The Way Back has gone from a cultish little cocktail bar to a much-buzzed-about commodity in recent months. Once Denver diners started catching on that the food at 4132 West 38th Avenue was every bit as good as the drinks, the ownership team of Chad Michael George, Kade Gianinetti and Jared…
There have been many momentous occurrences in the history of cheese in America. In 1831, Wisconsin’s first farmstead cheese factory was opened in the town of Koshkonong. In 1918, Velveeta was invented by Emil Frey of the Monroe Cheese Company in Monroe, New York. And in July 2017, Chipotle Mexican Grill reversed…
The American Cheese Society is hosting its annual conference and Festival of Cheese (an event that’s open to the public on July 29) in Denver this week, aptly naming the entire group of events Cheese With Altitude. So what better time to talk about Colorado’s own awesome cheese makers —…
Earlier this summer, the Emich sisters announced that they would be moving Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place from its home at 2027 13th Street to a new location outside of downtown Boulder. They’ll keep Shine open there until September, but speculation as to who would take over the address, complete…
Adrian and Brenda Bonilla are veterans of the west Denver street-food scene, having launched Mega-Burger in 2006 on Federal Boulevard and then briefly serving Mexican-style hamburgers under the Las Hamburguesas name inside the Valverde Country Club (a now-defunct dive bar on West Alameda Avenue). The couple’s latest venture, with partner…
Few people have had more of an impact on Denver’s current dining scene than Frank Bonanno. The New Jersey native and his wife, Jacqueline, own and operate ten establishments in this city: Mizuna, Luca, Bones and Vesper Lounge in Capitol Hill; Osteria Marco, the Green Russell, Russell’s Smokehouse and Wednesday’s Pie in Larimer Square; Salt & Grinder in Highland; and, as of July 17, French 75 downtown.
If you’re like me and love a piping hot Philly cheesesteak sandwich, you’ll get a true taste of Philadelphia fare at Large Marge’s at 3890 Kipling Street in Wheat Ridge. If you’ve never had an authentic cheesesteak, you’re in for a treat.
Chef Lon Symensma has his bases covered when it comes to Southeast Asian cuisine. ChoLon Modern Asian has been going strong on the 16th Street Mall since 2010, serving high-flying interpretations of classic dishes gleaned while traveling and working abroad and in New York City. Next came Cho77, which captures the…
America is obsessed with tacos. What in Mexico is considered an everyday snack, a working lunch, a late-evening indulgence or just a tortilla with leftovers on top has become the subject of nearly unlimited variations and convolutions (many complete with an eye-popping price tag) here in the United States. One…
The farmers markets around town are in full swing. But you’ll find far more than just fresh peaches, crunchy peppers, organic eggs and bunches of beets. Plenty of artisan foods are also for sale, all handmade in Colorado and bursting with local flavors. Fancy a bottle of drinking vinegar? You…
Larimer Associates has a pretty good track record with refurbishing old establishments and turning them into new neighborhood hangouts: LoHi Steakbar, Billy’s Inn and Ernie’s Bar & Pizza come to mind, along with a considerable percentage of the dining square footage at Larimer Square. But the location at 3759 Lipan…
Beau Jo’s, the forty-plus-year-old purveyor of the “Colorado-style pizza,” is closing its location at 2710 South Colorado Boulevard on July 30, but even older pizza joints are still going strong in Denver.
Nostalgia is a powerful seasoning that flavors our restaurant experiences, and a return trip to an old favorite can be a more satisfying experience than sampling bold creations at a trendy new eatery. And even if the food isn’t quite what we remember from when we were kids, it still…
This week’s Watch List covers a hot new chicken joint, a Cherry Creek fish house with a lobster deal, and a South Broadway breakfast stop that knows exactly what to do with a potato — all places with dishes that balance textures in winning combinations. After that, check out our…
It’s a dog-eat-dog world out there, so you’d better be the one doing the eating. Eating a hot dog, that is – whether slathered in mustard, piled with relish, onions and sauerkraut, or dressed up in something fancy. Just in time for National Hot Dog Day on Sunday, July 23,…
You used to be able to find old-school red-sauce joints all over metro Denver. But their ranks have been dwindling, as the owners of these Italian restaurants decided to retire or sell out to developers — or both. Stlill, there are at least six Italian joints in metro Denver that have been serving for five decades or more.
Romano’s Italian Restaurant is the oldest Italian restaurant in Littleton; on December 1, it will mark fifty years at the same address of 5666 South Windermere Street. It’s not hard to see why this family-owned and -operated restaurant has attracted legions of loyal customers: It’s all about love, according to the…
Five Points continues to be transformed before our eyes; the latest metamorphosis comes in the form of Birdcall, a sleek, modern chicken-sandwich shop from the founders of Park Burger. Birdcall opens tonight at 800 East 26th Avenue in the former home of Tom’s Home Cookin’, which closed in December 2015…
Beau Jo’s may very well be the inventor and only practitioner of “Colorado-style pizza,” but soon there will be one less place to partake in the pies that sport a crust nearly cracker-thin in the middle but fat like a bicycle tire around the edge. The pizza chain will close…
Rum might be an island spirit, but Ryan Max Riley, who grew up in Colorado, was convinced it fit well in this state, so he built the Ski Bum Rum distillery in a Golden office park, where he began turning out silver rum, spiced rum and coconut rum in May 2016. Riley went for woodsy notes in his rum, hoping to capture the essence of the Colorado outdoors that had been such a formative part of his childhood.
When chef Sean Kelly opened Desmond Bar & Grill at 2230 Oneida Street in November 2015, it marked not only a return to the roll of restaurateur for Kelly but also an opportunity for his Park Hill neighbors to enjoy a chef-driven menu in a part of Denver short on…
CREATE Cooking School, set to open this fall in Aurora’s Stanley Marketplace, will offer over seventy unique courses for the home chef. Founders Erasmo Casiano and Diego Coconati aim to share their love of cooking with their guests, as well as inspire creativity and confidence in the kitchen.
