What’s the worst name that’s ever been stuck on a Denver restaurant? We have a new contender: PizzaDoodle. That’s the name of a family-friendly joint that’s “still in the oven” but slated to open next month at 6830 South University Boulevard in Centennial. You don’t want to say it fast…
James Van Dyk Lucky’s Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part two of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky’s Cafe in Boulder. Part one of our interview ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Just one: Momofuku Ssäm Bar in New York. David…
Hot dog! Pizza Hut is now offering pizzas with crusts stuffed with hot dogs and garnished “with a mustard drizzle.” Sadly, it is only offering these pizzas in the United Kingdom. What the hell, Hut?! Don’t Americans deserve a mustard drizzle, too?…
After service flubs detracted from the excellent food Laura Shunk discusses in herrecent review of Charcoal, she lamented about poor service in general around town. But there are also many restaurants that do things right, and she highlighted a quintet of them in “Five examples of great service in Denver.”…
If you were interested in attending tonight’s Oskar Blues Beer Dinner at Jonesy’s EatBar, 400 East 20th Avenue, you’re too late. That event is sold out, as is next month’s dinner with New Belgium. So sign up now for the Tommyknocker dinner in June — seats obviously go fast. Those…
At the end of 2011, the legendary Music Bar went dark, after a 28 percent rent hike forced the place to close its doors. But last month the spot at 4586 Tennyson Street was taken over by Niya Diehl, who’d been the manager of Mead Street Station for five years;…
Good weather looks like it’s here to stay, which means that food-truck season is revving up. Boulder is finally getting in on the action with “TRUCK IT!”, the town’s first truck party, set for June 8…
“Sriracha,” says Row 14 executive chef Jensen Cummings as he combines four kinds of garlic and serrano peppers in a food processor, “is like the new ketchup. I even saw it at a Mexican restaurant the other day.” Here’s how Cummings makes sriracha, in photos:…
When Brett Shaheen and Jane Duncan Knauf opened The Wooden Table in the southern suburbs, the place I review this week, they wanted to bring urban sophistication to their strip-mall address, giving the place a sleek makeover and putting out a menu of well-executed and thoughtful Italian dishes made with…
There are two kinds of wine drinkers: Some seek out new wines like so many blind dates, eager to make the acquaintance of a lover more intriguing than the last; others are more like serial monogamists — they form long-standing relationships with specific grapes, regions or winemakers to whom they…
Ever since Longmont’s Left Hand Brewing released its Milk Stout Nitro in a bottle before the Great American Beer Festival last year, pouring a pint has been a favorite party trick. Stand on someone’s expensive rug with a bottle and glass and upend that sucker: You’ll hear some gasps, but…
Last fall, LoDo was all about pizza. Now, it’s sushi. Blue Sushi Sake Grill, a link in an Omaha-based chain that signed on for half of the Dixons space at 16th and Wazee streets that wasn’t taken by Lucky Pie, had a liquor-license hearing this morning with the Denver Department…
Four-year-old Upslope Brewing is already too big for its current space — a location that doubled in size just a year ago. Owner Matt Cutter is looking for a place in Boulder where the brewery can expand, and hopes to nail down plans this year. But in the meantime, Upslope…
James Van Dyk Lucky’s Cafe 3980 Broadway, Boulder 303-444-5007 This is part one of my chat with James Van Dyk, exec chef of Lucky’s Cafe in Boulder. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Back in the ’60s, when James Van Dyk was growing up on…
When you are a thief, like Burger King, you have two possible paths to success: 1) be a really good thief and don’t get caught, or 2) steal something big and pricey so you can retire early and faff around with the piss-ant stuff. I couldn’t help but think of…
Denver gained many liquid assets in 2011, and although Williams & Graham ran away with our Best New Bar award in the Best of Denver 2012, the city gained many more worthy watering holes last year, as shown by our list of Denver’s ten best new bars. Even if regulars…
Lola, 1575 Boulder Street, is hosting a culinary extravaganza this evening that benefits Brent’s Place, a local nonprofit that provides hope and help for kids stricken with cancer. Chef Jamey Fader has invited some of Colorado’s most distinguished chefs to create a multi-course feast for lucky ticket holders. (Westword editor…
The restaurant would soon fill up with middle-aged ladies who lunch, but when Rob and I first stepped into The Wooden Table, we were the ones on early-bird-special time. The dining room was empty at 11:15 a.m., and after the server manning the host stand gave us the “Sit anywhere…
When Rayme Rossello first announced her plans to build Comida Cantina, a stationary extension of her mobile concept, in Longmont, she had big plans for brunch: “In my dreams, I’d love to do a 9 to 5 service that’s old-style Mexican: long, leisurely, pork dinners and whole roasted chickens served…
Brett Shaheen and Jane Duncan Knauf cut their restaurant teeth in the city: The pair met at the long-closed Sambuca Cafe in LoDo; after that, Knauf worked for the Magnolia Hotel for years while Shaheen did time in kitchens in the Bonanno empire…
This spot raises the bar — literally — on cocktail culture. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver…
The metro area gained so many liquid assets in 2011, we had to do a lot of drinking before we could choose the winner of our Best New Bar award for the Best of Denver 2012. And even then, the awards kept spilling out for other new spots, including Best…
