Have you ever noticed how two people can look the same on paper, but when you meet them you sense that one has what the French would call a certain je ne sais quoi that sets that person apart? The same is true for restaurants: Sometimes that extra spark comes…
Corner House 2240 Clay Street 720-287-1895 cornerhousedenver.com This is part two of my interview with Sharif Villa Cruz, exec chef of Corner House; part one of our chat ran yesterday. What do you enjoy most about your craft? I’ve always been an artistic kind of guy, and when I was…
Manners don’t seem to improve with age. Since Sean Kenyon offered his list of the “Ten rudest things servers and bartenders do to guests to make them wish they’d never come in” two years ago, restaurant behavior has not improved, judging from the comments posted after we reheated and served…
The 27-year-old Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant chain is known for its potent margaritas (limit of three, please), but the Colorado-based company has decided to get in on the craft-beer revolution as well by collaborating with several local beer-makers. Each of the Rio Grande’s six restaurants — in Fort Collins, Greeley,…
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Dining Out for Life in Denver, and more than 250 metro Denver restaurants will be donating 25 percent of their food sales all day today to Project Angel Heart, which provides life-sustaining meals for Coloradans suffering from life-threatening illnesses, including HIV and AIDS…
Finding space on East Colfax for his new restaurant and pub, says owner Glen Eastwood, “turned out to be a blessing.” And the Abbey’ Tavern’s Park Hill neighbors would agree. Much as a traditional Irish pub is designed to do, the Abbey brings locals together in a friendly place over…
The first annual BrüFrou beer and food pairing event went down last Saturday at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Lowry. There were forty Colorado breweries paired with dishes from forty Front Range chefs, along with music and big airplanes. Westword photographer Ken Hamblin was there;…
Waffle Brothers, which got its start in a cart and then opened its first brick-and-mortar location four years ago, will be leaving its original spot at 393 Corona this weekend. See also: First look at Waffle Brothers Pub Style in Uptown…
No processed sugars; no wheat flour; no fake meat; and no colon blow. Instead, says Justin Cucci, owner of Root Down, Root Down at DIA and Linger, expect “super-vegetarian-centric-slow-fast-food” at Vital Root, a new restaurant that he’s opening on Tennyson Street early next year with business partner — and yoga…
The buzz from the recent Craft Beer Conference annual trade show, which took place in Denver for the first time, is fading — but Colorado’s breweries are still making news. Here are a few tidbits from beer makers around the state. Beginning in May, Aurora’s Dry Dock Brewing will begin…
Since it opened its first store at 1120 South Colorado Boulevard in 2007, Colorado-based Smashburger has been a smashing success, opening nearly 300 restaurants in 30 states and four countries — including its first spot in New York City last week. And today it’s adding its 25th restaurant in Colorado…
Years ago, at 7 p.m. on a sunny weekday evening, the patio at this diminutive restaurant would have been packed, but last night, it was just me and another table of three, which prompted the server to wonder out loud: “Where is everyone?” Good question, because the gumbo and the…
Corner House 2240 Clay Street 720-287-1895 cornerhousedenver.com This is part one of my interview with Sharif Villa Cruz, exec chef of Corner House; part two of our chat will run tomorrow. It’s a tradition in Mexico to “gather our families together for big meals, usually at our grandmother’s house,” says…
Unusual, earthy, minty: that’s how Chris Mohaupt, owner of the Federal Bar and Grill, described the bouquet of purple shiso I’d brought into his bar. He and bartender Jeremy Johnson rubbed the thick, fuzzy leaves between their fingers, sniffed, bit off bitter nibbles in their attempts to pinpoint the complex…
“Want to provoke a fight? Just start a discussion of where to find the best pizza in town.” That was the intro to yesterday’s list of the twelve best pizzas in Denver, and the fight got off to a fast start, with readers serving up many other favorites: Proto’s. Pizza…
The Abbey Tavern 5151 East Colfax Avenue 303-321-5151 There’s no shortage of places in this town where you can quench a thirst, but that didn’t discourage Glen Eastwood. And after enough plot twists to fill a Frank McCourt novel, last fall he and business partner Andrew Cudden opened The Abbey…
Food is the way to many people’s hearts — and if you live in Denver, there are many great spots to fill your heart…and your stomach. So it’s not surprising that Colorado students attending college out of state sometimes find themselves missing a taste of home. Now, thanks to Larkburger…
Taki’s closed its doors last November, ending a twenty-year-plus run on East Colfax and inspiring readers to reminisce about the spot’s famed miso soup. See also: Taki’s closes on East Colfax, ending a two-decade run…
With a head brewer named Marks, a red and yellow logo, and a flagship beer called DEFCON Red, it’s not hard to figure out the theme at Comrade Brewing. But owner David Lin says the references to Communism at the brewery, which will open on Saturday, April 26, at 7667…
When butcher Kevin Klinger, one of the original tenants of the Source, Denver’s airy indoor food-beer-wine-and-restaurant emporium in RiNo, closed Meat Head last month, there was, not surprisingly, a lot of interest in the diminutive square footage that shares real estate with Comida, Acorn, Babettes Artisan Breads, the Proper Pour,…
Shoppers at the Colorado Mills Outlet Mall in Golden will soon have several new dining options to choose from: The food court is slated to open three new restaurants next month. See also: Jeff Osaka on ramen mania, his ramen pop-up and Osaka Ramen, his new restaurant…
People talk about grocery-store deserts — but what about restaurant deserts? Park Hill isn’t exactly a desert, but it’s pretty arid. Sure, there are some places to eat — Solera, Tables and Oblio’s, to name a few — but openings are few and far between. That’s one of the reasons…
