Cliff Young and his son, Zachary, are planning to open a bar right around the corner from CY Steak, the restaurant that Cliff opened next to the Diamond Cabaret in October 2009, next September. The name of the spot: O Bar. “It’s something my dad always liked,” says Zachary, explaining…
Back in the early ’80s, Cliff Young’s eponymous spot at 700 East 17th Avenue (today the home of Hamburger Mary’s) was about the swankiest spot in town, during an era when swank was definitely in. But price point isn’t the only thing that’s changed in Denver over the past three…
Mad Greens is mad about Haystack Mountain Goat Dairy — and last month ditched its national cheese purveyor in favor of a new partnership with Haystack Mountain. Its chevre is now used exclusively in Mad Greens’s eleven locations along the Front Range, and anyone who’s tried even a taste of…
It’s not often that I’ll order anything with chicken, arguably the world’s most boring protein, but the chef at the restaurant where the above snap was shot convinced me to try the curried chicken panino — and I’ll admit that it was a fantastic recommendation. Can you guess where I’m…
Jose Guerrero ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop 2015 Market Street 720-878-2015 viewhouseco.com This is part two of my interview with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop; part one of our chat ran yesterday. Favorite Denver/Boulder restaurant(s) other than your own: Oak at Fourteenth. The pickles, kale…
Fast-casual Japanese food like rice bowls, udon noodles and simple sushi rolls at cheap prices, served in a compact bistro environment that encourages come-as-you-are, quick-service dine-in or even faster carry-out: That’s a golden dragon of a concept. But the unfortunate reality I saw while recently having lunch at Tokyo Joe’s…
There may still be some snow on the ground, but predictions of a warmer weekend have people thinking about patios. And there are plenty of patios to think about around town. Yesterday we offered our suggestions for the five best — and readers have many, many more (as well as…
I don’t often read writing scrawled outside bathroom walls, but something at Punch Bowl – Social Food & Drink caught my eye. In the back of the restaurant, not far from metal racks stocked with ketchup, mustard and packets of sugar, someone had scribbled in pencil “I wanna love you.”…
Last month, the sign on the door said that the Bubba Chinos at 1361 Court Place was closed for ten days for “remodeling.” At the end of March, that was replaced with an eviction notice. Now there’s a sign reporting that the spot — which has been many, many restaurants…
There’s a reason why the parking lot of this panaderia and taqueria is always jam-packed with cars — the gritty Mexican food, including the diabolically good carne asada fries throttled with green chile and melty cheese, is the real deal. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…
The folks at Boston Market, another chain with its national headquarters in Denver, have added St. Louis style barbequed pork ribs as well as brisket to the current roster of home-style entrees. Since that lineup rarely changes, I stopped by the store at 500 Grant Street to check on these…
The crew at Crimson & Gold, a bar near the University of Denver, apparently didn’t venture outside yesterday, because while Denver’s finest meteorologists had it all wrong when they predicted that the city would be snowballed by Snowzilla-Snowmageddon-Snowpocalypse, it was definitely not “patio weather,” despite the bar’s signage pointing to…
Jose Guerrero ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop 2015 Market Street 720-878-2015 viewhouseco.com This is part one of my interview with Jose Guerrero, exec chef of ViewHouse Eatery, Bar & Rooftop; part two of our chat will run on Cafe Society tomorrow. In hindsight, things could have gone very differently for…
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…
Over the past year, we’ve lost three more of the Italian restaurants that used to blanket northwest Denver like red sauce. Pagliacci’s shuttered last August, after 66 years in business; Longo’s Subway Tavern closed in September, after 52 years; and Carbone’s, the iconic Italian sandwich shop and market, has been…
Just this morning, a reader suggested that Fat Sully’s, which opened on South Broadway earlier this year, take over the space next door that had been occupied by Crimson Canary until it closed Saturday night. Now that reader is getting his wish: Drew Shader, owner of Atomic LLC, just announced…
Even as Coors Field was filling up last Friday, fans were learning Ballpark neighborhood mainstay Snooze would no longer support the city’s May 2012 ban on camping because it hasn’t helped the homeless community. Snooze had initially supported that proposal — a stance that inspired Occupy Denver to boycott the…
We’ve written quite a bit about the demise of Denver’s red-sauce joints, the old-school neighborhood restaurants that once formed the nucleus of northwest Denver, or, as some called it, Little Italy. After 66 years as the city’s longest family-owned Italian restaurant, Pagliacci’s shuttered last year; the remodeled Gaetano’s, while still…
Suffice it to say that I eat out more than the general population, unless, of course, the general population can catalogue more than 450 restaurant meals in a year — which is about the number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners that I stomached in 2012. Pathetic, isn’t it? But all…
I’ll admit that I’ve never been terribly impressed with the restaurant climate in Vail, and let’s face it: In a resort town like this, where a fickle public chews up their restaurants and then spits them out just as fast, you’ve got to be better than good to survive (unlike,…
RiNo’s on Blake, a “contemporary American” restaurant, opened last night at 2401 Blake Street, the original home of the Blake Street Tavern (and a second Brauns after that). While RiNo’s will continue to have a bar vibe, it’s also created a white-tablecloth dining area that focuses on “sustainable made-from-scratch foods.”…
For vegetarians, the southeast metro area hasn’t provided nearly as many options as Federal Boulevard. But now there’s a new noodle house in town: Pho Lee, a sibling restaurant to the insanely popular Pho 95 outposts. And the veggie pho at Pho Lee is just as good as it is…
