Cuidado Denver, you’re getting a second Cinco de Mayo this summer: tomorrow is National Tequila Day. Americans drank a little over 13 million gallons of tequila last year — and that number will be surpassed this year. There are a lot of great places in Denver to consume the spirit…
Kiernan Maletsky’s cover story, “Rock On,” focuses on the town of Lyons and the music scene’s efforts to recover from last fall’s devastating floods. Oskar Blues has played an instrumental role — not only in the economic growth of Lyons, but in the recovery efforts there and in Longmont. Here’s…
Denver swingers can’t catch a break. 3090 Eden, the members-only swingers’ club that opened for business just last March, has closed, as has the Downing Street Grill, which was located in the same building at 3090 Downing Street. “It was a lot of money spent, but there wasn’t enough support…
After doing business for twenty years under his first name, Udi Baron and his family sold Udi’sFoods (the gluten-free and granola portion of their bakery empire) earlier this year, and with it the name Udi’s. The company held a contest to pick a new name for its cafes and bakeries,…
Denver Restaurant Week is one of the biggest food events on the metro calendar, drawing thousands of curious and hungry patrons to new spots and familiar favorites to sample discount menus every year. This year marks the first time in Denver Restaurant Week’s history that the event is split into…
When Union Station hosts its grand-opening gala on Saturday, July 26, most — but not all — of the fifteen restaurants, bars and retail outlets signed on for the project will be open to the public. Alex Seidel’s Mercantile Dining & Provision is more than a month away from opening…
Union Station is hosting its grand opening on Saturday, July 26, two weeks behind schedule — but one of the restaurants going into the historic building is even further down the track: Mercantile Dining & Provision. Still, Mercantile — a 5,000 square foot restaurant in the north wing helmed by…
This month’s look at the best patios for enjoying craft beer took a quick detour into a discussion of whether people should take their kids to tap rooms and other drink-intensive spots. To offer up some options, we shared our our list of the ten best kid-friendly restaurants in town…
Take it slow. At 11 a.m. today, Slow Food Denver will host a tasting at History Colorado, in conjunction with the current show Food: Our Global Kitchen. At 5 p.m., Slow Food Denver will go global itself when it hosts a free lecture by acclaimed Sicilian chef Fabrizia Lanza at…
Kings BBQ 4601 Harlan Street, Wheat Ridge When I pulled up in front of Kings BBQ, I thought this might be it. You know, It. The place we’ve been looking for to raise barbecue in this town to smokin’ new heights. And by “we,” I mean not just me, a…
A new face is showing itself in the Highland neighborhood: Prost Fine Beers and Sausages is now open. Amid the trendy bars and hipster joints, Prost is an unassuming little beer hall tucked into West 32nd Avenue, taking the spot formerly held by Asian-Mexican spot BOA. Bedecked in dark wood…
Denver has Chicago-style pizza, New York-style pizza, even St. Louis-style pie. And now the city can try pizza Detroit-style, thanks to the expanding pizza chain Jet’s Pizza. See also: Denver now has St. Louis-style pizza, but what about New Haven, Detroit and Old Forge-style?…
If you’re headed to Old South Pearl for lunch, you’ll now have one fewer option: Session Kitchen has discontinued its extended brunch service from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday — but will keep those hours and the same brunch menu Friday through Sunday. See also: The ten…
Though we live in a town that isn’t known for its barbecue, Denverites have strong opinions about what does and doesn’t count as good ‘cue. So it goes without saying that I, along with the rest of Café Society, am always on the lookout for new places to share with…
No. 91 Tacos Campechanos at La Calle Taqueria 1565 West Alameda Avenue 720-583-6586 Alameda Avenue between Federal and I-25 is a kind of miniature Federal Boulevard all on its own; you’ll find Chinese dim sum houses, Vietnamese sandwich shops, Cajun-Asian crayfish dens and, of course, no shortage of Mexican taquerias…
Just over a year ago Renegade Brewing opened Renegade Publik House, a restaurant and tap house in the underserved University of Denver neighborhood. Citing a need to re-focus on expanding beer production and making “more beers available to more people,” owner and founder Brian O’Connell recently sold the Publik House,…
“You talk to any brewery, old or new, and they will tell you a story about how another brewery helped them out,” says Chris Bell. “Everyone helps each other along. We want to celebrate that and celebrate what makes this industry great.” That’s the idea behind a collaborative brewing effort…
For more than a year, Mark Antonation ate his way up Federal Boulevard. With that journey done, he’s now exploring different cuisines from around the globe right here in metro Denver, one month at a time, in Ethniche. Last week I drove to the outlands of Lakewood for a taste…
We’re counting down our 100 Favorite Dishes as we head towards our next Best of Denver, and last week landed at Solera, where Goose Sorensen’s pork-belly confit is a marvel, a preparation that involves curing, pressing and slow cooking in duck fat, which Sorensen explains melts the layers of pork…
LYFE Kitchen is teaming up with acclaimed photographer John Fielder, whose mural of a peach orchard is featured at the restaurant in Park Meadows, for a book-signing and fundraising event from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today, July 22. Fielder and student Rachel Harris will be signing copies of Nadia’s Good…
Concise wine lists and boutique offerings by the glass seem to be the mood of the moment at high-end restaurants. But for those who respect the grape, tradition and commitment to excellence trump the new and trendy. Finding great wine and wine service in the metro area is easy when…
When Kristy Socarras Bigelow opened the second Cuba Cuba Sandwicheriain the CitySet project last summer, she predicted that it wouldn’t be the last. And this weekend, she made good on that prediction when a Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria opened in the Denver Tech Center. See also: Cuba Cuba Sandwicheria takes a…
