The Kraine Station, 1434 Blake Street, is taking over the space that once held City Spirit, as well as many, many other bars and restaurants. Now it’s a Ukrainian restaurant, and the grand opening festivities start at 6 p.m. tonight, then continue tomorrow. For more information, call 303-825-4501 or visit…
There’s not much Cajun food in the Mile High City, a lack that Johanna Cooke started lamenting after her husband, a native of Louisiana native, first made gumbo for her back when they were dating. Since then, Cooke, who has worked in the food industry since she was fifteen –…
When you’re trying to answer the call of nature at a restaurant, you shouldn’t have to first answer a riddle about the names or symbols that the restaurant has stuck on the restroom doors. Still, when looking for the ladies’ room at a local watering hole last night, I was…
“I think for any business, five years is a big deal,” Andrea Frizzi, chef-owner of Il Posto, says. “For a restaurant, though, five years is a super big deal.” And that’s why today is “a super big deal” for the chef — on this day in 2007, Frizzi, a native…
Colorado brewery lore is full of stories about mistakes that turned into successes — batches of beer that turned out well despite the odds. Of course, Colorado brewery lore is also full of stories about carefully planned beers that went horribly wrong, but those stories are more often that not…
No. 44: Raw carrot salad from Ambria…
Mercedes Mexican Restaurant is a home-grown chain that proliferated across the city, hawking $1.50 breakfast burritos, among other staples, from storefronts on University, Santa Fe and Sheridan…
I’ll cop to the fact that vegetarian sushi isn’t my saucer of wasabi, but I’ll also admit that if I were a vegetarian, which will never, ever happen, I’d go back for this mock substitute, mainly because the chef has a very talented hand when it comes to playing with…
I got kicked out of the Girl Scouts…something about hanky panky, but there are plenty of other civilized girls that made it through the badges, the oaths…the cookie sales. And this year, the Girl Scouts are marking their 100-year anniversary, and you can celebrate — and help to continue the…
Tom Coohill Coohills 1400 Wewatta Street 303-623-5700 coohills.com This is part two of my interview with Tom Coohill, exec chef/owner of Coohills. Part one of my chat with Coohill appeared in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: Hangawi in New York City has the most interesting vegetarian food I’ve…
The concept of the modern “breastaurant” is a purely American one, born of man’s desire for Buffalo wings and light beer, and often resulting in unrequited love for a lass twenty years his junior. But what really weaves a “breastaurant” into the American fabric is that everything is bigger at…
There are certain addresses that seem to be black holes, swallowing the life out of every business that moves into them. And 1100 13th Street on The Hill definitely fits the profile. Over the past ten years, it’s held everything from a Dairy Queen, which closed in 2006, to the…
Sean Kenyon had a busy fall — working at Euclid Hall, opening Williams & Graham, and traveling to a monastery in France, where he got to mix a Chartreuse cocktail for a monk. But Chartreuse is not reserved just for the monks who make it from a centuries-old secret recipe…
Celebrate the life of beloved restaurateur Noel Cunningham, founder of Strings, a champion of good works and good food, tonight at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. There will be a free public celebration from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Buell Theatre, followed by a VIP reception ($150 and up)…
Two weeks ago, we asked diners and restaurants employees alike to serve up their best tips for surviving Denver Restaurant Week, promising a $52.80 prize for the best advice in each category. More than fifty people complied, posting tips that ranged from remembering not to behave like an asshole to…
A few years after Diane and Tom moved from Atlanta to Denver so that Tom could take a corporate job, they decided it was time to open a restaurant. But instead of building a fine dining spot, like the ones where Tom had worked in Georgia, they decided to create…
The space at 1434 Blake Street has gone through many incarnations since its days as CitySpirit. But its latest transformation could be its most interesting yet: It’s now a Ukrainian restaurant, Kraine Station. “This came about from the inspiration of my mother,” explains Papi Sorrelis. “I’ve been looking for an…
Late last year, Tilman J. Fertitta, the restaurant mogul who owns Landry’s — and acquired McCormick and Schmick’s in a hostile takeover last month — announced his plans to pick up the national chain of Morton’s steakhouses, noting that the restaurants comprise “one of the most recognizable and successful high-end…
Colorado will get a new specialty brewer later this month when Elevation Beer Company near Salida opens, crafting seasonal barrel-aged beers on a fifteen-barrel system. We’re not talking about your classic, blondes, reds, browns and IPAs here. Elevation’s first two beers will be a Belgian-style Quadrupel made with caramelized honey…
See that jolt of java up there? What I would give to have one of those right this very minute. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool — and…
Just tell the truth, already: you are totally freaked out by Italian wine. By “freaked out”, we mean shaking like a leaf. Shivering in your shorts. Just plain scurrred. Ask a wine retailer which category they find most challenging to sell to less experienced consumers, and you’re likely to hear…
Two years ago, when I did a Chef and Tell interview with Jeff Osaka, the owner/chef of twelve, I asked him what he’d like to see more of in Denver from a culinary standpoint. His answer was poignant, straightforward and inclusive: I want more chefs working to build camaraderie. Sure,…
