Ramen is king noodle in Denver right now, but chefs Johnny DePierro and Michael Nevarez are out to dethrone the popular Japanese dish with udon — which they’re serving several different ways at MiJo inside Avanti Food & Beverage. The two have been mastering their Asian chops at Frank Bonanno’s…
If you haven’t stood in line for one of the Venezuelan street-food sandwiches known as arepas at the Quiero Arepas food truck, you haven’t experienced the anticipation of sinking your teeth into one of the best bites in town — mobile or not. Now that owners Igor and Beckie Panasewicz have…
Cho77 has been a hit since it opened at 42 South Broadway in March. Such a hit, in fact, that it just launched brunch last weekend. The restaurant is now open for brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., when it switches to the full dinner…
Despite being partially hidden by a tree, the newest restaurant sign to sprout on South Broadway is hard to miss: giant all-caps spelling out Fee Fi Pho Fum above a small storefront just north of Arkansas Avenue. It’s a silly name for sure, but it makes a little more sense…
When chef and cookbook author Biju Thomas opened Biju’s Little Curry Shop in River North last December, he made it clear that he had bigger plans than just a single fast-casual Indian joint. And now with that first eatery all but maxed out in kitchen space and with more customers…
ViewHouse has set its lofty sights on a popular location for rooftop patios— Main Street in downtown Littleton — where it would like to create a third outpost at 2670-2680 Main, its third outpost in three years. And like the original, which is a stone’s throw from the Tavern Downtown,…
As July reaches its mid-point, Colorado beer-festival season is at its height. But that also means we are a little closer to the true pinnacle of Colorado craft-beer culture: the week surrounding the Great American Festival, which runs from September 24 through September 26 this year. Tickets to the three-day event…
Enjoy all the tastes of summer this weekend — ice cream, cold beer, cherry pie and pizza, of course. You can enjoy moveable feasts in parks, across RiNo…or even on the 16th Street Mall. Keep reading for the tastiest events on the culinary calendar this weekend. Friday, July 17 Baur’s…
Chef Marco Gonzales was born and raised in Mexico City but went to culinary school at L’Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France, and worked in many Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe before returning to Mexico. “I went back to my country to try and get in touch with the food of my roots,”…
A joint venture between Tavern Hospitality Group, Southern Land Company of Nashville and GTIS Partners, a New York-based real estate investment firm, will redevelop the 1.5-acre site on East 17th Avenue that currently houses the Tavern Uptown. The plan calls for an eight-story mixed-use building that will include 315 apartments…
The Rocky Flats Lounge, one of our Ten Best Dive Bars in Metro Denver, has long given a whole new meaning to getting lit — at one point, it was the payroll office for the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant, the federal facility just across the highway that started producing plutonium triggers…
Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant is so Boulder it hurts just a little. It’s fancy without calling attention to itself, well-decorated but not quite hip — and 100-percent vegetarian, natch. As a proud son of Boulder County, I don’t think this is at all a bad thing — I would never reject…
Bistro Barbes opened last year in the North Park Hill neighborhood, serving French cuisine touched with North African brushstrokes. The menu is refined and evocative at the tiny eatery, so much so that it won our Best French Restaurant honor this year. Now chef-owner Jon Robbins has opened a second,…
If your idea of heaven is a humungous slice of pepperoni pizza in one hand and a nice, frosty-cold barley pop in the other, you won’t want to miss the inaugural Rocky Mountain Pizza & Pints Festival in Louisville on Saturday, July 18. The day-long event in Community Park features ten…
When chef-owner Lon Symensma traveled throughout Southeast Asia prior to opening Cho77, which I review this week, he was gathering more than inspiration for the street foods that would distinguish this restaurant from its sister restaurant, ChoLon. He was also gathering items to give the restaurant its authentic feel. “We…
Crave Real Burgers opened its first location on July 4, 2010. Today the Colorado company will sell its one-millionth burger — or close enough — sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., when the magic moment will be announced. In the meantime, the three Crave locations will be celebrating this…
Whether you’ve been to Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder once for a special occasion or count yourself as a regular, you’ve experienced the professional, personal service that’s such an integral part of the restaurant’s success. Even if you’ve only eaten dinner there a couple of times, you’ll have encountered…
Shrimp and grits are getting the boot, among a few other beloved staples on the Work & Class menu as the restaurant reveals several new items today. The grits may not be gone forever, but for now, you’ll have to cope with the loss by diving into a plate of…
Pinche Taqueria was an instant hit when chef-owner Kevin Morrison upgraded from a food truck to a full-fledged cantina in 2012. Tacos and tequila are the stars there, but happy-hour sliders also have their fans. Those sliders are the closest thing you’ll find to tortas at Morrison’s eateries (he opened…
Two beer-related Colorado crowdfunding campaigns have recently launched. The first is for Lady Justice Brewing Company, which describes itself as “the world’s first solely women-run, community-focused philanthropic brewery.” The three women behind the concept — which would be organized as a low-profit limited liability company — are looking to raise $15,000…
Forget about your prejudices. Put aside your previous bad experiences. In the ever-escalating happy hour arms race raging all over the state, what was once an excuse for cheap drinking has become fertile ground for culinary experimentation. And while nearly every restaurant of note offers a late-afternoon happy hour, not…
In January, a Denver holding company called Gold Buckle Brewing, which also owns Henderson, Nevada-based Joseph James Brewing, bought a majority interest in Durango Brewing, the third-oldest brewpub in Colorado, behind the Wynkoop and Carver Brewing, also in Durango. Gold Buckle is run by the same investment group that owns…
