From outdoor dining in Larimer Square to a German Biergarten festival to mountain-top wine excursions, this weekend is all about getting out and enjoying summer in Colorado. Friday, July 10 Coffee at the Point is throwing a grand opening party for its new patio today and tomorrow, featuring live music,…
Beast + Bottle owners Paul C. Reilly and Aileen V. Reilly have been killing it with great food and service since day one just over two years ago, when they opened their tiny nose-to-tail eatery on East 17th Avenue. But as intimate and cozy as the current space is, it’s…
For small restaurants that rely on the seasonal availability of meats and proteins to shape their menus, summer means a big shift in theme and ingredients. Warming winter dishes give way to lighter, brighter fare, but there are also a few surprises that don’t necessarily seem summery unless you’re tapped…
The Flatirons Food Film Festival is entering its third season of culinary-themed movies and guest appearances. While tickets have yet to go on sale for the series, which runs from October 21 to 25, you can get an early start on pairing cuisine and cinema while also chipping in to…
In the Logan’s Run-esque TAXI development, there’s a sanctuary from the demands of office and industry that offers more than the Sci-Fi movie’s menu of plankton and sea greens and protein from the sea. Fuel Cafe debuted along with the mixed-use development in 2008, opening to the public what could have…
The Cherry Creek Shopping Center turns 25 this August, and it’s getting a grown-up restaurant as a birthday gift: 801 Chophouse, a link in a Midwest-based chain owned by the 801 Restaurant Group. The first 801 Chophouse opened in Des Moines in 1993; the group also has the Pig & Finch…
Mark Antonation is no stranger to adventurous eating. And when a recently returned from Peru and extolled the quality of the Andean nation’s cuisine, including alpaca, he started looking for spots where he could find that delicacy here. He located alpaca bondigas on the website of Pikkas — but sadly,…
Get out and enjoy the beauty of Colorado while sipping wine during one of Beaver Creek’s wine excursions. The resort is offering two wine retreats today: Guests can either take a 4×4 or hit the hiking trails as they explore the area around Beaver Creek before heading to Beano’s Cabin…
Colorado’s two best-known sour-beer specialists are puckering up for a fight at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over three beer names that the companies both use. The battle will pit Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, which has been in Denver since 2010, against Trinity Brewing, founded in Colorado Springs in…
With a name like Sugarmill, finding decadent confections within feet of the entrance is no surprise; but finding a dinner menu with veggie options as tempting as the macarons had me smitten. Sipping prosecco while noshing on a mozzarella and tomato plate was the perfect way to unwind, followed by…
Chef/mad scientist Ian Kleinman has been running the Inventing Room as a catering business, pop-up dinner company and educational experience for Denver school kids since 2009, after he left what was then O’s at the Westin Westminster. All the while, he’s had his eye on finding a permanent storefront where…
Local pickle purveyors Tyler DuBois and Justin Park of The Real Dill have been partnering with Colorado breweries for a while now, at food-and-beer pairing events and with one of their jarred offerings, Titan Dills, which incorporated Titan IPA brewing ingredients and techniques used by Great Divide into the pickle-making process…
Big is in when it comes to new restaurants. If 2014 was the year of the tiny restaurant — with the likes To the Wind Bistro, Bistro Barbes, Cart-Driver and Work & Class wedging customers into every nook and cranny — then 2015 is the year to go big or…
No sooner had we lamented the disappearing dive bars of Denver when one of our favorites popped up in the news. Nob Hill Inn, which won our Best Dive Bar award in 2009 and Best Jukebox honors this year, is now definitely a contender for Best Customer Service — because…
Two very different entertainment options are on the culinary calendar today. In northwest Denver, Firenze a Tavola will host a dinner featuring the wines of the truffle capital of the world, Umbria. The special space at Parisi will be pouring three wines paired with a truffle-inspired feast for $58 per person;…
Colorado’s breweries continue to experiment with new styles, new ingredients and new ways of melding flavors. As a result, several breweries have now packaged beers aged in barrels that once held the potent fruit of the agave plant. River North Brewery, for instance, released a tequila-barrel-aged version of its J…
When Avanti Food & Beverage opens the doors to its LoHi food hall this month, one of the eateries inside will be MiJo, an Asian-influenced concept from Bones executive chef Jonny DePierro and sous chef Michael Nevarez. Noodle bowls will be the primary focus of the menu, with plenty of options for diners…
In mid-June, Michael Long — a founding partner of Opus Restaurant and the current executive chef at Le Central — presented the first farm dinner at Snow Creek Ranch in Larkspur; owners Joe and Michelle Kopriva plan on making the dinners a regular summer occurrence. Long cooked up a meal…
When the hip Avanti food court opens in mid-July at West 32nd Avenue and Pecos Street, it will have an odd-for-Colorado beer lineup and, in particular, one beer that came about as a result of an unusual collaboration between the world-renowned Dogfish Head brewery and Denver’s Prost Brewing. Call it Delaware meets Denver…
The Ama-zingh at Baur’s Restaurant & Listening Lounge As bar manager at Baur’s Restaurant and Listening Lounge, Brittany Wangsness (who we last encountered mixing up a buttery cocktail at TAG) enjoys challenging guests with unique flavors in her cocktails. “I want guests to leave here, having their questions answered and…
Where are the true dive bars in this city? Since we published our updated list of the Ten Best Dive Bars in Denver a year ago, a couple of our favorites have closed. And last week Rosa Mia Inn, winner of our Best Dive Bar Happy Hour in the Best of…
In the United States, Sudan is known mostly as the place the Lost Boys fled and as the most recent country to bifurcate into two separate nations, with South Sudan becoming the newest country in the world. But Sudanese food is mostly an unknown quantity, especially here in Denver. Sudan…
