Patrik Landberg is turning out some pretty awesome food at Charcoal, the seven-month-old restaurant in the Golden Triangle that I review this week. His seafood dishes, in particular, are like a fun, fast joyride: They exhibit skill and playfulness, and they’re absolutely delicious. Here, to go with my review, are…
A sun-soaked, 75-plus degree afternoon for the Rockies’ home opener. Buds blooming on the trees outside our terrace. Flip-flop adorned feet everywhere we look. Seems it’s been an age since Denver enjoyed a springtime as warm and inviting as this one — and the early onset of balmier temps has…
Construction is under way at Ace, the eatery and ping-pong hall that Josh and Jen Wolkon, Matt Selby, Brandon and Emily Biederman and Jeff Bustos are building next to Steuben’s, which the Wolkons and Selby also own (along with Vesta Dipping Grill). And though the partners are still a few…
It took two and a half years, but Robert Thompson, the restaurateur behind Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar, the former Argyll and Punch Bowl Social, finally got his wish: Anika Zappe, one of the most respected and high-profile bartenders in Denver, Thompson told me today, is now the beverage…
To give the Colorado Bartenders Guild all the credit for Denver’s flourishing cocktail culture would be wrong, says Sean Kenyon, owner of Williams & Graham and one of the founding members of this state’s chapter. But it certainly helped. “We were officially chartered in February of 2008,” he says, “and…
The third annual Denver International Beer Competition takes place this weekend at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield, a contest that last year received more than 190 entries from brewers in more than twenty states and six countries. The gold-medal winners will be showcased at the Taste of Elegance Chefs…
Luciano’s Pizza and Wings has reached the end of the line. In addition to the notice posted last month that the property had been seized by the City of Denver for non-payment of taxes, there’s now a sign announcing an April 24 auction of the contents of the eatery at…
Breckenridge Brewery has outgrown its Denver headquarters. The city’s biggest beer maker is planning to build a brand-new, 125,000-square-foot brewery, tasting room, restaurant and visitors center on ten acres in the metro area. The estimated $15 million project would ennable the company to make 100,000 barrels of beer per year…
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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Pete and Barb…
Unbeatable panoramas, an awesome beer list and food, that by and large, is forgettable. Still, two out of three isn’t bad… Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool –…
Jeff Russell District Meats 1625 Wazee Street 303-623-1630 www.charliepalmer.com This is part one of my interview with Jeff Russell, exec chef of District Meats. You can read part two of our chat in this space tomorrow. Dinner was bonding time, Jeff Russell recalls. “Food was the thing that brought us…
Where would you put a new restaurant in Denver? Theo Adley has sold the Pinyon in Boulder. “The truth is that I want to be in Denver,” he told Lori Midson. “I want to cook — and get better as a chef — in a bigger city with more people…
Russell’s Smokehouse, 1422 Larimer Street, is teaming up with Illegal Mezcal to present a meal paired with its handcrafted, small-batch spirits this evening. The three-course dinner costs $45, which includes cocktails and appetizers; call 720-524-8050 to RSVP. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food…
When Patrik Landberg first came to the United States, he was fresh off eight years in kitchens in his native Sweden, and he had no trouble landing a job in New York City. When he moved to Denver years later, though, he had a little more trouble finding his niche…
It’s been spring for weeks, but afternoons like this — afternoons when it’s a perfect 71 degrees and sunny — make it extremely hard for us to stay indoors without losing our sanity. And right about this time of day, we start looking for any excuse we can get to…
Burger King adds ten new items to its menu and fast-foodies don’t give a tinker’s cuss — but when McDonald’s places a new pie in its pantheon, people froth at the mouths, demanding as many as they can get their soon-to-be-greasy mitts on, blogging about them and not minding the…
It’s been six months since Nelson Perkins, chef/owner of Colt & Gray, inked a deal on the space — and basement — next door. When he landed the extra room, he announced that in addition to expanding the dining room of his gastropub on Platte Street, he’d be opening a…
While the pizza isn’t the finest pie in Denver, the staff — especially the bartender — might very well be the friendliest. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…
It’s been an interesting few weeks for bartender Matty Durgin. The rum collector, tiki-night instigator and cocktail czar, who was initially hired to spearhead the bar program at Adrift, a new tiki bar and restaurant on South Broadway, abruptly departed before it opened last week. But that’s nothing compared to…
Close to a dozen restaurants have come and gone from the beleaguered Beauvallon project, but there are new signs of life at 925 Lincoln Street, the spot that Aqua left three years ago. A sign on the door reads: “Local, a new concept.” The concept is coming from Ryan DiFranco,…
It’s tough to be a vegetarian in the South, and damn near impossible to be vegan (at least if you want to it out). So even though Lucile’s Creole Cafe doesn’t have a huge vegetarian selection (and vegans are pretty much out of luck), the vegetarian options that are on…
We can’t count the number of times we’ve made a late-afternoon dash over to Masterpiece Delicatessen, the spot that was our Best Sandwich Shop in this year’s Best of Denver, only to remember too late that Masterpiece closes at 4 p.m. Fortunately, that’s about to change. Beginning May 1, Masterpiece…
