Today marks the eightieth anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition — reason to drink! Sadly, the Teller House Bar in Central City — which was open on that great day in 1933 — is not pouring right now, but other longtime watering holes definitely are, just as they were on…
As Colorado’s oldest craft brewery, Boulder Beer Company has had to reinvent itself a few times over the last 34 years, changing its look and its owners, updating its recipes, adding new tanks. Its latest move, however, caused a real stir. Or rather, a Shake. In October, Boulder Beer unveiled…
Despite the cobalt blue sky, it’s a cold, cold day, but this dish is red hot and the perfect remedy for chasing away the chill. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to a Guess Where post is entered into a pool…
Ian Clark BRU handbuilt ales & eats 5290 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 720-638-5193 bruboulder.com This is part two of my interview with Ian Clark, exec chef and head brewer of BRU Handbuilt ales & eats; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Your favorite smell in the kitchen: I have a…
Looking for a cozy spot for dinner tonight? Highland’s Garden Cafe had one of our favorite dining-room fireplaces — but when that restaurant closed for the season, it closed for good: Chef/owner Pat Perry sold the spot. Chef Mark Ferguson, a native of Denver who’s been cooking in Vail, and…
On Tuesday we offered up our list of Denver’s ten best hipster restaurant, and the comments have been flying ever since. Some took issue with the restaurants on the list, others took issue with the concept of the list itself. “Leave the hipster thing alone. It’s as annoying as having…
Yes, we know it’s hard to think beyond the next heating vent — but New Year’s Eve is coming, and no matter how cold it is on December 31, people will be looking for where they can have a hot time. And if you’re a restaurateur with big plans for…
What better way to celebrate the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition than a big booze battle? Head to TAG Burger Bar at 6:30 p.m. tonight for a fight of epic alcoholic proportions during Beer vs. Wine, when Infinite Monkey Theorem and Prost Brewing will battle it out to see…
When you hear of a restaurant that’s been around for decades, it often sounds like a candidate for Restaurant: Impossible, because the place has been run into the ground and will require plenty of blood, sweat and tears — from restaurateurs, not militaristic host Robert Irvine — if it’s to…
Corner House reopened last night to its biggest Tuesday night ever since it opened in January 2013. And that came just a week after opening chef/partner Matt Selby departed the restaurant owned by Scott Kinsey and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company. See also: Chef Matt Selby and Corner…
Every year, restaurants scramble to open before the holidays — and December has gotten off to the fastest start in recent memory. The streak began when Westminster Brewing opened this past weekend at 7655 West 108th Avenue. It’s the first independent brewpub in that town, but it won’t be the…
Cold? Yes, we noticed. But that’s one of the many reasons we have beer. Great Divide has been making one of the best cold-weather beers in Colorado for years, Yeti, and its various cousins. But there are plenty of brand new cold-weather beers out there for you to try as…
If you’re going to open a restaurant, there’s likely no better place to do it than just steps away from a Trader Joe’s, which, as we all know, is unleashing four stores in Colorado next year, including one at Eighth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, currently slated to open on Valentine’s…
It’s clear from the troop of squirrels that vigorously demolished my gords and pumpkins this past week that they saw winter coming long before I did. But while they’re sleeping in this morning, their bellies plump with pumpkin flesh, bars and restaurants around Denver are still celebrating fall by pouring…
After eighteen months, Lime finally returned to downtown when Lime an American Cantinaopened on Thanksgiving in the Denver Pavilions. The original Lime was in Larimer Square, but after eleven years there, owners Curt and Pam Savage Sims closed that subterranean restaurant in the summer of 2012 and started looking for…
Ian Clark BRU handbuilt ales & eats 5290 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder 720-638-5193 bruboulder.com This is part one of my interview with Ian Clark, exec chef and head brewer of BRU Handbuilt ales & eats; part two of our chat will run in this space tomorrow. More than a decade ago,…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
The only thing Denverites like to dis more than hipsters (and our coverage of them) is green chile — including the dish’s various incarnations and even its spelling. And the fact that Food & Wine magazine’s list of the “Best Chili in the US” included Rocky Mountain Chili Bowl has…
January 16, 1919: a day filled with sorrows — and nothing to drown them in. Congress had just passed the Eighteenth Amendment, outlawing alcohol in hopes of ridding the land of drunkards, mental illness and poverty. But the Prohibition plan rallied for by rural Protestants and the Anti-Saloon League backfired,…
The owners of Mile High Pizza Pie closed up shop downtown this fall when rents went sky-high on Stout Street, and headed for Highland. Along the way, they not only changed locations, but also altered the name and concept, as Mile High morphed into Mile High Italian Deli. “Like Tony’s,”…
No sooner had we posted our Restaurant Roll Call for November that news of more closings started rolling in. Marie’s Cafe has shut its doors after 35 years, ending a Boulder breakfast institution. The spot had been in the same family — natives of Czechoslovakia — since 1979, but after…
“Are you open?” “When are you opening?” “I can’t wait until you open!” I lost count of how many eager people passed through the doors of Olive & Finch earlier this morning, their hopes high that Mary Nguyen’s new Uptown restaurant, a casual European-style cafe, was actually selling the muffins,…
