Fall’s here! Although technically it won’t be autumn until September 23, you can tell the seasons are changing — not just by the cooler weather, but also by all the Oktoberfest celebrations. Denver’s Oktoberfest, featuring German fare, crafts and entertainment, plus fireworks and a bratwurst-eating contest, lands on Larimer Street…
Last November, Food Network personality Guy Fieri rolled into town with a camera crew, making pit stops at Tocabe, Bang! and The Sink in Boulder, where he joked with staffs and sampled dishes for the show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Nearly a year later, those episodes are finally airing: Tocabe…
The best city in America for foodniks? According to the readers of Travel + Leisure magazine, which just released its 2011 roster of the best American cities for “foodies,” New Orleans is the best city in the country to feed your gullet. The magazine, which unleashes its America’s Favorite Cities…
Frozen yogurt joints are a common sight in the metro area, but Boom Yogurt Bar, which opened Saturday at 3303 30th Street in Boulder, wants to be a place where you can get more than dessert. “A couple years ago, my wife and I went to a yogurt bar in…
More money, more problems, right? And life is apparently very problematic for Front Rangers who not only prefer, but demand, organic, all-natural, raw and you-name-the-buzzword products in their lives. Fortunately, yesterday’s Naturally Boulder’s Pitch Slam had 25 companies with new natural products all vying for a $26,000 prize package –…
B.U.F.F. Brothers sold four of its bars — College Inn, Gibby’s, Dirk’s and Pifler’s — to the Little Pub Company last year, keeping only FuNuGyz in Parker. But B.U.F.F. is already rebuilding its bar empire. The group opened the University of Colorado-themed Ralphie’s (not to be confused with the new…
My assessment of the food at this Japanese restaurant can be summed up in a litany of adjectives that, as a chef or restaurateur, you hope will never be applied to your own: Bland. Flat. One dimensional. Insipid. Characterless. Wearisome. Vapid. And the service completely sucks, too. Can you guess…
Golden’s restaurant scene may be fairly diverse, but until recently, there was a gaping hole: no pho. Now, though, instead of traveling to Federal Boulevard to get a fix of brothy noodles, denizens of this western enclave can hit Pho Golden, Golden’s first pho restaurant, which opened in a strip…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “So, let’s just…
This is part two of my interview with Brad Arguello, exec chef of the Uber Sausage. Part one of my chat with Arguello ran in this space yesterday. Brad Arguello The Uber Sausage 2730 East Colfax Avenue 303-862-7894 www.theubersausage.com What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a…
After almost fifteen years, Dixons Downtown Grill shut its doors at 1610 16th Street on Labor Day, leaving a 9,200 square-foot gap on the 16th Street Mall. But it also left behind some good memories: of employees dancing on the bar at closing on that last Saturday night (“and no…
Tom Colicchio — or a reasonable facsimile — will guest star on The Simpsons later this month, which inspired our look back at some of the great Simpsons food scenes. Wonders Wratha: How could you not include any scenes from the episode where Homer is a food critic? The “low…
Hard to believe that Rockbar has been in business for five years! But it has, and the throwback bar — with a brand-new patio — is hosting a Five-Year Anniversary Party through Sunday, September 18, with drink specials, giveaways and much more.Call 303-322-4444 or visit www.rockbar-denver.com. For information on dozens…
Contrary to popular belief, Mexico does not celebrate its independence day on Cinco de Mayo. Mexico’s El Grito de Independencia is actually today, and a couple of places will be celebrating. El Diablo, 101 Broadway, will offer a special “El Grito” menu all day, as well as late-night drink specials…
Westword is looking for students for its fall photo intern program, which focuses on food and restaurant photography. And by “student,” we do not mean “a student of life.” There’s no cash offered with this gig, only college credits. Don’t bother applying if this doesn’t apply to you. Still interested?…
Lawrence Barkers works the pits in the parking lot that front his restaurant, Country Time BBQ, every day. And as a result, even when the pits aren’t going, the smell of that smoke infiltrates the air, the shack, your car’s interior and, best of all, the food at Country Time,…
My kid has a thing for breakfast, especially when it’s lunch or dinnertime, and if there are flapjacks on the menu, that’s what he’s ordering (and reluctantly sharing with me). Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am…
At the Denver Zoo today, five gorillas chomped on lettuce and squash. Slightly more delicately, students from Steele Elementary ate pears, apples and wraps. And none of the ingredients in today’s meals came from outside of Colorado. As part of Colorado Proud School Meal Day, participating schools across the state…
Congratulations, wine lovers: In 2010, the good ol’ U. S. of A. officially consumed more wine than France for the first time ever. And as we predicted earlier this year, America’s love affair with pink wine just keeps getting hotter — evidenced by the fact that exports of rosé (and…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Denver. And by Christmas, what I mean is: the Great American Beer Festival. Although that three-day holiday runs from September 29 through October 1, there will be plenty of beery festivities leading up to the occasion. Parties are planned. Beer is…
Great Divide Brewing’s cozy, but often cramped, tap room will double in size this month, just in time for the Great American Beer Festival…
All around the Denver area today, students will be enjoying lunches made exclusively with Colorado products as part of Colorado Proud School Meal Day, which educates students about locally sourced food. One thing that won’t (we hope) be on the menu? Listeria. In light of a recent Listeria outbreak, melon…
