The Living Room serves up happy-hour veggie snacks

After a long day in the office, there’s nothing like kicking back with some happy-hour drinks — and maybe some happy-hour bites, so that you can still drive home safely. While the wine system at the Living Room, 1055 Broadway, is a lot of fun to geek out on, even…

The Kitchen Denver sets an opening date of March 20

It’s been nearly nine months since Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk put together the deal to take over the old Gumbo’s space, where they planned to open a Denver outpost of The Kitchen, the Boulder restaurant they put on the West End of Pearl Street in 2004. “We want to…

Guess where I’m eating?

There aren’t many chicken wings in this city that fly right, but these meaty suckers, rubbed with bold spices, are an exception. 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…

Brief Jerky: Edible underwear we can really sink our teeth into

Gluttons we might be, but we’re not exactly turned on by the notion of picking candy — or, worse yet, melted fruit roll-up goo — out of our private parts, so we’ve never been partial to edible underwear. But now we’ve learned that some creative genius has invented a type…

Fat Tuesday food-and-drink events around the city

It’s Fat Tuesday! Still looking for a place to celebrate Mardi Gras? Here are some options… All three Jax Fish House locations — 1539 17th Street (303-292-5767, www.jaxfishhousedenver.com), 928 Pearl Street, Boulder (303-444-1811, www.jaxfishhouseboulder.com) and 123 North College Avenue in Fort Collins (970-682-2275, www.jaxfortcollins.com) — are throwing Fat Tuesday parties…

The Negrin family brings a taste of Cuba to Lakewood

A woman dressed in purple is sitting beneath the Havana skyline, her shoulders dipping and swaying to the Cuban music pouring through the speakers. “Que rico!” she shouts after taking a bite of a rib. “Like Florida!” she exults, holding out the coffee she’s just sampled, her body continuing to…

Kim and Jake’s Cakes and Glacier Ice Cream roll out collaborations

The first cake that comes to mind when we’re considering Mardi Gras is the pancake, and there’s no shortage of venues around town that will be serving up stacks of buttermilk flapjacks in celebration of that holiday — and National Pancake Day — tomorrow. But ask Kim and Jake Rosenbarger,…

Lessons from the Spicy Pickle and other Colorado-based chains

Ask Kevin Morrison why the Spicy Pickle chain went belly-up, and the former executive of that company, who now owns Pinche Tacos, doesn’t exactly mince words. “When you have people who aren’t businesspeople or restaurant people trying to run a restaurant company, the writing’s on the wall,” he says…

GB Fish & Chips is open on Colfax — but dry until March

Three months ago, when Alex Stokeld revealed that he planned to open a third location of GB Fish & Chips in the former Deluxe Burger space next door to Mod Livin’, at 5325 East Colfax Avenue, he told us he was aiming for a February 1 opening. And that’s exactly…

Guess where I’m eating?

Carrots: It’s the new dessert. 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 — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up…