Ah, spring. The beginning of a new baseball season is always so full of hope, so full of life, so full of chances to turn over a new leaf. Perhaps you should start with your beer? If that’s the case, here are five ways you can celebrate the season and…
Tom’s Urban 24, which I review this week, isn’t a chef-driven restaurant. The bar is where the real personalities reside, with seven mixologists bringing their own craft and spirits (pun intended) to upscale, round-the-clock libations. Last month two of them, Les Baker V and Chris Clewell, shared the spotlight by…
Being stylish has its price: For restaurant employees, having a tongue barbell, ear plugs, bright pink locks or an anime tattoo on their arms could get them fired, bitched at — or not hired in the first place. An unconventional look with body modifications and Manic Panic really should not…
While Gretchen Kurtz was eating a $13 burger at Tom’s Urban 24, Jenn Wohletz dropped by a link in the tiny Five Star Burgers chain. “The green chile cheeseburger was an exercise in Southwestern excess and ecstasy, with a fat, medium-rare burger that dripped pinky beef juice, smothered with diced…
Vesta Dipping Grill, 1822 Blake Street, is introducing Pre-Game Pop-Ups for the 2013 Rockies season today. Specials include Korean BBQ rib sandwiches and fresh fruit cups sweetened with agave syrup and chili lime; more pop-up items will appear on the menu throughout the season. See also: – Photos: Happy birthday…
Mmmm, bacon. And hot, pickled jalapenos. And almost-as-hot green chile, and cheese, all melted over a mound of French fries. This not-so-simple side provided more than enough lunch — and heartburn — for two. Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Zdenek Srom is almost ready to open his Bohemian Biergarten, a European-style beer garden that’s taken over the space at 2017 13th Street in Boulder that most recently held Shug’s Low Country Cuisine and B.Side and Trilogy Lounge before that. When we stopped in yesterday, there was still construction work…
Highlands Garden Cafe is back in business. After a long winter’s nap, this week Pat Perry reopened her restaurant in Highland, where the garden is already in bloom. To celebrate the new patio season, Highlands Garden is taking names for a drawing to win a $50 gift certificate to Mondo…
Hundreds of people packed the first — but certainly not last, and defintiely sold-out — DStill, “An American Craft Spirit & Cocktail Showcase,” at the McNichols building last night, drinking in the atmosphere…and drinking up some of this state’s most liquid assets. The event was a triumph for the Colorado…
There is almost nothing better in the world than really good green chile spread on top of a juicy beef patty or slathered over a pile of hand-cut fries. Five Star Burgers is a transplant from Taos, and even with this city’s staggering number of burger joints, Five Star manages…
Jonathan Power The Populist 3163 Larimer Street 720-432-3163 thepopulistdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Jonathan Power, executive chef of the Populist. Part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: I don’t make it up there often enough, but I love Pizzeria…
For the first time in more than a decade, the Blue Moon Brewing Company at the Sandlot, which has been open only to Colorado Rockies ticket-holders — and then only on game days — will be open to the public on non-game days beginning May 2. The news means that…
The Food & Drink section of the Best of Denver 2013 contained more than a hundred categories (with a dozen more food-related awards in Shopping & Services); many of those also featured Readers’ choice picks. And although readers showed good taste in choosing Smashburger over McDonald’s for Best French Fries…
WINNER UPDATE: The correct answer to our contest question — How many one-ounce pours did Great Divide serve during the three-day Great American Beer Festival, held in Denver last year? — is 20,343 one-ounce pours. The person who came the closest to that number without going over is d.m.c, who…
Since Tom Ryan founded Smashburger, it’s no surprise that his namesake Tom’s Urban 24serves a good burger. “Made with eight ounces of ground Angus, the patty isn’t smashed to order, as it is at Ryan’s other joint — that technique doesn’t work as well on a chargrill — but it…
Central Bistro & Bar, 1691 Central Street, is hosting a beer dinner featuring Great Divide Brewery at 6:30 p.m. this evening. The restaurant still has seats available; but space is limited, so call 303-477-4582 to check availability. Keep reading to view the menu. See also: – Best Barrel-Aged Cocktail 2013…
You might not know the name Tom Ryan, but you’ve probably heard of Smashburger, the fast-casual concept he founded in Denver in 2007. Smashburger has been a smashing success, expanding to 200 locations worldwide in just a few years and nabbing the Forbes title of “most promising company” in America…
You might not know the name Tom Ryan, but you’ve probably heard of Smashburger, the fast-casual concept he founded in Denver in 2007. Smashburger has been a smashing success, expanding to 200 locations worldwide in just a few years and nabbing the Forbes’ title of “most promising company” in America…
The dining scene at Park Meadows has taken a few hits lately, with Grand Lux Cafe the most recent to leave the area. But it’s about to get a heck of a consolation prize: Frank and Jacqueline Bonanno will be opening Bonanno Brothers Pizzeria, named in honor of their two…
Update: Denver Comic Con and Breckenridge Brewery have selected The Caped Brewsader, submitted by Nathan Bowker as the name for the new beer. And the world is safe again. There are evil villains on the loose, trying to twist a naming contest for the special beer that is being brewed…
Aw, shucks! Last night Jax Fish House and friends threw a great party at the Boulder Theatre for a great cause: Veteran’s Expedition, which helps returning vets. The annual oyster celebration started sixteen years ago at the Jax in Boulder; this year it morphed into the first annual High West…
The massive Craft Brewers Conference, an annual industry-only meeting, wrapped up in Washington, D.C. last week, but a beer-themed art exhibit and auction, Amber Waves, sponsored by the Dogfish Head and Victory breweries continues through Friday. And it features a cool sculpture piece by Denver bottlecap artist Amanda Willshire of…
