante 727 South University Boulevard 303-733-6977 In August, just days after the owners of Lechuga’s, one of Denver’s oldtime Italian restaurants, sold their spot and retired, Saucy Noodle Ristorante celebrated a different kind of milestone: its fiftieth anniversary. Curious to see why the Noodle has survived when so…
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced yesterday that numerous law enforncement agencies had coordinated to swoop in and seize over 55 pounds of methamphetamine, netting 17 indictments in the process. Of those, Maria Arellano is accused of selling meth out of her taco trailer, El Paisa Mexican Food, from a…
Change is afoot at Pizzeria Locale, the fast-casual version of the Boulder pizzeria that debuted in Denver last year. In just two weeks, on October 5 a second store will open its doors on West 32nd Avenue in Highland — which is good news to Neapolitan pie and budino lovers,…
Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli closed its location at 833 Colorado Boulevard earlier this month — but if you’re a fan, fear not. Franchise owner Hugh Carlin is just moving the deli to a new location. See also: Stack Subs Piles on Another Lakewood Location at Belmar…
Prost Brewing, which boasts a massive brewhouse made in Germany in the 1960s and some of the best German-style craft beers in Denver, celebrated Oktoberfest this past weekend by tapping its own Marzen beer. Lederhosen and dirndls were in full effect, as was Westword photographer Ken Hamblin, who brought back…
Tifamade Cantine is the brainchild of sandwich maven Tiffany Iung, who at one time could be seen pedaling around town on her pink bike peddling sandwiches and other treats from a reclaimed suitcase strapped to the back. Her new digs are positively palatial in comparison: a lunch window in the…
After nine months of construction (and construction delays), Lime XS has finally reopened for business on 6th Avenue, where it had been serving margaritas and Mexican fare for eight years before owner Curt Sims decided it was time for a major upgrade. Fans of Taco Tuesday and Lime’s patio will…
There are nights when I crave the unique and adventurous, the dishes with names I can’t pronounce and ingredients I’ve never heard of, much less shopped for or cooked at home — tropical fruits with pungent or savory back notes, the odd bits of meat that never even see a…
