Happy Place: Cheeky Monk Belgian Beer Café, 534 East Colfax Avenue, 303-861-0347 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close The Deals: $1 off all drafts, bottles, tower samplers and wines by the glass; half-price frites, croquettes and artichoke dip Were we happy?…
There are many rumors about the pilgrims and beer. Some say they landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of the sudsy stuff. Others claim they drank it on the voyage over because it was safer than water. Whatever the truth, beer and pilgrims will always be tied to…
The restaurant culture at the Streets at SouthGlenn is going gangbusters, but the busiest joints are the ones that pour liquor — something that Pho 95, 6879 South Vine Street, hasn’t had the green light to do since it opened in May…
Like every business owner, Marilyn Megenity has to make tough decisions. But one of her most recent ones was tougher than most. Earlier this month, she decided to switch all twelve taps at the Mercury Cafe from beer made by her neighbor, the Wynkoop Brewing Company, to beer made in…
Remember how when you were little, you couldn’t stand broccoli? That’s because your palate hadn’t matured enough to appreciate all of its crunchy-sweet goodness. Now that you’re all grown up, you’ve probably asked for double portions in your weekly fresh market produce delivery basket, you’re so in love with the…
The first time I walk into Jake’s Food & Spirits, two days after its October grand opening, I’m greeted by not one, not two, but seven employees in black T-shirts. A few are leaning against the pool table, but most are just waffling around in the middle of the empty…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Eager winos from all walks crowded the steps and lobby of Le Central Thursday evening to get a taste of this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau and sample the bistro tasting plates, all with a touch of the spirited young red in the ingredients of each miniature dish. The rich aromas wafting…
Hey beer drinkers. Do you like free beer? Well, you can have one tonight at the quasi-private Web Awards party we’re having at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street, to celebrate the best of the web in Denver. Boulder’s Upslope Brewing and Denver’s Strange Brewing will be pouring until they run out…
Happy Place: Harry’s, 818 Seventeenth Street, 303-607-9000 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 2 to 6 p.m., 9 p.m. to close, and all day Sunday The Deals: $2-3 draft beer; $4 house wine and well drinks; $5 well martinis; $4-5 appetizer specials. Were we happy? Flip the page…
On the third Thursday of every November (today), vintners in France have been releasing a kind of red wine called Beaujolais Nouveau. The wine isn’t powerful or rich or even that all that good. Its main quality is light freshness. It’s fermented for just a few weeks and is meant…
King Soopers didn’t merely open a liquor store inside its massive new grocery at Leetsdale Drive and South Cherry Street yesterday. It declared war. War on other liquor stores, big and small, in central Denver, war on SuperTarget, war on all the political and business interests that have kept the…
America will get a beery wake-up call on Sunday morning when CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood highlights the Wynkoop Brewing Company on its annual pre-Thanksgiving show, one that is typically dedicated to food and drinks. The crew from the show was in Denver at the Wynkoop all day Tuesday,…
You can try to deny it all you want, but Thanksgiving is a mere nine days away. That’s right: In exactly one week and two days, you’ll be up to your eyeballs in gravy, green bean casserole and drama. If your family is anything like mine, you’ll wise up and…
Rock Bottom Brewing, which was founded in Denver in 1991 and now has 35 locations nationwide, has merged with the Tennessee-based Gordon Biersch brewpub chain to form one of the largest craft beer-focused companies in the country. The new firm, called Craftworks Restaurants & Breweries, also now owns Rock Bottom’s…
I often wonder how my political science major and Spanish minor have played into my career. But Alexandra Parks, a bartender who’s now splitting her time between Lala’s Wine Bar and Frank Bonanno’s Green Russell, has no such concerns about her biochemistry degree. Although Parks looks more like head cheerleader…
Sean Kenyon knows how to pour out both drinks and advice. A third-generation bar man with almost 25 years behind the bar, he is a student of cocktail history, a United States Bartenders Guild-certified Spirits Professional and a BAR Ready graduate of the prestigious Beverage Alcohol Resource Program. You can…
Thanksgiving dinner isn’t complete without a big glass of wine, and King Soopers will open its first and only grocery/liquor store just in time to take advantage of that. The store, at 4600 Leetsdale Drive in Glendale, will roll out the shopping carts and slide open the automatic doors on…
Take twelve breweries, a hundred-plus beer bloggers and a buzzer, and go! During the first-ever Beer Bloggers Conference in Boulder last week, organizers lined up an event that they called live blogging, but it felt more like speed dating. A dozen brewers each had five minutes to present a beer…
Oh, Coors! You make it impossible for me to keep dissing your giant aluminum face when your feisty little award-winning subsidiary, AC Golden Brewing, is so cool. Anyone who sends their name and address to AC Golden, which makes Colorado Native lager, by November 15 will get a hops rhizome…
Happy Place: Root Down, 1600 West 33rd Avenue, 303-993-4200 The Hours: Monday through Friday, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The Deals: $3-5 select cocktails; $5 house wines and select draft beer; $3-5 food specials Were we happy? Flip the page…
We about lost our shit this past weekend when, while meandering the aisles of a downtown specialty store, we felt our ears assaulted with — wait for it — Christmas carols. Despite the 75-degree temps Denver’s seen lately, ready or not, the 2010 holiday party season is upon us, which…
