Don’t be a turkey; get out tonight and celebrate Thanksgiving Eve at the The Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar. The hot spot at 1401 Curtis Street is throwing a Turkey Time Machine Party tonight that will take you back to the 1980s. Proceeds from the bash will benefit Work…
Quiznos, a national sandwich chain, whose corporate headquarters (and one of its dwindling sub shops) are located at 1001 17th Street, is about to get some stiff competition when Udi’s Bread Cafe, bread baron Udi Bar-on’s tribute to loaves, opens directly behind the sandwich chain early next year…
Restaurateur Robert Thompson made his name in this town with Brasserie Rouge, a much-lauded, now-defunct French restaurant in the IceHouse that won our Best New Restaurant Award, then closed not long after. Thompson left town for a while, then made a strong comeback with Argyll, a basement gastropub in Cherry…
Since Drew Shader took over the Atomic Cowboy in 2004, it’s evolved — with the help of his wife, Ashleigh — into five different concepts. The bar is front and center, but it houses two restaurants — Denver Biscuit Company and Fat Sully’s — and serves as the commissary kitchen…
It’s been a long fall for the businesses along Tennyson Street, already bumping along in a bad economy — and then suffering through a major construction project that had the road in front of their addresses completely ripped up. But today, there’s reason to celebrate on this street: The Mile…
The biggest misconception about a vegetarian diet is probably that it consists of salad, salad and more salad. And although these Veggie Girl posts have showcased the wide range of dishes available to vegetarians, the truth is that when you stop eating meat, your tastebuds can change — and you…
Bryan Dayton, owner of Boulder’s Oak at Fourteenth (which is under construction after a fire there this spring), flew to Vegas this fall and outdid dozens of mixologists from around the country to bring home a big first prize: He was named GQ Bombay Sapphire’s most inspired bartender in the…
Sometimes, just sometimes, big holiday celebrations can feel like a bit of a grind. Whoops, did we say that out loud? It’s not that we don’t love our families — we do. But we suspect that you’d agree that occasionally these annual gatherings can feel like more of an obligation…
Over the years, there have been a number of people who’ve made an impression on me with regard to food. One of them is my old boss, close friend and head brewer at Great Divide Brewing, Taylor Rees. Back in the day, he’d painfully watch me throw away my hard-earned…
Did you hear what happened to the Energizer Bunny? He got arrested for assault and battery. Despite the fact that this week is all about turkey, the eye-rolling Thumper jokes were running rampant at this bar that serves a hearty rabbit cassoulet. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus:…
Having just put down a three-pound peanut-butter-bacon cheeseburger, my hands still covered in peanut butter, I stared at just less than a pound of fries, amazed at how much I hated the curly bastards and how slowly I was consuming them…
It’s been a wild ride for Wild Catch, the new fishhouse that saw its chef/partner and most of its staff (above) walk out this weekend, leaving the place high and dry. Justin Brunson, an owner of Masterpiece Deli who joined with Taste owner Daniel Kulhman on the restaurant, told Lori…
So I’ll be in town for the weekend,” Jeff told me. “Pick a restaurant.” It should have been a simple task — there are dozens of joints in this town that would work well for a collegial catch-up — but Jeff is one of my oldest friends. And though food…
“Literally, I’d never heard of any of these charges until I read your story,” says Daniel Kuhlman, the owner of Wild Catch, which abruptly shuttered on Saturday, when co-owner/chef Justin Brunson, along with his staff, walked out the door following a meeting the day before between Brunson and Kuhlman that…
Rob and I had been talking about Wild Catch since it opened this summer, our anticipation building with every friend we ran into who raved about the place. “The food’s damn near perfect,” one promised. “Best restaurant in Denver right now,” said another. We were waiting. Or, more specifically, I…
When Peter Roper was a program manager in the environmental center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, he spent a lot time working on bikes. “He developed a lot of amazing programs up there related to bicycles,” explains Jessica Caouette, his business partner and lifelong friend. “He created the bike…
Twisted Pine Brewing will debut a new series of one-off beers next year, releasing one per month. The Artisan Ale series will all be sold in limited quantities (about one hundred cases) in 750 ml bottles, and the labels will be adorned with artwork by local artists…
District Meats, insists Charlie Palmer, is not a steakhouse. It is, however, a meat-centric fortress of flesh, where, says Palmer, a New York-based chef and restaurateur who’s unleashed an empire of restaurants across the country, “people can explore different and unusual cuts of meat — pork, beef and lamb –…
Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don’t punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part six of this series: Three weeks into Bonza Bodies and the…
Have somewhere to spend Thanksgiving? Don’t worry: Check out our Thursday page for a list of every feast we know about in the metro area. And that’s not all; there are also cooking classes, beer dinners and more on this week’s culinary calendar. See what’s on the menu:…
Woof. You know the world has gone to the dogs when there’s nearly as many hounds as there are patrons, which was the scene the other night at this lively beer-centric venue. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
At a release party this weekend for the Denver County Fair’s cookbook, Andrew Novick, the fair’s new entertainment director (who hosted the X-Treme Pancake Breakfast at the inaugural fair last summer), served up his own creation: Thanksgiving on a Stick. In case you missed the party, the book is available…
