The talk continues about T|ACO, the updated taqueria with the awkward name that opened yesterday in Boulder. It’s not the first hip taqueria in the area, of course. Pinche Taqueria gave the Pinche Tacos concept a permanent home last year. And in February Comida Cantina opened a brick-and-mortar version of…
The Downtown Denver Partnership has revved up its vendor program on the 16th Street Mall, with more mobile food carts and expanded hours. But the new rules are threatening to drive some of the old carts away. “The working hours are supposed to be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m…
If you like your cocktails the hue of neon turquoise blue, and your belly has the capacity to endure the waves that come along with it, then this, people, is your poison. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s…
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 the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them and cook up a feast. “Most of us…
Serena Romeo Comida Cantina 721 Confidence Drive, Longmont 720-204-6455 www.eatcomida.com This is part one of my interview with Serena Romeo, exec chef of Comida Cantina. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Before her two-year stint on a food truck, Serena Romeo had never worked in…
DiFranco’s, 955 Lincoln Street, will open today in the Beauvallon building, a space that has swallowed up many earlier restaurants — but owner Ryan DiFranco is sure he can break the curse with his concept. “The emphasis is on local, fresh Italian food,” DiFranco says. “Denver needs a good local…
T|ACO opens today in Boulder. It’s a new concept from the folks behind H Burger Co. (an outpost of that joint just opened in Boulder, too), and readers agree that the place looks good — the urban taqueria is a 62-seat homage to tacos and spaghetti Westerns — and the…
Twin Peaks, the Texas-based chain that first appeared in Colorado last year at Colorado Mills, has opened a new location at 299 East Flatiron Crossing Drive in Broomfield. The restaurant boasts numerous high-definition TVs, a made-from-scratch menu, 29 degree draft beer, a hunting lodge motif and, of course, what Twin…
Here, at this tap house, which overlooks an expanse of green, you can get a generic bloody Mary with vodka, or a bloody Mary liquid-fueled with vodka and a craft beer. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess…
Skoops Ice Cream & More didn’t make our list of the best ice cream parlors in Denver, mostly because we gave precedence to spots that make their own ice cream…
When you eat at T|ACO, which opens in Boulder on Wednesday, you’ll be sharing space with John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Annie Oakley, Raquel Welch and Robert Duvall — or at least their likenesses…
The concept behind The Garden, which recently sprouted in the former Kate’s at 35th Avenue spot, is deceptively simple: seasonal dishes — including raw, vegan, gluten-free and nut-free fare, as well as entrees with consciously sourced meat and dairy — served at brunch, and brunch only. Some of that concept…
When Malissa and Scott Spero decided to expand Hooked on Colfax, their coffee shop on Colfax, they didn’t anticipate an expensive, five-month wait to get their permits from the City of Denver…
Kitchen magician Ian Kleinman is ensconced at James Mazzio’s Studio F for the rest of the week, where he’ll be offering a special pop-up dinner that plays with liquid nitrogen. Lori Midson was there for the debut of Kleinman’s nine-dinner run. So was Stefan:…
One side effect of being a restaurant critic is that you can’t help analyzing every bite that goes into your mouth. It’s automatic. At dinner I might be having a fascinating conversation about something very far from food, but under the surface my brain is still buzzing with passing thoughts…
Though Korean barbecue joints are everywhere, Korean fried chicken is surprisingly hard to come by in this town. So I was really excited to sing the praises of the glorious, crisp-skinned Korean fried chicken I’d found — at long last — at Al Bae Nae, a Korean street food place…
Low-cal this, low-cal that: Even 7-Eleven’s Slurpees are now getting thinner, with a new line Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango made with Splenda that boasts just half the calories of an original Slurpee. I’m not a regular Slurpee drinker; I’m a little wary of anything that’s the same color as…
The third Sunday of each month draws crafty and hungry vegans from around Denver to sell, to browse, and to eat at the Vegan Neat Market. This past Sunday, May 20, the traveling market set up shop at the Laundry on Lawrence in Curtis Park. Below are photos from the…
It appeared that Saturday’s downpour would dampen the first Justice League soiree of the season, but at the last minute, Mother Nature cooperated, and right before the ticker struck 6 p.m., the clouds sailed off into the sunset, giving way to a sky of cobalt blue, making the League’s spring…
The au gratin potatoes, available at breakfast, which is served all day, are overrated (and hardly worth the upcharge), but the eggs? I love a kitchen that does eggs right, and this one doesn’t yolk around. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct…
You have six more nights to behold the wizardry of Ian Kleinman, the molecular genius behind the Inventing Room — the Willy Wonka of Denver who’s currently on center stage at Studio F, the culinary event space and cooking school that James Mazzio unleashed a few months ago to give…
No one’s saying you have to go meatless just because it’s Monday — but as incentive to join the growing movement, every week we’re offering an animal-free recipe. Last week, we showed you how to roast red potatoes and use a parsley pesto to make a vegan-friendly potato salad. This…
