Denver’s West Highland neighborhood is one of many hip parts of town that has been ripe for a brewery for years. Now that time has come. Hogshead Brewery, serving English-style beers, plans to open in March in a renovated service station at 4430 West 29th Avenue. The four owners, all…
Since Dairy Queen’s closure in 2006, the space at 1100 13th Street in Boulder has been a black hole for restaurants — sucking the life out of them until they disappear altogether, leaving nothing behind but the faint smell of a working kitchen, a “For Sale” sign stuck to the…
Jason Sheehan is gone — he wrote his last review for Westword two years ago — but certainly not forgotten in this town. He’s mentioned in our Letters to the Editor column this week, and yesterday, his name popped up in an Eater Denver “The Gatekeeper” interview with Paul Attardi,…
The South Pearl massacre continues! After three years on that street, Seven Cups is preparing to close its doors. The low-key tearoom’s afternoon tea service and Mahjongg nights will run until January 22, and the store will remain open as it sells its remaining merchandise. This is the fourth closing…
Deluged by Republican presidential candidates who wanted to politic with the people dining at New Hampshire’s Colby’s Breakfast and Lunch restaurant — and customers complaining about the interruptions — a manager put up this sign: “No Politicians No Exceptions.” “There is a time and a place, and the customers should…
It’s all about suburbia today. After reviewing Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, Laura Shunk went on a hunt for the “Five best places for lunch near the Tech Center,” which inspired a number of suggestions — some of them ethnic joints, which she’d said were in short supply in the southern…
Get a taste of some unusual beer: Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery, 4700 Cherry Creek Drive South, is hosting Gravity Month, tapping a new German gravity keg every Friday. This week’s guest beer: Mars Brau Helles. For more information, call 303-769-0333 or go to www.bullandbushpub.com. For information on dozens…
Koan Goedman, one of the top-notch baristas at Crema Coffee House, has always wanted to own his own coffee shop. But after a trip to Coffee Fest in Seattle last year, he began pondering the idea of a roastery, too. “I started talking to the Diedrich’s roasters, who were there…
While the sign outside doesn’t state the joint’s actual name — and there’s a good story behind that — you’ll definitely find delicious drinks inside. And if you’re lucky, your cocktail will be created by Squeaky Bean owner Johnny Ballen. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Late last summer, every Front Range location of Fatburger — the California-based burger chain that has expanded nationwide since it first started slinging patties in the early 1950s — abruptly parted ways with the parent company, becoming Epic Grill…
When I was growing up near the Tech Center, the place was something close to a culinary wasteland — there were few dining destinations worth seeking out, and most restaurant real estate was devoted to national chains. More ethnic options would be welcomed — as I noted in this week’s…
Oh, the wild schemes that restaurants will hatch in order to get to us eat. Take Wild Eggs, for example: The Kentucky-based breakfast and lunch spot, which recently opened in Denver at 300 East Alameda, is inching toward cracking its three-millionth egg, which is enough to scramble anyone’s brain. On…
Recently, over a leisurely business lunch, I sampled a succession of mostly pedestrian dishes, but there was one standout, namely the goat curry, which I liked immensely. 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…
Ryan Leinonen Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 www.trilliumdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Ryan Leinonen, exec chef/owner of Trillium. Part one of that interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Gotham Bar and Grill in New York. I really like Alfred Portale’s take on…
Last fall a load of pizza joints signed on to open in LoDo; now it looks like LoDo could soon be swimming in sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, an Omaha-based chain, has signed on to take the space at 1616 16th Street that had once been half of Dixons. “We…
The comments keep coming about Gabor’s, the classic neighborhood bar whose closure was the biggest bombshell of the new year; the space is slated to become Marion Street Tavern this summer. In the meantime, regulars keep pouring out their opinions. Here’s the latest from Boz:…
Here’s a deal that really flies: Bistro Vendome, 1420 Larimer Street, has been featuring French classics on Thursday nights. And tonight’s offering? Duck a l’Orange. For more details, call 303-825-3232 or visit www.bistrovendome.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings –…
I headed south for this week’s review, to Street Kitchen Asian Bistro, the second restaurant from Mary Nguyen, who also owns the fantastic Parallel Seventeen. I’ve eaten several meals at Street Kitchen since it opened last January, encountering both hits and misses as I tried to navigate the expansive menu…
Denver was slated to get a tiki bar, Mauka Tiki, in 2011, but when the ball dropped at the end of the year, the space at 218 South Broadway was still dark. Owners Jay Dedrick and Brett Kimball are moving ahead with their plans, says Matty Durgin, who’ll be the…
Hawaiian places are hard to come by in our landlocked state, and the sun set on a couple of them in 2011…
Great Divide Brewing puts on some great throw-downs, especially during the quarterly release parties it typically holds to fete its seasonal beers, three at a time. But the brewery will take a time-out this month even as it puts its first quarter seasonals — the new Nomad pilsner, Espresso Oak…
The Wynkoop Brewing Company is in the midst of expanding its brewing capacity for the first time in thirteen years — since the days when brewery co-founder Mayor-turned-Governor John Hickenlooper was still slinging suds at the LoDo landmark. In November, the brewery moved its four original twenty-barrel fermenters to the…
