The long, strange trip of Quiznos, a homegrown chain, took another turn yesterday when Avenue Capital Group, a New York hedge fund, took controlling interest in the company. Reports the Wall Street Journal, “The deal, approved by all Quiznos creditors, keeps the chain, known for toasted subs, out of bankruptcy…
Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza, a New Mexico-based company that has a restaurant at 550 Broadway, managed to do what Brown Dog Pizza, an outfit out of Telluride, could not — secure a liquor license for 1001 South Gaylord Street. Brown Dog got badly bitten in that dogfight, which involved…
Wine down at the Greenbriar Inn, 8735 North Foothills in Boulder, which hosts Open Cellar Night every Wednesday, when all bottles from the wine cellar are 20 percent off. The restaurant also offers a multi-course menu with wine flights, as well as bottle specials and tours of the cellar. Reservations…
Sushi Den and Sushi Sasa long ago deep-sixed the notion that good sushi doesn’t exist in this landlocked state. These two formidable restaurants turn out exceptional dishes that rival those in any American city, seaside or not…
No. 46: Xiao Long Bao from Lao Wang Noodle House…
Like bubble tea and flavor-it-yourself water, kombucha is yet another trendy liquid. It’s a tea-based beverage that’s fermented with yeast and bacteria, which is supposed to yield some kind of “healthful” results — or so we’ve heard. Healthful or not, the stuff does give you a bit of a boost,…
Danny Williams, a Boulder beer lover who had one of the most unusual jobs — and one of the most unusual cellars — in the world of craft beer died last night of cancer. Williams, who was 52, had worked for the Boulder-based Brewers Association for ten years as, among…
Hot dogs are haute in Cherry Creek, where The Hawt Dog & Sausage Cafe opened last week. And now Geisty’s Dogg House, featuring gourmet sausages, sliders and wings, is set to open next month at 1116 13th Street on The Hill in Boulder. The Geisty’s website promises that customers can…
We’ve written before about the vegetarian food at Elway’s Downtown, 1881 Curtis Street. The restaurant remains one of our favorite (and least obvious) places to grab a bite to eat in the area — you wouldn’t think a steakhouse would cater so well to vegetarians, but this one does. In…
Update: The Cheeky Monk is also celebrating Canned Craft Beer Day at its Colfax and Westminster locations. Try two canned beers from Belgium, Wittekerke and Bavik Pils ($5), along with Maui Coconut Porter, Avery IPA and Ska True Blonde ($4). The canned craft beer revolution began ten years ago in…
Hooked on Colfax, the eclectic, buzzy java joint at 3213 East Colfax, is planning a big expansion, one that will double its square footage and seating capacity, which is busting at the seams, says barista Zach Griffin…
The final numbers are still being tallied, but Breckenridge Brewery saw close to 30 percent growth in 2011 — about double the growth rate of the craft beer industry as a whole — which makes this week’s installation of more brewing tanks excellent timing. “We’re psyched about it,” says Terry…
Denver lays claim to several noteworthy Middle Eastern restaurants, but there are plenty of flops, too, including the place where the above snap was flashed. Achingly slow service, a server whose vocabulary consisted of nothing more than “no problem” and lukewarm food completely devoid of seasoning made this a total…
Richard Sandoval opened his first restaurant in New York City fifteen years ago, and since then, his empire has expanded across the United States. He currently has six spots in Colorado, including the recently opened Cima in Avon, Venga Venga in Vail and a pair of La Sandias in Northfield…
Yes, beer has always been for breakfast. But a few breweries around the country — notably, Founders Brewing in Michigan — have elevated and refined the fine art of early-morning drinking with a style of beer called the breakfast stout. Loaded with coffee (thus the breakfast part of the name)…
Cherry Creek, once a dining hot spot, has cooled off considerably in recent years. But the area saw several new restaurants join the Creek lineup last year, and two of the first openings of the new year are both in Cherry Creek North. An outlet of Pasquini’s , the fifth…
Arugula Bar e Ristorante, 2785 Iris Avenue in Boulder, presents the Terroirs of Tuscany Wine Dinner, pairing classic wines from Tuscany with five courses. The dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. and costs $79; call 303-443-5100 or visit www.arugularistorante.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online…
It wasn’t long ago that I demoted Cherry Creek to a culinary wasteland — or something like that — but as soon as the words slipped from my fly trap, I had to eat them. Over the past few months, Cherry Creek has been blitzed with new restaurants: La Merisse,…
Today marks the Chinese New Year, which is a good reason to go forth into one of this city’s excellent Chinese joints and feast on meats and vegetables loaded with Szechuan peppers, a vat of soul-warming beef noodle soup, dumplings or something much, much stranger — duck tongue, pig’s blood…
How many times have you been sitting in a restaurant or standing in the aisle of an unfamiliar wine store, staring down a wine list or at a row of bottles and wondering what to get? Brett Zimmerman, Master Sommelier and owner of Boulder Wine Merchant, bets that it happens…
We noticed last week that Campagna Pizzeria — the restaurant Alex Gurevich opened almost two years ago in a Sixth Avenue storefront that has seen a lot of eateries come and go over the years — was closed and undergoing renovations. It appeared that the space would reopen as a…
Happy Chinese New Year! Food events are picking back up for 2012 — including a promotion from P.F. Chang’s that starts today and runs through Monday, February 6: Stop in to pick up a mysterious red envelope, then come back to find out what goodies you won. Visit www.pfchangs.com. There…
