J’s Noodles & New Thai, the venerable curry joint at 945 South Federal Boulevard, originally opened by Jit Nabangchang nearly twenty years ago, has already gone through one name change when it morphed from simply J’s Noodles to J’s Noodles & New Thai, and now the humble space has altered…
If you’re taking a road trip back east, make sure you stop in Champaign, Illinois, where you can try to wrap your hands around one of the biggest sandwiches around. The Fat Sandwich Company specializes in, yes, fat sandwiches, and the fattest of all is the Big Fat Ugly. This…
I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson’s favorite restaurants in the world (and she’s right — too bad it’s in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much closer to home:…
Just got word that a production crew from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives has touched down in Denver, and for the next week, they’ll be lugging their camera equipment all over the Mile High City and Boulder, amassing footage for a future episode of the popular Food Network show hosted by…
For those of you who can’t fathom patronizing a pizza joint that doesn’t bring the goods right to your door, a new world is about to open up: the Wazee Supper Club, 1600 15th Street, is rolling out delivery. There are some restrictions, though…
The small plates happy hour menu at this high-style restaurant with an equally cosmopolitan lounge tricked out with TVs, a fireplace and faddish furnishings stars everything from from frog legs to sushi rolls. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…
After eating my way through the menu at Euclid Hall for this week’s review, I stopped by Rioja, the Larimer Square restaurant that Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch opened six years ago, and also by Bistro Vendome, the restaurant at 1420 Larimer Street that the pair took over in 2006…
Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Charley Sinden, exec chef of the Lobby. See what Sinden has to say about roach coaches, liver and the Domino’s cheese pizza delivery in the first segment of that Q&A. Greatest accomplishment…
Oh, brother! The battle between My Brother’s Bar and Brothers Bar & Grill is over. Attorneys for the two restaurants — one of which is the oldest continually operating saloon in the city, at 2376 15th Street, the other a link in a Wisconsin-based chain that took over the former…
A new Chick-fil-A restaurant opens this morning at 5260 South Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood (the building was previously a Black-Eyed Pea), but the line started forming yesterday. That’s because for the past seven years, the Atlanta-based company has celebrated every store opening with the First 100 Celebration, giving the first…
It seems about as premature as the holiday commercial that annoyingly awoke me from deep slumber this morning, but 2010 must be drawing to a close, because consultants across the country are racing to call the big food trends of 2011. Last week, Andrew Freeman & Co., a nationwide hospitality…
Next year, sometime in February, the SPIRE, downtown Denver’s new 42-story, skyscraping structure that’s currently home to residents and, soon, Organic Pizza Company, will introduce fervent gastronauts to Row 14, a joint venture between David Schneider, a part-time server at Rioja and restaurant business consultant and Arik Markus, the former…
Channel 7 recently stopped by the 5300 block of East Colfax Avenue, to talk to Jill Warner and Erick Roorda, the owners of Mod Livin’, about the neighborhood dispute that’s gone “ballistic,” as Roorda says, since they opened Deluxe Burger with restaurateur Dylan Moore, then launched the Little Orange Rocket…
Just about everyone in town has heard of Parisi, the Italian restaurant/deli/bakery at 4401 Tennyson Street. In addition to serving excellent Italian food, it has a full deli stocked with delicious treats and a gelato/espresso station for dessert. Now there’s another reason to to visit Parisi: the Halloween Harvest Week…
Don’t be confused by the sign over the door: The 9th Avenue Grill is gone, but the space at 900 Jersey Street is back in business as Jersey Street Bar and Grill. It’s been open for a few weeks now, and the owners are hoping for a long run in…
Props to the Spicy Pickle for having the guts to roll out its new Harvest Panini, essentially a Thanksgiving — or Pilgrim — sandwich remade and given a less holiday-specific (or politically thorny) name. I have a long and delicious history with Thanksgiving sandwiches but have bemoaned the difficulty of…
Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with chef Charley Sinden. We’ll run part two of Sinden’s interview tomorrow. By his own admission, Charley Sinden was a teen who liked trouble. He was the kind of kid who would smack…
After a six-month battle to place its McCruelty statue — a giant maimed chicken — near the McDonald’s on the 16th Street Mall, a fight that involved plenty of legal squawking, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has given up on Denver. City officials should be lovin’ it. The…
Six weeks ago, Boulder’s Frasca Food & Wine, 1738 Pearl Street, closed its doors for a complete remodel of its space, undertaken in order to expand the dining room of the flagship and add two new restaurants to the family: Pizzeria Locale, featuring wood-fired Napolitano pizzas, and Caffè, a grab-and-go…
I am a simple woman. My heart can be won by various forms of carbohydrates, meat and fat, combined in excess and presented in one glorious dish. So it took just one look at the folded paper menu on my table at Euclid Hall to stir my interest. The restaurant,…
After falling in love with Euclid Hall, I decided it was time to return to Rioja: Jen Jasinski and Beth Gruitch’s first restaurant, the place where I sometimes take out-of-town guests but rarely go to otherwise. Still, this Larimer Square spot has been packed since the moment it opened six…
Euclid Hall, 1317 14th Street, the third restaurant within one block for partners Jennifer Jasinski and Beth Gruitch, who also own Rioja and Bistro Vendome, was one of the hottest openings of the summer. The crowds packed into the beautifully refurbished space that most recently held the grimy Martini Ranch…
