The Great American Beer Festival won’t hit town again until September, but beer-lovers can get a taste of their favorite brews tonight at the Winter Brew Fest at Mile High Station, 2027 West Colfax Avenue. More than 45 craft breweries will be pouring more than 125 brews, plus hard cider…
Six months ago, Eric Dutton, bar manager at Vesta Dipping Grill, unveiled a Vieux Carre he’d let sit in wood for a few weeks — the first barrel-aged cocktail we’d seen on a Denver menu. Since then, though, we’ve noticed barrel-aged cocktails popping up on a handful of lists, making…
Home cooks are rallying at the State Capitol today in support of a bill that would make it legal for bakers and cake-makers to sell their goods directly to consumers. The bill would require certain information to be printed on the products’ labels — and would exclude baked goods of…
Old Chicago, which has put a renewed emphasis on serving craft beers over the past two years, has once again scored a couple of exclusive brews…
If you’re looking to chase away the chill, it’s worth making the pilgrimage to this wiener joint that just introduced its first chili dog — and will soon celebrate its sixth anniversary. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Jasmine Gardens didn’t last long at 1935 Federal Boulevard. That address now belongs to Masa Asian Kitchen, whose spartan space and spare decor gives no hint of the extensive menu…
In honor of the Chinese New Year, we’ve been eating our way through Alameda Square, where there’s always plenty of parking since the Lowe’s store that was supposed to resurrect the area closed in November, after less than two years in business. Amazingly, both Super Star Asian and King’s Land…
Hunter Pritchett Luca d’Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part two of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d’Italia. Part one of my chat with Pritchett ran in this space yesterday. Favorite restaurant in America: I just had an amazing meal at Red Medicine in…
TAG|RAW BAR, Troy Guard’s house of (mostly) raw foodstuffs that are good for your body and soul, is one of the city’s most petite restaurants, but by the start of Denver Restaurant Week(s), Guard and his gang will have doubled the size of the below street level space in the…
Brothers Todd and Scott Leopold have been distilling since 1999, but only in the last two or three years have they really had the freedom to exercise their creativity in the market. “We’ve been in the business for thirteen years, and it’s almost like there weren’t bars for the first…
One woman’s favorite dumpling is a dish someone else dumps on. In 100 Favorite Dishes, Lori Midson recently raved about the xiao long bao at Lao Wang Noodle House. Those wrappers are too thick, sniffs one critic. Listen to him, pleads another reader:…
Don’t let the lack of snow get you down — if you have a ski pass, the Corner Office Restaurant + Martini Bar, 1401 Curtis Street, has a deal for you. Today through Tuesday, January 31, bring your ski pass into the Corner Office and receive a free drink as…
A friend once trained under a master sushi chef for a couple of years, and it was mesmerizing to watch her work a knife around a vegetable or piece of fish. She was slow and methodical, paring precisely to shape each element of a dish into a delicate, edible work…
Always on a voyage for good sushi in this landlocked state, this week’s review took me to Hana Matsuri, a Westminster restaurant where the sushi counter is helmed by Eddie Wang, who knows his way around a fresh fish. I enjoyed much of what he cut and arranged, even if…
Cult-favorite, pricey and snooty — three adjectives you may have heard associated with Silver Oak Winery at some point in your life as an oenophile. The first two are true enough: A passionate set of followers obsess over the brand, hoarding prized vintages in cellars for future generations to savor;…
It’s been nearly two years since restaurateur Ed Novak retired, selling the forty-year-old Broker, one of downtown’s last fine-dining bastions, and its only surviving sibling restaurant, the Cork House Wine Restaurant, to Jerry Fritzler, a long-time employee and partner…
Lone Tree is a long bike ride away from City Park, which makes it tough on the typical inner-city cyclist to try the beers at Lone Tree Brewing. So Lone Tree Brewing, which opened just six weeks ago, has teamed up with the Denver Bicycle Cafe, another brand new business,…
Jennifer Rosen had an amazing array of interests. We met her in the early ’80s, when she and sister Robin Chotzinoff covered a Chippendale’s show: Jenny provided the photos, Robin the words. Robin went on to provide many more words as a longtime staff writer for Westword, but we always…
No. 45: Pasta puttanesca from Sketch…
Can you guess where I’m eating? 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 every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll receive an EatDenver dining deck, worth up to $520 in discounts at…
After readers responded to my lament about the lack of interesting ethnic food near the Tech Center, I decided to explore not just the southern suburbs, where I grew up, but the entire circle outside of Denver city limits, looking for the best ethnic restaurants in the metro area, strip-mall…
Hunter Pritchett Luca d’Italia 711 Grant Street 303-832-6600 www.lucadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Hunter Pritchett, exec chef of Luca d’Italia. Part two of my chat with Pritchett will run in this space tomorrow. Hunter Pritchett and his kitchen crew are thumbing through an Italian phrasebook, one…
