This week in Cafe Society, critic Gretchen Kurtz plunged into the great barbecue debate after visiting to Kings BBQ. For Chef and Tell, we checked in with Alex Seidel about the status of his new restaurant, Mercantile Dining & Provision, which will be opening around Labor Day in the newly…
Get ready for the kickoff of the fall food season! On Sunday, September 7, DISH will return to Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. This is Westword’s twentieth annual celebration of the Denver drinking and dining scene, and it promises to be quite a party. And if you…
Fans of ChoLon Modern Asian Bistro will be happy to learn that executive chef and accomplished interpreter of Asian cuisine, Lon Symensma (along with managing partners Joe Vostrejs and Pat McHenry), is planning to open Cho77, a noodle house in the Baker neighborhood’s already hot stretch of South Broadway. The…
No. 89 Clams and chorizo from Gozo 30 South Broadway 720-638-1462 The wood-fired oven at Gozo is the centerpiece of the kitchen, both in terms of its rustic physical presence and its imprint on the food touched by its fire. Gozo executive chef Nicholas Petrilli designed a menu of piccolo…
A cozy bistro in Congress Park, Shells and Sauce is primarily known for its dinners of Tuscan pasta and seafood plates, but it also offers a weekend brunch from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a variety of fresh Italian takes on beloved brunch favorites. Oddly enough, though, it’s the…
Upslope head brewer Alex Violette, who has been making beer for the Boulder brewery since early 2009, is leaving his post there to start his own place in Vietnam. It’s an unusual career choice to leave the center of this nation’s brewing universe for a country where craft beer is…
Rosenberg’s Bagel & Deli will host its official grand opening tomorrow, July 26, from 6 a.m. (come early for a thank-you gift) to 3 p.m. Owner Joshua Pollack had originally planned to celebrate with a local block party, but he’s been a little busy lately. In fact, since the soft…
His motorcycle broke down last week on a road trip from Denver to Louisiana, but Sean Kenyon kept moving. He shipped the bike home from Memphis, hopped in a car and pushed on. He was headed to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail, an annual five-day convention that draws…
The closing of the Thunderbird Lounge, one of our favorite dives, inspired us to visit many more of this city’s best dives this month — including the winner of Best Dive in the Best of Denver 2014, Lakeview Lounge. And we’re not the only fans of the place. See also:…
The craft-beer scene has exploded in Colorado, and this week the second-largest craft-beer maker in the country is in Denver to celebrate the industry. Sierra Nevada invited every craft brewery in the nation — nearly 3,000 in all — to participate in seven regional celebrations for Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp…
Denverites are mad about burgers. Both fast-casual counters and upscale burger restaurants keep opening around town, and most of them are packed on a regular basis. But we also know a good burger when we sink our teeth into one; the mediocre joints don’t last long. Our current favorite, which…
Comfortable Food, a truck I caught up with at Civic Center Eats today, serves food under the motto “Zero pretension, 100% deliciousness.” My lunch, though, was definitely operating with pretensions, even delusions of grandeur. Not content to be a simple grilled cheese sandwich, this one had evidently seen the world…
It’s been a wild ride since the Kolache Cabin rolled onto a vacant lot at Alameda and South Santa Fe Drive last month. The mobile food joint quickly found fans who’d been craving kolaches since the area’s last major purveyor, Kolache Factory, closed a few years ago. But then last…
Paul Tamburello, a developer who’s done several landmark projects in LoHi (and even coined that nickname), drew inspiration from his own past when he created Little Man Ice Cream back in 2008. His grandfather had owned an ice cream store in Chicago in the 1930s, and he thought the edge…
Powder Keg Brewing has opened in Niwot, where it’s the town’s second craft-beer maker; the location has a brewpub license (since it plans to serve food), which means it can also pour beers from other local breweries, including its neighbor, Bootstrap Brewing. Powder Keg plans to be open seven days…
Call it the original happy hour. Though its been falling out of practice in modern Spain, the siesta has influenced the country’s food culture over the centuries. Spanish restaurants often offer a prix fixe menu during the 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. lunch break, when office workers flee en masse to…
The Curtis Park Creamery has been slinging budget Mexican fare in the Curtis Park/Five Points area for over forty years. And in January 2013, the owners finally opened a second location in Aurora, calling it, not surprisingly, Curtis Park Creamery II. But now you’ll have to head back to the…
When I eat barbecue, I often skip the sauce so that the meat’s smokiness can come through. But when I do squirt on sauce, I don’t always want the sweet, thick version that’s common in these parts. Colleen Van Tuyl, chef-owner of Ragin’ Hog BBQ, understands this. “Colorado is a…
No. 90 Biscuits from the Denver Biscuit Co. 141 South Broadway 3237 East Colfax Avenue 303-337-7900 The Southern biscuit is one of the hardest baked goods to master; they invariably come in one of two versions: perfect or just plain wrong. Working with butter and flour takes years of experience;…
We stopped by Session Kitchen this week, and learned that the restaurant has axed its weekday lunches, and now opens at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, in time for happy hour. Lunch — or “brunch,” as Session called it — is still available Friday through Sunday. But the neighborhood just…
The Denver Botanic Gardens will host an evening of yoga, food, drinks and music in an idyllic setting tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. The Botanic Garden’s own yoga instructor, Blake Burger, will be leading an hour-long yoga class, followed by a BYOB picnic in the gardens. See also:…
“Have you been here before?” asked the girl at the counter of Kings BBQ when we first walked into the modest spot in Wheat Ridge. We shook our heads. “Then I’m going to tell you something that’s not very helpful: Everything is good.” Owner CJ Johnson, a Texan with roots…
