For those of you sick of French fries and more in the mood for Toby Keith’s Freedom fries, help is on the way. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, 8260 Northfield Boulevard, is holding its soft opening on Tuesday, November 16, pending city approval of the fire and…
“On 11/11, we’re opening to the world.” That was Adam Schlegel talking about the newest Snooze, which opened yesterday at 6781 South York Street at the Streets at SouthGlenn after two days of soft opening charity events that benefited the Parade of Lights and Project Cure. This is the fourth…
You’ve compiled a library of wine encyclopedias, amassed a cellar that’s worth more than your house and driven away your closest friends and relatives with your incessant commentary on the nose, palate and quality of every sip of magical grape juice that passes through your lips. There’s only one next…
The presentations alone are worth the price of admission, but the sandwiches will keep you there — and coming back for more. 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…
Two nights ago at the MCA Denver Art Meets Beast butchering demonstration, Pete Marczyk and Jimmy “the Butcher” Cross, both of Marczyk Fine Foods, deftly dismembered a medieval-size bison carcass in front of a mesmerized crowd. The various cuts — shanks, ribs, tenderloin, strip loin, flank, ribeye, knuckle and more…
On Monday, we reported that Mateo, 1837 Pearl Street in Boulder, had been forced to shutter for four days for violating liquor laws. Namely, the restaurant poured booze for a minor that was part of a pesky little police sting…
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…
When Kevin Morrison, owner of the Pinche Tacos wagon, called to break the news that he was thisclose to signing a deal that would give him a new brick-and-mortar taqueria, I did what any devout taco slut would do and offered to be his taco pimp. Morrison, who ruffled a…
“What child on this planet wouldn’t want to befriend a piece of mostly meat held together with fat and love?” asks ThinkGeek, the affable producer of all kinds of geeky wares. Mario Batali jokes notwithstanding, we have the same question. Who WOULDN’T love that? That’s why ThinkGeek created My First…
During First Bite Boulder, which starts today and runs through November 20, more than forty of the town’s top restaurants will offer special three-course, $26 menus. For the complete lineup of participating eateries and menus, go to www.firstbiteboulder.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online…
And then there were three … Yigit tried too hard, Morgan didn’t try hard enough, Zac pretty much gave up and turned his failed 61st anniversary cake into a messy kids’ romp at the beach. And Danielle — the girl with the rubbery face and the “Oh, well” attitude, Danielle…
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…
It wasn’t bloody, it wasn’t smelly and it didn’t attract flies. But then, the bison had already been slaughtered and quartered at a Nebraska ranch, separated from its head, hide and organs and hung up to age for two weeks. Anything more grisly might have been too much for the…
The owners of Marczyk Fine Foods, who have run their upscale neighborhood market on Seventeenth Avenue for eight years, are planning to open a second, similar location in the vacant Fairfax Ace Hardware at Colfax Avenue and Fairfax Street. Tomorrow night, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., Pete Marczyk, Barbara Macfarlane…
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…
Word came yesterday that inspections are finished and the bar is stocked — Green Russell, a subterranean spot at 1422 Larimer Street, will open to the public tonight at 6 p.m…
Two words: Bone marrow. Bone marrow, I might add, that my ten-year-old kid — who, like most kids his age, normally subsists on pizza, pasta, burgers and bacon — refused to share. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
When I reviewed H Burger Co this week, I was especially drawn to the spot as a great downtown option for lunch on a work day — an escape from the office where you can sit down to eat a good meal quickly and cheaply. That kind of lunch was…
Eric Skokan Black Cat 1964 13th Street, Boulder 303-444-5500 www.blackcatboulder.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Eric Skokan, owner/chef of Black Cat in Boulder. Read the rest of Lori Midson’s interview with Skokan. Favorite restaurant in America: Rincon Peruano in San Francisco. It’s just a crazy place…
Real or fake? Below are eleven food trends and concepts that could be real or made up. It’s up to you to guess which is which. (Let us know in the comments section.) After all, who would’ve thought there would be cupcake trucks driving around Denver selling the sugar high…
You might know Mark Kurlansky as the man who penned the non-fictino Salt: A World History and Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. His latest effort, Edible Stories: A Novel in Sixteen Parts, is (as the title suggests) a venture into the world of fiction, with…
Want to brush up on your shaking and stirring skills? Head to Highland, where Visit Lola, the upscale Mexican restaurant at 1575 Boulder Street, will host Cocktail Party 101. It’s the next installment in the Lola’s 101 series of spirit and cooking classes taught by mixologist Jimmy Zanon and chef…
