Gretchen Kurtz reviewed Central Bistro & Bar this week, and although she loved many of chef Lance Barto’s dishes, she didn’t like the giant HOT sign that dominates the decor. Even though it comes with a tasty back story — the six-foot-high letters used to be part of the sign…
Interior designers are paid to think about color, and for good reason. Whether on walls, fabrics or furniture, colors impact how we feel and act, often without our knowing it. Yellow, the color of sunshine, makes people happy, whereas red, the color of stop signs and Xs on school papers,…
UPDATE: We’ve chosen a winner of our contest, wherein one couple gets a complimentary dinner for two on New Year’s Eve at Central Bistro & Bar. Congrats to K.D. Bryan, who tugged at our romantic heartstrings with this answer: “I’m proposing to my sweetie at midnight! A romantic meal beforehand…
The second location of Pablo’s Coffee just opened in the former home of Penn Street Perk at 1300 Pennsylvania Street. Westword’s Elyse Mitchell stopped by the shop for a look at the renovated space. Keep reading for her photos: See also: -Pablo’s Coffee will open a second location this fall…
Paris isn’t widely associated with street food, but some of my favorite food moments in France happened not in restaurants or bistros but at crepe stands. One crepe cart would set up outside the Odeon movie theater near my apartment; I preferred him over all the others because rather than…
In more ways than one, the shots simply weren’t falling for Zanzibar Billiards Club. But after receiving a royal red, white and blue renovation from Jon Taffer and Spike TV’s Bar Rescue crew, the bar — now known as Solids & Stripes Badass Billiards — is ready for another crack…
As always, the celebrity chef lineup for the 2013 FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, which will take over Glitter Gulch June 14-16, is a gallery of big, bold culinary mugs: Mario Batali, José Andrés, Tom Colicchio, Marcus Samuelsson, Andrew Zimmern, Jacques and Claudine Pépin, Ming Tsai, Hugh Acheson, Andrew…
Ignacio Leon Los Carboncitos 3757 Pecos Street 303-458-0880 www.loscarboncitos.com Paxia 4001 Tejon Street 720-583-6860 www.paxiadenver.com This is part one of my interview with Ignacio Leon, exec chef of Paxia and Los Carboncitos; part two of our conversation will run tomorrow. Ignacio Leon has more restaurants under his belt than years…
Justin Brunson is happier than a pig in mud. The chef-owner of Masterpiece Deli recently launched Denver Bacon Company, he’s on the prowl for a second location to open another Masterpiece, and in February of next year, he’ll unveil Old Major, a seafood, swine and wine restaurant in Highland that…
What defines a neighborhood restaurant these days? That’s what Gretchen Kurtz asked yesterday, after eating several meals at Central Bistro & Bar for this week’s review (which will be posted here later today). Chef Lance Bardo, who opened Central in July, wanted to create a “gathering place” for the hot…
I’m a huge — huge — fan of the pizzas at this restaurant, but after sinking my jaws into the plump Italian sandwich, smoothed with quality meats, fresh mozzarella cheese and lots of fresh vegetables, I’m inclined to say that from here on out, this is my object of desire…
There’s no such thing as too many Thai restaurants, and even while the ones we have don’t detour from the usual suspects — noodle dishes, stir-fries, curries and soups — Mali Thai Cuisine, which just recently opened in a strip mall near the Denver Tech Center in the former Nino’s…
David Parry might be throwing an end-of-the-world party at two of his restaurants, but he’s not planning on the world ending just yet. After all, he hopes to open a Parry’s Pizzeria and Bar at 5970 South Holly Street in Greenwood Village in February, and then add two more locations…
With holiday preparations filling the calendar, who has time to sit in a restaurant and linger over a meal? For that matter, who has time to cook a meal? Right now, takeout is looking pretty good — and there are several good reasons to try Bono’s Italian Takeout. The takeout/lunch…
Tonight the new look of Zanzibar Billiards will be unveiled on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue. For the past four days, Jon Taffer and crew have been at Zanzibar, studying the spot and then executing a major update of both its concept and design. The new Zanzibar will be unveiled tonight…
By the end of this month, star chef Matt Selby and James Iacino, president of Seattle Fish Company, will open the Corner House, a new restaurant in Jefferson Park, and while Selby is currently working on menus — dishes like truffle salt-cured foie gras, mussels and “Denver Bronco” oysters with…
If you’re one of those people who has an aversion, for whatever crazy reason, to kale, then I suggest you rethink your position — and this leafy kale salad, slicked with a tart dressing and specked with Parmesan, is a good place to start. Can you guess where I’m eating?…
Festooned with random flags and boasting a food menu that includes such culinary delights as “Poppers,” the “T-REX” hoagie and “West Side Story” sandwich (which we’re guessing is delivered by a campy, gyrating food-runner), Zanzibar Billiards Club recently decided it was in need of a makeover. Luckily for the struggling…
Cafe Society served up four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a still-unidentified mezcal margarita from a divey Mexican joint, to a sphere of peppered burrata from Lala’s Wine Bar + Pizzeria, to a bottle of rare Avery Odio Equum that’s a sour beer drinker’s nirvana. See also: -…
Last week I did something I’d never done before: I had lunch at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar. It wasn’t that I’d never been to an Applebee’s before. I had, dozens of times, the visits usually consisting of me getting off work at a neighboring chain restaurant; ordering the biggest,…
“Where do you get your protein?” is one of the questions most often asked vegetarians and vegans. Beans, nuts, seeds and other such foods is the answer, and quinoa is one of our favorites. This grain-like food is a complete protein, making it a fantastic meat replacement. Try it with…
Action sports enthusiasts and culinary entrepreneurs Ryan Galbraith and Chris Stinson just kicked their business model into high gear. Eighteen months after opening Cheapskates Action Sports Bar in Arvada, Galbraith and Stinson now have a second Cheapskates location in Aurora. Curious to see what an action sports bar looks like,…
