“It’s pretty unprecedented, what we’re doing here,” says City O’ City chef Brendon Doyle, who’s champing at the bit to open the restaurant’s expanded space today — after more than a month off for renovations. “And we’re all super-excited about it,” he continues. “We use the word ‘unprecedented’ a lot…
A week ago, three young entrepreneurs launched a new concept: Sabi Sushi, a restaurant without a restaurant that takes orders online, fills them at a local kitchen, then delivers the goods to a predetermined downtown drop zone. “First there were traditional restaurants,” co-owner Shaan Puri told Laura Shunk. “Then fast-casual,…
Lou’s Food Bar will host the Hugel & Fils Wine Dinner at 7 p.m. tonight. The meal, which features four courses paired with wine, costs $45 and reservations are required. For more info, call 303-458-0336 or fo to www.lousfoodbar.com. For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Pete List Beatrice & Woodsley beatriceandwoodsley.com/ What are you serving at Dish? A lemon-and-goat ricotta beignet filled with either garlic caramel or…
Justin Cucci’s menu at Linger, his second Highland restaurant that opened this summer in the former Olinger Mortuary, is an eclectic list of global street food — a concept that could only work if the chef and his team really nailed it. Luckily, as I note in this week’s review,…
With Labor Day behind us and summer’s sun-soaked days and sizzling temperatures vanishing before our eyes, we aren’t traditionally all that psyched to welcome the month of September with open arms. This year, though, we’re seeing things differently, given the tantalizing array of wine events around the state in the…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite restaurants and food trucks to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Sergio Romero Le Grand Bistro & Oyster Bar www.legranddenver.com/ What are you serving at Dish? We’re serving a steak tartare of diced…
Oskar Blues is one of the fastest-growing craft brewers in Colorado and makes some of the most sought-after, buzzworthy beers in the country. The Longmont brewery started the canned craft beer revolution in 2002, and it still leads the way in the market…
For the past seventeen years, Westword has paid tribute to Denver’s celebrated dining scene with its annual Dish soiree, a culinary blowout of the city’s best bites, sips and sounds. This year, Dish will be bigger and better than ever, and at a new venue: Ninth Avenue Historic Park at…
I’ve been scouring Denver’s Mexican joints for the best molcajete in the city, and a local chef turned me on to this one, which was good, but definitely not good enough to make me stop searching for one that’s better. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
Last May, while Denver Beer Co, 1695 Platte Street, was still in the planning stages, owners Charlie Berger and Patrick Crawford bought more than a hundred baby hops plants and gave them out to anyone who was willing to grow them in their back yards as part of an urban…
Colorado’s bartenders keep upping our state’s cocktail credibility, competing in national contests and besting some of the country’s most formidable spirits professionals to bring big prizes home to the Rocky Mountains. The latest accolade? Burton Daniel, a bartender at Boulder’s Bitter Bar, out-crafted 250 of his peers nationwide to land…
Sean McGaughey Opus 2575 West Main Street, Littleton 303-703-6787 This is part one of my interview with Sean McGaughey, exec chef of Opus. Part two of that interview will be posted here tomorrow. Sean McGaughey grew up in Wray, a town of 2,000 on the plains where Colorado, Nebraska and…
Jake Norris, head distiller and an original partner, left Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey last month. The brand was purchased late last year by Proximo Spirits, distributor of big brands like 1800 Tequila, Kraken Rum and Three Olives Vodka; after the sale, Norris said he planned to stay on…for a while. Norris…
We’ve been wondering what was going into the old Holiday Theater building on 32nd Avenue and Clay, and now we have at least part of the answer: The bottom floor has been partitioned into three restaurant or retail spots, one of which is under construction and bearing a sign that…
Was Stranahan’s the punk rock of whiskey? That was the question posed by Sean Kenyon yesterday, in the first of his several-part series on the sale of Stranahan’s late last year — and the recent departure of head distiller Jake Norris from the company. That news inspired this response from…
Brush up on your Mexican cooking skills tonight when the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, hosts its Mexican Fiesta II Cooking Class and Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. The menu features shrimp in avocado cups, winter chile, chicken and more, and the cost of both the lesson and…
Linger looked quiet the first time I stopped by the restaurant, which had opened earlier this summer in the former Olinger’s mortuary. I made my way past the valet leaning against his podium and up the cement steps, intending to get just a fast glimpse of the place and continue…
I instantly loved Linger. It took me a lot longer to form an attachment to Justin Cucci’s first restaurant, Root Down. The refitted garage in Highland opened in late 2007, touting a haute farm-to-table menu, rooftop produce and a long wait list for reservations. But while I was initially impressed…
Cafe Society invited some of our favorite eateries to share samples at Dish, September 9 at Ninth Avenue Historic Park. Here’s what they’ll be serving: Patrick Armatas Sam’s No. 3 http://samsno3.com/ What dish are you serving at Dish? We’re serving our kickin’ pork green chile, as well as our veggie…
We named lower Highland (which some developers insist on calling LoHi — a name we fear is catching on) the Best Restaurant Neighborhood in the Best of Denver 2011 because of the wide range of excellent edible experiences it offers within just a few blocks. You can find tamales, canolis,…
While making a pasta dish to cheer up my girlfriend last week, I thought to myself, “Why not make my own pasta?” I’d been fortunate enough to taste fresh pasta and knew that it’s vastly more satisfying than dried, but I had yet to make it myself — but soon…
