I don’t often read writing scrawled outside bathroom walls, but something at Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink caught my eye. In the back of the restaurant, not far from metal racks stocked with ketchup, mustard and packets of sugar, someone had scribbled in pencil “I wanna love you.”…
I don’t often read writing scrawled outside bathroom walls, but something at Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink caught my eye. In the back of the restaurant, not far from metal racks stocked with ketchup, mustard and packets of sugar, someone had scribbled in pencil “I wanna love you.”…
Last month, the sign on the door said that the Bubba Chinos at 1361 Court Place was closed for ten days for “remodeling.” At the end of March, that was replaced with an eviction notice. Now there’s a sign reporting that the spot — which has been many, many restaurants…
Colorado’s first all-female collaboration brew went so well that an expanded group of women has decided to do a second one — this time on the Western Slope. Nine women from nine different breweries around the state will convene at Kannah Creek Brewing in Grand Junction on April 21 to…
Colorado craft breweries have remained steady on the Boulder-based Brewers Association’s annual list of the top fifty craft-beer makers in the country. New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins is still the third-largest craft brewer in the nation, while Longmont’s Oskar Blues rose from 29th on the list to 27th. See…
River North Brewery, which has been working on getting approval for a patio for quite a while, finally got the go-ahead just before the Colorado Rockies home opener. And although it’s a little chilly out there today, the new space should be a great place to hang out all spring…
There’s a reason why the parking lot of this panaderia and taqueria is always jam-packed with cars — the gritty Mexican food, including the diabolically good carne asada fries throttled with green chile and melty cheese, is the real deal. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
The folks at Boston Market, another chain with its national headquarters in Denver, have added St. Louis style barbequed pork ribs as well as brisket to the current roster of home-style entrees. Since that lineup rarely changes, I stopped by the store at 500 Grant Street to check on these…
The crew at Crimson & Gold, a bar near the University of Denver, apparently didn’t venture outside yesterday, because while Denver’s finest meteorologists had it all wrong when they predicted that the city would be snowballed by Snowzilla-Snowmageddon-Snowpocalypse, it was definitely not “patio weather,” despite the bar’s signage pointing to…
Jose Guerrero ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop 2015 Market Street 720-878-2015 viewhouseco.com This is part one of my interview with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop; part two of our chat will run on Cafe Society tomorrow. In hindsight, things could have gone very differently for…
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…
Over the past year, we’ve lost three more of the Italian restaurants that used to blanket northwest Denver like red sauce. Pagliacci’s shuttered last August, after 66 years in business; Longo’s Subway Tavern closed in September, after 52 years; and Carbone’s, the iconic Italian sandwich shop and market, has been…
Brian Laird will showcase the cuisine of his upcoming Jefferson Park restaurant, Sarto’s, at the McNichols Building tonight, during One Past 5 Happy Hour. The event is a prelude to Doors Open Denver, the city’s annual architectural tour. See also: – Reader: Can’t wait to eat Brian Laird’s food again…
Just this morning, a reader suggested that Fat Sully’s, which opened on South Broadway earlier this year, take over the space next door that had been occupied by Crimson Canary until it closed Saturday night. Now that reader is getting his wish: Drew Shader, owner of Atomic LLC, just announced…
Even as Coors Field was filling up last Friday, fans were learning Ballpark neighborhood mainstay Snooze would no longer support the city’s May 2012 ban on camping because it hasn’t helped the homeless community. Snooze had initially supported that proposal — a stance that inspired Occupy Denver to boycott the…
Eighty years have passed since Prohibition ended — and booze returned — and that’s certainly something to celebrate. On Sunday, the Oriental Theater hosted a Prohibition Party and Brew Fest to do just that, with guests dressed in ’20s costumes sipping from more than 150 Colorado craft beers. Continue reading…
Colorado breweries continue to open at a rapid pace in 2013 — and they’re typically swamped the minute they open by beer fans eager to sample their brews. But breweries-in-planning don’t usually get a chance to put their products in front of customers (paying customers, anyway) ahead of time. That’s…
We’ve written quite a bit about the demise of Denver’s red-sauce joints, the old-school neighborhood restaurants that once formed the nucleus of northwest Denver, or, as some called it, Little Italy. After 66 years as the city’s longest family-owned Italian restaurant, Pagliacci’s shuttered last year; the remodeled Gaetano’s, while still…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
The price tag on the burgers at Tom’s Urban 24, which I reviewed last week, resulted in a flurry of comments — a bigger flurry than we’ve seen in the skies today, in fact. Some readers thought the price was too high — “$13 for a friggin cheeseburger?” — while…
I’ll admit that I’ve never been terribly impressed with the restaurant climate in Vail, and let’s face it: In a resort town like this, where a fickle public chews up their restaurants and then spits them out just as fast, you’ve got to be better than good to survive (unlike,…
RiNo’s on Blake, a “contemporary American” restaurant, opened last night at 2401 Blake Street, the original home of the Blake Street Tavern (and a second Brauns after that). While RiNo’s will continue to have a bar vibe, it’s also created a white-tablecloth dining area that focuses on “sustainable made-from-scratch foods.”…
