The hot weather finally rolled into town, which means we’re all looking for great places to cool down with a tall drink and some seasonal bites. Chris Utterback dipped into his wellspring of happy hour knowledge to deliver the ten best happy hour hangouts for enjoying summer with cheap eats…
Grills and stogies were fired up last night for CigarBQue at the Blanc Denver events center in RiNo — but it wasn’t too smoky to bear. The event combined cigars provided by Diamond Crown, small plates from top Denver chefs and craft cocktails from skilled mixologists. Guests enjoyed smoked meats…
Fat Jack’s Supersubs opened at 1245 East Colfax Avenue in 2000, but it wasn’t until Kyle and Brooke Fabra purchased the sandwich shop in 2012 that more Fat Jack’s spots began popping up around town. With six stores now in their stable, the Fabras still have their sights set on…
The Union Station Farmers Market debuted last weekend, and it will be back on the plaza at 1701 Wynkoop Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. tomorrow, and every subsequent Saturday until late October. The first edition brought raves — as well as Mark Antonation’s advice for cooking what you…
The weather’s not the only thing heating up: Denver’s culinary calendar will be sizzling with tasty events all weekend long, including bar crawls, farmers markets’, charity events, cooking demos, anniversaries and more. Keep reading for all the details. Friday, June 10 Globe Hall will host Saucy: an Evening of Burlesque…
Happy-hour conversation usually doesn’t turn to debates over authenticity. However you want to define culturally appropriate cuisine, it’s rarely an issue when cheap tacos or pork buns are coming fast and furious. There are plenty of deep happy-hour cuts beyond the sangria and Brussels sprouts syndicate — and Paxia Authentic…
Thanks to Celiac disease awareness and diet trends, nowadays finding gluten-free options at most restaurants isn’t so challenging. But while you are pretty safe dining on sushi, ordering a steak with potatoes or nibbling on a salad, sometimes the gluten-averse crave other staples like pizza, burgers, pasta and scrumptious dessert…
Community supported agriculture (or CSA) memberships can be a crapshoot when it comes to variety and quality for the price. Diehard locavores will usually persevere out of loyalty to local farms, even if weekly produce boxes become a boring slog through filler vegetables in between major harvests. But a few local…
When Allison moved here ten years ago, she frequently visited bars in lower downtown. But now Allison, who took Westword on a tour of LoDo one recent Friday night for this week’s cover story, “From LoDo to BroDo,” prefers to escape the bros and go to bars in other neighborhoods,…
If kicking back with a plate of great food in front of you — a drink in one hand and a cigar in the other — is your idea of a perfect summer evening, don’t miss CigarBQue. The event will feature an all-star lineup of chefs (Justin Brunson of Old…
Dry Dock Brewing debuted a brand new sour and wild beer series earlier this week, featuring top beers from the barrel program at the brewery’s original South Dock location in Aurora. The barrel program, which includes more than eighty wine and whiskey barrels, are “dedicated to sour, Brettanomyces and mixed-culture fermentations utilizing…
It doesn’t take much to get thirsty Denverites out to happy hour after the 5 p.m. whistle blows. But for the next few months, bright sun and rising temperatures will bring many more out to crowd the patios and partake in drink and dish discounts. But a good summer happy…
After a quick turnaround of the old Julia Blackbird space, Spatola is now dishing up traditional Sicilian cuisine at 3434 West 32nd Avenue in West Highland. The restaurant is the work of Franco Spatola, who also owns Dolce Sicilia Italian Bakery in Wheat Ridge. Along with classic antipasti, insalate, primi and…
When readers saw our video of the giant La Tribu burger at Hamburguesas Don Jesus, a ten-patty dish designed to satisfy a tribe, most had just one response: We’ve gotta try it. But a few commenters got far more specific. Says Lucrecia: Excellent service, delicious hamburgers and hot dogs. Responds…
Opening a restaurant is like running a sprint that lasts 26.2 miles, not 200 meters. So we weren’t sure if Paul Reilly, the chef/co-owner of Beast + Bottle, who’s opening Coperta this summer, would have a moment to breathe, let alone talk to us — but he did. Graciously stepping…
Chef Ian Kleinman, Denver’s own Willy Wonka, is constantly blurring the line between science and food with his molecular gastronomy, and today The Inventing Room will launch a series of “Science of Ice Cream” demonstrations designed just for kids. The Ballpark neighborhood dessert shop will host four demos, the first of which…
LoHi Punch at Brider Some cocktail ingredients grow on trees, and some actually are the trees — and they’re delicious. When Bryan Dayton opened Brider in January, he and general manager Jason Isch left the city and foraged the nearby landscape for fresh flavors, finding them in juniper berries, lavender…
Twisted Pine’s beers have been a fixture on Colorado liquor stores shelves for years, but the Boulder brewery, founded in 1995, has had enough: The company has made the interesting choice to stop packaging and distributing so that it can focus on customers in its taproom and restaurant. That decision…
The Union Station Farmers’ Market kicked off its inaugural season on Saturday, June 4, with a multitude of produce, meat and prepared-food vendors set up on the plaza outside the train station on 17th Street downtown. The farmers’ market is run by Boulder County Farmers Markets, a non-profit that until…
Two years have passed since I began my exploration of Denver’s international food scene with the Ethniche series. Originally a monthly study of a single cuisine, it morphed into a look at individual dishes and their provenance, as well as a study of interpretations of specific preparations across various cultural…
Yesterday Teague Bohlen posted his latest installment on neighborhoods in Denver, this time revealing what makes residents of Cherry Creek very, very mad. One of those things: lines outside the Cherry Cricket, one of the few independent restaurants left in the area. Says Nathan: Having been involved with one of the…
Oskar Blues brought another Burning Can festival to Bohn Park in Lyons on Saturday. This was the fourth year in a row the brewery that pioneered canned craft beer gathered several dozen other breweries from around the country who package their brews in outdoors-friendly, recyclable aluminum cans. And to prove…
