Until last year, Sathya and Sujatha Narayan had never run a restaurant — but they saw such a gaping hole in Denver’s Indian food scene, that they couldn’t resist picking up an Aurora strip mall spot and giving it a go, opening Jai Ho last spring…
Meat: It’s not all that’s for dinner — at least not on Monday nights at Duo and Olivéa, both of which are the first restaurants in Denver to join the campaign to go meatless on Mondays, a nationwide initiative (some would call it a movement without the “moo”) to persuade…
The convenience of a workday lunchtime meal delivery is something taken for granted by many meat eaters; there are dozens of eateries all over the city willing to deliver anything on the menu right to your doorstep. But vegetarians and vegans who’d like a simple sandwich delivered for lunch often…
Denver is one of the best beer cities in the nation, and Colorado is perhaps the finest of the fifty states when it comes to craft breweries. So why, wondered the two guys behind Offie Bottle Shop, don’t we have a dedicated craft beer store? The answer is because Colorado…
Jamawn Woods isn’t the only one blaming Denver-based Chipotle for the spectacular failure of his three Soul Daddy restaurants, which closed just weeks after the Detroit resident landed the grand prize on reality-TV show America’s Next Great Restaurant. Steve Ells’s fellow panelist and investor, Bobby Flay, is also pointing the…
Welcome to In the Weeds. Kyle will be right with you — most likely to complain about something. Usually he is pleasant, but this is his place to blow off some steam. Don’t take it personally; he just needs to vent because he’s been doing this for about thirteen years…
Magnolia Restaurant and Sushi Bar, the notable nouveau American eatery/traditional sushi bar in a nondescript strip mall in Lafayette, was sold in May. Now the space has re-emerged as 95a Bistro and Sushi. “The new sign is going up as we speak,” says owner Rob Kukura. “We can now start…
As bold beer drinkers continue their assault on the fizzy yellow brews of the world, they have begun to march outside of Denver’s urban core — and into the wild world of the suburbs. The latest outpost: Lone Tree Brewing, which plans to open in October in the Parkway Point…
It’s been a busy few weeks for kitchen magician Jensen Cummings, who stepped behind the line of Row 14 Bistro & Wine Bar just three weeks ago after leaving behind his chef de cuisine position at TAG to fill the shoes of Arik Markus, the executive chef who originally opened…
Good — even great — sandwiches abound at this shrine to bread, cold cuts, vegetables, spreads and offbeat combinations. 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…
The British Bulldog is back in business after a quick renovation job. As promised, it reopened just in time for the start of the English Premier League season, which kicked off this past weekend. The proper English pub, a favorite spot among soccer fans, curry lovers and hipsters alike, is…
Broadway is booming these days, with new ventures — everything from a new home for Argyll to the just-opened Thai Monkey Club — cropping up every week. And now the owners of Interstate Bar & Grill have revealed that they’ll be opening the Crimson Canary in the former home of…
The goal of Culinary Connectors is to introduce diners to restaurants they might never otherwise experience. Colterra, 210 Franklin Street in Niwot, will host tonight’s round of the Boulder Culinary Connectors Supper Club. The event, which starts at 6:30 p.m., features a several-course dinner with wine pairings. For more information,…
The Jai Ho menu features some of the most useless — and hilarious — dish descriptions I’ve ever seen. “One of our signature dishes — many different stories for how the name came about, but who cares, we just eat it!!” sums up Chicken 65. JaiHo Spl Karaikudi Mutton is…
At Masalaa, man could almost live on bread alone. About half of the dishes at this vegetarian restaurant feature some sort of bready base — a pancake or a biscuit — and those are among my favorites. Ravi Kumar and Ehmad Ansari, two strict vegetarians, opened this restaurant in an…
The name of the restaurant, deadpans John Phan, says it all. “We’re an Asian and Cajun restaurant that features traditional Vietnamese food and Louisiana crawfish that’s far superior to anywhere else in Denver,” he says about the Asian Cajun, which opened this weekend at 2400 West Alameda Avenue, in a…
There is no greater pleasure in life than seeking out new spots and trying anything and everything that the kitchen puts in front of me. But there are also times when I want something cheap and quick — something that I don’t have to think about too much. And since…
A good friend and neighbor was having people over for dinner the other night, and even though I was told there would be plenty of food and that I needn’t worry about cooking, I wanted to bring something anyway, so I swung by Curtis Park Delicatessen for some expert advice…
It’s good to be Biker Jim, who just keeps expanding his fifteen minutes of fame. First, there was Anthony Bourdain, who featured Biker Jim’s 16th Street Mall cart on an episode of No Reservations, in which the acerbic, lanky, big-footed chef, nomad and book author found “enlightenment” in Jim’s swollen…
When the South Broadway outpost of Mona’s closed two weeks ago, rumors were flying that local restaurateurs had bought the business and intended to open something new on that corner. Those rumors are true: Chef Andre Lobato and his partners, Aaron Lobato and Joey Newman, the crew behind Interstate Kitchen…
Canned craft beers have surged in popularity so much this summer that Old Chicago is running its latest Mini Tour based solely on aluminum. Each of the Colorado-based restaurant chain’s 97 locations, spread throughout 22 states across the country, is featuring an interesting mix of eight canned beers…
Seems that the Boulder granola set may be finally tiring of tofu. At least that’s what Justin Patel, co-owner of Tiffin’s, an all-vegetarian Indian joint in Boulder, gleaned when he canvassed the city’s earth muffins. “I kept talking to vegetarians in Boulder who were complaining about finding protein — they’re…
