You’ve made a dent in those Thanksgiving leftovers — it’s time to get out and about again and enjoy the wine and beer battles, cooking lessons, vegan dinners and more on this week’s culinary calendar. For starters, tonight the various filmmakers and artists involved with the Bolder Life Festival will…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited Namaste India, run by two young men from Nepal, that serves good — if Americanized — Indian fare, for her weekly review. Mark Antonation, continuing his trek up Federal Boulevard, grabbed a taste of summer at the surf-themed El Camaron Loco. For…
If you’re tired of bars where the primary activities are drinking and chatting, we have the perfect solution: Upstairs Circus, which just opened right above Squeaky Bean. In the center ring at Upstairs Circus? Crafts. The bar is craft-themed, offering people and their friends a place (and supplies) to do…
Heading downtown for the holidays? The Denver Christkindl Market opened last weekend, and the gluhwein will be flowing and the scent of weiner schnitzel filling the air at the annual holiday market through December 21. We were there for the kickoff; keep reading to get a taste of the event…
Thanksgiving is over, and maybe you had enough turkey and stuffing to last you until next November. Or maybe you haven’t, and even worse, you got screwed out of the leftovers by your drunken uncle, who loaded everything into one of your mom’s nice Tupperware pieces and took off –…
Copper Kettle Brewing bottled its first beer last June, the GABF-award-winning Mexican Chocolate Stout, but just because it hasn’t released another bottled beer since then doesn’t mean the three-year old brewery has been resting. Rather, Copper Kettle has been aging beers in barrels and plans to release the first two…
Amy Sayles Panzano 909 17th Street 303-296-3525 panzano-denver.com What do you enjoy most about your craft? I get to be imaginative by creating art with food, and I get to create new and exciting flavors for people who might have never thought to try X and Y together. This is…
Heading to the hills this holiday weekend? Eat dessert first — in the form of the Rick James Sexual Chocolate Edible Tower of Desire. At this distillery, you get a shot of made-on-site whiskey delivered in a chocolate shot glass that you drop in a moonshine shake — like a…
Two weeks ago the Hops Grill and Brewery in Littleton shut its doors. Now the Hops Grill and Brewery in Golden has followed suit. See also: Hops Grill and Brewery closes in Littleton…
You need an eye-opener this morning, don’t you? All of the Colorado McDonald’s locations will be giving any customer a free, small McCafe coffee today, in honor of Black Friday. You can get a cup of Mickey D’s specialty brewed coffee made with 100 percent Arabica beans at a drive-thru…
I spent some time in Asia this fall, and when I got home, everyone asked the same questions: “How was the flight?” and “What was the best thing you ate?” The first was easy to answer. The flight was long, all fourteen hours of it, especially since I was on…
Last month we asked readers to send us suggestions for the Denver food scene’s best representatives on social media for our 2013 Denver Web Awards. We’ve compiled those suggestions, and now it’s your turn to pick who wins top honors. Here’s how it works…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s best ingredients home with them and cook up a feast, and when they’re not…
Pizzeria Di Olinto, a spot that opened this June in Centennial, has closed. See also: The Shoppe will close its doors today, then celebrate with “Cupcake Prom” Saturday…
Black-metal-loving TRVE Brewing debuted its newest bottled beer, Eastern Candle, last Thursday, November 24, to its adoring fans. The pale wheat beer was brewed in collaboration with Texan black metal band Absu. Westword’s Scott Lentz was there. To see the rest of the photos go to our full TRVE Brewing…
Zephyr Brewing isn’t the first would-be brewery in Colorado to try crowdfunding as a way to raise money for equipment, operating capital or aesthetic elements. But it is the first to go with CrowdBrewed, a relatively new crowdfunding site that was created just for the craft brewing industry. Zephyr, owned…
Temple Micah got the Channukah celebrations started a little early on November 23 with its Top Latke Taste-Off, which featured a menorah lighting, dancing and — of course — plenty of potato pancakes. And we were there for a taste of the delicious festivities. See also: Celebrate Thanksgiving Eve with…
The Shoppe, a little bakery and cupcake shop that was at the vanguard of the regentrification of East Colfax Avenue by the Bluebird District, is moving on after today. See also: Taki’s closes on East Colfax, ending a two-decade run…
Just under a year ago, Matt Selby, who had made a big name for himself as the chef at Vesta Dipping Grill, a stint he held for fifteen years, exited that kitchen to become the chef-partner of Corner House, a restaurant in the Jefferson Park neighborhood that’s owned by Scott…
Amy Sayles Panzano 909 17th Street 303-296-3525 panzano-denver.com This is part one of my interview with Amy Sayles, pastry chef of Panzano; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. “Baking is just part of my family’s culture,” declares Amy Sayles, a native of Orange County who spent her childhood…
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…
Thanksgiving Eve — or Black Wednesday, as college kids like to call it — is a day designed for building those hangovers you’ll suffer through tomorrow while dealing with nosy relatives and a plate full of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy. But before you get totally sloshed, you can dine…
