First Look: Rhein Haus Brings German Beer Hall to LoDo

Rhein Haus opened at 1415 Market Street in LoDo last night, bringing German beer-hall cheer by way of Seattle, where the original Rhein Haus is located. The shrine to sausage took over the space vacated by Old Chicago in March 2014, adding second floor space that was last used as…

Reader: Rebel Restaurant Is Not for the Faint of Heart!

The location definitely rebels against the norm, and the exterior doesn’t hint that inside is one of Denver’s most exciting new restaurants. But this Rebel definitely has a cause: good food. Gretchen Kurtz raves about the place in her review of Rebel Restaurant, and readers agree with her assessment. Says…

White Fence Farm Opens First Outpost in Fried Chicken Farm Team

When they bought the four-decade-old White Fence Farm last year, Craig Caldwell and Tom Piercy definitely appreciated what founder Charlie Wilson had created in  Lakewood, but they also thought the White Fence Farm concept had potential to field a farm team of fried-chicken outlets, where fans could grab a meal…

Modmarket Changes Name to Modern Market After Trademark Dispute

When MOD Pizza came to town from Seattle just over a year ago, I wondered about the similarity between the name of the rapidly expanding pizza chain and Modmarket, Denver’s own fast-casual pizza, salad and sandwich empire. So I checked with Modmarket  co-founder Anthony Pigliacampo, who told me, “We believe…

Reader: Love Dae Gee — But Don’t Tell Everybody About It!

The third Dae Gee will open soon at 460 Broadway — but it can’t be soon enough for fans of Korean food. And especially for fans of all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue. Lauren Monitz recently checked out that deal at the second Dae Gee, at 827 Colorado Boulevard, and while she was…

Session Kitchen Sale to Mission Yogurt a Done Deal — Que Bueno!

Rod Tafoya and his Denver-based Mission Yogurt, Inc. have completed the purchase of the building at 1518 South Pearl Street that formerly housed the ambitious, if ill-conceived Session Kitchen created by the Breckenridge-Wynkoop group — and, before that, the original Izakaya Den. But don’t expect this stunning space to become the world’s…

Bacon Social House Will Sizzle in Sunnyside Beginning November 24

Cobbler’s Corner, a historic building at the corner of 44th Avenue and Alcott Street in Sunnyside, has been getting a major makeover this year thanks to co-owner Jack Pottle and restaurant and real-estate developer Paul Tamburello. The building, which originally housed a shoe shop operated by Pottle’s grandparents in the…

100 Favorite Dishes: Chicken and Waffles at Revelry Kitchen

No. 6: Chicken and Waffles at Revelry Kitchen We’re not one to jump on food trend bandwagons just for the sake of it. Chicken and waffles, a dish that made its way from regional act to national headliner a few years ago, just seemed like two completely different food substances…

Reader: Tom’s for Sale? And the Gentrification Continues…

Tom’s Home Cookin’ has listed its building in Five Points — where it has served weekday lunch, and lunch only, to fans for two decades. Cook/owners Tom Unterwagner and Steve Janousky say they’re just kicking the tires, to find out how much the property might go for; they bought it…

First Look: Allegro Coffee Roasters Opens Tomorrow on Tennyson Street

The Berkeley neighborhood’s newest coffeehouse, Allegro Coffee Roasters, opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. on the corner of Tennyson Street and 41st Avenue, featuring nineteen different micro-lot coffees roasted in-house. This is Allegro’s first free-standing coffeehouse and the third Allegro Coffee Roasters (or ACR) in the country, with the other two…

Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery Introduces a New Menu Today

Given Denver’s restaurant boom, you might say there are a lot of cooks in the kitchen. But earlier this fall, when Christopher Cina of Breckenridge-Wynkoop found himself looking for a new executive chef for the Farm House at Breckenridge Brewery (the previous chef had moved out of state just a…

Honduran Espresso Americano to Open on 16th Street Mall

Espresso Americano is not a name often tossed around at the breakfast nook — at least not in the U.S. Born in Honduras, this family-owned chain operates hundreds of coffee shops throughout Central America and two in Colorado. And a third outpost is taking shape right on the 16th Street…

Reader: PETA’s “Sexiest Vegan” Contest Isn’t About Looks

Veggie Girl Amber Taufen wasn’t surprised when People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals launched yet another campaign that, at its core, was based on objectifying human beings. This time, though, the organization isn’t posting billboards with naked supermodels on them or staging “protests” that involved nude women in cages. Instead,…

Three Dishes to Satisfy Pre-Thanksgiving Cravings

Most Americans have been programmed nearly from birth to begin craving traditional Thanksgiving dishes as soon as the days start getting shorter and there’s a chill in the air. Turkey, relegated to brown-bag-sandwich duty the rest of the year, suddenly beckons us with Rubenesque curves of leg and breast provocatively…

Rioja Loses Friend and Top Hospitality Professional Neil Maxwell

Denver lost one of its top hospitality professionals when Rioja server Neil Maxwell passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Maxwell had been with the Larimer Square restaurant since Beth Gruitch and chef Jennifer Jasinski opened it in 2004. His was a familiar and welcoming face to the…

Reader: Is Rhein Haus in SoDoSoPa?

The Seattle-based Rhein Haus just opened its second location, at 1415 Market Street. That’s where Old Chicago had dispensed suds for more than twenty years before closing in March 2014 — and where Rhein Haus co-owner Rich Fox once worked. But before that, the building housed one of the town’s…

The Eight Best Italian Restaurants for Handmade Pasta in Denver

There’s nothing quite like fresh-made pasta: pillowy ravioli, tender tagliatelle, thick ribbons of papardelle. In the best Italian cooking, the pasta isn’t just an afterthought to get the sauce from the bowl or plate to your mouth, it’s the focal point of the dish that balances flavors and textures to…