We’ve started the second round of voting in our Best of Denver 2015 Readers’ Poll, which now includes the five finalists in each category — as chosen by the readers. The five Best Burger finalists inspired several snarky comments. Says Willie: Glad to see Highland Tap continuing to bribe customers into voting for…
Yelp is a tool that users love, business owners hate, and the rest of us tolerate. I generally ignore Yelp; as a professional critic, I need to concentrate on my own opinions. But that changed last month, when Yelp released its list of the Top 100 Places to Eat in…
The epitome of your neighborhood bar and pub, Sloan’s has been going strong for ten-plus years in tiny Edgewater. With a homey, local vibe and a dining room that, upon first glance, doesn’t seem much different than any other bar and grille, Sloan’s seemingly effortless and casual decor belies the…
Denver has quite a few restaurants that get lumped into the culinary catch-all of “Middle Eastern,” even though much of the food they serve comes from an area far larger than the Middle East itself. Morocco, for example, isn’t part of the Middle East; it’s as far from Iran as…
When the four friends behind Four Friends Kitchen — Kurt and Sarah Pletcher and Genefer and Tim Thornton — broke ground on their new breakfast and lunch eatery last July, it was a rare sight in a planned neighborhood: independent restaurateurs building their own spot. Rather than leasing a space in…
Despite record snowfall in Denver for the month of February, contractors still managed to finish up a number of projects, some new restaurants — like Troy Guard’s second Bubu in Lowry and the airy School House Kitchen in Arvada — and a few favorites getting updates (Rioja, Fruition) or moving…
Wee Katie’s, the Irish pub from the owners of the massive 16th Street Mall boozer, Katie Mullen’s, opened yesterday in the Highland location that was once neighborhood dive Rockstar Bar. A two-year transformation turned the humble stucco shack into a gleaming new space with rich wood and leather finishes, cozy…
Best known for its take on New American Cuisine, sushi and an extensive list of champagnes, Epernay Lounge has spent the last two years shining in the downtown theater district as quick stop for theater goers headed to or coming form a performance at the DCPA. But now they’re expanding…
Tucked away in a little Victorian on South Pearl Street, the quaint and cozy atmosphere at Gaia Bistro will lure you in, and the food will keep you there. Known for a spread of organic and locally sourced ingredients (a greenhouse in the back supplements the menu in the summer),…
No. 45: Tuna Mousse at Cart-Driver 2500 Larimer St. 303-292-3553 Cart-Driver owner and chef Kelly Whitaker started out calling this dish tuna panna cotta at his first restaurant, Basta, in Boulder, but it’s now on the daily menu at the popular Five Points market and pizzeria, Cart-Driver, labeled simply as…
Denver International Airport turns twenty years old on Saturday and with it many of the food concessions and restaurants that have been serving up coffee, sandwiches and cocktails to travelers since 1995. In recent years, some of Denver’s top eateries have expanded into DIA, earning the airport national recognition as…
Next time you open a bottle of wine, you might want to hold onto that cork. According to Brian Laird, chef/co-owner of Sarto’s, the new restaurant in Jefferson Park that I review this week, the little plug that most of us unceremoniously throw out holds the key to tender octopus…
One of the most common complaints about Denver’s dining scene is the lack of good barbecue joints here. When CJ Johnson opened Kings BBQ last year in Wheat Ridge, he was trying his best to help fill that gap with juicy brisket and ribs — but Kings recently closed. Says theFabulousMarkT: It’s…
India’s Restaurant has been around the block a few times in South Denver. Krishan Kappor’s house of curries and kabobs started out as a barely noticeable eatery at the back of Tamarac Square (which has since been demolished) more than 25 years ago. Just over five years ago, India’s hopped…
If you’re feeling nostalgic or in need of Sunday Funday, Disco Brunch at the Corner Office may just be the throwback for you. Channel your inner Travolta and don your highest platforms and widest bellbottoms and get ready for a boogie-woogie good time. Just in case you want to get…
No. 46: Sesame Pockets at Golden Plate II 9880 West Girton Avenue, Lakewood 303-763-9028 Golden Plate II (no relation to the former Golden Plate Chinese restaurant that once graced East Hampden Avenue), occupies a nearly invisible space in a nondescript strip mall which had, up until January, featured the hair-metal…
Laurent Mechin Jill’s Restaurant/St. Julien Hotel 900 Walnu t Street, Boulder 720-406-7399 Laurent Mechin moved to Boulder six years ago to take a job as executive chef and culinary director at Jill’s Restaurant, which also serves as the kitchen for the St Julien Hotel. Mechin’s French upbringing and training are…
Brian Laird spent so many years running a high-end Italian kitchen, he got good at explaining why spaghetti and meatballs wasn’t on the menu. Today Laird co-owns Sarto’s, an Italian eatery that he opened with Taylor and Kajsa Swallow in Jefferson Park last fall, and he now finds himself explaining…
When Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Brazen in January, she was wowed by the West Highland eatery’s chef counter and the “unpretentious, seasonally inspired” dishes of chef Lance Barto. Not only did we include Brazen in our list of the Fifteen Best New Restaurants in Denver for 2014, but the restaurant also…
You’ve got the first two meals of the day covered: breakfast is a cup of Greek yogurt and a coffee and lunch is being catered by your office. But between the bad weather, the overtime you’ve been working and all of the kids’ school activities, dinner somehow got lost in…
The menu at the new Zoe Ma Ma, which opened last month right by Union Station, features some of the most comforting home-style Chinese food in Denver, with warming bowls of housemade noodles buried in braised beef and savory sauce, Chinese chicken-and-rice soup, and dumplings, bao buns and meatballs made…
The snowstorm that swept through Denver over the weekend didn’t quite live up to the dire predictions that had residents clearing grocery-store shelves in advance of the weather, but more cold temperatures and snow are in the forecast for the next several days, making the tease of mild, sunny days…
