PMG, a new wine bar with full dinner service, opened in Boulder last Friday in the spot formerly occupied by the Beehive. New owner Emily Gold is hoping to give guests an affordable and approachable wine experience with food that complements the wine without overshadowing it. See also: First Look:…
Acorn is having a good week. Yesterday, the restaurant that bartender Bryan Dayton and chef Steve Redzikowski opened less than a year ago in the Source was named one of the fifty nominees in Bon Appetit’s America’s Best New Restaurantscontest. And Acorn just got a big kiss from Frank Bruni,…
The Hotel Boulderado has built up plenty of character over the last 100 years or so of continuous operation, but even proud edifices with tradition and history behind them can stand an occasional sprucing up. So this summer the hotel revamped its restaurant — operating in the same space since…
In the same month that Ska Brewing released one of the lowest-alcohol beers to be canned in Colorado — the 4.5 ABV Rudie Session IPA — Crazy Mountain Brewing in Edwards released one of the most potent: the 10 percent ABV Lawyers, Guns & Money. Labeled as a barleywine, the…
With a population comprised mostly of day-trippers, folk musicians, and the selectively employed, Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall is a fertile breeding ground for good happy hours. Even before a discounted menu became practically mandatory in Colorado restaurants, a veritable Murderer’s Row of legendary happy hours on Walnut Street — those…
The name of El Taco de Mexico says it all: The taco of Mexico. But while this tiny spot on Santa Fe Drive is a go-to spot for taco lovers, you can’t go wrong ordering anything else — especially the chile relleno burrito, which we just named one of our…
A big trend in restaurant names this year has been joining two nouns with an and/ampersand, and it looks like the fad is spilling over into food events. Tonight you can indulge in two delicious culinary couplings: a whiskey and doughnut tasting, or the more traditional Corks and Forks. See…
Can you make a perfect bagel in Denver? That’s what Josh Pollack, a New Jersey native and University of Colorado grad, decided to find out. After leaving a job in finance in New York City, he studied the process at a vintage New Jersey deli, returned to Colorado to enroll…
Do kids belong in restaurants? They do at White Fence Farm, which was just named one of the country’s ten finalists in the new Top Family Friendly Restaurants contest hosted by US. Foods. And while White Fence Farms may not boast the eatertainment extravaganza of Casa Bonita, it actually serves…
Is it fall yet? Almost. A pair of seasonal beers from two Colorado breweries are hitting shelves around town right now. They include Grimm Brothers Brewhouse’s Farmer’s Daughter, a 6.1 ABV German Style Oktoberfest beer with a creamy mouthfeel and toasty aroma, and New Belgium’s Tour de Fall, a new…
Sometimes life puts obstacles in front of us that seem almost insurmountable: a Super Bowl loss from our beloved Broncos, another soul-sucking day at corporate headquarters, an open-faced sandwich of such daunting proportions that we should have been training for it all summer. But we persevere — conquer, even –…
There’s something special about New York City water that gives bagels, breads and cured meats a texture and flavor that New Yorkers know and love, agree Al and Tory Belsky, owners of New York Deli News. And as big as the city is, there may be even more New Yorkers…
Despite its location on the ultra-hot strip of Upper Larimer that includes Work & Class, Amerigo Delicatus and Los Chingones, Sugarmill is the only place within a scone’s throw that’s open for a quick Saturday morning bite. Troy Guard and his pastry chef partner Noah French may have been targeting…
Last week we poured out our list of the ten best hipster bars in Denver. If you’re a cultural anthropologist looking to observe hipsters in their element or maybe you’re just new to town and looking for a hand-built bar within fixie-riding distance where you’ll feel at home, these are…
Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen 725 East 26th Avenue 720-440-9880 rosenbergsbagels.com To make the perfect bagel, you need three key components: a great recipe, a flexible process managed by a knowledgeable bagel maker, and New York water, says Joshua Pollack. That’s a very specific formula, but it seems accurate — at…
The Ballpark neighborhood, once a forgotten area sometimes referred to as “NoDough,” is now this town’s Best New Restaurant Neighborhood, home to Lower48, our Best New Restaurant. And tonight Ballpark Plates will give diners a taste of the Ballpark neighborhood. See also: The Ten Best Restaurants in the Ballpark Neighborhood…
In a record-setting summer of Denver bar and restaurant openings, there was bound to be some fallout. But usually the shakeout starts six to twelve months down the road, when guests start to dwindle or bad business plans become exposed. Unfortunately for the management and staff at Provisions Chophaus and…
Many folks who hear about the Telluride Mushroom Festival wonder whether it focuses on mushrooms for eating, or mushrooms for, you know, seeing Pocahontas riding a dragon and stuff. The confusion is reasonable, considering fungi’s dual history as both a food and as a catalyst for vision quests. See also:…
Most people think beer when they hear the word fermentation, but many other food products are the result of bacterial action: kombucha, kimchi, yogurt, cheese and even some preserved meats. But at a festival celebrating all things fermented, alcoholic beverages are going to take center stage — nobody wants to…
The ’90s were a big decade for big burritos in Denver. Qdoba was founded here in 1995, the same year that Illegal Pete’s got its start in Boulder. That was two years after Steve Ells transformed a former Dolly Madison store by the University of Denver into the first Chipotle…
No. 83 Chile Relleno Burrito at El Taco de Mexico 714 Santa Fe Drive 303-623-3926 The name of this tiny taco shack (little more than a lean-to, really) says everything it needs to: The taco of Mexico. A taco hunter seeking the best in town certainly couldn’t go wrong here,…
The first time I visited El Noa Noa Mexican Restaurant, I had no expectations. It was my initiation into the ritual of strolling along Santa Fe for its First Friday art walk, which was, I found, more about being seen than seeing the art. We wanted to escape the sidewalk…
