Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “I wish I…
Jesse Morreale and chef/partner Sean Yontz opened El Diablo, the Mexican restaurant that I review for this week’s Westword, just shy of a year ago. And the crowds — which made it nearly impossible to nab a bar seat that first week of business — continue to pack the place…
Doug Anderson Hi*Rise 2162 Larimer Street 303-296-3656 www.hirisedenver.com This is part two of my interview with Doug Anderson, owner and chief baker of Hi*Rise. Part one of my chat with Anderson ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I’m totally unqualified to answer this question, mainly because this…
When the Arvada Larkburger opens at 11 a.m. on Saturday, it will be the home-grown chain’s sixth location. Within a year, Larkburger president Adam Baker hopes it is just one of eleven outposts in Colorado. And at some point in the near future, Baker wants Larkburger to break out of…
If a woman says she doesn’t like beer, maybe she’s drinking the wrong beer. That’s what Laura Shunk suggests in “Ten beers for women that aren’t Animée,” where she offers a variety of palate-pleasing brews, none of them Corona Light or Animée, the new beer aimed at women that Molson…
Whether your preferred beverage is beer or wine, there’s a fabulous pairing event tonight — and if you like both, you’ll have to make a tough choice. The Little India location at 2390 South Downing Street is hosting an Indian Food and Wine Pairing with Little’s Wine and Spirits, matching…
This week I review El Diablo, the devilish restaurant that Jesse Morreale and Sean Yontz opened on the first floor of an old hotel last year. While I loved some dishes more than others, my love for the sexy space knows no bounds, and El Diablo keeps luring me back…
It’s officially the season for altering the koozie. Hot on the heels of the Flowzie, a shotgun koozie, comes the Scorzie, a koozie that keeps the score of any game up to twenty-one. The Scorzie is the brainchild of two Denver residents who repeatedly found themselves in a predicament…
The folks behind Motor Sport Country Club have canceled plans to open an exclusive and swanky restaurant at 970 Yuma Street — which may not be entirely disappointing to its celebrity clientele. “We couldn’t generate enough interest from our members,” says Claus Wagner, founder and CEO of the motorsports-focused club…
Bristol Brewing of Colorado Springs has made an amazing 6,000 batches of beer since owner Mike Bristol founded the place back in 1994 (and that doesn’t include the home brew he cooked up in his dorm room at Colorado State University in the late 1980s). A momentous occasion? You bet,…
Six months ago, editors from Food Network magazine zigzagged across the country in search of the holy grail — or, more precisely, the best pizzas in the United States, and in the September issue, on newsstands August 9, the glossy zine reveals its top fifty pizza picks in each state…
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Feed Denver and the Denver Botanic Gardens came together last night to host a screening of Locavore, the first movie in a sustainable food film series aimed at raising awareness of growing local, buying local — and eating local…
We sommeliers have a tendency to spend an inordinate amount of time sussing out all kinds of weird and interesting wines (partly because it’s our job, partly because we’re total wine geeks). And most of the time, those slightly off-kilter bottles are best appreciated by, well, let’s face it –…
Initially I’d ordered a beer — a Colorado Native lager — but I have a hard time swigging a lukewarm beer on a hot patio with the thermometer hovering around 100 degrees, so I pushed it aside and got a lemonade with strawberry puree instead, which, at least was cold,…
Doug Anderson Hi*Rise 2162 Larimer Street 303-296-3656 www.hirisedenver.com This is part one of my chef interview with Doug Anderson, owner and master baker of Hi*Rise. Read part two of my chat with Anderson. At 32, Doug Anderson decided he wanted to work in a restaurant — something he’d never considered…
The Denver County Fair was a hit with just about everyone — everyone who wasn’t particularly hungry. But Jenny An’s disappointment in the Denver County Fair fare earned this rebuke from Kimberly: Food doesn’t always have to revolve around the “Denver Five” or food trucks or Frank Bonanno in order…
Good food for good causes: How can you go wrong? You can’t, so head to Terroir, 246 Main Street in Longmont, which is hosting Dining Out Days from 4 to 9 p.m. The Boulder County Aids Project will receive 15 percent of the proceeds; for more information, call 303-651-0630 or…
I got my first glimpse of El Diablo one late-summer night last year, soon after the restaurant opened its doors. The place was packed, with groups crammed into the tables and booths that line the sides of the vast space and more people standing around the bar, which anchors the…
“Thanks for not sucking.” That was the handwritten sentiment on the back of my check the last time I ate at Mezcal, penned by an attentive server who was friendly, unpretentious and a little irreverent — the same combination of traits that characterizes the restaurant these days. The place feels…
In the three years since Jesse Morreale bought the old First Avenue Hotel on Broadway, the two restaurants he’s opened on the bottom floor of the property — Sketch and El Diablo — with chef and partner Sean Yontz have completely transformed the corner…
Rather than pay a rent increase, Bombay Bowl has closed its original location at 12023 East Arapahoe Road in Centennial. The fast-casual curry house had opened there in 2009 and introduced a second spot at 575 Lincoln Street earlier this year. “Business is great, especially at the Lincoln location,” explains…
We’ll pretty much grab onto any excuse that allows us to drink more wine, and while we’ve been touting its positive effects on heart health and longevity for years, now we have a new line to use as we uncork another bottle: Wine prevents sunburn…
