Los Carboncitos, 3757 Pecos Street, is back in business. The restaurant was forced to temporarily halt service after a driver of a Cadillac SUV accidentally parked inside the front entrance earlier this month. But after some major repair work, the place was able to reopen yesterday. See also: – Los…
Located inside Coors Field since 1995, the Blue Moon Brewing Company @ the Sandlot has always made beers with a baseball theme, whether it was Right Field Red, Pinch Hit Pilsner or Belly Slide Belgian Wit (which became Blue Moon itself). But this year, the little brewery will make a…
Panzano, 909 17th Street, is now featuring a three-course, regional Italian menu every Sunday. Each month, executive chef Elise Wiggins and her crew will create a meal showcasing various cuisines from different areas of Italy. Keep reading for March’s menu. See also: – Panzano adds Toscano, a private dining area/bar…
The fight was ugly, even raw. But the Cebiche wars are now over, and the Cebiche on West 32nd Avenue is the winner. That was the original Cebiche, a Peruvian-flavored restaurant that closed in 2009, reopened briefly under a new name, closed again, then reopened, again, in 2011 as Cebiche,…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company will kick off Colorado Craft Beer Week on Monday by tapping the first all-female collaboration brew in state history, a Belgian-style brown ale called “Ellegance.” The project, which was coordinated by the Wynkoop’s Bess Dougherty, involved eight woman who work for seven different breweries around Colorado…
The interior decor at this newish spot is stunning — but my Blazing Saddle cocktail was not. The combination of Sauza Blue Tequila, Patron Citronage, watermelon juice, Del Maguey Vida mezcal and lime juice had sounded terrific, but it took twenty minutes to get a watered-down, slightly smoky, watermelon-flavored drink…
Denny’s “Baconalia” is back, completely and utterly ruining one of my favorite foods, and again offering a hideous reminder of all the chain restaurant meals I wish I’d never eaten. There are plenty of decent, good and even great restaurant chains that serve up above-average food for reasonable prices, and…
Location, location, location. The subterranean space at 250 Steele Street has swallowed up another restaurant: Big Easy Creole Kitchen. George Gastl, a native of Denver and graduate from the Culinary Institute of Scottsdale, had cooked around the world — in Santa Fe, Germany and, yes, New Orleans — before returning…
ViewHouse opens today at the corner of Market and 20th streets on the edge of the Ballpark neighborhood. Lotus Concepts has taken the former home of Mori, a Japanese restaurant, and turned it into a restaurant/entertainment complex with an amazing rooftop. But one reader was more interested in what he…
Every Friday from 3 to 5 p.m., Fiocchi’s Pizzeria, 8101 East Belleview Avenue, offers unlimited beer and pizza for no charge to patrons 21 and up. See also: – Our ten best pizzas in Denver (and Boulder) – What to do for free in Denver – Denver’s five best places…
One of the first things that Denverites will tell any newcomer who’s landed in the Mile High City is just how firmly devoted you’ll become to your neighborhood restaurant — and if you live in Uptown, that restaurant may very well become Beast +Bottle, the new snout-to-stump spot from former…
The first Sam’s No. 3, a popular diner frequented by everyone from politicians and pipsqueaks, opened in 1969 in Aurora. Decades later, owner Sam Armatas opened a second location in the heart of downtown, where poser Guy Fieri swaggered in to film a segment for Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and…
One of the most legendary addresses in the Denver area, 320 South Birch Street in Glendale, now has a new occupant: Escandalo Sports Bar & Grill. The name translates to “scandalous,” and this spot certainly saw plenty of scandalous action in the late ’70s, when it was home to The…
Since it opened last June, TRVE Brewing has constantly struggled to make enough beer to quench the thirst of its Baker neighborhood regulars. This week, though, brewery owner Nick Nunns replaced his three four-barrel fermenters with three seven-barrel tanks, nearly doubling his capacity and ensuring customers that he will be…
After a massive renovation/building project, ViewHouse Eatery Bar & Rooftop will finally open to the public tomorrow. But you can see it today at a Ballpark Neighborhood benefit that will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. (tickets are $40). What’s left of the original building at 2015 Market Street long…
Communal tables like the ones at The Populist, which I review this week, are “in,” and from a restaurant’s perspective it’s not hard to see why. A long table accommodates more people than a string of two-tops, and open space between tables doesn’t generate much rent, either. What’s harder to…
Hops & Pie won’t open its own brewery until the end of the year, but in the meantime, pizzeria co-owner Drew Watson is having a little fun barrel aging beer. Last September, he bought five first-use Maker’s Mark bourbon barrels and distributed them to some of his favorite local breweries…
Drew Archer TAG Burger Bar 1222 Madison Street 303-736-2260 www.madisonstreetdenver.com Part one of my interview with Drew Archer, chef of TAG Burger Bar, ran yesterday; this is part two of our chat. Most memorable meal you’ve ever had: We never really ate out much growing up, so I don’t have…
Several restaurants closed early this year for renovation projects: Jax in LoDo executed an amazing two-week transformation; Parisi completely updated its space; Tamayo spent a million-dollars on its month-long redo — and the Jelly in Capitol Hill closed for a month and a half to replace its floor. Jelly had…
Buffalo Doughboy won the Best Bakery award in the Best of Denver 2010. Business boomed, and last April the bakery moved out of its tiny spot in a Victorian home off Broadway for a space three times as large, and a mile south on Broadway itself. And yesterday, Buffalo Doughboy…
The Apres Ski Cocktail Classic begins today and runs through Sunday, March 17 in Aspen. The celebration of mixology includes seminars, tastings, food samples and a pub crawl on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. See also: – Best Contemporary Cocktail Bar 2012 Williams & Graham – Best Barrel-Aged Cocktail 2012…
The desserts caught me by surprise. I was expecting something clever yet homey, perhaps deconstructed butterscotch pudding or a chocolate malted liquid-nitrogen shake. But when you’re following a crafty guide, you never know quite where you’re going until you get there — and the end of a meal at The…
