This will never be Denver’s best deli, but it continues to carry on, turning out decent sandwiches to a golden age crowd, the women of which, judging from the really, really bad plastic surgeries and botox injections, are still trying to compete with the Forever 21 hipsters. Can you guess…
At least ten new craft brewers hope to open their doors in the metro area before the Great American Beer Festival kicks off on October 11 — eight within Denver city limits alone. And there are many more to come, with plans for breweries up and down the Front Range…
Earlier this week, we reported that Max MacKissock, exec chef of the Squeaky Bean, would be leaving his position at the restaurant that shot to stardom in Highland and rocketed to national glory when it reopened in a brand new space in LoDo last year. On Monday, when we ran…
Fiery green chile on a fire-hot day can make a grown woman cry. Really good chile, though, and the habanero-ghost chile sauce that you can order on the side is definitely a new obsession. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to…
Platte Street is becoming a hot restaurant neighborhood — too hot last night, when a fire broke out on the roof of the Paris on the Platte bar. But one of the benefits of a hot neighborhood is neighbors: They spotted the blaze, and called the fire department. And the…
Marty Steinke Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com This is part two of my interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef of Linger; part one of our conversation ran yesterday. What’s your biggest challenge as a chef working in Denver? Finding good cooks. The talent pool in Denver is so…
When I walked into the Steak ‘n Shake at 8271 South Quebec Street — the first Steak ‘n Shake to open in Colorado — I was greeted by a host stand holding a dirty tray with trash on it, with no host in sight. And my visit only got worse…
DISH, our annual celebration of the Denver dining scene, will fill Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex on Sunday, September 22. The event has evolved over the years — just as Denver’s restaurants have evolved. In delicious anticipation of DISH 2013, we’ve been looking back at many of…
Underdogs exude a mysterious magnetic force, one unsubstantiated by scientists but understood by Chicago Cubs fans and anyone who’s ever filled out a bracket for March Madness. Don’t believe me? Just try to resist the pull of that upstart thirteenth seed. This force is far less powerful in the food…
Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with a spacious kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. Last weekend, some of…
At Beast + Bottle, servers love to tell the story of Bangs Island mussels nearly as much as people like to eat them. I’m glad I listened to the story: Just a few days after chef and co-owner Paul Reilly told me how he’d braved Maine’s chilly November temps to…
This is the first time I’ve ever seen a bottle of Lucky Buddha beer, and while the taste profile is indistinguishable from lots of other beers, the bottle, which is now the newest beer statue in my kitchen, is unlike any I’ve seen, plus I can rub its belly. We…
Marty Steinke Linger 2030 West 30th Avenue 303-993-3120 lingerdenver.com This is part one of my interview with Marty Steinke, exec chef of Linger; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. It’s a good thing that Marty Steinke doesn’t hold grudges against grease, because if he did, he might never…
In A Federal Case, I’ll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard — south to north — within Denver city limits. I’ll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I’ll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here’s the…
Just about every day, Cafe Society posts a mystery dish/drink ordered somewhere in the metro area, and asks readers to guess where we’re eating; every Monday we award one of the previous week’s winning answers an EatDenver deck. And the guesses have been coming out of the circa ’70s woodwork…
What defines an essential restaurant? Several opinionated friends and I were recently discussing that topic during dinner at a trendy newcomer that’s amassed a flurry of flattery since opening its doors. It’s a restaurant-of-the-moment, but will it still be relevant in six months? Will the crowds continue to jam the…
Denver has evolved over the past twenty years — and so has DISH, Westword’s annual celebration of the metro Denver dining scene. On Sunday, September 22, DISH will return to the Sculpture Park at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, a stunning outdoor venue on the edge of downtown. And for…
Everything about this restaurant, from the music and the decor, to the dried parsley that wreaths the plates and the medley of painstakingly overcooked vegetables, screams old-school weariness. Bonus points, though, for the thick pork chop, which managed to arrive properly grilled. But the burgundy mushroom sauce? As dated as…
The odd name of Firedough Mediterranean Grill, Bakery & Pies says it all. This new outpost in Centennial specializes in savory pies (known as “manoushi”), but it also offers marinated and char-grilled meats, fresh bread and salads and other Mediterranean specialties, many from family recipes handed down for decades by…
The sign on the Eden website reads “closed for remodeling,” and promises that the venue at 3090 Downing Street “will be announcing some major changes here. Please visit us again in the near future to learn about what we will be doing with the space!” That space on the edge…
Adrian Miller wrote the book on soul food — even though while he was growing up in the Denver suburbs, there weren’t many places he could get soul food beyond his own kitchen. But while there still aren’t many soul-food restaurants in Denver, there are at least five that Miller…
Early this morning, I got word that the Squeaky Bean, easily one of the most talked about — and vaunted — restaurants in Denver, would soon become a restaurant that was about to undergo some changes. And these weren’t small, insignificant changes; they were major changes. See also: – The…
