JoeAnn and John Falco took on the stunning Brittany Hill property in Thornton over two years ago, planning to restore the space that was once a landmark restaurant and open an eatery/special events center there. They got to work on upgrades, but the spot never reopened — and at the…
The beer-happy bunch at the Wynkoop Brewing Company has a New Year’s Resolution for 2012: put a few sacred cows out to pasture. “The goal,” says brewery spokesman Marty Jones, “is to rock the status quo and to shake up the beer list with new offerings.” To that effect, the…
The address on Sixth Avenue and Downing that’s home to Campagna is one of Denver’s cursed locations, losing a slew of restaurants over the course of the last few decades. Owner Alex Gurevich is determined to make it work, though — even if that means ditching his salumeria and pizzeria…
In a show of solidarity (not to mention some penny-wise fiscal management) four small brewers are putting in an order for new brewing equipment and tanks in a move that will save them all a chunk of change and help them expand. Copper Kettle, Renegade, Strange Brewing and Caution are…
There’s no limit to our love for salted and cured meat, so we’re as happy as pigs at the feeding trough that some variation of the charcuterie plate has worked its way onto just about every menu in this town. But as more and more restaurants fill out their menu…
I just got back from the Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, which pimped, among other indisputably un-fancy weird shit, clam chowder (from a can) pizza and bacon lube (more on those later this afternoon), but I also hit several restaurants (three in an hour, plus a bakery, which may…
David Bumgardner Williams & Graham 3160 Tejon Street 303-997-8886 www.williamsandgraham.com This is part two of my interview with David Bumgardner, exec chef of Williams & Graham. Part one of my chat with Bumgardner ran yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I don’t get around much, but when I lived in Cleveland,…
The NuVal system now in use at King Soopers is supposed to be “nutrition made easy,” rating foods on a scale of 1 to 100. “Basically, the way scores are calculated, we look at thirty different nutrients — both that are considered good and not so good — to get…
Oskar Blues Liquids and Solids, 1550 South Hover Road in Longmont, is bringing women on board with the Can Can Girls Beer Club Beer Dinner. Tonight’s event pairs five courses with brews to help raise both awareness and funds to fight breast cancer. Admission is $50; for more details, call…
They better widen Highway 36. Trader Joe’s could possibly, maybe, potentially be coming, finally, to Colorado — but in Boulder, rather than Denver or its suburbs, according to a story this afternoon in the Daily Camera. Here’s a piece of it: “A source close to the situation said the California…
For my review in this week’s Westword, I landed at Crimson Canary, the newest concept from Joey Newman and brothers Andre and Aaron Lobato, the trio that brought Denver Interstate Kitchen & Bar. When they took over the old Mona’s address on South Broadway, they filled it with a concept…
Our wait was finally over. Last night, exactly 365 days after our first, utterly unforgettable evening with eight über-talented winemakers known as the Pinot Posse, we saddled up and ventured into the wilds of the Denver Tech Center for another wine-drenched homage to pinot noir. And believe it when we…
It’s been just over a month since Bryan Dayton and Steve Redzikowski reopened the doors of Oak at Fourteenth, revealing the space they had to rebuild after fire destroyed the original restaurant last spring. “Things have been going really well,” Dayton says. “I mean, really well. It seems like everything…
It’s always onward and upward for Josh Wolkon, the restaurateur who brought this city Vesta Dipping Grill, Steuben’s and the Steuben’s Food Truck (better known as “Pearl”) with the help of his wife, Jen, and other cohorts, including Matt Selby, Brandon and Emily Biederman, and Jeff Bustos. Now Wolkon has…
Our Backbeat blog just reported a trio of bar closings. Mo’s has gone dark at 1037 Broadway after two-plus years. “It’s been a long run and something new is always on the horizon,” reads the Mo’s Facebook page. “Change is good and we want to thank all those that have…
Breckenridge Brewing has joined fellow Colorado breweries Odell, Great Divide and Oskar Blues in offering four-packs of some of its limited-release beers. The brewery will start with 471 IPA and 72 Imperial, a double chocolate cream stout made with chocolate from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; it’s the first time 72…
David Bumgardner Williams & Graham 3160 Tejon Street 303-997-8886 www.williamsandgraham.com This is part one of my interview with David Bumgardner, exec chef of Williams & Graham. Part two of my chat with Bumgradner will run in this space tomorrow. The executive chef of Williams & Graham is leaning over the…
Santiago’s, the homegrown burrito chain that makes what might be the best green chile in Colorado, is trying its luck at Bullwhackers Casino in Blackhawk. The ever-growing institution opened two locations inside the casino on the day after Christmas: a full-service, 64-seat restaurant on the top floor, and an express…
Colorado has produced several successful Mexican chains — the Rio Grande group, for example, and Santiago’s, which seems to add another outlet every week. But one longtime chain is suffering from shrinking pains — and its employees are suffering, too. Last week, the Armadillo closed its restaurant in Littleton, and…
On Friday, the 300 (or so) restaurants participating in Denver Restaurant Week will be posting their $52.80 (for two) menus for the two-week eating orgy that starts on February 25; we’re offering $52.80 to both the diner and the restaurant employee who offer the best Denver Restaurant Week survival tip…
BIN 1884/The Empty Bottle, at 1886 South Pearl Street, will host the Martellozzo Wine Tasting, with Patrick Cappelini and food catered by Strings, from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door; for more information, call 303-722-5478. For information on dozens of culinary events…
Aaron Lobato says that he, his brother Andre and their business partner, Joey Newman, have several concepts already written should the perfect opportunity to open another restaurant come along. And last summer, a couple of years after they opened Interstate Kitchen & Bar on Santa Fe, they got the chance…
