“Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story about Spring44 vodka and gin, outlined the rise of vodka, which went from a rarely-consumed liquor to the country’s most popular spirit between the end of Prohibition and the mid-1970s. That was mostly thanks to marketing, including, in addition to brilliant ad campaigns, product…
Five. That’s how many times the specials board describing the Nuclear Roll at Osaka Sushi said “very” before “spicy.” Ten. That’s how many ice cubes were on the plate owner Jay Chung gave me before I started inhaling this tuna roll topped with liquid fire. “Just in case,” he said…
Oskar Blues has been one of the rock stars of the craft brewing industry for nearly a decade — ever since it became the first microbrewery to can its big beers. And this week, Oskar Blues is offering its legions of fans a peek behind the curtain, not just of…
When Trios Enoteca, the nearly 15-year-old wine bar, shut its doors a month ago, it left a prime piece of LoDo real estate up for grabs. So predictably, it didn’t take long for someone to snatch up the space and move in…
Our cups runneth over with beer events this week — including the sold-out Great American Beer Festival this weekend. But there are also events for wine, tequila and sake enthusiasts taking place, on top of more beer events than you can shake a salted pretzel at. (And feel free to…
After hosting a charity dinner on Saturday night, Charcoal, a new 5,200-square-foot restaurant from Patrik Landberg, the former chef of Satchel’s in Park Hill (now Pary’s on 28th), opened to the public on Sunday, turning out contemporary European cuisine in an artfully choreographed setting…
Over the past two decades, New Belgium Brewing has helped to make Fort Collins into one of the most well-known small beer cities in America. Now New Belgium could solidify the reputation of another small beer city by creating a second brewery there. The company confirmed to the Fort Collins…
For anyone who believes that Sushi Den and Sushi Sasa are the only two players when it comes to slicing and dicing the raw stuff, you’re wrong: Here, at this unheralded shrine to the ocean, ambitions run as high as the waves in a wrathful sea, and the sushi and…
Cafe Society served up five Guess where? contests last week, including one focusing on a salad-studded breakfast at Snooze to another breakfast that was really something to crow about. For correctly identifying the above plate as coming from Red Rooster, Juliannemichelle77 wins an EatDenver deck…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as an incentive to join the growing Meatless Monday movement, we’re featuring an animal-free recipe each week. Fall is in the air, which puts us in the mood for some thick, hearty soup. This black bean-based…
Denver is awash in beer — and in opinions about beer, about Jonathan Shikes’s suggestion of five ways to freshen up the Great American Beer Festival, and about Laura Shunk’s list of the area’s five best tap rooms. No Liquids and Solids? No Amato’s Ale House? And what’s Denver Beer…
It’s harvest season, and you can taste the fruits of one farm’s labor tonight at the Den Farm Harvest Dinner at Ototo Food and Wine Bar. The restaurant will be serving five courses inspired by produce from Den Farms, which is owned by the same family that owns Ototo, matched…
When six Denver chefs, one bartender and, for good measure, a muscled and tatted sausage emperor all trotted out of the kitchen, following a sensational multi-course, Colorado-inspired dinner prepared in a Manhattan brownstone, a woman seated at the table just adjacent to the burners stood up, applauded and declared that…
We’ll always have Paris. Paris on the Platte will be celebrating its 25th anniversary all weekend, with two days of music and memories starting at 8:30 p.m. tonight, and continuing tomorrow. In anticipation of the celebration, DT has already shared his memory of learning to smoke at Paris, right before…
“Clear Thinking,” this week’s cover story on Spring44, details the rise of vodka — a rise due, in part, to the spirit’s lack of flavor: Because it tastes like nothing, it’s easy to mix with everything. How, then, do you evaluate vodka for taste? And furthermore, don’t all vodkas taste…
It was just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday when the car dropped me off at the James Beard House, the unassuming West Village brownstone that’s the former home of the legendary late American chef and cookbook author, deemed the “dean of American cookery” by the New York Times, whose quarters…
While we’re stoked to sample what seems like millions of beers at the Great American Beer Festival, it’s possible that we’re actually more excited to see what Denver area restaurants and bars trot out on taplines next week. This event brings in beer geeks from all over the world, and…
Late last year, Pete Kallas, the owner of Steakhouse 10, the Athenian, Undici Ristorante and Greeks Gone Wild, a fast-casual joint in the DU ‘hood, snapped up the digs of a former Fuhgidabowdit Pizzeria outpost — directly next door to the Greek den — which has sat dark for the…
Happy Place: Japoix Restaurant and Lounge, 975 Lincoln Street, 303-861-2345 The Hours: Monday through Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close. The Deals: $3 well drinks and wines by the glass; half-priced beer, sake and specialty cocktails; $3-$8 small plates. Were we happy? Flip the page…
The person I was having a late breakfast with wasn’t crazy about the “salad” on his eggs Benedict, but the hash browns are always a hit, as is the lemon-misted hollandaise sauce. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
Denver will be swimming in beer for the rest of the month.This weekend kicks off the week-long Denver Beer Fest — which happens to overlap with the four-day-long Great American Beer Festival next weekend. We plan to drink our share of pale ales, lagers, pilsners and stouts over the coming…
Denver is blessed with many great restaurants — some modest, some considerably more ambitious — and yesterday, Kendra Anderson served up six moderately-priced restaurants that happen to have very impressive wine lists. Their wine lists night be “super cool,” but the rest of the post’s headline was not…
