Spike TV’s Bar Rescue recently returned to Denver to film an episode that will kick off the fifth season, when Jon Taffer attempts to save State Pub. Haven’t heard of it? That’s clearly one reason this bar needed to be rescued. The show describes the saloon as a “college bar…
The annual James Beard Awards wouldn’t be complete without a nomination for Frasca Food & Wine. The Boulder eatery regularly receives accolades for its wine program, its service and its chef, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson (who is also co-owner). Since opening more than a decade ago, Frasca has earned seven nominations and…
No. 21: Fried Chicken Banh Mi at the Post Chicken & BeerDenver residents have been flocking to the Post’s new outpost in Rosedale (Broadway south of Evans Avenue, to the uninitiated) since the bird-and-beer barn opened on January 18. What’s all the flap about? Fried chicken, of course, but also…
Tending bar first tickled Brian Rossi’s interest in tequila, but a trip to Mexico — and then several trips after that — fueled a raging passion for all booze distilled from agave plants. Four years ago, Rossi opened Adelitas Cocina y Cantina to share that passion with the Mile High City, establishing a haven where adventurous drinkers could learn more about mezcal, tequila and other agave spirits. And last year he unveiled Palenque, his homage to Oaxacan mezcalerias, behind Adelitas on South Broadway. What’s next? Ice cream!
The coming weeks offer a trio of fundraisers that you might want to snag tickets for before they’re gone. There’s a celebration of North African and Middle Eastern cuisine in Boulder to benefit the ACLU; a chili cookoff to raise money for the Morgan Adams Foundation (which funds childhood-cancer research); and…
Homesick Texans will soon have another option for finding a taste of the Lone Star State right here in Colorado. Chuy’s, an Austin original, will soon open a branch at 6595 West 104th Avenue in Westminster. Chuy’s was founded in 1982 and has since expanded to more than eighty locations in…
Sweet Cooie’s Ice Cream & Confectionary, the sibling of Little Man Ice Cream, opens today at 11 a.m. at East 12th Avenue and Madison Street, with scoops you won’t find at Little Man, housemade chocolate truffles and ice cream sandwiches built on doughnuts, eclairs or Stewart’s short bread (a Colorado…
For more than a decade, Tarasco’s New Latino Cuisine has drawn vegetarians and carnivores alike to 470 South Federal Boulevard. Now diners in search of lighter, healthier options have another choice: Noe Bermudez, the chef/owner of Tarasco’s, just opened Kahlo’s at 450 South Newton Street in the Westwood neighborhood. The…
Big players in the national steakhouse game have switched up the downtown meat market with several moves in recent months. The latest happens today, when Morton’s The Steakhouse opens at 4 p.m. at 1745 Wazee Street, the address last occupied by Sullivan’s. Sullivan’s, owned by the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group,…
The coffee at the Sudan Cafe, at 10375 East Iliff Avenue in Aurora, comes in tiny metal pots with even tinier coffee cups. A spice is brewed into it, most likely cardamom, that adds an herbal, medicinal note — not bad, just unexpected. But then, there’s plenty of the unexpected at…
All was quiet over the weekend at Fourteen Seventy-Two, the Southern restaurant that opened at South Pearl Street and East Florida Avenue in 2012. While there were no overt signs of trouble — the patio furniture was out and a recent copy of the menu was displayed near the front…
When we visited Casa Bonita last weekend, the pool had been drained, leaving the cliff divers high and drive. But as of February 11, all maintenance is complete and the lagoon is back in business.
Hey, look at that — no restaurant openings this week! Not that there weren’t plenty of other culinary happenings over the past few days. A Chinese/Mongolian hot pot restaurant called Chubby Cattle announced it would be bringing its refrigerated conveyor belt service to the former home of the Walnut Room…
Frank Bonanno’s Denver restaurant empire has been holding steady for the last couple of years, but changes are in the works. The restaurateur just announced that Lou’s Food Bar at 1851 West 38th Avenue will be closing this Sunday, February 12. Here’s the message from Bonanno’s Facebook page: Dear Denver,…
When the Walnut Room at Broadway and Ellsworth Avenue closed last August, it was only a matter of time before someone snatched up the desirable corner location in the heart of one of Denver’s hottest bar and restaurant districts. What’s coming is far from the expected upscale taqueria, wood-fired pizzeria…
Paul Tamburello chose Little Man as the name of his Highland ice cream shop because it was his father’s nickname. The towering, milk-can-shaped kiosk stands as a reminder of an older, slower time in Denver’s history — plus, it’s just quirky and fun. Now Tamburello is ready to launch his…
Syria was hit particularly hard by President Trump’s January 27 executive order to ban residents of seven countries from traveling to the U.S. While the order restricts travel by citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan and Somalia for 90 days, the ban is indefinite for Syrian refugees — of…
Bad news for fans of short skirts and big beers: The Tilted Kilt at 16th and Lawrence streets closed its doors on Sunday, February 5, so if you want brews and bar food served by scantily clad girls in plaid, you’ll have to head to the chain’s two remaining Colorado…
Denver-based vertical farm Infinite Harvest has big plans to take its produce-growing capabilities to outer space. In the meantime, it could help a lot of people here on earth – and you can now buy its produce at a local market as well as the farm itself.
A few months back, fresh off my return from Beijing to the States, I explored Denver for Chinese food like that I’d eaten across the Pacific, coming up with a short list of places that offer tastes of iconic dishes. It was mostly limited to Taiwanese and Cantonese food, with…
Westword’s Food & Drink coverage is a finalist in the International Association of Culinary Professionals contest.
Caroline Glover just opened Annette, a snug restaurant in the Stanley Marketplace, where she hopes to give diners a taste of what she likes feeding people in her own home. Annette is a very personal project for Glover, and to pull it off, she’s drawing on lessons learned at New York City’s Spotted Pig, Acorn in Denver, and various American farms. In the run-up to the opening, we caught up with the young chef to talk about the lessons she learned from farming, why opening a marketplace restaurant is like going to group therapy, and why chefs must continue to pursue sustainable sourcing, even if the novelty of phrases like “farm to table” has worn off.
