Last summer, the Four Seasons unveiled Level 3, a poolside bar open to the public once a week on Thursday nights, luring patrons to the deck with the promise of waterside drinks and a swanky “Miami vibe,” according to the hotel’s general manager, Thierry Kennel…
Beau Green Denver Zoo 2300 Steele Street www.denverzoo.org This is part one of my interview with Beau Green, exec chef of the Denver Zoo. You can read part of our interview in this space tomorrow. It was a juvenile-court judge who forced Beau Green into a kitchen. The 37-year-old chef…
“So, to what do I owe the privilege?” That’s what rolled off my tongue earlier today when I picked up the phone and heard the booming voice of star chef and restaurateur Charlie Palmer on the other end, calling from New York with an update on what’s transpiring at District…
Three and a half years ago, I arrived back in the Mile High City with nothing but a crazy (to my parents, at least) plan to give up my cushy finance job and work, somehow, in the wine and restaurant industry. The ride’s been better than anything I could have…
You’d think a chef with the pedigree of Matt Collier would balk at the thought of slinging tacos, but Collier, who was a sous chef at The Kitchen in Boulder for nearly four years, and whose culinary lineage also includes stints at Blackbird, the Drawing Room, Boka (a Michelin-starred restaurant),…
Domino’s Pizza is not known for having the best pizza crust in the big-box pizza chain sphere of influence. Hell — it isn’t known for having the best pizza, either. So I was actually surprised when Domino’s became the first major pizza-delivery chain to offer gluten-free crust (doing what smaller…
Snooze found itself at the center of a protest over the camping ban after co-owner Brianna Borin spoke in favor of the ordinance at a Denver City Council hearing. During peak breakfast hours two weekends ago, members of Occupy Denver flocked to the original Snooze, at 23rd and Larimer streets,…
I never expected Phat Thai to be an authentic Thai restaurant. When Mark Fischer opened his spot in Cherry Creek in December, it was clear from the start that Phat Thai is not a Thai restaurant — in fact, the restaurant’s website says as much in capital letters. And as…
After the grim green curry at Phat Thai, I decided to try Thai Monkey Club, a tiny spot that Kong Phom, a native of Thailand, opened in August on South Broadway. Unlike Phat Thai, Thai Monkey Club claims to serve authentic Thai cuisine, including some of that country’s most recognizable…
Kelly Reed describes herself and her husband, Matty, as “Boulder bubble people,” who try not to venture to Denver if possible. So the owners of Boom Yogurt Bar in Boulder surely never envisioned opening a second location in Denver — but that’s what they’re doing on May 21, when a…
Denver is rapidly losing its classic dive bars, and now you can add one more to the list — at least temporarily. The Filling Station has locked its doors at 3507 Brighton Boulevard…
When we noticed that a restaurant named Masala Xpress had set up shop in the Aurora Mall, our first hope was that it might be a quick-service outpost of Masalaa, the restaurant on South Parker Road that serves an all-vegetarian menu and landed our Best Vegetarian Indian Buffet award in…
I like to think I’m fairly equal-opportunity in my love of all things edible, but I’ve got a list of hard-wired obsessions, and I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about them, talking about them and searching for them. For instance, I’ll drive hours out of my way for…
This is where the cool kids from the food-writing class at Johnson & Wales hang out after their last day of the trimester. Can you guess where we’re eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool –…
One of the joys of living overseas are all the savory concoctions you find wrapped in pastry and baked. Now — finally! — the wonderful folks behind Maria Empanada have brought authentic, vegetarian-friendly Argentinian empanadas to Lakewood…
The California-based, beer-centric Yard House will open its third Colorado location, at 8439 Park Meadows Center Drive in Lone Tree, this summer, and the company is looking to fill 200 positions over the next several weeks, including servers, bartenders, hosts and cooks…
Lucy, the restaurant above Comedy Works South, has gone through several incarnations since the second it opened in the Landmark complex in late 2008: soul food, picnic food, party food. Starting today, though, Lucy has a new identity: It’s now setting itself up as a go-to breakfast and lunch spot,…
Does this look like Denver’s best paella to you? It definitely tasted that way to Lori Midson, who proclaimed it the “holy grail” in her search for great paella and asked readers to guess where she’d found it. Turned out the answer was Solera. But before we got that, we…
The proprietors of Snooze were surprised to find themselves at the center of the protest over the proposed urban camping ban after co-owner Brianna Borin spoke in favor of the ordinance at a Denver City Council hearing. Last weekend, members of Occupy Denver flocked to the original Snooze, at 23rd…
Last week, when we crowned Denver’s ten best patios, we included Indulge Wine Bar, a spot deep in the heart of Highlands Ranch that, in addition to a sizable by-the-glass and bottle list, boasts a sweeping outdoor deck, complete with fire pits and excellent Front Range views. And that spot…
This year’s Colorado Chocolate Festival, held at the Denver Merchandise Mart this past weekend, had everything a chocolate lover could want: Over eighty vendors from all over the country offered cakes, cookies, fudge, toffee, coffee, frozen red wine slushies — and, of course, all the chocolates and truffles you could…
A Philly cheesesteak sandwich and tater tots: This just might be the all-American meal. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner who’ll…
