Glaze by Sasa 1160 Madison Street 720-387-7890 facebook.com/glazebysasa UPDATE: Glaze and Sasa have parted ways. In January, the restaurant announced it had parted with sushi chef Wayne Conwell. The restaurant will continue on as Glaze, with a new dining program to replace Conwell’s sushi and small plates program. We really…
Punch Bowl Social has been putting up billboards in a few locations around town, but the suit-wearing deer pictured on the one looming over downtown at 20th and Broadway is turning heads for more than just those impressive antlers. Passersby are getting a rise out of a shadow — or…
Hemp seeds have started infiltrating grocery-store shelves across America. They’re often sold shelled and in bulk quantities, but some producers have also been packaging them as snack items. Roasted and seasoned, they’re fine snacks — they taste nothing like pot and don’t get you high, but they’re high in protein…
Another one of those national food days is coming up, the kind of celebration cooked up by a promotional board to sell more almonds or goat milk. This Saturday it’s National Taco Day, which appears to be fabricated with the sole intention of selling novelty calendars. According to nationaltacoday.com, Americans…
This summer saw a record number of eateries opening in metro Denver — but many restaurants also celebrated big anniversaries, including New York Deli News (25th anniversary), Briarwood Inn (35th anniversary) and Wazee Supper Club (40th anniversary). And all of those are relative newcomers compared to Saucy Noodle Ristorante, which…
October is a month of transition — change defines the weather, the length of the days, the leaves in the trees. October is the month to dress a little warmer, grab a bigger beer and indulge in some hearty, traditional food. German food and beer seem appropriate even if Oktoberfest…
Chef Danny Espinoza walked right off a flight from New York and was shuffled to a cramped kitchen in Arvada to cook for a hundred strangers. It was his first time on the line in Colorado. “I always wanted to come here,” the vivacious Chicagoan chef says of Denver. “They’re…
No. 71 Oysters at Jax Fish House Glendale 650 South Colorado Boulevard 303-756-6449 Now that we’re back into months containing the letter “r,” it’s safe to eat oysters again, right? That old superstition hasn’t held much water since the advent of modern refrigeration, but there’s some truth to the idea…
Pumpkin spice season gets earlier and earlier every year, much like the Xmas shopping holiday, and somewhere around mid-August the traditional pumpkin spice goodies appeared on shelves. The beloved PSLs have been shooting through Starbucks drive-throughs like nutmeg-scented balls from a seasonal-favorites cannon. Sadly, the pumpkin spice condoms, tampons, toilet…
Table to Tavern partners Rob Lanphier, Brian Midtbo and Angie Midtbo opened Atticus early this year in a space claimed from the back of Boone’s, their University of Denver sports bar. Now they’re merging two former restaurant spaces — the Handlebar & Grill and Abo’s Pizza — into one new…
Last week we rounded up a dozen restaurants that have lasted at least fifty years in the same family’s hands. Compared to those long runs, the Wazee Supper Club is a relative newcomer: It just celebrated its fortieth birthday. And it changed hands more than a decade ago, moving from…
This week in Cafe Society, Gretchen Kurtz visited Saucy Noodle Ristorante, which just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary. It may not be the best red-sauce joint in town, but as she notes in her review of Sauce Noodle, the place has a faithful cadre of fans. For Chef and Tell, Mark…
The list of restaurants that have occupied the 1135 Bannock Street address in the Golden Triangle keeps growing: Chances, Wolfie’s and Bambino’s came and went over the years before Fired Up closed after a little over a year due to an electrical fire, and then re-opened as Gallo di Nero…
The homegrown Rio Grande chain just opened its first new location in almost ten years up in Summit County, at 182 Lusher Court in Frisco. It’s the perfect spot to stop after a leaf-peeping excursion this weekend. Because the gold in the hills isn’t just those aspen turning colors: There’s…
People who want an easy life don’t go into the food industry. Hours are long, you’re on your feet all day, and margins are tight. So why does anyone do it? Some, like Erin Markham, owner of Saucy Noodle Ristorante — which I review this week — literally grew up…
No. 72 Pickled Lake Michigan Perch at Trillium 2134 Larimer Street 303-379-9759 Upper Larimer’s Trillium brings Scandinavia to Denver, by way of the Great Lakes. Chef-owner Ryan Leinonen grew up in Michigan, where Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish influences shaped the food he grew up with. This shows on his menu,…
The Rio Grande group got its start in 1986 in Fort Collins, where college students came to rely on the incredibly strong margaritas — limit three per customer, and no revealing the secret recipe — and big plates of gringo Mexican fare. A seventh Rio just opened in Frisco –…
We’re on our way to a record-breaking year for new restaurants opening in Denver. With all the action, it’s easy to overlook some of the restaurants that have been around for years — almost a hundred years, in the case of Blue Parrot, which is still in the founding family’s…
Ever since the Caprock Farm Bar pulled out of the central bar in the middle of the common area of the Source in the RiNo district, diners and shoppers have been waiting for something new to take over the space. Popup juice bars can fill the void for a while,…
No. 73 Smoked Turkey Croque-Madame at Acorn 3350 Brighton Boulevard 720-542-3721 Acorn in the Source has been earning praise almost since the day it opened. Of chef and co-owner Steve Redzikowski’s now-iconic kale and apple salad, our restaurant critic Gretchen Kurtz wrote: “The recipe is now a classic; the salad…
The Saucy Noodle, which Gretchen Kurtz reviews this week, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in August — a remarkable record for a restaurant that’s still in the founding family’s hands. But it’s not the only place in the area run by family members fifty years after it opened. Up in Louisville,…
The Wazee Supper Club has been holding down the corner of 15th and Wazee streets for forty years, in a part of town that’s seen more change than there are pizza toppings on the Wazee menu. Gone are the viaducts that sent traffic over, instead of through, the part of…
